Diagnosed with celiac (can't eat wheat)

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Ewwwwww...

Just watched a yummy ad for T.G.I. Friday, and EVERY SINGLE FOOD they showed had wheat in it.

bummer.

[LBTC]

I hear you.

At my office every day or so, somebody orders in lunch for a meeting and there are always leftovers. Today it was pizza. Wasn't too bad until I could smell it....so let's see: wheat, yeast, tomatoes, pork, dairy....there ya go. half of the things I can't eat right there. yahoo!

Good thing the curry stir fry thing I made for dinner was so yummy!

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

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this is a duplicate of a recipe I posted elsewhere, but man this is so good!

Today's Culinary Adventure: Gluten Free Matzoh Ball Soup

Oh, MAN, this turned out soooooo yummy! But it looks soooo ugly! I was going to post a picture, but decided I shouldn't (my first attempt at matzoh balls aren't at all photogenic) Oh, but they ARE TASTY!!!

They fell apart a bit when I cooked them. Next time I'll mash up the rice crackers finer, and shape the balls more firmly.

The Quasi-Recipe

Make a crock-pot of chicken soup.

While that's pretty much done and simmering happily, mash up a cup or two of rice crackers. (I used Trader Joe's Original Savory Mini-Thin crackers) Mash them up VERY fine! I don't have a food processor, so I put the crackers in a ziplock bag and crunched them over and over with the back of a wooden spoon.

Now you're ready to make Gluten Free Matzoh Ball Dough

1 egg
1 tblpspn olive oil
cracker meal

Stir the egg and olive oil until it is well mixed. Add cracker meal until you get a firm dough. Chill in the fridge for at least 1/2 hour.

Pull off a few cups of stock from your crock-pot of chicken soup. Enough to half-fill a saucepan. Get it simmering. Bring out your dough. Roll a tablespoon of dough into a ball. (like a ping-pong ball) Make it a firm ball, because every little air pocket is going to be a weak point when these critters cook! Do this until you are out of dough. Makes 6-8. Add all the balls to the simmering stock, cover, and simmer for 1/2 hour.

Add all the contents of your saucepan back to your crockpot.

Serve a couple matzoh balls to each bowl of soup.

(and you might want to double the recipe for matzoh balls, because this made barely enough for 3 or 4 bowls. and they're sooooo good! MMMMMmmmmMMM!)

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Gluten-Free beer review.

Well, today I bought a six pack of Bard's Tale Beer "Dragon's Gold". It was on sale, and Budweiser's "RedBridge" wasn't.

I know I'm supposed to love it because it's a hand-crafted micro-brew small company gourmet GF beer.

But I don't.

It's wimpy. Wimpier than RedBridge. I never thought I'd say a Budweiser was hearty, but dangit, the RedBridge has more b@lls than Dragon's Gold. RedBridge has a good bit more hops to it and isn't quite as sweet. If you like a mellow smooth beer with very little bite; Dragon's Gold will make you happy.

I like hoppy vibrant bite-you-back reds and ambers, so I'll stick to RedBridge until something better comes along.

(besides, RedBridge is cheaper.... )

[Wahine]

Gluten-Free beer review.

I like hoppy vibrant bite-you-back reds and ambers, so I'll stick to RedBridge until something better comes along.

Me too. I'll be keeping a close eye on your GF beer posts. I'm still drinking the gluten kind. Doesn't seem to bother me much but it would be a good experiment to go to a GF beer.

[Wahine]

I love bread and I haven't been able to find a wheat free substitute that I liked until today...

Ener G Brown Rice Loaf

I've tried other brown rice loafs and didn't like them much. This is pretty good. Even DH gave it a stanp of approval. I got it in the Organic section at Rosaurs (sp?).

I am currently eating my second grilled cheese sandwich and thoroughly enjoying it. Especially since I know I won't have a sore tummy later.

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Cool!

I haven't tried Ener G in a long time, cuz i didn't like it much before... or was it the tapioca loaf I didn't like? I dunno.

I've never really liked bread, so I don't miss it much. (crackers, now, those I looooooove! and miss!) (ooh, and crusty french bread!)

Very cool you found one you like!