Monday, May 5, 2008

Happy Cinco de Mayo

Happy Cinco de Mayo.
Challenge of the day. How do you not eat yourself out of stress?

Find rich food that actually provides the spiritual and nutritional values you are seeking. Don't go for the diet cracker and hope that it will satiate you.

Try to use portions that will allow a good taste, adequate nutrition, and yet not be overwhelming in calories.

check out the lemon/poppyseed recipe on gluten free girl's blog.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Check out this recipe

a new light bulb. A few years ago, when I hurt myself quite badly (pulled all muscles on the right hand side of my body from thigh to just under the right ear, front and back) I became more gluten sensitive and blue cheese as well as brie, became forbidden.
I was reading one of my favorite blogs, Gluten free girl, and she wrote about blue cheese needing to be gluten free... sigh... yup, I missed that one.
so please check her strawberry recipe out.

*^#$^#% HOW MUCH WATER!!@##$%

Spring and then summer are around the corner, I thought I would remind you - hydrate!

The recommended dosage is 1 oz of water per 2 pounds of body weight.
So: weight in pounds /2 = how many ounces you should drink.

if you want a conversion from ounces to liters, type in "##oz in liters" to the google search bar, the calculation will automatically come up.
i.e.
200 pound person would enter: "100 oz in liters"
RESULTS:
100 US fluid ounces = 2.95735296 liters

Measurement reference:
Bottled water that is about the same size (height) as a bottle of soda/pop, a retail fridge for a quick drink is usually 20 oz.
1 1/2 pints 900 ml 3 3/4 cup
1 3/4 pints 1 litre 4 cups (1qt)
2 pints 1 1/4 litres 1 1/4 quarts
2 1/3 pints 1 1/2 litres 3 US pints
3 1/4 pints 2 litres 2 quarts



Tricia tidbits pulled from books and sites.
It is possible to lose a pint of liquid each day just exhaling. (http://www.naturodoc.com/library/nutrition/water.htm)

If you are looking for recipe and other conversations of measurements, please check out this neat site. http://curezone.com/conversions.asp

Friday, April 25, 2008

Marshmellows

Are you going to be grilling out soon?
I sure hope to be cleaning the grill and then toasting marshmallows.
I recently found that Fireside Marshmallows, Campfire marshmallows and Rocky Mountain Marshmallows are all made b the same company as the Aldi marshmellows, and

"Thank you for your letter inquiring about gluten in Aldi's Toasty Puffs Miniature Marshmallows.

This product contains no gluten or alcohol derived from wheat, either as an ingredient or processing aid and is casein free"
check the Celiac forums and you will find the same. (source http://www.glutenfreeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=14005&st=0&p=102282&#entry102282)