Somehow I managed to eat GF today. It is actually getting easier! What as relief, I was worried that I would have to fight my inner demons full force all day every day with this one. I know I will have my good days and those bad days are sure to come also, but I am having many more good days than I expected to.
I went to Jimmy John's for lunch today. Too much running around on lunch break. Here is my REVIEW!
Ohhh, Jimmy John's. First your sprouts spread E-Coli. Then your Decatur staff unknowingly almost makes me sick. I went in and ordered a Veggie Club without tomatoes on french bread for my aunt who was waiting in the car. I ordered an UNWICH for myself. An unwich is a sandwich without the bread wrapped in fresh iceburg lettuce leaves instead. I decided to try it. Thank goodness I was watching them make it. They dont do like subway where they make the sandwich on its own paper. They literally just dragged my lettuce wrap down the sandwich line and right through all of the breadcrumbs!!! I calmly said I would need a different sandwich because I cannot eat wheat and even just the little mess of crumbs they put on the outside of my wrap would make me very ill. So they looked at me as though I had the plague, giggled with each other, and remade the wrap. It turned out delicious! I don't think it was contaminated, however I could never have it delivered to my house and I would definitely have to be the crazy customer that has 'special needs'. aka, pain in the butt. If I wasn't so outgoing in situations like these, I could NEVER eat anywhere besides home! Jimmy John's is okay. Just make sure you are ready to stare at the unwich making process and then probably have to deal with the hassle and somewhat embarrassment of being a pain in the butt. It is YOUR body and YOUR health. Let them make you feel silly. Who are they? Nobody worth being sick as a dog for a day or two.
I am also very proud of myself! I have a friend (who is gonna read this..lol, sorry) that I have been her 'food' friend for years. We eat when we are together. Well, she begged me to go to a restaurant with her and I stuck to my guns. I didn't even consider it. She stopped begging when she realized how serious I was and she said 'Good for you!'. I think so, too. Good for ME!
I got batteries for my camera so my pics will be back tomorrow. Too tired to cook tonight so it was an Amy's gf Veggie Lasagna. Tasty.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Good Stuff! and GF as a 'diet'?
I made GF pizza for a friend last night and guess what? She liked it. She said it tasted like Monical's. Yayyy! I didn't think she would and neither did she so I am proud to say that my GF pizza is officially as good as regular pizza. It helps that I found GF pepperoni at Aldi's. I also used baby bella mushrooms on my pizza while her's was just GF pepperoni. I wish I had pics! I have to get more batteries for my camera SOON! I have been eating the same old staples yesterday and today. I have also weighed myself and at this point I have lost 20 pounds since January 1st, 2011. However, I want to point out that the GF diet will not necessarily make you lose weight! There are a lot of GF things that are just as high in fat and calories as their GC (gluten cootied) counterparts. If you just eat the same foods you would have normally eaten but substitute GC for GF, you haven't done anything to lose weight and a gain is possible. In my case I lived a fast food addicted life. So cooking every meal at home was a BIG change. I am sure I will plateau soon because I am not watching my fat or calorie intake. Just focusing on being GF... which is enough for me right now. This month I am focusing on awareness. As in being aware of what my portions sizes look like, how much fat intake, how much soda I drink, how little exercise I get. Next month, my focus will be on whichever thing I am most aware of and ready to change.
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.
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