Celiac Awareness Month: Days 10-15

 

Highlights are pretty high this time around. 

 

My friend made a trip to Gluten Free Nation and brought me presents.  Here are my favorite bites from this week.

 

Day 10:  Soup at work.  Surprisingly comforting.

 

Day 11: Ehmergerd!  This personal pecan pie from Gluten Free Nation!  Their crust is nice in the fact that it's a good crust, period.  Not just a good gluten free crust but a nice pie crust in all arenas.  And the filling!!!  The filling is perfect.  Not too much pie 'jelly' not too much nut.  I did share with the teens as 1/4 was satisfying.

 

Day 12: Stuffed jalapeños.  My friend gave me a bag full of home-grown peppers. 

 

I mixed cream cheese, paprika and minced onion and garlic for the filling.  Top it with a small piece of bacon, bake until the bacon is almost fully cooked (about 15-20 minutes) and then broil until crisp. 

 

I keep food grade gloves in my kitchen.  It's a good idea to use them when handling hot peppers.  You can work faster and rubbing your eyes is not a hazard for hours to come.

 

Another jalapeño tip?  Use a grapefruit spoon to remove the seeds and membrane after cutting in half.  Those are what make the pepper hot.

 

Day 13:  Do you SEE this?  THIS is a Chicken Pot Pie from Gluten Free Nation!  It is beyond words.  It is perfect. 

 

Day 14:  New Larabar (for me). 

 

Day 15:  Sautéed kale and celery that were getting to the point that it was eat or freeze time*. 

 

I cooked the kale, celery, garlic and onion in olive oil with garlic and sea salt.  When they were soft, I formed a 'nest' and fried an egg in the middle. 

 

Topped with Sriracha sauce it was a perfect breakfast!

 

*I freeze veggies that are on the cusp and use them for veggie soup stock.

Celiac Awareness Month: Days 4-9

 

 

 

 

Photographing everything I eat was, eh hem, biting off a little more than I could chew. 

 

Plus, it's really not as exciting as I hoped.  One can only photograph so many scrambled eggs and Lara Bars.  I don't view this as a Celiac problem.  It's more indicative of the reality of a full schedule.

 

Not a bite by bite account, here is a compilation of the highlights.

 

Day 4:  We were still out of town.  Stopped by 5 Guys and the tin container was a nice touch.  Usually I eat their bun less burger on a piece of thin aluminum foil. 

 

Day 5:  I had run out of pre-planned hotel friendly food, so we went to a tried and true standard.  Pei Wei salad wraps.

 

Day 6:  Coffee.  That is all.  That was the highlight of my day. 

 

Day 7:  I risked chocolate pudding from Buc-ees.  Half way through--BIG tummy ache.  I view this as a dietary challenge to see how dairy affects my system.  Might have to do another test to verify results.  I was already feeling a little wonky.

 

Day 8:  Home again!  Hummus and red peppers to settle my 'travel tummy'.

 

Day 9: Homemade meatballs, using bread from Gluten Free Nation, and a Schaar baguette.

 

 

 

 



What Can You Eat Gluten Free? Day 3

I feel kinda naked.

Photographing food is fun when you can primp and stage it! Now that I've put it out there that I'm photographing what I eat this month, the weight of the commitment is pressing on me!

This is gonna end up looking more like Annie Hall than Annie Leibovitz.

For the past few weeks I've felt like I need to reexamine what I'm eating. Now, in my usual style, I've put it out there for everyone to pick through. So let's all take a look at what I've eaten today.

It was a wild ride from early morning study group to work to leaving for a road trip. I did not plan ahead. I figured I'd stop and shop later.

This always sounds like a good idea but in reality it makes me a neurotic mess. What am I going to eat? What if I can't find gluten free food? Why do I do this to myself?

I did find food, maybe not the best choices, but here goes most of it (minus some hummus and hard cider plus a margarita mix for a friend):

Celiac Awareness Month

Yesterday marked the start of a whole month of trying to raise awareness about Celiac Disease.

When people find out I have this under diagnosed and misunderstood auto-immune disease, and they find out the treatment is to eliminate gluten from my diet, I usually get the same question:

"But what can you EAT?!?"

So, I thought I would take this month to show you what I eat.

Weird?

Maybe.

But I've photographed my food since I was little. Now I just have a practical application for my fetish: to show others that eating gluten free has options!

Day 2
Coffee
Salmon patty with tomato
Pistachios
York Peppermint Patty
Tilapia, Red Pepper and Brown Rice with Tarragon Shallot Vinaigrette and Pineapple