The week of November 18 was a really hard week for Mooky. I am positive he did not have any sugar, gluten, soy, high fructose corn syrup, or msg. And yet, he was very fatigued with a lot of stomach pain, nausea and D.
He had a totally GF Thanksgiving meal on Thursday and Saturday, and then ate some ice cream with wheat in it. WHY do they put wheat in ice cream anyway? (Not that it matters.) It was his own fault because I gave him the responsibility for reading the label and he ate it anyway. He's FIFTEEN for crying out loud! Plenty old enough to handle that responsibility. And we are making an effort to not be the Food Police. He is having to take more responsibility and take the consequences as well. So, Sunday and Monday he was extra extra extra miserable, and still isn't feeling much better today. He admitted that it wasn't worth it, and wished he hadn't done it, so I suppose that is progress. "I suppose", because I am not convinced that he won't do it again if the opportunity presents itself.
BTW, both kids are perfectly capable of spotting gluten and soy in food labels. They can pronounce most of the difficult words you find on the labels (and know what each one is) and when we go grocery shopping they read labels on everything we buy. Outloud. We get some mighty strange looks at times! :o)
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Results of the Pie Experiment
Erinn: 10 stars for great taste!
Mooky: 10 stars, and a 2 hour stomach ache,
and the dreaded you-know-what. :o(
The pie was delicious, and thanks again to legendaryabundance for the recipe! Even though Mooky got a bad stomach ache from it, he loved it, and as far as pies go it is a wonderful alternative to one with sugar in it. Today Erinn and I made a pumpkin pie sweetened with a little honey and a little sucanat. It's still in the oven, but it tasted great uncooked. :o)
Mooky has a really bad reaction when he eats sweet potatoes so I searched all over Kerrville for some kind of squash that I could use in place of sweet potatoes. All I could find was butternut squash. I cooked it with butter and sucanat and he didn't even realize it wasn't sweet potatoes until Erinn told him. So, that was a hit!
We had a great gluten free Thanksgiving dinner. Mooky said the dressing was "a miracle". LOL
Too bad we can't have turkey sandwiches for supper... oh well! Things could be a lot worse.
Mooky: 10 stars, and a 2 hour stomach ache,
and the dreaded you-know-what. :o(
The pie was delicious, and thanks again to legendaryabundance for the recipe! Even though Mooky got a bad stomach ache from it, he loved it, and as far as pies go it is a wonderful alternative to one with sugar in it. Today Erinn and I made a pumpkin pie sweetened with a little honey and a little sucanat. It's still in the oven, but it tasted great uncooked. :o)
Mooky has a really bad reaction when he eats sweet potatoes so I searched all over Kerrville for some kind of squash that I could use in place of sweet potatoes. All I could find was butternut squash. I cooked it with butter and sucanat and he didn't even realize it wasn't sweet potatoes until Erinn told him. So, that was a hit!
We had a great gluten free Thanksgiving dinner. Mooky said the dressing was "a miracle". LOL
Too bad we can't have turkey sandwiches for supper... oh well! Things could be a lot worse.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Apple Pie!
Thanks to legendaryabundance for this recipe!!! We made it today and it was a big hit. The kids were very happy with the sweetness of it.
No Sugar Apple Pie SUBMITTED BY: Carolyn Contains no artificial sweeteners!"
INGREDIENTS
2 (9 inch) pie shell
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 (12 fluid ounce) can unsweetened apple juice concentrate, thawed
6 cups sliced green apples
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
In a small bowl whisk together cornstarch, cinnamon, and 1/3 cup of the apple juice concentrate. Set aside.
In a large saucepan simmer apples with remaining apple juice concentrate until apples are tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in cornstarch mixture and continue to simmer until thickened. Remove from heat.
Spoon apple mixture into pastry-lined pie plate. Cover with top crust. Seal and flute edges. Cut steam vents in top.
Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until crust is golden brown.
Erinn cut a beautiful star in the GF pie crust, recipe below. We are going to make this again for Thanksgiving!
The BEST EVER GF pie crust!
1 cup Sorghum flour mix*
1 tsp xanthan gum
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 tsp salt
1 TBSP granulated sugar
Combine all ingredients and pat into two pie pans. Bake at 350* for 20 minutes or so.
*Sorghum flour mix:
7 parts sorghum flour
2 parts potato starch
1 part tapioca flour
No Sugar Apple Pie SUBMITTED BY: Carolyn Contains no artificial sweeteners!"
