Paying the Price of Giving In
December 9th 2010 01:36
So it's the holidays and everybody wants to include cookies with every gathering. My first gathering of the season, I took gluten free chocolate chip cookies made with Pamela's Baking Mix, and they were delicious as usual. So that was no problem. The next couple of gatherings that had cookies were fairly large and not many people noticed that I avoided the cookies like the plague. I did manage to have a piece of peppermint fudge at one of them, and that was remarkably satisfying.
And then there was today. It was a small gathering of my husband's writer's club, so my avoidance of stuff was very noticeable. And instead of being sensible and strictly avoiding everything except my own offerings, I caved to trying a chocolate chip pie. I only had a couple of bites, and I avoided eating any crust, but there was enough gluten in the filling that I could feel it within minutes. Blast! So then after we needed real food and we grabbed fish & chips at a local drive-thru spot. I figured I'd already blown it, and I was very hungry, so I might as well. Why do I do this to myself? My whole abdominal area is all inflammed and swollen up so that I just had to loosen my belt, and I feel my gallbladder complaining. I was already tired from a bad night's sleep, and now I can't seem to work up the umph to get upstairs and make dinner.
This reminds me why I've started taking gluten free eating so very seriously. I'm taking a sulphur supplement now, and my mother keeps telling me it will cure my gluten intolerance. Well, it has given me more energy and makes my skin look really nice, but no sign of improvement on the gluten front, as today's experiences make clear.
On Sunday I made a gluten free version of Lemon Cake with Lemon Curd and Mascarpone Cheese. Yummy! I'm just calling it a Lemon Cream Cake now, since it's basically a cake soaked with lemon syrup, and cream with lemon curd. On the second day, it tastes like the very best lemonade you've ever had. You can find the recipe on Epicurious.com (not gluten free, but I substituted Mama's Almond Blend Flour and added 1/2 teaspoon of xanthan gum and it worked great). It's good to feel like I can enjoy treats like this without suffering.
The moral of the story is, better to be impolite than suffer!
And then there was today. It was a small gathering of my husband's writer's club, so my avoidance of stuff was very noticeable. And instead of being sensible and strictly avoiding everything except my own offerings, I caved to trying a chocolate chip pie. I only had a couple of bites, and I avoided eating any crust, but there was enough gluten in the filling that I could feel it within minutes. Blast! So then after we needed real food and we grabbed fish & chips at a local drive-thru spot. I figured I'd already blown it, and I was very hungry, so I might as well. Why do I do this to myself? My whole abdominal area is all inflammed and swollen up so that I just had to loosen my belt, and I feel my gallbladder complaining. I was already tired from a bad night's sleep, and now I can't seem to work up the umph to get upstairs and make dinner.
This reminds me why I've started taking gluten free eating so very seriously. I'm taking a sulphur supplement now, and my mother keeps telling me it will cure my gluten intolerance. Well, it has given me more energy and makes my skin look really nice, but no sign of improvement on the gluten front, as today's experiences make clear.
On Sunday I made a gluten free version of Lemon Cake with Lemon Curd and Mascarpone Cheese. Yummy! I'm just calling it a Lemon Cream Cake now, since it's basically a cake soaked with lemon syrup, and cream with lemon curd. On the second day, it tastes like the very best lemonade you've ever had. You can find the recipe on Epicurious.com (not gluten free, but I substituted Mama's Almond Blend Flour and added 1/2 teaspoon of xanthan gum and it worked great). It's good to feel like I can enjoy treats like this without suffering.
The moral of the story is, better to be impolite than suffer!
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Then I turned it all into a smashing good green bean casserole. Getting ready for Thanksgiving, you know!
Still, fear of it tearing too easily, and just taking a lot more time than buying frozen, holds me back. Today I intend to bite the bullet and make a gluten free pie crust. I certainly hope it ends up tasting better than the pie crust from the bakery I bought a strawberry pie from this spring. Gritty and dusty tasting, bleah. And when you've spent $18 for a pie, you'd like it to be good!
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