Another Tasty Low-Cal Snack

Let me introduce you to this little joy. It's wonderful! Personal sized bags! You get a delicious snack without all the guilt. 

Not too horrible for pop corn. 

Cute little bag, full of deliciousness. 

I like to put it in a bowl and add just a teeny bit of grass fed butter and some salt. It's a perfect size for a little pick me up snack and the best part...its gluten free! 

Enjoy! 

G Free Just Got Sweeter!

It's hard enough being g free. But try being g free and trying to eat healthy, low fat and low carb. Sigh. The fruit and veggies are fine. But other food....gluten galore. Until now...

This is my new favorite sweet treat! It is not only gluten free, it's 80 calories and has only 9 grams of carbs! It's perfect for a low-cal, belly-fat cure diet. The belly-fat cure is a great book from Jorge Cruise. (http://www.everydiet.org/diet/belly-fat-cure). This is a fabulous way to loose weight. It works great! When I was on this way of eating, I lost 39 pounds. I'm looking forward to dropping that off again. 

See? G free! 

Proof! It's healthy! It's Greek yogurt and healthy and you feel amazing eating it. It has great flavor too! I also purchased toasted coconut with vanilla. I am curious to see what that tastes like. 

I am in half-marathon training so I need to drop some weight while building muscle. Problem is, I really, really like food. So o need healthy and tasty options. I think I found it. Get some of this fabulous yogurt and you be the judge. 

Airplane Safe Snacks

Normally I pack g free snacks for my flights. Normally. For whatever reason, I somehow managed to not have time to pack snacks for our flight. Thankfully, it would be a short flight. 

The terminal we were in is pretty new, with lots of new vendors. One of which is healthy living. While they do still have your usual junk food, they also offer a range of healthy snacks. For instance they have Fage yogurt, almonds, kale chips, veggie chips, hummus and more. 

Look at all the tasty, mostly g free, options!! 

I picked the Eat your Veggies brand. Looked good. It said on their packaging that it is processed in a g free environment, so cool. 

We boarded our plane and were on our merry way to Seattle. About the time the drink cart comes out, I pull out my veggie chips. 

Ok, these things are pretty good. Even the hubs thought so. Veggie chips for the win! 

If you find yourself in the A terminal at Sacramento International Airport, swing by and grab some yummy and safe treats. 

Not Your Normal Fish Sticks

My mom is always on the look out for cool g free cook books for me. I am so fortunate to have a mom like her. One day, she came over with this gem...

I do not know where she got it from and there is no author. I imagine Barnes and Noble has it or can get it and then there's amazon.com.

One day, I was flipping through it, seeing what recipes it has and trying to figure out something for dinner. Then I came across the Salmon Sticks. I love fried food. However, most fried food tends to be toxic poison for people with gluten intolerance or celiacs.

Looks good, right? I thought so. So I decided to give it a whirl. Looked easy enough. So off to Raley's I go. My favorite go to grocery store for gluten free and organic items. It's also less than a mile from my house...so there's that.

I picked up some salmon and prepared it for dipping. I suggest buying salmon that already has the skin removed. I didn't...It was a challenge. 

The recipe calls for sun flower oil. I couldn't find any, but I did find a Sun Coco oil. This stuff is amazing! 

I have not worked with corn meal before...so we shall see how this turns out. 

The cooking part took no time at all. I followed the suggested time in the recipe and hoped for the best. It smelled wonderful. Another nice thing about this oil is that there is no real splash or oil "popping"...you know that fun thing that happens with hot oil that burns you.

I served the salmon sticks with sauteed brocclini. For sauces, I used ranch, but my husband made a delicious honey mustard dipping sauce. 

Honey Mustard Recipe:

3 Tbs Dijon mustard

1 Tbs Honey

Stir

For the brocolini I sauteed it in olive oil with minced garlic and very little rock salt. I love broccolini. It doesn't have the expected side affects of regular broccoli. 

Ok...here's the final verdict: I either need more practice, or I need to mix the cornmeal with coconut flour. It was crispy...like teeth shattering crispy. I used 100% cornmeal to coat the salmon. I think the next time I make this, I will do a blend. 

It was sort of a win...A win that needs more practice. 

Chips, Chips and More Chips!

Potato chips are an amazing snack. I love them dearly, much to the annoyance of my trainer. I have been on the hunt for the perfect g free potato chip that is not only tasty, but reasonably healthy too. That rules out Dorritos and Lay's.

While wandering through Raleys, my go to grocery store for g free items, I discovered a wall of Kettle Chips. They are non-gmo and most importantly, G free. Raley's had a sale going on while I was there...2 for$5. Perfect! Now is the time to try some flavors. And they do have A LOT of flavors. 

  

The first flavor I tried was the Sour Cream and Onion. This is one of my favorites from Lay's, so lets see how it compares. It was pretty darn good. One thing that I really like about this brand is that the sour cream and onion flavor wasn't too potent. 

The next flavor that was up for the taste test was the Backyard Barbecue. Ok. This was amazing! Again, not to over-powering, but great flavor.

I am currently enjoying the Maple Bacon. It's sweet, salty and bacon! Great flavor also! I was skeptical at first, but I was sold after the first bite.

 

Last, but certainly not least is the good ol' fashioned Sea Salt. This is a great one for tagging along with sandwiches, picnics and dips! Delicious and not too terribly unhealthy. 

There ya go! 4 amazing flavors to try out. Gluten free, non-gmo and totally delicious. There are a lot of other flavors that I would love to try out...

For more information on flavors and such, here is the website:http://www.kettlebrand.com/our_products/potato_chips/#/our_products/potato_chips/?pid=68  

Spaghetti~ Safe and Delicious

I love pasta. Alfredo. Spaghetti Bolognese. Lasagna. And more... The problem is, most of these items contain things that are harmful to celiacs and gluten intolerant people. Until now!

Sometimes you just want something quick. Who wants to make homemade pasta sauces when your exhausted. I certainly don't. I had to stop at Walmart for some stuff...uggg. I am not a fan of Walmart. To me, it's the epitome of everything wrong with our way of eating...until now. Walmart is now carrying gluten free products and  organic products. That's new and exciting.

Ok, so I am tired from a crazy week of classes and hosting my organized event. Dinner tonight will be quick and easy and somewhat healthy. Prego is pretty yummy and its g free!

That's right! Gluten Free. 

I like to kick up my Prego with some extra goodies. I found this in the freezer section at Walmart. I will confess, I was looking for gluten free chicken strips. I am excited. Most meatballs, even the turkey ones, have gluten in it.

This is my go to pasta. I love the flavor and the texture. It's not mushy or taste odd. It even holds up great the next day. The have a great linguine too. It takes a little longer to cook than regular pasta, but it's worth the wait.

 

After everything is all cooked up, serve and enjoy! 

The flavor is fantastic. Now I can enjoy a regular pasta dish without all the pain and suffering!

Enjoy! 

A Whole New Blog

I want to thank you for faithfully following me on here. However, I have decided to take my blog to the next level. And to do that, I need to move onto to a full on website. I have spent some time working on the new website and it is finally ready...

Please join me on my gluten free adventures over at Wix...Here's the new link:
My Gluten Free Life

Thank you so much and I will see you over there!

Thank you again for reading my posts and having the grace for me as I learned about blogging.