Meals and snacks for days

Combination of my past dinners and some breakfasts and delicious desserts and snacks😍

Plain rice, baby carrots and roast beast.

This is my new GLUTEN FREE bible, and it really is the Lord speaking to me in terms
 of cooking and baking, cant wait to try it out!

Xmas was was a month late, but not any less delicious. So worth the wait.

Best wakeup meal ever. All you need is a cutting board and a pan to fry them on!

Frozen chocolate yogurt with bananananaanas and raspeberries. YUM.

Gluten free Brownies

Gluten free Shhh'mores Brownies

Unbelievably delicious smores brownies, totally Gluten free! 

Ingredients

Brownie Layer

2 cups of All Purpose Gluten free flour(any will do)
1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1/3 cup (27 g) of Unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup (200 g) of sugar
8 tablespoons (112 g) of unsalted butter (melted and cooled)
1 egg+ 1 egg yolk beaten @ room temperature
1/2 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract
Shhhhh'mallow Layer
1 packet (1-2 tablespoons) of unflavored powdered gelatin
1/2 cup of water
1 cup (200 g) of sugar
1/8 teaspoon of cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon of salt
Chocolate Layer
4 onces of chopped up bittersweet chocolate
3 onces of crumbled glutenfree graham crackers

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 20-22 minutes

Result: 16- 20 mouth watering, marshhhmelloweyy chocalatityyy brownies in just under an hour, fun to with with a friend or by yourself if you suddenly get a craving like I always do.

Got this beauty of a recipe from the gluten free shoestring! check it out -->

http://www.amazon.com/Gluten-Free-Shoestring-Quick-Easy-Love--Fast/dp/0738215937/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332357840&sr=1-1

- 1/3 of the Gluten free cookbooks I ordered last week, this is the first of them to come in!

GLUTEN FREE OPTIONS TO EAT

GLUTEN FREE OPTIONS TO EAT:

All of my friends tell me a whole slew of things I cant eat, and at first that is all that I focused on; I just wanted to eat easy normal food like they were; but instead now I try and focus on the things I know I can eat. Like these:

Bean and corn tacos, with salsa(i opt for no salsa) and TONS OF CHEESE ,lettuce and whatever else you want to add, its your creation! Tacos are easy to make and fun to eat. The corn and the beans together taste like the ground beef used for tacos. You can use regular ground beef but you have to read the ingredients and make sure whatever gravy or sauce you put in with the beef is Free of Gluten or Wheat products(hard to find).

You can still have french fries! which you will hear from a lot of people that you cant(they don't know what they are talking about) You just have to make sure the oil that you deep fry the fries in hasn't been used to deep fry anything battered like Chicken fingers,etc. The seasoning of the steak is important as well, just regular salt and pepper work; cook that meat till a nice Medium-Rare and you are eating like a queen(or king).

These are cereal options that are Gluten-free and taste delicious. Unfortunately most of these products are sold in the States and are a bit tricky to find in Canada.

HealthyGlutes numero uno

Testing…testing…1..2..3…Hey I’m Kassi Cassidy and I started “HealthyGlutes”. This blog is all about a Gluten free lifestyles and all that it entail from my experiences, it’s for a class project. I think I might even keep it up after the class is done, I mean everyone needs a hobby righttt...

I will be sharing:

• Mouth watering GLUTENFREE recipes
• Lifestyle diets tips
• What you can and can't eat if you are allergic to Gluten/Wheat

The recipes are DELICIOUS trust me im one of the pickiest people on the planet (me!) if I find these foods yummy, there is a high chance you will too.

But I will get to those, in my first post I think I should explain why I chose to blog about Gluten.

WHY IS EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT GLUTEN FREE STUFF NOW?

Trust me I was asking the exact same question, until about 6 months ago when I found out I was allergic to Gluten along with a pretty hefty list of other delicious things I can no longer enjoy.

Oh I’m sorry do I sound bitter? Yeah I am a little bitter still, but I’m starting to see the upsides to being Gluten free. I’m not going to lie to you guys and say it’s an easy lifestyle; you really do have to cut out a lot of delicious foods it takes a lot of self-restraint and dedication. And trust me I've caved more time then I can count, especially at the beginning; I just didn't want it to be true. My entire diet composed of carbs and tons and tons of bread and pasta so it was one of the biggest life changes I have ever had to make when I was told I couldn't have MOST of my favorite things anymore.
WEIRDEST PART?

I had no idea that what I was eating could have been causing me to feel so crappy; I mean whenever I ate anything with Gluten in it (which is almost everything I ate) I wasn’t reacting like I do for my other allergies.

Which is a long list:

1. All animals that have fur
2. Animal saliva(gross I know)
3. Dust/pollen
4. Oh! and I’m deathly allergic to kiwis
5. And now Gluten/Wheat products
6. Milk
7. Cheese(but I cant stop eating cheese)
8. Yogurt
9. Corn
10. I think that's 

SIDE EFFECTS INCLUDE:

Disorientation

Nausea

Bloating

Heartburn

Farting(seriously)

Rashes or eczema

Anxiety/Depression Joint &Muscle pains Stomach aches Headaches/ Migraines

I promise my next blogs will be less about me.

Here are a couple of informational websites just talking about what to do when you think you could be allergic to Gluten.Its incredible how much of the food we eat, day in and day out is loaded with Gluten and if you are allergic and don't know like I was, these are some signs to keep a look-out for:

http://celiacdisease.about.com/od/glutenintolerance/ss/Nine-Signs-You-May-Have-A-Gluten-Allergy_11.htm

http://www.healthline.com/health/allergies/gluten-food-list

http://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/08/17/5-signs-that-you-might-have-a-sensitivity-to-gluten-not-know-it/