Okay, so I was amazed I was starting a blog back in April. I was going to blog frequently (much more than once every three and a half months) and well, that didn't happen. So, let's try this again.
I was thinking today about how dramtically I have changed in my cooking skills. I started cooking and baking four and a half years ago after a trip to Maryland to visit my in-laws. I give full credit to becoming a cook to my mother-in-law and watching her make and bake such delicious homemade meals in her kitchen. Before that, my idea of a homemade dinner was a roast in the crockpot with maybe some potatoes or asking my husband to cook. So, I began cooking and amazingly, I enjoyed it. Somehow over the next four years, I began making more and more items from scratch and buying organic. Then, one day, my husband somewhat randomly decided that he would like to try becoming vegetarian. I enjoyed veggie pizzas, sandwiches, pasta dishes and more so we decided to try it together, most of the time. Admitedly, we are not at all strict vegetarian and were more so a few months back.
Around the time of becoming vegetarians, I had also tossed around the idea of going gluten-free. I didn't know much about it, but it seemed like there was some health benefits. I thought about it for a year without doing much with it. Then, this past March, I offered to bring a new mom a meal after her baby was born and she requested that it be gluten-free. I decided that it was time to make the plunge and so it began, my family and I were gluten-free. I was strict with myself from the beginning, but did 'cheat' when going out to dinner. I ordered a some nutrition books on amazon and began the journey. My favorite cookbook I ordered is, 'The Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook' by Alissa Segersten and Tom Malterre.
So, my reason for the blog, is to begin to remind myself of all the recipes I try and things that I learn on my journey of becoming gluten-free. Here goes to keeping a better track...
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