cake or cupcake?
M has been nagging me about the holiday baking because although chocolate gingerbread cake, chocolate Guiness cake, chocolate chip cookies, ginger spice cookies, and oatmeal cookies are all well and good, these are not the best items to eat nutritiously and light. I have dutifully hunted for healthy recipes and last night made a pretty tasty curried lentil soup, which was healthy and filling without being heavy and had a nice spicy kick to it (I will experiment with the spices more though).
I have laid off the baking.
And then, this afternoon, I received a belated Christmas gift from my college friend Jo.
I have new inspiration and now I must decide whether to make a great big cake or a dozen beautiful little cupcakes.
I am so glad that work has a gym.
I am so glad that work has a gym.
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You know since I became allergic to wheat I've been using Glutino, who has all kinds of baking products with no wheat. Much healthier ingredients, but beleive it or not way more calories. But much better for my digestion, anyway.
I used to live with a guy from India who made the best dahl with curry. Homemade, like nothing I've ever had. Extra spicy. I miss that so much. Good to find another spice lover!! ;)
In college, one of my friends was a little amazed at how many spices I would use in a dish because she was used to her mother's cooking, and her mother only used salt and pepper in her cooking. I used to choke my dishes with spices although now I'm trying to take a more restrained approach and use just the right blend and right amount of spices. Restraint is so hard at times though. :)
I'm thinking about exploring Moroccan and African style dishes and I think the spice combinations will be interesting for those.
Ooh, Moroccan sounds soooo good. I'm really intrigued by that whole culture. Loreena McKennit wrote a song when she visited there and I started reading about the music get-togethers they have. So interesting.
I was really sick for 4 years (sounds surprising but I read that it takes an average of 9 years for most people to be diagnosed) we were on vacation and I had fetuccini alfredo and a month later it felt like it was still sitting in my stomach. I couldn't even drink water without getting ill. To keep it simple, I had all the symptoms of ovarian cancer. Scary. I was also severely anemic.
After years of visiting my doctor he finally did an ultrasound and gave me a blood test. I was negative for a gluten allergy but positive for the wheat allergy so whenever I eat wheat my immune system attacks my digestive system and I can't absorb nutrients. Anyway I felt like a million bucks as soon as I had been off wheat for a few months.
At some point I found out that spices are addictive - it makes sense because I remember I couldn't get enough of them, I was even eating curried rice for breakfast! But then again I'm a bit crazy anyway. ;)
I can't wait to hear about your African and Moroccan dishes!!
Wow. That's a long time to get diagnosed but I'm glad that they did in the end. I've been really fatigued for the past several weeks and wondered if it might be due to some changes in my diet or perhaps something environmental - but I think it might just be more work stress and not enough exercise and sleep. Thank you for sharing your story.
Anyway, I hope to be trying out some Moroccan dishes soon. I ordered a book from Amazon and it had a lot of recipes that I'm excited to try out.