Saturday, February 5, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Why I Do This and The Perfect Omelet and Cheesy Tuna Mac
I see many, many, many blogs featuring GF recipes. They sound great! For example, http://www.glutenfreeforgood.com/blog/udis-gluten-free-pizza-party
Sounds great but has SO many complicated things to do. Make this sauce, make that thing.. blah blah blahhhh. I don't have the groceries, the money, the motivation, or the time. Don't get me wrong. Some day I WANT to be this talented! Reality is, I am not. So I decided this blog will be about those of us that can't or won't do the complicated stuff.
Today I made an omelet. Ham and cheese. I don't remember where I learned to roll my omelets but I actually take pride in that because I practiced for years, always ending up with something similar to scrambled eggs mixed with ham and cheese. The secret is a hot pan, not too hot.. this is what takes practice. Then Just dump the eggs into the pan and let them cook, after the sides begin to set, use a small spatula to pull the edges towards the middle and let the uncooked egg from the top fall into the newly cleared edges. When it is almost all of the way cooked clear the edges again and scrape the last of the uncooked egg to the sides and add already heated meat and room temp shredded cheese (and room temp fresh veggies) After the toppings are added start to roll the egg up on one side, holding there with the spatula for a few seconds and then so on until the omelet is completely rolled. Transfer carefully (I roll it out of the pan slowly) There you go. A perfect rolled omelet!
butter for the veggies and tuna to cook in.
Cooked in the butter.
Use box prep method in seperate pan for the mac and cheese.
Mix them together... buttery veggies and tuna with creamy cheesy macaroni and cheese :)
Done. YUM.
Sounds great but has SO many complicated things to do. Make this sauce, make that thing.. blah blah blahhhh. I don't have the groceries, the money, the motivation, or the time. Don't get me wrong. Some day I WANT to be this talented! Reality is, I am not. So I decided this blog will be about those of us that can't or won't do the complicated stuff.
Today I made an omelet. Ham and cheese. I don't remember where I learned to roll my omelets but I actually take pride in that because I practiced for years, always ending up with something similar to scrambled eggs mixed with ham and cheese. The secret is a hot pan, not too hot.. this is what takes practice. Then Just dump the eggs into the pan and let them cook, after the sides begin to set, use a small spatula to pull the edges towards the middle and let the uncooked egg from the top fall into the newly cleared edges. When it is almost all of the way cooked clear the edges again and scrape the last of the uncooked egg to the sides and add already heated meat and room temp shredded cheese (and room temp fresh veggies) After the toppings are added start to roll the egg up on one side, holding there with the spatula for a few seconds and then so on until the omelet is completely rolled. Transfer carefully (I roll it out of the pan slowly) There you go. A perfect rolled omelet!
My Ingredients
I cut the ham in smaller pieces with kitchen scissors, then heat the ham so that I dont burn the egg trying to get the ham hot in the omelet
How the egg starts. 2 eggs, no milk. Just a little salt and later some pepper.
You can see on the edges of the omelet where I pulled the cooked egg back towards the middle about an ince and let the uncooked run into the space. When your egg is just a minute before completely cooked, start to roll it. By the time you get it rolled it will be cooked perfect! No longer shiny, but not brown to burnt either.
Perfect for rolling time. A little shiny but no longer runny.
Patience.... one roll at a time so the cheese 'seals' the roll and the egg has time to finish cooking inside. Not TOO long though, a few seconds wait is fine.
Letting it sit in the pan with the 'open' side down so the cheese holds it and the egg sets more. Just a little bit of time... 20 seconds or so.
Rolled out of the pan and onto the plate with Tabasco (I love Spice!) The Perfect 'Rolled Omelet'.
Then for lunch I had Cheesy Tuna Mac.
The Ingredients.
butter for the veggies and tuna to cook in.
Cooked in the butter.
Use box prep method in seperate pan for the mac and cheese.
Mix them together... buttery veggies and tuna with creamy cheesy macaroni and cheese :) 
Done. YUM. Ben rarely eats anything I cook. He's 3. What can I say. He cried when I gave him this for lunch. He told me "NOOOOOO! I want the Macaroni and Cheese I LIKE!!!!!!" HAHAHA.
I cooked a lovely dinner tonight but my camera is out of batteries. I had BBQ Chicken Breasts and a thinly sliced, baked potato dish. I will make it again sometime and put pics up. It was tasty :)
I want to add that my son ate PB&J on sugar free wheat bread, a banana, and chocolate milk for b-fast, for lunch he refused my cooking..., and for supper I masde him Tyson chicken nuggets and baked him some crinkle fries. Eventually I want to have a 100 percent GF kitchen and that means he will have to eat what I eat. So that may be a while. Baby Steps... For now I just have to be careful of cross contamination.
