Product Reviews

Product Reviews

I'm happy to say that I will be starting product reviews for gluten-free, GP friendly and ill also try to have some products free of the top 8 allergens and healthy food. If you have a recommendation or would like to send me a sample of your product comment and ill get in contact with you. some products ill be reviewing will include: Pamela's mixes, enjoy life*, pastas, breads, flours, and maybe even some recipes. I can't wait to get some recommendations from you and hear your experiences! Katie :D

*free of top 8 allergens

Lemonade Slushy/Snow Cone

Lemonade slushy/snow cone

Its amazing what some lemon juice and stevia can do to plain chipped ice. Last week was the local fair which we went to every day. While we were there they had snow cones for sale so I got one but all the food dyes and sugar can't be good for someone to ingest multiple times a week so I went home and made my own healthy version that tastes like one of my favorite drinks, Lemonade! Lets make gluten free, GP friendly, refined sugar free, and dye free snow cones with just 3 ingredients!

What you'll need:

A blender or ice shaver
1 Cup ice
1 1/2 TBS lemon juice
1 Teaspoon Stevia

1. Put ice in ice shaver and turn on until all the ice is shaved.
2. Mix up the lemon juice and stevia.
3. Add to ice and stir in.
4. Enjoy!

Homemade Peach Gel-O

Peach Gel-O

Its digestive track paralysis awareness month so I'm going to try and post a recipe at least one a week during the month of august that is GP friendly for most people. so lets start out with something simple! Remember being able to eat peaches and not have them bother your stomach? Or do you eat them now with GP because you love the taste so much but they kill your stomach? Well now you don't have to suffer either the lack of peaches or the great pain. Are you ready? Let's make gluten free, dairy free, no added sugar gel-o!

What you will need:

• A Wisk
• A bowl to form the gel-o in
• 1 packet of unflavored Gelatin (like Knox, about 2 teaspoons)
• 1 cup total of peach nectar (1/3 cup cool and 2/3 cup boiling temperature)
• Optional, a natural sweetener like stevia (although I did not use anything other than the nectar)

1. Pour the cold nectar into the bowl you are letting the gel-o set in.
2. Whisking constantly slowly pour in the gelatin until all is completely dissolved.
3. Add hot nectar to cold mixture and mix until all dissolved again. Optional, add sweetener.
4. Refrigerate for about 2-3 hours or until firm.

My First Blog!

Hi all! So for my first blog I guess I should introduce myself...I'm Katie, I have Gastroparesis, gluten sensitivity and this is my blog of living with Gastroparesis and Gluten Sensitivity. For my Gastroparesis it started right after having my gallbladder removed 2 1/2 years ago I instantly started getting sick. For those of you who don't know what Gastroparesis is it basically means a persons stomach is paralyzed and doesn't empty food. Currently there is no cure for Gastroparesis, there are medicines that can help move the stomach but for a lot of people they don't work. I am lucky Erythromycin and Bethanechol both work for me for a period of time and I take Prilosec for reflux caused by this disease. One of the ways to control Gastroparesis is by eating a low fat low fiber diet avoiding spicy foods, and raw fruits and veggies and I am also gluten sensitive so I avoid all gluten. as you and can imagine this is pretty hard sometimes so I'm making this blog to help others out there who have both gluten sensitivity or Celiac and Gastroparesis. A little more about me...I love sports like basketball and volleyball and archery. I love animals and am striving to be an Equine vet. I love crafts and making cakes and cupcakes, and I also quilt so you might see some of that on here as well as recipes and snack ideas. Well that about wraps it up for my first blog!