I had a hearty Saturday breakfast of scrambled eggs, potatoes and bacon. For lunch I had a leftover hamburger patty and for dinner I had white chicken chili. My family loves this recipe but it calls for a cup of sour cream right before serving. I dipped my bowl out of the pot and then added the sour cream for the family. It was still good without the sour cream but the cayenne pepper kept sneaking up on me and making me choke!
Today was my first foray into the world of allergy friendly baking. I made chocolate chip almond cookies with Bob's Red Mill Almond Meal. The recipe was on the back of the bag. It uses coconut oil in place of butter which I like, and maple syrup as the sweetener. I was afraid the cookies would taste like pancakes but luckily, this was not the case. I used Enjoy Life chocolate chips which taste exactly like their traditional counterpart. Hurray!
The cookies turned out okay. The texture was similar to that of a chunky oatmeal cookie. They weren't super sweet and had a subtle almond flavor thanks to the almond meal and extract. These definitely aren't anywhere close to "wow" and I'm determined to find a better recipe but I was eager to start experimenting and I had all the ingredients on hand. My Amazon box came and I've got a big 'ol bag of blanched almond flour waiting for me so I'm hoping there is something truly yummy on the horizon!
My husband and I argued today about tostados. I asked for dinner ideas and he suggested tostados. I said I can't eat tostados so I will just eat the beans and toppings. He said he was going to stop suggesting dinner ideas because "I can't eat anything" and that I made him feel guilty for wanting to eat a tostado when I can't. It sounds absolutely ridiculous now, writing it down. We had a fight about Mexican food for crying out loud! The issue for me was that his comment made me feel very hurt and unsupported in this difficult journey. I don't want to eat like this. Two separate doctors told me I had to eat like this to be healthy. It's not something I'm doing on a whim or to be trendy. I want to keep my family's food as normal as possible; I'm the one who has to adapt.
I know this impacts my family as well as myself, but I'm doing my best to keep the changes small. My family can eat whatever they like but they are going to have to expect that I will have to modify what they eat for myself. We can have tostados but mine will be sans tortilla. We can have hamburgers but mine will be without cheese and a bun. Its hard for me but it doesn't have to be for them.
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