Hey there! It has been awhile!

I have lost 34 pounds total now! I’m so excited. The weightloss has been slow but it has been permanent and that is wonderful. I have never had that happen before.

Today is my mother’s b day so i have spend the afternoon/evening with the most amazing niece EVER! I just love her! And my sister looks adorable 7 months pregnant with my 2nd niece.

M and I are doing amazing. He was sick all last week so i have not seen him. It will be 5 weeks on Tuesday that we have been doing so well. I can’t wait to see him tomorrow I have missed him so much.

I didn’t menu plan last week. I needed too. I haven’t made mine yet for this coming week but i will.

I still haven’t fully recovered from the glutening four weeks ago. My body is still acting funny. It’s disheartening but hopefully I will feel 100% soon.

I met a lady in whole foods yesterday that is around my age with two children with Celiac. She says that she can make any recipe gluten free! So I will be calling her VERY soon She showed me some new things there that I had missed that are gluten free.

I tried the Whole Foods 365 gluten free brand brownie mix and cookie mix and they were both very good. The  brownies were amazing!

Okay, that’s all for now. I’ll be back sooner than later!

LADYBEAMS- thank you!!!! for being so faithful!

Tonight for supper i cooked Talapia. I cooked it in the skillet with water, balsamic vinegar, couple tsp lactose free milk, olive oil, red pepper flakes, dash of black pepper, and some Tony’s seasoning.

I also cooked white rice with frozen peas. When it was cooked i stirred the peas in w the rice and added some dairy free/gf butter and olive oil.

It was fabulous! Grayson loved it too! VERY simple meal!

Today is Grayson’s birthday!!!! He is nine years old today! I absolutely cannot believe he is nine and i have a nine year old! Lol!

I brought him and a bunch of kids to the skating rink today. They are having fun. It’s funny bc one of the dads dropped their child off and was like, im going to watch the game in baton rouge so if u wnt to keep him with u thats fine…he can even spend the night……..HUH WHAT!!!! Do people really do that? So we have a houseguest today lol!

He is so cute bc he is just so proud that it is his birthday. So cute!

There are two kids having b day parties here named Alissa and Allie. That is my real name and my nickname! Very strange to have them both in the same room! They must be getting popular i guess.

Have a great day everyone!!!

I was on glutenfreemommy.com yesterday, one of my new favorite sites and she had posted a link to the recipe below:

 Mediterranean Pasta Frittata

http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/2006/03/mediterranean-pasta-frittata.html

Leftover spaghetti makes a fabulous frittata. I used Tinkyada gluten-free brown rice spaghetti tossed with a little spicy red sauce. It doesn’t get any easier.

2 cups leftover [cooked] spaghetti pasta tossed in a sauce made with: roasted red peppers, diced fire roasted tomatoes, capers, balsamic vinegar, garlic, basil and red pepper flakes
1 cup thawed frozen chopped spinach, drained well
4 oz goat cheese
6 organic free-range eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
several dashes of Old Bay Seasoning, nutmeg, red chili flakes, dried basil, to taste
1-2 tablespoons Parmesan, freshly shredded, for the top

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Arrange the leftover spaghetti pasta in the bottom of a 9-inch oiled pie plate. Scatter the spinach and pieces of goat cheese all over the pasta.

Whisk the eggs with the sour cream till smooth and frothy. Season to taste with spices and herbs. Pour the egg mixture all over the pasta and using a fork, shimmy the pasta a bit to allow the egg mixture to seep in and around. Sprinkle with extra red pepper flakes, basil, or your favorite seasoning. Dust the top with shredded Parmesan.

Bake in a hot oven on a center rack for 35 minutes or so until the frittata is puffed and golden brown, and the center is set.

Allow the frittata to cool for ten minutes before slicing and serving. A crisp salad of baby greens would be perfect with this. Unfortunately, we were salad-less. But we had plenty of Italian vino.

Makes 4 to 6 servings.

So I looked at what i had at home and made a few modifications….and YUM YUM YUM!

I used brown rice penne pasta. I layed it out uncooked (too lazy to cook first! lol!) then barely covered the pasta with water. Then sprinkled the frozen chopped spinach on it. Then I sprinkled feta cheese on top of the spinach. Instead of topping it with parmesan, i had sprinkled mozzarella cheese. The tomatos i used were from a 28oz can of diced tomatos. I also added onions and green onions also to the egg/sourcream/spices mix. It was sooo good! Not as light as we probably need, but eat a smaller portion if you need too

The heart cath went great! His heart is in great condition! No blockages to worry abpout! Yay!

Praise God!

Wow! Today is just a little crazy but i am trying to stay as peaceful as possible.

