Wheatless Foodie

I’ve heard it said that on St. Patrick’s Day we’re all a wee bit Irish. We all certainly like to join in the fun. Since my husband works 12 hour days on Mondays, we honored our man’s day yesterday. Not that we celebrated all day, of course, because there was yard work to do, and it was a beautiful sunny day. So as not to be speaking the blarney, I must confess that my husband actually did all the work. I’m still not feeling great, so I rested in the sunshine and enjoyed watching our four silly chickens scratch and peck their way around the yard. Our daughter and her boyfriend made soda bread and got the corned beef, potatoes and carrots into the oven. So all I had to do was saute the cabbage in a little butter and top with a quick grind of salt and pepper just before we were ready to eat, which left me with enough energy to make some gluten free soda bread. I didn’t seem to have all the ingredients for any of the gf soda bread recipes I found, and if I made a trip to the store, I...

I had such grand plans for this blog when I started it a couple of months ago. I intended to add a post and a new recipe at least once a week. But as sometimes happens, life intervened. I have Lupus. The systemic inflammation has been flaring for the past few months, and I am just too dang tired and achy to do all the things I want to do. Or even to do very much at all, some days. And while I do have some yummy gluten-free recipes to share, I’m terrible at measuring when I cook, so I don’t have much in writing. Before I share recipes, I really should measure the ingredients properly and document what I’m doing. For now, though, here are a couple of really quick and easy meals for those too-tired-to-cook nights. The first is a pasta bake that I make with store bought convenience foods, like marinara sauce from a jar and pre-made meatballs. But be careful of those pre-made meatballs. Many contain breadcrumbs. I use the aidells brand meatballs found in the refrigerated case at ...