Catching up seems to be my trend this summer. Catching up with housework, renovations, friends, family, Twitter, Facebook and SO much more. I’ve added so many great blogs to my Google reader subscription, it’s quite insane really. Not that I truly have time to read EVERYTHING, but I peruse everyone’s blog and come across quite a few gold nuggets worth of Gluten Free information!

My latest find, how to make your OWN Almond Milk. When I first read that title, I was a little skeptical. Then I read the ingredients list and also the directions (a little too quickly though) and convinced myself I would have a go at it. Of course, once I read the directions clearly, I realized I didn’t have the special equipment she mentions… Well, Magic Bullet to the rescue! I worked it out with it and made some very tasty milk AND the left over pulp has been oven dried and needs to be Magic Bullet-ed (love to invent words if you hadn’t noticed) to a flour consistency. SO happy my mother decided to buy herself a MB, she got a 2 for one deal and I was the happy inheritor!

Here’s what my milk looks like. It is Oh so tasty, especially in a nice piping hot Chai Tea. YUM. It was also delicious in my morning cereals!

On another note, I’ve also gone GF & Sugar free myself. I had some very tasty and savory Pizza Hut Pizza for lunch Thursday (which has been happening often with the renovations when I made the girls a GF version). Although the other times it made me feel a wee bit bloated or over full, this time, I just felt down right wrong. It’s taken me most of this long weekend to feel better. Honestly, I’m still feeling off this morning and haven’t had gluten or actual sugar (well, except the 4 teaspoons worth in my two yummy coffees at a friend’s yesterday) since then. I’m hoping another week of this and I should feel MUCH better. I’ll keep you posted.

Meanwhile, I’ll also start writing up all the great subjects I have that are trying to beat themselves out of my brain from this summer! With all the great reading, life experiences and new things we’ve discovered, I’m ready to get back into the swing of the Everyday, Gluten Free thing! Granted, Photography is still taking a HUGE chunk of my time, but I’m figuring things will calm down when the weather gets too cold for outside photography.