While surfing the net about what tabs I should add next to my about me and other tabs, I ran into ProBlogger on the net through his article 31 Days to Building a Better Blog. It really got me thinking about my blog. I need to do more with it and spruce it up a little, wipe off the cyber dust and make it beautiful again. I mean, really do something besides change the background at my every whim.
So I decided I am following the steps in his article and I'll get this blog moving a little again. Plus I have a list from ProBlogger called 98 Blog Tips for a Lazy Sunday. I am going to go through those too. This should give me something fun and productive to do during the next month since walking and cleaning hurt too bad and I'm not working any at the moment. It should also give me enough momentum so that when I finally go back to work I can keep up with my blogging.
I plan to journal this on here too so if you want to follow along, I'll add a tag to this post or a link or something that you can follow. UPDATE: Here you go! Click here!
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Gluten Free Buckwheat Oat Amaranth Biscuit
Since I found out all my allergies back in August 2010, I haven't been able to find a bread I can eat. For the most part, I don't miss it at all, or at least that is what I have tried to convince myself. It didn't work. I want a sandwich, or biscuits or something!
I spent the last the last year searching and experimenting with recipes trying to find ANY bread I can eat. Either they can out like bricks (I could built houses with some of the bread recipes) or they looked beautiful but tasted like crap.
This week, I was in another experimenting mood and found a biscuit I can eat, that tastes great (everyone is eating them... my kids, guests, friends) and that have a lovely bread feel to them. Here is the recipe!
They taste great with gluten free gravy!
Note: I added clickable links to each ingredient.
Gluten Free Buckwheat Oat Amaranth Biscuits
Makes 12
Nutritional Info
Calories 125.5
Fat 5.9
Carbs 15.1
Protein 3.5
Ingredients:
Mix all the dry ingredients together in a bowl (from oat flour to buttermilk powder)
Add the oil and water. Stir thoroughly.
Spoon onto a greased cookie sheet. I use an ice cream scoop and get a beautiful 12 biscuits with a teensy bit left over. They don't expand a lot so you can put them a little close together.
Bake for 10-12 minutes (I usually go the whole 12 minutes).
Let cool and enjoy.
I LOVE these with butter and blackberry jelly. I keep meaning to make a sandwich with them but they don't last very long.
I got smart today and made a buckwheat/oat flour mixture by mixing 1 part buckwheat flour to 1 part oat flour. I think I did 3 cups each. I mixed them together well and put them in a new container by themselves. Now when I go to make the biscuits, I'll just add 1 and 1/2 cups of the mix. I am good! And so are the biscuits!
If you try this recipe, leave a comment and let me know what you think!
For more recipes, click here.
I spent the last the last year searching and experimenting with recipes trying to find ANY bread I can eat. Either they can out like bricks (I could built houses with some of the bread recipes) or they looked beautiful but tasted like crap.
This week, I was in another experimenting mood and found a biscuit I can eat, that tastes great (everyone is eating them... my kids, guests, friends) and that have a lovely bread feel to them. Here is the recipe!
They taste great with gluten free gravy!
Note: I added clickable links to each ingredient.
Gluten Free Buckwheat Oat Amaranth Biscuits
Makes 12
Nutritional Info
Calories 125.5
Fat 5.9
Carbs 15.1
Protein 3.5
Ingredients:
- 3/4 C Oat Flour (Note: Not all Oat Flours are gluten free.)
- 3/4 C Buckwheat Flour
- 1/2 C Amaranth Flour
- 1 TBSP Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Arrowroot Starch
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/3 C Powdered Milk
- 1 TBSP Buttermilk Powder
- 1 C Hot water
- 1/4 C Extra Virgin Olive Oil or Canola Oil
Mix all the dry ingredients together in a bowl (from oat flour to buttermilk powder)
Add the oil and water. Stir thoroughly.
Spoon onto a greased cookie sheet. I use an ice cream scoop and get a beautiful 12 biscuits with a teensy bit left over. They don't expand a lot so you can put them a little close together.
Bake for 10-12 minutes (I usually go the whole 12 minutes).
Let cool and enjoy.
I LOVE these with butter and blackberry jelly. I keep meaning to make a sandwich with them but they don't last very long.
I got smart today and made a buckwheat/oat flour mixture by mixing 1 part buckwheat flour to 1 part oat flour. I think I did 3 cups each. I mixed them together well and put them in a new container by themselves. Now when I go to make the biscuits, I'll just add 1 and 1/2 cups of the mix. I am good! And so are the biscuits!
If you try this recipe, leave a comment and let me know what you think!
For more recipes, click here.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Crochet Slipper Socks!
I have been crocheting slipper socks out of complete boredom. This is my third pair of slippers. I am keeping these! I made them with two pieces of yarn crocheted together. They are really warm and will come in handy this winter.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Filewise Filing System is no more? I am devastated!
UPDATE: Goldie C, a reader of the blog sent me links to the FileWise system. I decided to take it upon myself (after learning 1 out of 5 test people can't open the file... bummer) to put the whole system online! Call me insane... but I am in the process RIGHT NOW! Eventually it will be complete. THANK YOU GOLDIE!!! Here is the Link... FileWise Blog I am constructing.
Okay... you can now continue on to the rant...
