gluten-free meals i've made so far...

after lots of researching, making lists and more researching... i finally went grocery shopping! earthfare & lowes foods have gluten-free shopping lists, which help SO MUCH! this is after my 2nd shopping trip: i LOVE going grocery shopping, so you know i enjoyed this!






here are some meals i've made 100% gluten-free...
first picture- rice noodles with ragu sauce, salad with annie's honey mustard
vinaigrette



second picture- chef salad with gluten-free ham, red peppers, mushrooms, shredded cheese, cranberries and cucumber topped with annie's honey mustard vinaigrette!



third picture- gluten-free blueberry waffles with 100% gluten-free maple syrup, i can't believe its not butter,and blueberries! so delicious!

so far i'm eating 2 out of 3 meals gluten-free each day, starting with tuesday's lunch that consisted of a turkey sandwich (gluten-free rice bread... yuck!) sea salt rice chips and applesauce. i'm on my way to a gluten-free life!

next week: gluten-free breadmaking :) yes!

confused.

confused.
this is the longest i've gone without sleeping beside you and talking to you a few days out of every week for the past 3 years.
i think there's someone new, but i can't bring myself to think about it.
i don't know what you're doing everyday, and i don't like it.
ever since i met you, we've been connected at the hip & we were best friends. i'll never forget when i started crying at elizabeth's pizza & my mom said "you just miss your best friend, don't you?"
i read back to the beginning of this blog and saw what i had written about that weekend... why did you say those things to me? why did you make me think that the only person i've ever given my heart to may actually want to spend the rest of his life with me?
i can't bring myself to call you, text you, or facebook chat you because when i talk to you i'm happy, sad, excited, mad, jealous and fearful.

that is so sad.
i need to find something else or someone else to occupy this time.
i want a tattoo to remind myself i'm strong than this, and i'm strong than you.
stronger than a boy who broke my heart and took me for granted.
stupid boy.
i'm writing this on here so i'll know where to find it, so i can look back and see how badly you hurt me.
this is the last time i'll miss you, feel sorry for you, and think about you.
because right now, i want to FORGET YOU.

gluten-free girl!

hey guys!

i have EXCITING NEWS!!
my mom told me about a friend who has had the same symptoms as me over the years (dizziness, nausea, headaches, fatigue, lethargy, depression, etc.) and instead of looking for medicine to control these symptoms, she started researching. after months of researching, she found a disease in which she had about 50/100 symptoms- Celiac's disease. Celiac's disease is when your body cannot digest gluten, and all you have to do is change your diet to a "gluten-free" diet. she took on the gluten-free diet, and the symptoms we share have disappeared! totally! i could not believe it, and had to due some research about this disease for myself.

after hours of reading and learning, i have come to a conclusion. this may work for me.

monday night i made a grocery list, and found gluten-free shopping lists on earthfare.com and lowesfoods.com, which are SOOOOO helpful. shopping took a while because you have to read all of the labels, but i came out alive! i went to earthfare, which i fell in LOVE with. everything there is so healthy, pure, natural and organic; it was love at first sight. i don't know why i've been shopping anywhere else! yes, everything is more expensive, but everything was also labeled GLUTEN-FREE. at the normal grocery store, i'm going to have to read ALOT to see what i can and cannot buy. i know shopping around the outskirts of a normal grocery store is where you should stay, because those are the healthiest things to eat. everything in the middle is processed and not as healthy. i bought a few things at earthfare (my cart was overflowing!) and bought the basics so i can start going off of my medicines (fludrocortisone and midodrine). yesterday for lunch i tried my new bread, lunch meat, honey mustard and chips, and only liked the meat & HM. i didn't like the bread at all, and the chips were just okay. for dinner i had my new pasta with ragu sauce, salad with shredded cheese & HM. all of it was great! for dessert i tried my new ginger snap cookies, which were spicy, but are okay to eat for now until i try more.

and today was the first morning in a while that i have NOT woken up with a headache! yes! this may work :) and i am so excited about it!

so today is day 2 of the partially-gluten-free-diet-soon-to-be-100%-gluten-free! i may go to lowes foods to see what i can find :)

happy gluten-free day! :)