HAPPY BIRTHDAY KARISSA

sniff....sniff

A Birthday Workout

Hike across green Ireland;

Bike the USA;
Backpack through New Zealand,
But don’t call it a day…

Do yoga in lovely Paris;
Jump rope in Katmandu;
Avoid Italian pasta,
(Well, maybe taste, but don’t you chew!)

Climb atop Mt. Everest;
Do aerobics on China’s Wall;
Lift weights on Mexican Beaches;
And honey, that’s not all…

Shake your booty with native dances

In Fiji and Bora Bora;
Move your body and exercise
Like you’ve never done befora.

Okay; that’s good; you’re finished;

Now you can take a break;
You’ve finally burned enough calories
To have your birthday cake!

By Joanna Fuchs

It's your birthday and I can't be there
But I'll send you a special birthday wish and a little prayer
Have a happy day
I hope that all of your birthday wishes come true
May you have a great time today and find happiness in everything you do.

Love SD

Wait....

don't forget to blow out your candles.

My Gluten Free Pledge

Dear Body,

I pledge to refrain from damaging you with the horrors of gluten.

This Sunday passed my sweets and his family were joining my family for lunch, the first meeting(no i was not stressed or anxious). I was the going the cooking but for some reason i couldn't focus on the meal itself, i was just thinking cake... Because of life, work and some times laziness,  i don't often get a chance to bake. I wanted good old fashion chocolate cake and hmmmmmm.....snowballs. Yes, that's what i want.

 As for the food, i was thinking roast lamb with a um.....veggy something.

I got cracking with the baking first. The recipe i use for my snowballs is actually a plain cake. It's been in my moms ancient cookbook for years. Not sure where it comes from, neither does my mom. Just swapped normal what flour for gfree flour.

snowballs

250g butter/store margarine
2 cups sugar
5 large eggs
4 cups gluten free flour( entice rice flour, picture on right)
2 cups milk
1 tbspn vanilla essence
4 teaspoon gfree baking powder.

snowball syrup
apricot jam
water
red food colouring

desiccated coconut

Preheat oven at 180 c
Mix butter and sugar until fluffy and light cream in colour. Add eggs in, one at a time. Add rest of the ingredience, mix well.
Bake for 15 to 20 mins, until lightly golden.

For the syrup i never measure, i use my own discretion.
Mix jam, water and colouring in a pot over stove until in forms a syrup. Cool down. Dip the cake once cooled down in syrup then roll in coconut.
This recipe makes about 48 snowballs in a muffin or cupcake tray. So i do 24 snowball and 24 cupcakes.
To decorate the cupcakes i use whatever i find in the cupboards at the time.

For all my cakes i use Entice Rice Flour( in the green packet). It replaces normal flour cup for cup. I have found it to be the best product on the shelves in South Africa for baking cakes only. This flour is not only made from rice flour, there are other flour added. I normal get it at Dischem.

As for the chocolate cake its a family secret and before i remembered to take a picture it was already been devoured.... sorry. It definitely was the winner for the day.

Lunch went off without a hitch and everyone got on great.

SD

What is Gluten Sensitivity? How is it Different from Celiac Disease?

Gluten sensitivity is very similar to celiac disease. They are both genetic conditions, they both are known to affect most systems of the body, and both require a lifelong gluten-free diet.

The estimation of incidence of gluten sensitivity is much higher than celiac disease - 10% of the population. This is new research in an area that is in its infancy. Personally I feel that the incidence is likely much higher, perhaps up to 30% or more of the population. This personal estimate is based on my clinical experience and it is shared by others in the field. But I am not a researcher.

There is some thought that gluten sensitivity is less serious than celiac disease. This is not true. Both conditions can shorten life expectancy and create hundreds of different symptoms and conditions. Celiac disease is, in itself, an autoimmune disease and gluten sensitivity is not. Some extrapolate this to mean that gluten sensitivity cannot be a causative factor in creating autoimmune disease. I have not found this to be the case. In fact we have, here at the clinic, seen amazing improvements and sometimes reversals, of autoimmune diseases in patients who were gluten sensitive but who did not suffer from celiac disease. Once again this is my clinical experience, there is not much if any research in this area.

Symptoms Associated with Celiac Disease

There are over 300 symptoms and conditions associated with celiac disease and gluten sensitivity. I will include some of the most common ones below to give you an idea if you or someone you care about potentially falls into this category:

· Fatigue

· Infertility

· Obesity

· Diabetes

· Depression

· Rheumatoid arthritis

· Anxiety

· Thyroid disease

· Gas/bloating

· Liver disease

· Diarrhea/constipation

· Cancer

· Headaches/migraines

· ADD/ADHD

· Acid reflux

· Autism

· Brain fog/Poor memory

· Stunted growth

· Hormonal imbalance

· Osteoporasis

 

GLUTEN = EVIL!

 

 

Tisk.......... tisk.........

Not Again K.....
That's it, i'm definitely putting up your Mug Shot in every Andiccio in  Johannesburg.

Don't not sell to or feed this woman

This is for your own good

love SD......;-))

Help!

I slipped...

I had a bad day and nothing else would cut it :(

Can anyone make me a gluten free version of this??

Easter Brunch - gfree style

How about this delicious line up for a gluten-free Easter?

Gluten & tooth sensitivity !

A blogger from the States reported "Had my teeth cleaned for the first time since going gluten free, they were 95% less sensitive. Get your inflammation looked after."

Reading this got me thinking and ultimately researching.

New Study Finds That Patients with Gluten Sensitivity Have Tooth Enamel Issues!

Weeks of wonkiness..........

The past two months have being very wonky, don’t know how else to put it. My body and mind haven’t being feeling up to scratch. I know this because since I’ve being completely gluten free for the past two years, and have felt fabulous- seizures brought on by my temporal lobe epilepsy had also been dramatically reduced to minor incidents. (Incidents caused by eating at friends and family homes without realizing there was gluten in the food. A rookie mistake….) So what was wrong now?