INGREDIENTS
2 (9 inch) pie shell
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 (12 fluid ounce) can unsweetened apple juice concentrate, thawed
6 cups sliced green apples
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
In a small bowl whisk together cornstarch, cinnamon, and 1/3 cup of the apple juice concentrate. Set aside.
In a large saucepan simmer apples with remaining apple juice concentrate until apples are tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in cornstarch mixture and continue to simmer until thickened. Remove from heat.
Spoon apple mixture into pastry-lined pie plate. Cover with top crust. Seal and flute edges. Cut steam vents in top.
Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until crust is golden brown.
Erinn cut a beautiful star in the GF pie crust, recipe below. We are going to make this again for Thanksgiving!
The BEST EVER GF pie crust!
1 cup Sorghum flour mix*
1 tsp xanthan gum
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 tsp salt
1 TBSP granulated sugar
Combine all ingredients and pat into two pie pans. Bake at 350* for 20 minutes or so.
*Sorghum flour mix:
7 parts sorghum flour
2 parts potato starch
1 part tapioca flour
Sugar Free Pie Recipes
All my searches for sugar free pie recipes turn up nothing but recipes that use artificial sweeteners. Grrrr.
I am looking for a recipe that uses either fruit juice concentrate and/or honey.
Apple pie in particular! Anybody got any ideas?
I am looking for a recipe that uses either fruit juice concentrate and/or honey.
Apple pie in particular! Anybody got any ideas?
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Pizza Rice Casserole
I found this gluten free recipe at http://www.homesteadblogger.com/quiverfull/ and I cant wait to try it!
Pizza Rice Casserole
Crystal Miller
2 cups cooked brown rice
1 ½ cups cottage cheese
1 lb. sausage or hamburger or a combo of both
1 onion, chopped
1 -14oz can diced tomatoes
1 -8oz can tomato sauce
2 t Italian seasonings
½ t salt
Mozzarella cheese
Optional:
Pepperoni
Black olives, sliced
Combine cooked rice and cottage cheese and spread into the bottom of a 9x13 pan. Cook sausage and onions until sausage is done and onions are soft. Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, Italian seasonings and salt. Spread this over the top of the rice. If you want to use the optional items layer those on top of the sausage/tomato mixture. Top with mozzarella cheese (as much or as little as desired). Bake at 325 for 30 minutes or until all is bubbly and hot and cheese has melted.
Pizza Rice Casserole
Crystal Miller
2 cups cooked brown rice
1 ½ cups cottage cheese
1 lb. sausage or hamburger or a combo of both
1 onion, chopped
1 -14oz can diced tomatoes
1 -8oz can tomato sauce
2 t Italian seasonings
½ t salt
Mozzarella cheese
Optional:
Pepperoni
Black olives, sliced
Combine cooked rice and cottage cheese and spread into the bottom of a 9x13 pan. Cook sausage and onions until sausage is done and onions are soft. Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, Italian seasonings and salt. Spread this over the top of the rice. If you want to use the optional items layer those on top of the sausage/tomato mixture. Top with mozzarella cheese (as much or as little as desired). Bake at 325 for 30 minutes or until all is bubbly and hot and cheese has melted.
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Fish Fry
Harper had a fish fry on Saturday to benefit the volunteer fire dept. Kris had gotten a deer out at Doss on Saturday morning so he wanted to meet me in Harper so I could bring the ice chests
home. Otherwise the meat would have sat in the ice chests until Monday.
His dad decided to ride with him and so we all ate lunch at the fish fry. The fish was "breaded" with only corn meal and spices, so that was gluten free, but they served hush puppies as well.
Mooky thought they were just made with corn meal and so he ate one. I didn't think to warn him about them until after he had eaten it. I dont know what they were made with, but the chances are good that there was some white flour in there.
So, that night he was totally wiped out, pale, exhausted and just plain awful. The question is, was it the hush puppies, or was it from going to town two days in a row?
home. Otherwise the meat would have sat in the ice chests until Monday.
His dad decided to ride with him and so we all ate lunch at the fish fry. The fish was "breaded" with only corn meal and spices, so that was gluten free, but they served hush puppies as well.
Mooky thought they were just made with corn meal and so he ate one. I didn't think to warn him about them until after he had eaten it. I dont know what they were made with, but the chances are good that there was some white flour in there.
So, that night he was totally wiped out, pale, exhausted and just plain awful. The question is, was it the hush puppies, or was it from going to town two days in a row?
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