I have used the Filewise filing system for years now. I found it while I was living in Tennessee and started using it right away. I love it! I started cleaning up my files that went to hell between move after move from RV to boat to van to various storage units while we lived in San Diego. Since I have plenty of time on my hands, I figured I'd get all my piles of papers and file folders that are completely disorganized and start getting it together again.
One problem, I can't find my filewise index that tells where each thing goes. I know where some of them go. The paid bills are in E-4... or is that E-1? And personal stuff is the L section, Or maybe it's home. Well, okay maybe not as well as I would like to think. So I went to file folder A-3 which houses the Filewise Index. It tells you where to file each document and sheet of paper you have. I nearly fainted! It's not in the file folder at all. I have no idea where it is either.
I immediately started searching the internet for the program so I could see if I could buy just the index or maybe download a trial version so I could just print off that file. Hey, I paid for it once, I feel okay doing that! But it turns out that they are no longer in business. My boring little world is crashing around me right now. I am pouting. Not really.
After that I started searching for file systems and found one but being the routine stickler that I am, I do not like change and having to change file systems just blows my world away. I hate every second of it. Eventually I will order the system and let you know how it works but in the meantime, if anyone happens to have the Filewise Index that tells you which folder to file each document in, if you could pretty please email me, I'd really appreciate it.
Okay... you can now continue on to the rant...
I have used the Filewise filing system for years now. I found it while I was living in Tennessee and started using it right away. I love it! I started cleaning up my files that went to hell between move after move from RV to boat to van to various storage units while we lived in San Diego. Since I have plenty of time on my hands, I figured I'd get all my piles of papers and file folders that are completely disorganized and start getting it together again.
One problem, I can't find my filewise index that tells where each thing goes. I know where some of them go. The paid bills are in E-4... or is that E-1? And personal stuff is the L section, Or maybe it's home. Well, okay maybe not as well as I would like to think. So I went to file folder A-3 which houses the Filewise Index. It tells you where to file each document and sheet of paper you have. I nearly fainted! It's not in the file folder at all. I have no idea where it is either.
I immediately started searching the internet for the program so I could see if I could buy just the index or maybe download a trial version so I could just print off that file. Hey, I paid for it once, I feel okay doing that! But it turns out that they are no longer in business. My boring little world is crashing around me right now. I am pouting. Not really.
After that I started searching for file systems and found one but being the routine stickler that I am, I do not like change and having to change file systems just blows my world away. I hate every second of it. Eventually I will order the system and let you know how it works but in the meantime, if anyone happens to have the Filewise Index that tells you which folder to file each document in, if you could pretty please email me, I'd really appreciate it.
Friday, August 12, 2011
My inflammatory markers are elevated, cough syrup anyone?
I got a call from the doctors office today. The CMA told me that my lab results show that my inflammatory markers are slightly elevated. I have no idea what that means. I guess I should have asked. I'll call tomorrow and ask. All I know is that I am still in a lot of pain. The Tramadol isn't helping at all. My back burns insanely and I have become a touch of a hermit because of it.
I don't go to the store if I can find any way to avoid it. I usually end up in tears by the time I am done. It's agony to walk through my house anymore, much less a whole grocery store. The most places I go are to the mail store (they bring my mail out to me), Nikky's house, and Town Pump. I have no life now. But I have to say, I have had fun crocheting!
I will have to post some of my crochet projects sometime. I am making about five blankets, a purse, matching crochet hook bag for my purse and matching slippers. I have a lot of time on my hands so I will have plenty of projects to do and complete! I also decided that since everyone is getting sick, it was time to make couch syrup. I love my homemade cough syrup!
So I went to Nikky's house and we made three batches of cough syrup. Cherry with onion, cherry without onion (for the onion allergic) and strawberry with onion. I have to say, I have never had a strawberry batch turn out like this before. We made two batches in one and somewhere along the way it went wrong. The finished product looked like blood and pus mixed with a little vomit and smelled like rancid garbage. My guess is that we used the wrong onion. The cherry syrup mix turned out wonderful! I ended up taking some last night and it works like I remember it to!
For the rest of today, I will be working on updating all my blogs, writing, posting recipes and working on my book. Today is just going to be a writing day! At the end of the day, I will start my very own herbal book! I am excited!!!
I don't go to the store if I can find any way to avoid it. I usually end up in tears by the time I am done. It's agony to walk through my house anymore, much less a whole grocery store. The most places I go are to the mail store (they bring my mail out to me), Nikky's house, and Town Pump. I have no life now. But I have to say, I have had fun crocheting!
I will have to post some of my crochet projects sometime. I am making about five blankets, a purse, matching crochet hook bag for my purse and matching slippers. I have a lot of time on my hands so I will have plenty of projects to do and complete! I also decided that since everyone is getting sick, it was time to make couch syrup. I love my homemade cough syrup!
So I went to Nikky's house and we made three batches of cough syrup. Cherry with onion, cherry without onion (for the onion allergic) and strawberry with onion. I have to say, I have never had a strawberry batch turn out like this before. We made two batches in one and somewhere along the way it went wrong. The finished product looked like blood and pus mixed with a little vomit and smelled like rancid garbage. My guess is that we used the wrong onion. The cherry syrup mix turned out wonderful! I ended up taking some last night and it works like I remember it to!
For the rest of today, I will be working on updating all my blogs, writing, posting recipes and working on my book. Today is just going to be a writing day! At the end of the day, I will start my very own herbal book! I am excited!!!
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