Strong Start and tasty end of the day

I am not having any eggs this first week as part of my elimination diet, but my David (hubby) and Lexi (daughter) can. So I made mini breakfast quiches.

I made 12 with 3 organic large eggs, egg whites (egg beaters), Al Fresco brand chicken sausage (tomato and basil flavor), and shredded cheddar cheese. I used organic Pam spray and based for about 20-25 minutes on 350.

I ended up using a small spatula to get them out of the muffin pan....verdict was that they were very good! The best part is that I put individual servings in baggies ready for breakfast next week for David and Lexi.

My breakfast today consisted of a banana and a smoothie with a banana, frozen berries and coconut milk.

Since I did not get up early, my breakfast also doubled as lunch. I had another banana for a snack along with a cup of earl grey tea sweetened with agave nectar.

Dinner was yummy and easy. David grilled boneless skinless chicken on the Big Green Egg (best grill ever!) and we topped with salsa. David and Lexi also topped with pepperjack cheese. We had a side of brown rice couscous (gluten free!) and a salad. I bought a tasty ginger dressing at Whole Foods that fits in my elimination diet.

The best of the day though was dessert! I was having withdrawals for sweets so I experimented with making gluten free, dairy free, egg free cookies.  Browsing some blogs to try to find a recipe was not successful for the ingredients I had on hand.

So I improvised!


I did not calculate my measurements (why I would stink as a baker). I started with 1 cup of brown rice flour. I added baking powder, sea salt, agave nectar, and coconut milk. Mix well and added organic dairy free and gluten free chocolate chips. I cooked on 350 for 25 minutes. The result were sort of tasty dense cookies. What made it awesome was adding them to my scoop of chocolate ice cream. This ice cream is made from coconut milk and is also dairy and gluten free. It did have a coconut flavor, which I like, and was very good with the cookies. Delicious!

I am not seeing any difference yet on my "output", it is still often and comes about urgently. What I have noticed so far is that I do not have a stomachache after eating.

I also had a sample pineapple piece at Kroger today and less than 15 minutes later I had to stop shopping to use the restroom. I don't think that pineapple is citrus (I am avoiding citrus the first week), but this may be a trigger for my tummy.

Day one and adventures into socca bread

After the revelry last night for New Year's Eve, it is time to start my lifestyle change of eating habits.

I hope to have some weight loss happening too as a result so I took my measurements. I have no intentions of putting them here!


To start today, I modified a socca bread recipe to make it sweet for brunch.

The normal recipe called for chickpea flour and various herbs. Since I am now doing my elimination diet, peas and beans are eliminated for the first week. I used brown rice flour instead. I added cinnamon and nutmeg for the sweetness.

The basic recipe calls for:
1 cup flour (chickpea or whatever flour you choose)
1 cup water
2 teaspoon olive oil
Seasonings of your choice (alternately you could saute some and put in batter.)

Sift the dry ingredients and whisk in the remaining.

Use a iron skillet or a deep dish pizza pan. Put it in the oven and preheat oven to 450 degrees. When oven reaches 450 degrees, take out the pan and swirl a little extra virgin olive oil in it. Pour the batter in and cook for 15-20 minutes. Flip the bread and cook on the other side for 5 minutes or so more. Note that the times are going to be totally dependent on the size of your pan. Keep an eye on it and determine what your cooking times will be. You don't have to flip the bread, but you may want to broil it for a few minutes at the end to brown the top some.

My bread was cut with a pizza cutter into 6 slices.

I topped mine with organic cashew butter and all natural blueberry jam. Yum!

I like it a lot! Hubby thought it was pretty good and daughter thought it was okay. I think mine would have been better to cook it a little longer, but I was afraid of it burning.

To drink, instead of my usual coffee and flavored creamer, I had Rooibos tea sweetened with Agave Nectar.

Dinner is in the crockpot, beef with organic tomato sauce, organic bay leaves, sea salt, garlic pepper and water. I am not sure how I will serve it, but it sure smells good!

 Happy New Year Day!