Some things are changing around here. I and some of the boys recently tested positive for Celiac Disease. Hence, the new addition to the blog title. This means several things have been happening around here:
1. Studying: I've been reading a lot to learn about this condition; what it means and how to be healthy.
2. Cleaning out: Everything containing gluten must go. This is a bigger job than it sounds (and I'm kind of slow at it). And even though one boy in this family did not test positive, and one was not tested, we are still going completely gluten free for the whole household. I think it is too difficult to have gluten containing foods for some people that others are not allowed to have. And there is always the issue of cross-contamination that I don't want to deal with.
3. Learning new ways of cooking: Gluten free baking is quite different, so I am trying out lots of new things. As far as everything other than baking, there are many recipes that must be changed, and substitutions made, to avoid gluten. Eventually, I think I will go through all the recipes on this site that can be altered, and write in the gluten-free versions.
So, from now on, all recipes on this site will be gluten free. And I have a whole lot of them to post because I have been trying a lot of new things and haven't been posting anything! So, stay tuned.
