Yummy Gluten Free Veggie Lasagna

2 cups chopped Zucchini
2 cups chopped Onion
2 cups peeled and chopped Eggplant
2 chopped Sweet Peppers
2 tsp Garlic

1 tsp Salt

1 1/2 cup chopped Mushrooms

8 oz good Tomato Sauce
Ricotta Cheese
Parmesan cheese
Mozzarella cheese
Tinkyayda Lasagna Noodles

Cook 1 PackageTinkyaya Lasagna Noodles 15- 17 min
Preheat oven 350

Place first 6 ingredients in oiled and warmed pan, cook 5 minutes
Add mushrooms, saute another 4 minutes
Set aside

Mix 1 small package of Ricotta cheese with 1/3 cup milk  - set aside

Place 1/3 Tomato Sauce on bottom of oven ready pan, add pasta (run under cold water), 1/2 ricotta and 1/2 veggie mixture, repeat 3 times.

Bake for 30 minutes.
Delicious

Probiotics and Glutamine

Probiotics and Glutamine

Vitamin Regime

Rescue Remedy
Gentiana 12
Iso Cort

A new regime

Happy that for once, someone actually says they can help.

Vit C
B Complex
B12

all recommended. . .
More info to come.

Finally

Finally found someone with a great deal of experience with CFS.
Apparently there are three different kinds, two curable, the other manageable.

I will keep you posted on what she says after my consultation.

Gluten-Free Segment on CBS 4

http://www.cbs4denver.com/video/?id=74915@kcnc.dayport.com

Amy's Pizza

I was pretty excited to try this pizza since I had heard good things about it.

B-

Overall, I would say it was pretty good for Gluten Free Pizza, but the French Meadow Bakery Crust I found I like quite a bit better.  Of course, now my local store does not carry it, sigh. . .

Garden

Boulder Canyon Foods

http://www.bouldercanyonfoods.com/products/boulder-canyon™-rice-adzuki-bean-natural-salt-artisan-snack-chips

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Living Gluten Free

‎"Sure, we can eat more gluten-free food mama, I don't like to eat glue anyway."

Finding the Zone

I have been hiking with my son quite a bit this summer.
More than a 1.5 hours wears me out, less than that gives me energy.
Finding that zone helps a lot.

New Chapter Probiotic

Adding this to the mix as well.

Probiotics

On a visit to Whole Foods, BIO K was selling gluten-free probiotics at a discount.

Based on the study mentioned before and a few friends in the natural health field suggesting I give it a try, I am going to try it for a few months.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100429102818.htm

     Can pro-biotics help with Celiac and other diseases?

Good Guides

http://triumphdining.com/

Yummy Pizza Crust

A-

Do not use too much sauce and bake a bit longer than instructions.

Yummy.

Looking forward to trying more of French Meadow Bakery's products.

Concept for a new show

Been dragging lately

Trying to get back on track, but again back thinking of myself last.
Darn those old 50-70s shows I watched growing up of the mom and wife taking care of all things at home, and taking care of everyone before herself.

Must remember- if you do not take care of yourself, you cannot help take care of others either.

Squash

Turkey Burgers

Turkey with Italian Spices, Feta and Sun-dried tomatoes

Add grilled onions and mushrooms

Bakehouse Gluten-Free Buns (See July 3 post)

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Delicious 

Gluten-Free Social Media Site

http://gling.com/

My cousin sent this to me to check out.

July 4th, don't be left out.

You can have a delicious burger too.  In fact, your friends will try to steal yours.

A

A-

http://canyonbakehouse.com/hamburger-buns

Stop Obsessing

For some reason, once you find out that to stay healthy you need to eat a gluten-free diet, you start to obsess about all things gluten-free.

Some days I forget the old standards- summer salads, fruits, veggies, and other of nature's finest in my daily quest for the best tasting gluten-free products.

For the last few weeks, to get my protein, (my stomach still mostly wanting to abstain from a lot of meat),  I have begun to make fresh fruit and protein smoothies.   They are delicious.

Whether I used fresh or frozen fruit, yogurt or soy milk with some ice, they are refreshing and give me a boost in the morning as I rush off to work mug in hand.

Amy's

I have to say upfront, that I am not a big fan of TV or frozen entrees, but during a busy day at work, I have been known to eat a few.

My new gluten-free favorite line is Amy's.  The mexican entrees are better than the Indian (bummer, because I love Indian Food), but the tamales, etc were pretty good if you have access to an oven, obviously they are better than in the micro.

B+

A-

View all their gluten-free products.

http://www.amys.com/products/

Genetically altered Salmon- Just Say No

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/26/business/26salmon.html

A gene-engineered fish, top, and a natural one of the same age.

AquaBounty, developer of the AquAdvantage Atlantic salmon, would sell fish eggs to fish farms, not salmon to supermarkets.

