Living Gluten and Dairy Free

We have gotten closer to a whole foods diet without trying than we ever did when I gave it a lot of conscious thought.  Our mainstays now for supper are a meat of some sort, usually fish and a vegetable.  I think because of this, we are all healthier.  B and S are growing and strong.  DH is losing weight.  I wish I could say the same but I am working on it. 

 The change was a slow progression that basically stemmed from being horrible at cooking rice (I hate that that seems to be the one thing I can’t cook decently.  I used to but somehow lost that skill.), and not wanting the fat and salt that many other sides provide.  Chicken and fish are our mainstays and are usually grilled “naked” or with a few herbs.  Three of us love salmon and all of us enjoy mahi-mahi.  We usually steam some sort of veggie to go with the meat of the night.  We rarely use a condiment or salt.  Garlic is often used heavily.

When I stopped concentrating on stuff being gluten-free, the whole foods aspect seemed to come easier.  Breakfasts are still, at times, pretty processed but usually organic.  Lunches tend to be a spot we struggle with the most.  They are healthy and inexpensive but are rarely whole foods and, especially with the prices going up, sometimes not organic. 

Now my challenge is to eat more local foods.  There is a campaign in my home state here to get more local food consumed locally.  Some local brands have even cut prices in local markets to help this campaign long.  I live a good ways from a farmer’s market with local produce.  But, I want to start eating more of it.  So, I need to get a routine going whereby I can get up there weekly.  Right now, that seems impossible, especially since gas prices are still so high here.

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I can’t believe it’s been a year since I have posted.  It has been a very event filled year and I won’t bore you with details.  Skip forward to today.  We are experimenting with gluten.  I cannot have it.  I try because I miss some things dearly but I can’t.  I regret it every time.  B and S are doing okay but S has a place on her face that won’t heal.  I am thinking it is gluten related and are going completely gluten-free again to see how that effects it. 

 Our diet has changed somewhat after some health issues.  That’s one of the reason we were experimenting with gluten.  It was overwhelming to try to incorporate some of the other changes we had to make into being gluten-free.  Now that I am getting every thing else down, doing it all at once doesn’t seem so challenging.  I plan to be posting some recipes here shortly.

In the last few weeks, I have really been examining the way we eat. Compared to most Americans, we eat fairly healthy. But, we are not where I would like us to be. So, I am doing research to get us on healthier diets with more whole foods, more vegetables and fruits and less sugar. It will be a slow process. If you have any input, I’d love to hear it. Do you know of any good allergen-free whole foods cookbooks, ones you have personally used? Please drop me a note.

This month marks the four year anniversary of Samantha being gluten free. I can’t believe it. I still feel like I am learning so much. She has gone from being a chubby breastfed toddler to a happy independent kid. It was easier to keep her gluten free when she was a toddler. She didn’t know what she was missing. She just loved to eat anything I gave her. Now, she sees friends with Oreos and grilled cheese sandwiches. She notices all the bright cereal packages in the store.

 One thing that helps is we are cooking together, all us girls. Both Beth and Samantha love baking and cooking. Measuring and chopping are favorites for both of them. Initially, finding out what went into a recipe was a little disconcerting for them. Neither one likes coconut milk but they love the way it makes some recipes taste. Now, they are happy to find new ways of putting things together. Samantha likes liberal uses of sugar.

 Overall, I am glad they are healthy.