Gluten free kitchen

I have read a LOT about the different degrees of gluten free kitchens, and I think we are going to try the shared kitchen. All the gluten containing products (flours and stuff) will be sealed up only to come out when needed but kept in a different cupboard than the gluten free products. I will have different baking pans for each and when I bake with gluten the oven will be bleached afterward to make sure there is no cross contamination. We will have two separate toasters one which will be stored in the gluten cupboard and there will be a spray bottle with bleach mix to spray things down afterwards.

So today I tackle my kitchen :)

And four hours later I have a gluten shared kitchen. Though it contains no flour or loose items at this point as we have to kitchens in our house, all of the flour and baking supplies went downstairs, upstairs is just the food my husband does eat. It has its own shelf and everything is sealed up. All of my gluten free baking supplies are sealed and on their own shelf and all of my regular food items have their own shelf.

We shopped today for gluten free baking pans, Tupperware, cooking utensils, and a cutting board all to be kept separate from the rest and only used for gluten free cooking.

All of the drawers, counters, oven everything were bleached vacuumed and cleaned to ensure no cross contamination.

After some research we decided to put the dog food into sealed Tupperware containers to avoid crumbs and cross contamination.

I can say with much confidence that my kitchen is a very clean place....

And the official diagnosis....

Dr said that in my blood work it shows I am celiac.... So we know what's wrong it's me and its time to fix it!!! MY fix it of corse I do mean fix my body from feeling horrible so cut gluten ut completely forever....not horrible, totally doable, just gotta learn all I can :) unfortunately living in a s mall town me don't have the best nutritionists,I have an appointment in April with one in Victoria so hopefully she will be able to answer some questions :)

I got a few books, so ill start to read them.

I am going to call around to some drs in town to find out if any are more familiar with the disease to talk to them....

I got my other results back and I do not have Cushing syndrome which is also good news,
But I do her very severe anemia, so I start taking iron and glucosamine sulfate and we will see how that goes :)

In saying all this now I he to decide to raise my daughter gluten free or not, I will b discussing with her dr as well as the nutritionist :D

Butter tarts!

So I made the dough yesterday and today I tolled it out again and made butter tarts! Other than the fact that u filled them waaaay too full, they are deeeelicious!!!

I am however going to use salted butter next time for a bit added flavor :)
I found the recipe here http://glutenfreegirl.com/gluten-free-rough-puff-pastry/

And here are some photos!! Official dough inspection, out of the oven and on the plate!

Bread!!!

The verdict is in.... kinnikinnick bread tastes like....meaning a hockey puck....it's super dense and just not tasted at all!!! But Udi's bread is DEEEELICIOUS!!!!! It's light and fluffy and there's lots of variety of flavors!!! It tastes like real bread :D (toasted)

Tonight we made gluten free pastry dough found here http://glutenfreegirl.com/gluten-free-rough-puff-pastry/
Wasn't too bad too make but the true taste test will be tomorrow when I attempt to make butter tarts..... Eek!!! By Xmas is coming and I need some substitutions!!!

Non lasagna!!!!

So the craving all day was lasagna, and with no time to make pasta from scratch I had to find a solution...cooked up the ground beef with onion and garlic, I then mixed some cottage cheese with some spinach and cooked some of the corn noodles we bought, I layered the beef mix with the cottage cheese mix and then realized I forgot tomato sauce so when I topped it the noodles I poured tomato sauce over the noodles, and topped with cheese and baked it for half an hour .... The result...deeeelicious!!!!!!posted below are the pics of the pasta I used.... Very good!!! And the leftovers we have :) ( forgot to take a pic of it hot!!)

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Today I started seeing some changes in my body which Is aaaawesome! I've lost 3 lbs to start....the redness/blisters on my arm is no longer inflamed, itchy, or hot and the scabs are healing over! I no longer require an afternoon nap or caffeine fix as I am feeling much more energized! My "IBS" is gone (horray no more upset tummy!!!!) and I feel in general much less anxious about things :) I discovered today that all meat products by grimms are gluten free! Horray pepperoni! Their honey garlic is my fave!!!

I am adding a pic of a granola package ... So delish! I have to buy more tomorrow, gonna try a different variety :) the flavor is very well rounded and not flat... Perfect way to start mornings! I've been mixing it with ïogo lactose free yogurt :) yummm!!

Things I will miss...

Today I started thinking about the foods ill miss, though I've found some amazing foods with the upcoming Xmas season coming I know I will b missing some of my faves.... : butter tarts, pie, crumble, pizza pops!, chreesies, digestive cookies, the list goes on.....omg STUFFING!!!! And grandmas famous macaroni,,,,,I know I'll find great substitutes! But my brain just started going..... As promised a photo of the completed cake .... Recipe found here http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.ca/2011/03/gluten-free-coconut-layer-cake.html
Though i suggest regular butter not substitution in the icing .... Other than that its super moist and delicious! I ended up making a bunch as cupcakes to freeze so when we go out for dinner (if we go for dinner) at anyone other than my moms house.... She's awesome and went out and got gluten free dessert mixes to make when we go there.... I have a very supportive family :D