Gluten-Free Pumpkin Chocolate Fudge....Yummy!

{Gluten-Free Pumpkin Chocolate Fudge...from Hold The Gluten}

{Just a HUGE THANK YOU, to Pulsipher Predilections, for her Great shout-out....on YOURS TRULY and my Etsy Shop! Go check her out, I mean check her site out...she's SOOO FUNNYand SMART! Kristina, your check is in the mail:)}

Onto the Gluten Free Pumpkin Chocolate Fudge, from HOLD THE GLUTEN!...I can't say enough about this recipe, although I haven't tried it yet, I know it's Fabulous. How could it NOT be? It's FUDGE, people!

Hold the Gluten has become one of my FAVORITE Gluten-Free sites to look at and read. So many resources and recipes, I could get lost for hours on her site. Not to mention all the GF blogs she has in her sidebar. Holy Cow, it's a one-stop shop for Celiacs. I know, I know...you wish you had Celiac too. Actually, you don't, but...going GF is VERY healthy! Did you know that? I didn't! I'm very happy to say, that Celiac has forced me to eat BETTER! I don't want to admit it but I was a FAST FOOD junkie a couple months ago. Daily and sometimes more than daily. Make sense, good! I would crave it and do my errands to get what FF I wanted. Now, that seems so gross to me!

I'm not happy about having Celiac but I'm thankful for the wake-up call. I was told that Celiac is the healthiest disease you can have. Or, at least, one of them.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Getting used to Celiac Disease!

When I was surfing today...for more Celiac HELP! I came across this picture. I thought, well...that just about sums it up! Anything with wheat, barley, rye and oats is not for ME! Then I wondered how Christmas was going to be. Here comes the pity party....no pumpkin pie? Dang! No homemade rolls! I guess I will eat ALL the CANDY CANES then...haha!

There is hope...I found a store called AGAINST THE GRAIN, if you live in the SLC area. It's a GF Store, and I mean GF....not one item has gluten. Praise GF:) I bought several items to try and I have to say, they aren't bad. It's been two weeks since my diagnoses and, I think, my taste buds are adjusting. I found some cookies that sounded so yummy, so I bought them! My kids tried them...and tried to say they liked them. But the cookie in the garbage with one bit out of it, gave it away. I don't blame them...I would have a YUMMY Chocolate Chip Cookie instead of GF. But, I'm on a mission to find a GF CCC that tastes just like the regular ones. Even if I have to blend flour myself!

If you know a CCC recipe that's GF and you want me to try it.....email it to me! I will try it, post the results and the recipe on my blog. So, I need your help! It's been two weeks since, maybe longer...I've had a CCC cookie. I'm going through withdrawels!

Venting on Celiac!!

{What a cute little birdie....haha!}

I was feeling sorry for myself because I can't have the food I want. Silly, right?!!! Sounds like one of my kids complaining about their food. It's just the 'realness' of Celiac has finally set in and it's getting on my Nerves!! Don't get me wrong, I'm thankful for what I do have...because I know it could have been worse. I just haven't figured out how to deal with it, day to day. I've had to take my own dinners a couple times in the last week...to family parties, and that's bothering me!

I know tomorrow will be a better day, or maybe tonight when PC gets home 'nough said about that!

Anyway, THANKS for listening to me VENT on Celiac...I'll get more positive, until then....I'll eat my almonds.

Celiac Disease.....and ME! Part 2

I know, I know...more Celiac NEWS?

I was so excited, last night, when I got the mail. There was a LARGE envelope with my name on it. I knew who it was from so I tore it open, actually I used the scissors, but still! Inside I found a large packet...when I say large, I mean, 75 pages large. There's a lot of info in this 'little' packet. I wanted to share some info with you, you and you.

1. I didn't know this, Celiac is a lifelong autoimmune intestinal disorder. LIFELONG! I guess, I'll have this for a while, RIGHT? So, it means, the digestive system stops working properly when you eat GLUTEN! And, if you didn't know what GLUTEN is...it's wheat, rye, barley and oats. And, there's no CURE! bummer.

2. If you eat foods containing gluten, the damage to your intestines can become life threatening and may put you at risk for other immune diseases. Okay, okay...I won't eat it, even though I really want to!

3. Celiac affects 1 out of 133 people in the US. Anyone a math nut, who can figure that out? I would but my brain is in 'GLUTEN STARVATION' right now and I can't think.

4. The symptoms, for an adult: feeling tired, irritable....okay, wait a minute. Aren't those symptoms the same as MOTHERHOOD! I thought so. For more symptoms click HERE.

5. Celiac IS treatable with the RIGHT foods. I know this because for the last three nights, Prince Charming has come home with YUMMY FOOD I can eat. The HOMEMADE mashed potatoes he made last night were soooo good.

For more info on Celiac Sprue Disease...Celiac Sprue Association


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{these look so yummy!}

I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease yesterday...not exactly what I wanted to hear, but I won't complain, much! I kind of knew for the last week, we were just waiting for RESULTS from the biopsy.

If you're not familiar with Celiac, count your blessings....haha! Basically, it means I can't EAT wheat, barley, rye or oats. What's left? In my opinion...NOTHING! Did you know 'SWEDISH FISH' have gluten in them!?! That does not make me HAPPY!

I have to tell you....it's a very difficult diet to follow! But, I have done so good, for the last 24 hours! Right now, I'm in the mood for anything with BREAD. My kids said just eat it! I would, except....my body attacks itself if I do. What's up with that? Who told my body that fighting was OKAY? Well, it wasn't ME! I'm totally protesting this disease. I know, it won't work....but I wish it could!

So the only thing to do.....DEAL WITH IT and BE THANKFUL it wasn't something worse.

My HUBBY's support is making this MUCH EASIER...he brought home several things for me to eat last night. Did not like the rice bread, though! So, I ate a YAM with BROWN SUGAR and CINNAMON. Very Yummy! His support will get me through my cravings.

I'll be adding items to my Gluten-Free list (right sidebar)....if you know of foods that are gluten-free, let me know and I'll list them.

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