Living la Vida Wheat-Free

[pfloyd]

Well... I've had my first batch of spelt bread, and I have to say that it's not bad. It's not the white bread you can make from spelt, though. It's darker because of molasses, but I ate it. Granted, it had leftover turkeyloaf (meatloaf made with ground turkey), mayo and a honey garlic barbecue sauce on it, but it was very edible, especially toasted.
The 'rents have also been getting me a lot of stuff to try, including quinoa (keen-wa), spelt flakes, spelt pretzels (made by Newman's Own), rice pasta, spelt pasta, steel cut (pinhead) oats, rice crackers... I'm grateful for their support in this.
Fortunately I can still eat potatoes and rice. Went up to the little corner market this morning and bought five little bags of Herr's Steak and Worcestershire potato chips for a quarter each. They're not bad. I'm set on munchies for a while, when you consider that I have oriental rice crackers, fried peas, soy nuts, banana chips, spelt pretzels, and now these chips... oh, and two pints of Haagen Dazs in the freezer too. (The creme brulee variety is out of this world!)
I did find some spelt bread recipes online, including ones that can be done in a bread machine.

So, in a nutshell, when it comes to eating (at home, at least), there's always stuff I can use. Eating out, however, may pose problems.

It's only for a couple of months, but if it becomes a permanent thing, I think I can handle it.

Comments

[firefly062.livejournal.com]

I could look it up, but it's more fun to ask you...what in the love of god is spelt?

(At first I thought sardines/smelt but then rethought, "Wow, a bread made out of smelt would be really really bad.")

What is the wheat/corn hiatus meant to cure?

[pfloyd.livejournal.com]

Spelt is another type of grain that's related to oats and wheat. I can eat oats as well.

The hiatus is to see if my IBS is caused by wheat and/or corn. I'm going to be on some nutritional supplements suggested to me by a holistic medicine practitioner as well, but they haven't arrived as yet. (Expected sometime on Monday.)

[firefly062.livejournal.com]

very interesting...I hope it works for you...I don't know much about holistic medicine but it sounds promising! Good luck!!

[pfloyd.livejournal.com]

Thanks.
What this practitioner did was check how various muscle groups reacted. Everything in the body's connected -- muscle groups correspond to certain organs, and if those organs aren't communicating well with the brain, the muscle groups will indicate that.
Interesting enough... very much based on Chinese practices and beliefs.
It's been less than a week, and already I'm dying for a good slice of pizza! :(