I cooked a lovely dinner tonight but my camera is out of batteries. I had BBQ Chicken Breasts and a thinly sliced, baked potato dish. I will make it again sometime and put pics up. It was tasty :)
I want to add that my son ate PB&J on sugar free wheat bread, a banana, and chocolate milk for b-fast, for lunch he refused my cooking..., and for supper I masde him Tyson chicken nuggets and baked him some crinkle fries. Eventually I want to have a 100 percent GF kitchen and that means he will have to eat what I eat. So that may be a while. Baby Steps... For now I just have to be careful of cross contamination.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Guest Blogger Stephanie!
The importance of staying away from gluten even in your bath and beauty products.
Did you know that 1 in 133 people have Celiac disease? Celiac disease affects the lining of the small intestines. In people with Celiac, when gluten is ingested, the villi in the small intestine are damaged by the protein that is in wheat, oats, rye, and barley. The small intestines are where you absorb your nutrients. Even a tiny amount (bread crumb size) will damage the villi. You may not have symptoms from this tiny amount, but the damage is still occurring. That being said, your soap, shampoo, toothpaste, and lip balm should all be gluten free. But, I don't eat shampoo or soap you say? True. But, when you wash your hair you are bound to get some water in your mouth that has possible shampoo residue in it. Lip Balm or lip stick especially need to be gluten free. You lick your lips with that stuff on them. If you are anything like me, you will want whatever is on your lips to be natural AND gluten free. :)
I make homemade soaps and lip balms that are all natural and gluten free.
My oatmeal soap is made with certified gluten free oats.
Don't risk it. Go gluten free all the way! You can find my products on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/Wiseley-Used-Herbs/193102270706764
My Celiac story...Back in 08 I started getting fed up with how I was feeling. I had been eating basically all natural for years, but I still didn't feel well. I was bloated, constipated, my intestines hurt when I walked, I was irritable, my appetite was horrible, and I lived in brain fog. I started to investigate. After much research, I was sure I had at least gluten intolerance so I quit the gluten for 1 week. I actually went through gluten withdrawal for 3 days. I had the shakes, headaches, and a roaring appetite! After 3 days, my body settled down and I noticed I was not bloated anymore. I was thinking clearer and less irritable. I also noticed that my intestines for the first time in a long time, didn't hurt when I walked. I decided to get checked officially. In order to do that, once you have been off gluten for at least a week, you have to start eating it again in order to not skew the test. I was blessed with a doctor who didn't feel it necessary to have a biopsy done of the small intestine. She did a Celiac panel (blood work) and it came back positive. That along with the symptoms being relieved by not eating gluten, she diagnosed me with Celiac. That was two years ago and I haven't looked back since. I have felt so much better!
The hard part is trusting restaurants with your health. They don't realize that cross contamination can cause us damage. Be diligent with your health. Make sure they understand the issue. Also, you need to be careful at home! You cannot share a toaster with someone who eats gluten, you cannot share plastic or wooden kitchen utensils that have touched gluten noodles, bread, etc, you cannot share cast iron pans used for gluten unless you re-season them, and you cannot share a non-stick pan that has been used for gluten. Stainless steel is safe and also items that are designated just for gluten free.
Be careful, stay healthy, be diligent, and be gluten free! :)
Stephanie
helpmeet to a wonderful husband for 14 yrs
blessed mom to one son
"semi" homesteader
homeschooler
Did you know that 1 in 133 people have Celiac disease? Celiac disease affects the lining of the small intestines. In people with Celiac, when gluten is ingested, the villi in the small intestine are damaged by the protein that is in wheat, oats, rye, and barley. The small intestines are where you absorb your nutrients. Even a tiny amount (bread crumb size) will damage the villi. You may not have symptoms from this tiny amount, but the damage is still occurring. That being said, your soap, shampoo, toothpaste, and lip balm should all be gluten free. But, I don't eat shampoo or soap you say? True. But, when you wash your hair you are bound to get some water in your mouth that has possible shampoo residue in it. Lip Balm or lip stick especially need to be gluten free. You lick your lips with that stuff on them. If you are anything like me, you will want whatever is on your lips to be natural AND gluten free. :)
I make homemade soaps and lip balms that are all natural and gluten free.
My oatmeal soap is made with certified gluten free oats.
Don't risk it. Go gluten free all the way! You can find my products on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/Wiseley-Used-Herbs/193102270706764
My Celiac story...Back in 08 I started getting fed up with how I was feeling. I had been eating basically all natural for years, but I still didn't feel well. I was bloated, constipated, my intestines hurt when I walked, I was irritable, my appetite was horrible, and I lived in brain fog. I started to investigate. After much research, I was sure I had at least gluten intolerance so I quit the gluten for 1 week. I actually went through gluten withdrawal for 3 days. I had the shakes, headaches, and a roaring appetite! After 3 days, my body settled down and I noticed I was not bloated anymore. I was thinking clearer and less irritable. I also noticed that my intestines for the first time in a long time, didn't hurt when I walked. I decided to get checked officially. In order to do that, once you have been off gluten for at least a week, you have to start eating it again in order to not skew the test. I was blessed with a doctor who didn't feel it necessary to have a biopsy done of the small intestine. She did a Celiac panel (blood work) and it came back positive. That along with the symptoms being relieved by not eating gluten, she diagnosed me with Celiac. That was two years ago and I haven't looked back since. I have felt so much better!
