Bread? No. Chocolate? No. Coffee? No. How does one Live?!?!????

So, I won't make mention of this again, but I'm pretty sick. And no one knows what's going on. I'm on a battery visits of Doctors- every doctor. From MD's to homeopathic and all in between (except Voo-Doo) that's too far fetched for me. Do what you will, but the thought of someone dancing a jig/salsa/inuit/jitter dance on a toothpick while I walk over hot coals and they have me swat a balloon in a northerly direction isn't my idea of healing.

I'm finding out that one of the major issues is I'm unable to eat wheat, including and not limited to: bread, Crackers, muffins, pie... Problem? Oooooh Yeah. I LIVE for bread. . It's too bad the bread lives in me. Literally. I cannot digest it. And so it sits there, and the only way out is, um... yeah not fun.

So anyway, it makes life VERY interesting. Like who would have thought soy sauce has wheat? And why does canned food, pretty much all canned food (not that I cook much with canned food, but a Cream of Mushroom does have its uses! And tomato soup, sauce and sometimes canned tomatoes) have wheat in them? And the saddest of all? Those amazing truffles at Trader Joes? Or the truffles found at Costco? Off limits. Forever.They're filled with wheat. And I can't eat breakfast which is my very favorite meal of the day. I'm on a hunt for a 'legal' sourdough starter. And experimenting with pancakes. I love pancakes.And waffles. And bran muffins. I found legal bran muffins. Too bad that  a packages costs $5.96 for four. I will persevere and figure out how to make it from an ingredients list posted on the back. People say well just by the gluten free mixes. I say No. I will learn how to make it myself. Thank You. I have too much of my economical mother in me.

                                            The Plus Side? You ask if there is a plus side.......
**Well, I enjoy cooking. And this is an entirely new life recipe now. A new challenge to make things really       fabulous and yummy. There is a lot of experimenting going on, but who would have thought that chocolate chip cookies are AMAZING with buckwheat flour and quinoa grain? Seriously, we've eaten them all. My family loves them. My boyfriend? Skeptical at best!
**I  no longer feel like I'm 900 pounds. People think I'm ridiculous complaining that I'm fat all the time.    Well, you are what you eat I've heard and when it doesn't digest in your body? Fat happens. So that's relief   there.
**I drink a TON of water. Probably a gallon per day. Literally feel like I'm drowning, but water cleanses.
**I'm off caffeine which I do not like at all. I never knew one could miss coffee so much.....but I feel better
**Makes you loose weight. Pretty much without trying. It just happens and I don't have much to loose.
**Never ever using a microwave. (Yes this is actually a Plus) Food tastes better! Even reheated on the stove tastes better.
**..................... give me a week. or Month. Or a year. I'm only on day 5.

Nonetheless, I have found a fabulous blog.  glutenfreemommy.com

It's beautiful, simple and totally do-able. The thing that's interesting to get used to is the flours. To make bread involves 4 or 5 different kind of flours or starches: potato starch, tapioca flour, sorghum flour, sweet rice flour, millet or buckwheat.

I'm just glad to have a point of reference to go from. When I gather recipes that are tried, true and yummed, then I'll start on a cookbook which has always been one thing I've thought would be fun to do. WITH photos. None of this stuff without pictures now....  So here's a picture.

photo courtesy of glutenfreemommy.com