Sorry guys, but at some point we all have to take some responsibility for the quality of our food.  Just Say No!

CFS forum

http://www.cfs-info.com/forum/index.php?s=d501b6e0f6c57b6041f622c1a4040538&act=idx

Finding My Green Thumb

My garden is shaping up at least for now.

I have Chives, Thyme, Dill, Tomatoes, Squash, Mint, Lettuce and will soon give Strawberries a go.

It is still cold in the Rockies at night so just to be safe I am still bringing in most of the plants at night.

Thankfully I have found a good solution to do so and my son does not seem to mind.

The Golden Ticket

Everyone made fun of me when I came home with these Golden Raspberries, but they are delicious.

More CFS info

http://www.cfids.org

8 accupuncture sessions

It has been over a month since my last accupuncture session, and I have to say that I definitely benefitted and do see a difference without it.

I know that it can be somewhat pricey - between $60-75 a session-be sure to ask if they have a better deal if you pre-pay several appointments ahead of time and usually they will.

With a few more dollars in my pocket after this summer selling session, I plan to begin going back once a month.

Yummy Chips for a Summer Picnic

Earthy and Delicious

Variety of Flavors

Grade = A

http://www.foodshouldtastegood.com/index.html#/home/

Multi-Seed

Three Flavors

(I only like the original Flavor)

Grade = B

http://www.crunchmaster.com/home.aspx

Sunflower market is a great store, if you are lucky and live in one of the states above, you can visit their stores.  (I believe that the gentleman who started Wild Oats sold it to Whole Foods and got involved in these markets.)

They also have great recipes online, looking forward to making some of these!

http://sfmarkets.shoptocook.com/recipeweb/recipes.jsp

A few interesting publications that I found

http://www.glutenfreeliving.com/flashbook.php?mid=19

http://www.celiac.com/articles/592/1/Preview-of-Journal-of-Gluten-Sensitivity/Page1.html

So far so good

I am happy to say that my herbs, lettuce and squash are still alive.  

Since we had snow last week, I am going to wait a few weeks before planting them and the tomatoes and strawberries outside.

I will say that my mint is very temperamental.  

The host in me is dreaming of serving mint julips by the lake, but if her attitude does not improve, she is out.

Emotional Terrorism

I have a few folks that I know who I lovingly refer to as emotional terrorists.  I often joke about it, but in a way I also realize that there is some truth and honesty in the moniker.  What do you do with those people in your life who act out their insecurities and project their fears on to you constantly? 

It is my belief that there are emotional components to CFS as well as physical and physiological.

I bet if you look back at your life and yourself you will find a few incidents that stand out and have been draining your energy- whether it is family drama, beliefs about yourself, or something that happened that took some of your energy away.

Take inventory, and work to let go of anything or anyone that takes more energy than it / they give.

I still I have not recovered from my evening with Food Inc. Sure, I knew our first date would be thought provoking, and we would feel an instant kismet, but I had no idea that my stomach would begin to recoil in fear each grocery visit thereafter.

Looking at the positive side as I often do, it did energize me to finally start my own garden, find local farmer’s markets, research charts for eating in season and find a renewed affinity for tofu and protein shakes.

Something good comes out of everything, I guess.

On the reading wish list:

Find Food in Season Near You

http://fieldtoplate.com/guide.php

If you are a hummus lover, you will love this!

Grade= A+

Cool customized gluten-free search

Enter a question, product search, or recipe request into the search box above.

Research links pesticides with ADHD

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100517/ap_on_bi_ge/us_children_pesticides

Adventures in Gardening

I have not been able to eat meat since seeing Food Inc last week.

Today as my own birthday present, I asked my son and husband to help me build a garden, and despite almost killing each other putting it together, it ended up looking great.

Not sure of all of the secrets to high altitude gardening just yet, but if I can grow a few tomatoes, strawberries, lettuce and herbs in my first green thumb attempt I will be happy.  I remember hearing once, if you built, they will come.  I hope that means grow too.

1) Build a wood frame

2) Use rope to create sections within the frame

3) Level out the ground where you plan to place the frame

4)  Even if you have very little space, you can have your own garden

5) Flip the frame over and use a staple gun to add the mesh underneath to hold the soil

6)  Fill the frame with rich soil, at least one Miracle-Gro type soil, add fence if it needs protection from small animals.

Since our ground still freezes at night, we are starting the seeds inside.  Hopefully we will not be confused for a marijuana dispensary.

Can't wait until we can plant these in a few weeks.

Food Inc

Pasta Joy

Finally a gluten-free pasta that tastes good and does not look and feel like you should be using it for a paper mache project.

Excited to find these are gluten free

http://www.pacificfoods.com/our-foods/special-diets