The hard part is trusting restaurants with your health. They don't realize that cross contamination can cause us damage. Be diligent with your health. Make sure they understand the issue. Also, you need to be careful at home! You cannot share a toaster with someone who eats gluten, you cannot share plastic or wooden kitchen utensils that have touched gluten noodles, bread, etc, you cannot share cast iron pans used for gluten unless you re-season them, and you cannot share a non-stick pan that has been used for gluten. Stainless steel is safe and also items that are designated just for gluten free.
Be careful, stay healthy, be diligent, and be gluten free! :)
Stephanie
helpmeet to a wonderful husband for 14 yrs
blessed mom to one son
"semi" homesteader
homeschooler
Lazy Snow Day
I ate Chex, leftover Spicy Goulash, too much string cheese and instead of the supper I planned I tried a new thing that I didn't really have high hopes for. It's Dr. McDougall's Right Foods Asian Entree. Its an add water type of meal in a box but all natural. I got the Masala Lentil Pilaf Flavor. It's actually Vegan and only 280 calories.
The strangest thing about it was that it was GREAT! Definitely a new taste for the lame palate but us 'weird food' eaters will like it. I will buy this again. I found this at Country Nutrition on Pershing Road.
The strangest thing about it was that it was GREAT! Definitely a new taste for the lame palate but us 'weird food' eaters will like it. I will buy this again. I found this at Country Nutrition on Pershing Road.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
BOGO Blog Posts
I had to blog about supper. I was gonna wait until tomorrow but I am bored and it was outstanding. I made Spicy Goulash. I love spice! There are several ways to tone down the spicyness. A different kind of sausage, a different kind of sauce.. etc.
My Ingredients. Besides the Parmesan and Romano Mix I added at the end, this is all I used. 
hamburger, spicy sausage and large cut onions
Draining is definitely neccesary because of the pork sausage
This makes a lot of meat sauce, so I froze half of it for another day. This would even be good on an Udi's pizza crust topped with mozzarella.
I put half of the sauce....
Then the pasta.....
In the pan I cooked the pasta in and mixed them together.
Added my Red Pepper Flakes and shakey cheese (this is how I will refer to the Parmesan and Romano mix from here on out because I am a lazy typer...lol) Yum. Except for the Canned Asparagus that Del Monte provided. YUCK. I thought it was green beans when I opend the can. I have never tasted anything so gross. Well, lately anyways...I also want to say that I don't usually cook this much italian food. I guess tomorrow I will make BBQ Chicken and Potatoes for supper. Time to mix it up...lol
A New Food
Today I tried a new food. I bought Rice Chex with Cinnamon. VERY GOOD! There is even a recipe on the side of the box for 'Snickerdoodle Chex Mix'. I highly recommend this cereal. I missed cereal, although I did like the Envirokids Peanut Butter Panda Puffs I bought at Kroger a couple of weeks ago...
We are having a nice snowday here at my house. I decided to have a no-cook lunch. I had GF Turkey sliced lunchmeat, raw baby carrots, 2 pieces of string cheese (I LOVE THIS STUFF), and Smokehouse flavored Blue Diamond Rice and Nut Crackers. I can only find the Smokehouse flavor at Cub Foods.
In this picture you will notice a tea box. It is Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Extra. I love the spearmint in it and it really will calm you. It was on sale at Country Nutrition last week for $2 something.
Oh! Cub Foods is doing a lot better at being gluten free. I found a small shelf full of GF pastas. They even have my Quinoa Pasta! it was between 3 and 4 dollars for a 10 oz box. All GF stuff is expensive. I bought the spiral noodles and tonight we are having Spicy Goulash. I will take pics and post tomorrow.
We are having a nice snowday here at my house. I decided to have a no-cook lunch. I had GF Turkey sliced lunchmeat, raw baby carrots, 2 pieces of string cheese (I LOVE THIS STUFF), and Smokehouse flavored Blue Diamond Rice and Nut Crackers. I can only find the Smokehouse flavor at Cub Foods.
In this picture you will notice a tea box. It is Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Extra. I love the spearmint in it and it really will calm you. It was on sale at Country Nutrition last week for $2 something.
Oh! Cub Foods is doing a lot better at being gluten free. I found a small shelf full of GF pastas. They even have my Quinoa Pasta! it was between 3 and 4 dollars for a 10 oz box. All GF stuff is expensive. I bought the spiral noodles and tonight we are having Spicy Goulash. I will take pics and post tomorrow.
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