Baking without grains or beans.

ande — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:59:36 +0000

I love to bake, but I’m trying a new diet to try and stay away from things to which I’m theoretically (by skin testing) allergic. That means no wheat, no corn, no legumes, no grains of any sort for a while. I can have nuts except for peanuts and cashews. I can have seeds, a little rice, and hemp (so far).

Where can I find recipes for cookies and goodies online?

Ur Doin It Wrong

ande — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:10:02 +0000

For some reason, the way I’ve been sitting while working for the last month is killing my neck and shoulders. I wouldn’t complain except that I like being able to turn my head and move my arms. I’m working from bed today — which is not to say that I’m sleeping but that I’m sitting upright and trying to keep my shoulders relaxed, all yogi-like. Hopefully, not slouching or leaning will let my shoulders relax, because this, my friends, is made of LOSE.

I’ve written about 1300 words and skived off for more than an hour at this point. Again, doing it wrong. I want to get finished with this novella I’ve had floating about for the last 4 month; pecking out under 2000 words a day is not going to fly. I crossed the 90k mark for the month and I am hoping to pull through 100k by the end.

I forgot I have to rent a truck for TOMORROW. I am so made of fail today. *tries to find a cargo van to rent* Thank you, Budget Car/Truck rentals for having one left over.

Domestic narging after the jump.

I’ve been totally lax on everything for… way too long. My breathing problems and various issues with carpet moldering (the joys of dogs that vomit in strange places) and musty toweling and all kinds of fun stuff — in addition to my dust allergy — have left me very reluctant to leave my office, much less to CLEAN anything. The house looks like shit. Rob and Mys keep the worst at bay, but it looks like shit compared to when I was a good little wifey.

Good little wifey phase being well and fucking truly over doesn’t mean that I don’t want to damn house to be clean. I am, under my ADHD/chronic fatigue facade, a clean freak. I love it when things are clean. It makes me happy.

Other side effect of all this is that our grocery budget is through the roof. I am partly to blame for this as keeping me in coffee/cream/Perrier/Diet Dr Pepper runs us about $100/month. Not kidding. I used to offset this by being the queen of economical cooking but not being able to breathe downstairs put a serious cramp in that. I have to say, I miss being able to save money that way.

Long story short: I need to get my domestic foo together.

Things I need to do:

pick a domestic task to do every day: i used to have a system!
start cooking things in the pressure cooker again (beans, etc) and storing them in the freezer
cut down on coffee: seriously, this is a health issue due to the protoulcer anyway
go back to more vegetarian and economical cooking
pre-cook meat and meals to freeze
remember that nachos and hotdogs are for sporting events, not weekly meals
stop using so much packaged crap
keep more dust masks on hand

Frankly, I’m bored with being in a state of disarray. That’s all there is to it.

Now, back to writing.

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Baking without grains or beans.

Ur Doin It Wrong