 First off, i am feeling SSOOOOOO much better today! FINALLY! The only thing left is the bloating. I cannot wait for that to subside and i can get back to feeling like i am still losing weight! Upside though is that these pants i have on today absolutely do NOT fit anymore! YAYYYY! I had to roll them b/c they kept sliding down. So that is way cool. But now I have to go get some more pants!

My grandpa had a heart cath done today. So far all i know is that he came thru fine and has a six hour recovery time. No results were given at the time my mom called me. So that has me just antsy today waiting to hear something. He and my grandma live almost 4 1/2 hrs away from me. But my mom, dad, sister, and aunt all went up there so that is good.

Next, I had lunch with M today. He always has a calming affect on me. Well, he does now lol. The last 2 1/2 weeks have been wonderful. Before that, it was rocky. It’s funny b/c we always eat at this small Greek/Lebanese restaurant for lunch and the place was PACKED today! Just packed! And i didnt even notice till we were leaving! lol! It’s funny how when i talk to him it’s like he is the only person in the room.

Gray has been acting up this week. The amount of disrespect coming out of his mouth is just incredible. So I am having to stay on top of that. It’s slowly getting better.

I tried to talk to my niece, 2 yrs, on the phone last night. She is the most adorable little human being on the entire planet! She only said hello and it was the cutest hello…EVER! My sister said she was waving to the phone! Awwwwwww!

So, I guess the day isnt so bad lol I’m just antsy about my grandpa i think. I’m also very worried about one of my best friends. She battles depression and I am just so worried about her right now. But I guess all i can do is give them both to God and pray.

Have a great day!

-Al

Tonight was dollar scoop night at Baskin Robbins. I LOVE dollar scoop night! I know, i know, not condusive to weight loss but yummy! So back to the yum yum ice cream….so we have been going there some weeks as a treat and i get the same thing everytime…peanut butter n chocolate. Well, after my mishap friday with Blue bell adding wheat flour into their milk chocolate i had this nagging feeling that i needed to re check the ingredients bc ingredients can change at anytime, hence my mishap. Well, the manager/owner was not there tonight so i got to deal with the teens/early 20’s and their lovely and helpful customer service skills After much convincing, i was able to get my hands on the list of ingredients and voila…still gluten free! Yay me! Then i look at the bucket nextdoor to mine and it contains wheat. So i tell the girl to please use a different scooper from that container bc it would contaminate it. She looked at me like i had two heads! But she did it and i feel fine. Yay! So i think i am definitely having my one week out of the month where i crave sweets bc i have certainly tackled them this week now that i am slowly starting to feel better.

Gray and I ate at my favorite Greek and Lebanese restaurant tonight. I had rice pilaf, chicken swarma, and eggplant parmesan yum!

So I’m feeling a little better today, and what do i do LOL! I ate potato skins for lunch and had a pumpkin spice frappucino for dessert! And I am happy to report that I am feeling fine after both! Yay! FINALLY! Of course I made sure they were all gluten free first. My face is still bloated from all my mistakes lately and so is my belly but it takes several days to heal.

 I made gluten free Pumpkin Pancakes last night from a recipe I found at Glutenfreemommy.com  That is an awesome site! Worth checking out if you need GF recipes. She is great! The pancakes turned out great. I used Arrowhead Mills Pancake mix which already had the flours and baking powder needed. I put in brown sugar as well. They were so yummy. I also topped them with cool whip. Yes, i know, not the most dietary meal BUT in my defense it has been quite a while since I have eaten dessert and i generally eat pretty healthy meals now so I splurged last night. My son ate them plain and loved them.

I’m still trying to decrease the coke. It is supposed to be gf but it is bothering me for some reason. Maybe the acid! Who knows. I had two cans yesterday and two cans today. That is a major decrease for me! Hopefully it will continue and i can kick the cokes and the rest of this weight!

Okay! So it has been a straight week today now that I have been sick. Last week it was the accidental ingestion of gluten from the taco seasoning. Then Friday it was the Milk Chocolate Blue Bell Ice Cream that they suddenly decided to put wheat flour in!!!!! And then over the weekend i felt bad and today I feel bad. So that leaves me to wonder if it is the ingestion on Friday or did I get cross contaminated over the weekend. Well, whatever it is, it has prompted me to be super safe right now and i am reeducating myself on going gluten free. It’s been nine months but maybe i need a refresher course. Also, it feels SOOOO GOOD to feel better that when i get CC’d or glutened I just get so upset. Because feeling sick SUCKS! Okay, so I’m off to figure out what to cook for dinner. I guess i’ll make it bland till I feel better.

Today we went to Chuck e Cheese with my mom and dad for a pre bday celebration for G’s 9th b day. First of all, i cannot believe it has been NINE years! So crazy! Also, that restaurant is just incredibly overstimulating! But it was fun and he had a great day!