2 weeks in.....

I have said it before and I will say it again I am really rubbish at updating these this. I have every intention of doing it but then get distracted and start something else and before you know it it’s a week from the last update!

Anyway… Is anyone reading this? If you post some comments and if not hello to me! So I have been on the gluten free diet for almost 2 weeks now and its not as difficult as I thought it would be, the only thing I am really missing at the moment is some descent white bread but the gluten free stuff is not that bad, well apart from the high fibre stuff which always seems to crumble as soon as you open the pack.

The prescription stuff is starting to come through but I think I might have to change it as I have boxes and boxes of the mix stuff and so much pasta I might have to start palming it off on people to get rid of it!

I did some baking over the weekend started with some bread using the Juvela white mix and it’s the best result I have had so far, it looked and felt like normal bread and taste really nice the only thing I have to get now is a descent bread knife so I don’t end having door steps for lunch.

I also made my first mistake, I really miss being able to pop out and pick up a sausage roll for lunch, I know there are not healthy but as a once a week treat they are nice, warm and filling and I can not have them anymore, so I thought I would try my own. So using the Juvela mix again I followed the recipe for some short crust pastry and was going to make some gluten free sausage rolls. I minced the meet in my new Magic Bullet blender (more on that later) and though I would add some garlic, spices and herbs for some extra flavour. The pasty looks find it was all mixed together and they even looked like home made sausage rolls. Shoved them in the oven 25 minutes later some lovely hot sausage rolls lovely!

I eat the first one and they are really nice the meet is a bit dry but not bad for the first effort I thought, wasn’t until a few hours later I realised I have not checked the ingredients in the mixed spice powder I used. Dam! 5 ingredient down “wheat starch” of bugger it after a week of being so careful not to eat anything with gluten I go and make something myself which has it in doh!!! So in the bin go my nice fresh sausage rolls arrrrrhhhhhhh!!!!! I will try again at the weekend learning some lessons, the sausage meet was a bit to thick and do not use this without reading the label first.

So apart from that one mistake I think I doing quite well, do I feel better? Well not sure really people tell me I look better and I probably do have more energy, although that does not really help when the alarm goes off at 5:30AM so I can go to the gym before work. That’s something else I have started again and as I write this my arms ache from Monday and my legs will ache tomorrow from this mornings workout, but at least I am going again. Hopefully it might start to show more now that I am eating better and my body can start to absorb the stuff I am putting into my mouth.

One of the first things I decided to do when I was diagnosed was to get myself a blender so I could start having smoothes and fruit shacks as drinks. So I had seen the magic bullet blender advertised on the TV shopping channels and knew someone at work that had one and so decided I would have one of them for a Christmas present (did I mention I know have 99% of my presents and they are wrapped, how sad am I!), so my brother said he would get it for me and I could have it early. It cool and it works, apart from being a bit nosier than I thought its really useful. I can blitz together a summer fruit, banana, yogurt and milk smootie in about a minute and it means I am getting more fruit now than I ever had before. More soon when I can think or things to write in the mean time have a look at the below for some great Coeliac sites (or celiac’s and they say in America).

Gluten Free Girl – An excellent blog (puts this to shame) from a woman in America who has Coeliac’s read the early posts as well very interesting.

US discussion board – One of the best I have found mainly and American board but they will happily answer any questions you have and loads of tips.

Coeliac UK – The UK charity for Coeliac’s and the publisher of “The List” of safe foods.

Gluten-Free by the Bay – Another excellent recipe blog for Gluten Free food.

Gluten Free Living – News and recipes