Chocolate Chip cookies (no wheat)

I made chocolate chip cookies with my daughter today for Santa!!

Chocolate Chip Cookies (no wheat)

3/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cup barley flour
1 cup oat flour
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp gelatin
12 oz chocolate chips

Beat butter and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla.
Combine flour, soda, salt and gelatin. Add to butter mixture.
Stir in chocolate chips.
Bake 350 degrees for 8-14 minutes

The only bottle of wheat free soy sauce that I could find!

I was looking for a bottle of soy sauce that did not contain wheat and most bottles of soy sauce it seems that wheat is an ingredient before soybeans! (why not call it "wheat sauce" then??) Well here is what I found for almost $5 (a lot for a bottle of soy sauce) At least, it is soy sauce that does not make me nauseous!! (I guess well worth the $5..)

Macaroni and cheese recipe gluten free

I made a gluten free baked mac and cheese today. Yummm!!! I LOVE mac & cheese!! Even my daughter loves this (and she can eat wheat).

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups Brown rice pasta shells
3 tbsp butter
3 tbsp potato starch
2 cups milk
1/2 tsp salt
Dash pepper
1/4 cup minced onions
1/2 pound extra sharp cheddar cheese, grated or cut in small pieces

Preparation (preheat oven 350 degrees)

Cook pasta and set aside (I use Tinkyada brand)

Heat butter on low heat. Add in potato starch and cook for a minute or two. Add in salt and pepper, then onions. Cook for a minute or two. Add in milk. Cook until thickened a little. Add in cheese. Let cheese melt in (must be uniform). Shut off flame. Add pasta to sauce. When mixed, pour into bake dish. Bake for about 20-30 minutes or until top is browned a little. Enjoy!

Allergies

It turns out that I have a slight wheat allergy. By chance, my gastroenterologist told me to lay off the bread and pasta due to high triglycerides. Well, about 8-9 hrs after I ate minimal wheat products, my sense of smell came back, my hearing got better, my nose slowed down on the dripping and my gastrointestinal problems disappeared. Ever since, I have cut out the wheat products if it's in the first 5 ingredients but generally have cut it out all-together and my problems have not come back (yet). I feel grateful that I can smell things again, hear better and no gas, pain, bloating or diarrhea and/or constipation. Not only that, I just feel happier in general! It's not easy cutting out wheat (when your top favorite foods are: bread, cheese, pasta, and chocolate). I am also grateful that I didn't end up with Celiac Disease (would have meant avoidance of even more foods and it's way harder). I know that my MSG allergy had gotten worse over the past few years (to the point that if I eat a dim sum lunch with family at 28 Pell Street in Chinatown, NYC, then when I get home I will have headaches, gas, bloat, pain and diarrhea). I guess I must have developed this allergy to wheat? (as my MSG allergy got worse?) But like MSG, I can have a hand full of Doritos and I am okay (amount is key) and I can have some small amounts of wheat I am sure (before the gastrointestinal problems come back). The question is, what level? (how much?) I am afraid to find out just how much, and wheat is in virtually most foods here in America!! Good luck to me!