Learning to go gluten free is turning into a major life lesson. At first I railed against the truth, total denial! Oh baloney! I have eaten gluten my entire life just fine. Then when elimination diets and the results made it obvious what was going on, I went to the Its not fair!! stage. Then I began to accept it...sort of...but tried to find ways around it. Gluten free this, gluten free that. Let me tell you, if you think gluten free Mac and Cheese is any substitute for the real stuff, you got another thing coming. Then I got down to really studying it. Reading about it, finding a cook book where scientists had collaborated with chefs to try and find the best gluten free flour mix, to find substitutes like cauliflower pizza crust, and to pull as much flavor and texture ( crunch and chewy is what we miss) out of alternative sources. I think, now as Christmas baking reminds me of all that I cant have, Im realizing that Im in a gluten free 12 step program.Im learning to accept the things I cannot change, getting the knowledge and courage to change the recipes that I can; and wisdom to know that when I choose to ignore all that I know, and give in to my temptations, I will just have to live with feeling like crap the next few days. Who knew a dietary change could be such a learning process.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 16:39:49 +0000
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