UPDATE...Finally found a good g-free burger patty

I tried many many gluten-free burgers. Dr. Spraegers are so so when it comes to taste, but they ARE super healthy. It seemed very hard to find a good g-free burger. Then I found these. They are a bit expensive, so I also bought a new pack of burgers. The box of burgers were also quite good. The two kinds of veggie, g-free burgers are.... Hilary's adzuki burger and 'world's best veggie' burgers. They come as a two-pack, wrapped in plastic. Best box of burgers. Sol Cuisine Black bean burgers. Of course, this are the best I've found. The Hilary's are the best I've found, but they are so BIG. I cut them in half to cut back on calories and so they last longer.

Along with Udi's Classic Hamburger Buns, avocado, lettuce, relish, etc. etc....and it's a perfect lunch

Challah bread for dainty lil cucumber tea sandwiches

Challah bread for dainty lil cucumber tea sandwiches I remember going to a tea party in high school. They had cute little decorated tables with the 3-tier things (what are those called?) on top. Bev was there along with Mariela and others from our senior class. We had scones and different assorted sandwiches. In high school and college I always gave in to pastries and fried things WAY too much. Getting off gluten has really helped me demonstrate temperance. I knew God wants me to keep my body as healthy as possible, but I just never took it seriously enough for some reason (maybe...attraction to tasty 'junk'). I never lost or gained much weight because I'd go to the gym, but it eventually caught up to me after college. After letting go of the gluten/wheat products about a year ago, I dropped 15 lbs within a few months with pretty much no effort. Yes there are fattening g-free products, but I don't crave it so much anymore. Now on to the challah bread. This bread is fantasticly fluffy. I figured it would be perfect for cucumber sandwiches. I like using a

paste on my cucumber sandwiches. All you do is combine a container of better than cream cheese, a whole cucumber, optional veganaise 2 Tbsp, a teensy bit of onion and garlic powder, and salt and lemon juice to taste (I put lemons or lime in almost everything!) Blend slightly and the spread is ready. Lightly toast the challah bread and put the spread, add tomato slices, and lettuce or sprouts. I had this with those veggie straws. They're healthier than regular chips (which have so many calories and are not as healthy).

Gfree casserole, aka Mesa Sunrise Roast

I used to love Special K Loaf. Since I don't eat Special K now, I've experimented with a few different flakes. Gfree corn flakes do well so I was pleased with them for a while. Now that I've gotten bolder, I decided to try these flakes by Nature's Path since they're so packed with nutritional grains like quinoa, amaranth and flax.
In short, I liked the casserole a LOT. My dad said it was my best casserole yet.



Roast Recipe

5 Tbsp butter (appr 1 stick of butter)
1 C. chopped onion (Can brown them, though not necessary for it to be tasty!)

3 envelopes George Washington broth OR 3 cubes buillon OR chicken seasoning (to taste)

5 eggs beaten (I use eggbeaters substitute)
1/2 C. chopped nuts (I used almonds for this, and walnuts the time before)
1/2 C. milk (I used almond and soy milk mixed)
12 oz. tofu or cottage cheese (I used the tofu spread-for sandwiches from Whole foods bc it's seasoned nicely)
6 oz. Mesa Sunrise Cereal

Bake ingredients 1 hr at 325 degrees

Finding the Perfect Bread

Currently, I'm still looking for a good sandwich bread. I have a good sandwich bread for sweet pb&j sandwiches (Food for Life's brown rice, juice sweetened, in a pink bag)...but what about salty? nuttin

As for hot dogs...yes hot dogs!!...I got the perfect bread, on the first try. This is really good bread, and for now, I'm using it as a bread for the salty kinds of sandwiches.

Now that I know they have burger buns as well...YAY!!

Book every person should read!

I know I just said every person should read this book, and I do think everyone should read it. As for those who think they may be celiac or gluten sensitive, I think you should buy it and read it cover to cover. It has really important information on testing options, recipes, symptoms and diseases that many times benefit from a gluten-free diet. I didn't know the last part, when I read it it was so interesting that something like letting go of one ingredient can affect a person's behavior or symptoms so much.

Celiac, gluten-sensitive, or not...Please read this book! You'll be amazed at what you learn!

Yummy biscuits anyone??

Breakfast is my absolute favorite meal of the day. So I was scared and yet hopeful at the possibility of trying these Whole Foods Gluten-free Bakehouse biscuits in my array of breakfast foods this morning. Along with my tofu scrambler (a la 'fantastic world foods' box) and tater tots, biscuits and gravy were on the menu. I tried a homestyle gravy mix (finally found a gluten-free one!) from Mayacamas that I got at a health food store in Mississippi. It was ok, so-so. Almost like white gravy, but I was disappointed with a little pepper in it, or other kick of spice. On to the biscuits. I was happily surprised at how soft the inside was after just heating them up (do not bake too long to keep the texture more light/fluffy). I honestly didn't see much of a difference in texture from these and regular biscuits. Good job Whole Foods Bakehouse, and, YAY!! They are the same taste too! yumm...I can eat biscuits!!

Good g-free waffles! And other kinnikinick products

Kinnickinick (hope that's the right spelling) has quite a few good products in the frozen section of your local W.Foods. I like their pizza crust, glazed donuts are 'alright' if you have no other options, and my favorite, WAFFLES!! I have eaten the Van's waffles many times, but they don't have the same texture, taste, and fluffiness of these. These are my favorite g-free waffles so far.

Now, to spare those of you that are trying a lot of new g-free products, you will soon realize that there are some products that are really hard to come by....that taste and have the same perfect texture as the w.wheat counterparts.

Some kinnickinick products that have not yet been perfected IMO (in my opinion) would be their: animal cookies (good taste, bad texture), chocolate oreo-type cookies ('k-toos'), smoreables (smore graham crackers, very gritty texture!), and (fluffy) doughnuts. Their doughnuts are more like cake doughnuts. The taste of the doughnuts are good though.
I haven't tried any of their sandwich breads yet, so more on that later...