Today I’m no longer running a fever, but I’m still have GI distress. Oh well, don’t know why I’d expect that to change.
I started taking probiotics before every meal, hopefully this will help get my gut back to normal. I also restarted taking my multivitamin, and extra B-12 + B complex supplement. I tested low on B-12 but B-12 should be taken with a B complex and if you are a little older (over 40), like I am, you should take your B-12 sublingually (under your tongue). B-12 isn’t absorbed as well in the stomach as you get older.
I also completely cleaned my kitchen. (more on cleaning green in my next post) I wanted to make sure I’m not accidentally getting any cross-contamination from my husband’s gluten food. He doesn’t bring much gluten in the house, a loaf of bread, and cereal of his own. However, today I realized just how many crumbs from his bread and toaster get everywhere. He has his own toaster, but have you ever noticed how many crumbs there are around a toaster and on the counter near a toaster, even if you clean them up every day. I’m afraid I may have been getting gluten. So we’ve decided there will be no more regular bread with gluten in our house. I’ll just make bread more often, and Stuart can use the toaster oven like I do.
My favorite Gluten-Free Bread recipe is:
Flax, Quinoa, and Almond Meal Bread
(this recipe originally came from Kira at The Medicine Women’s Roots blog, but I changed it a lot)
Preheat oven to 375F.
- 1 Cup Milled Flax Seed
- 2/3 Cup Blanched Almond Meal (could probably used unblanched)
- 2/3 Cup Quinoa Flour
- 4 Teaspoons Baking Powder
- ¼ Teaspoon Salt
- 2 Teaspoons Baking Soda
- ¼ Cup Olive Oil, Butter, (do not use butter to make this dairy free), Grapeseed Oil, Coconut Oil (only use unrefined with a sweeter bread)
- 4 eggs
- water to texture desired, just enough so that the batter pours in the pan thickly. It took a little over 1/2 Cup of water for this recipe. The more water you use the longer it will take to cook.
Mix dry ingredients together. Gently beat eggs together before adding to dry mixture. Add oil. (I had my coconut oil in a mixing cup and added the eggs to mix together but the coldness of the eggs turned the oil solid, it was difficult to mix the solid oil in the batter.
Add water a little at a time until you get the desired consistency to pour thickly into your loaf pan.
I used a Pyrex bread pan with parchment paper, cooked at 375F for 40 mins.
I hope Stuart likes it.
This afternoon we went for a walk around the block. It’s nice to get outside this time of year. The weather was beautiful today. As we walked we saw a few neighbors out doing the same, we stopped and chatted for a while. That may not be great for exercise, but it was great for the soul.
Picnic with Ants 