Loving the kitchen

Hello loves!!

Happy first day of spring! I have been busy in the kitchen. Trying new recipes both healthy and an unhealthy! I recently took an old family recipe and made it gluten free! Turned out perfect!! Gotta love when that happens!

I have two recipes for you today. The first is a delicious salad that my sister Amanda and I made when I was out visiting her in Vancouver. It is super filling but without making you uncomfortable, it is also super healthy!! I can’t remember what magazine she found this in it might have been called Fresh?? (but I don’t know, just don’t wanna take credit for something that is not mine)

Citrusy chicken salad with Feta

Ingredients

1 1/2 cup edamame beans shelled

2 cups cooked chicken, shredded

1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes minced

2-3 clementines, peeled and separated ( I used just those cutie oranges, and my sister said she tried it with blood oranges. So use what you like)

2 tbsp olive oil

1/4 orange juice

1 cup Feta diced

pepper

5 cups assorted lettuce

 

Preparation and Cooking

1. Cook soybeans according to instructions on bag. Then drain and cool under running water ( i put them in a strainer and ran cool water through them0

2. In a large bowl combine all ingredients except lettuce

3. Add lettuce and serve

SO simple and so good!! My mom even liked it and she doesn’t really try new recipes

It makes a lot. Probably about 4 servings.

And then for dessert or a snack another time I bring you……….

Crunchy clusters ( Thanks for the name Amanda)

This is the old family recipe that I turned gluten free!!

1 cup chocolate chips

1 cup butterscotch chips

2 cups GLUTEN FREE chow mein noodles (Mine came in my gfreely box (gfreely.com) Gold baul I think is what they are called

1/4 cup peanuts chopped

Directions

• Melt chips in mircowave
• stir in peanuts and chow mein noodles
• drop onto cookie sheet
• you can either put them in the fridge to chill, or just leave them out and they will harden
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• They will look similar to this in the end
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• Crunchy, choclatey deliciousness!!

Let me know which recipes you try and what you think!!

xoxox

Happy Love Day!!

Hello my lovelies!!!
Happy Valentines day!!! I hope you feel the love I’m sending you!!
As you know last Friday night I went to a gluten free cooking class, put on by the culinary school here. It was amazing. We made so much. Flour less chocolate cake, pizza dough, hand made pasta, waffles, lasagna!! Omg so amazing! I have no pictures but when I recreate the recipes I will take picture!
If you have been reading my blog you know I have openly struggled with hating celiac, hating my body for having this disease. But over my Christmas break and New Years I decided to really change my attitude about it. I was trying to before but it wasn’t really sticking, so I spent some hard hours thinking about it and meditating on changing my thoughts. While it isn’t perfect yet I can say I’m much happier than I have been in months about dealing with it. Which is why I decided to take that cooking class , if I could make good food that was gluten free I felt like it would help me. And it did, but also what it did was take my mind off feeling like a freak because everyone else there was gluten free and understood what I was feeling! I even made some friends!
So it is going to take baby steps but I will learn how to feel happy and accept this disease!!
Love you all!! Eat some gluten free chocolate today!!!
Xoxox
B

Learning to cook Gluten free

Hello Lovely people!!

How is everyone doing today!? I am doing great. I have applied to graduate, had an amazing hot yoga class, and am catching up on homework. I love having some free time with only being in 3 courses! It is swell!

I have been gluten free for over a year now, but I have never really learned how to cook delicious meals (pre or post diagnosis). So when the cullinary school in Calgary posted about learning how to cook gluten free meals, I decided to jump all over that!! I think cooking is a great skill to have! And while I may be a mean baker, making meals is not my specialty. So I am gonna learn. One thing being celiac has done for me which I appreciate is it has allowed me to try new things that I previously would not have tried. My class is on February 8th and I could not be more excited! It is just another chance for me to regain control over this disease!

 

Here is the link if you are in Calgary and want to register!

http://register.sait.ca/saitApp/calendar/coned/courseContent.jsp?calendarType=All&courseCode=CKNG-141&startTerm=000000

xoxox

Bri