Thursday, February 20, 2014

My discoveries...Replacing bread; UGG What is a mom to do?

My children are huge sandwich lovers... What does a mom do when we eliminate wheat from our diet? SCHOOL LUNCH aHaHaH!  I was very overwhelmed and knew I wanted to get my family in a healthy state so I prayed about my dilemma since my children are showing signs of food allergies like eczema and crazy diarrhea not to mention angry dysfunctional crazy mood swings. So, after I prayed; people, blogs, websites etc. showed up in my life to help me through this process.

This is what I discovered to help me replace bread... Rice flour, Coconut flour and Pamela's flour.
I love it! The children love it. I follow the recipe on Pamela's it is called bread (made with pancake and baking mix). on this site: website.http://www.pamelasproducts.com/search-recipes/

I made some modifications to the recipe, I add carrots, spinach, kale and collard greens to eat. To extend the life of the flour I took my beautiful friend Cheryl Walser's advice and I blend oats in a blender and add it to the mix i substitute for a cup of the flour called for in the recipe.  I feel like this is economical plus it is giving my family the fiber they truly need.  They love it! I hope this post is helpful for you today. Please share your experiences what has and is working for your family?

 The replacement flour I use now. I got the coconut flour from Costco and Pamela's mix on amazon grocery
I purchased this at Wal-mart, it can be found at any grocery store. For a good price. I will have more recipes for this flour.
                      For the baby I found these little snacks that work great and at a low cost.
 I have also replaced bread products with these beauties, thanks to my sister in law Kilene for introducing me to them. They can be found at Costco. Delicious!
                                           These are really good also. Also a Costco product
 I would  use oil like the yellow beauty on the left now (also a Costco product) I use coconut oil. It tastes   like Hawaii in a bottle. I love it.
Lastly I wanted to add these foreign objects, at least they were foreign to me a couple years ago. I would use them in salads and dinners. However, I never just put them in my mouth as a snack. That is right people they are carrots and celery and once my taste buds changed these actually tasted good. I will take them out and just snack on them. I found that purchasing already cut produce like these helps me I know it would save money to purchase whole stalks of celery and long carrots. I would have the intention to come home and cut them like these pre cut veggies, once home I never got around to actually cutting them so now I save my self the heartache and trouble and I just purchase them already cut. 
                                                          Have a fabulous healthy day. 

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