it looks like we're a breath away from being done with the upstairs renovation--the guest bedroom is set up, and all of the furniture has arrived for the living room. the last thing to arrive will be the rug on monday. it looks great! jerry has worked so hard to create a lovely family space for us--he is so wonderful!!
we had a great time in folly beach and charleston--very relaxing and wonderful weather! i wish we had taken more pictures, but i guess the fact that we were having too much fun to remember to get out the camera is a good thing in the end! :)
shortly before we left for the trip, i decided to start eating meat again--with a very large caveat, of course! only humanely raised, organically fed, free-range meat, and only when really necessary. this helps a lot with the issue of protein intake when being gluten-free and vegetarian. i noticed that i was eating mostly rice and veggies; although rice is a rich source of fiber, the proteins are incomplete, so i was always starving and week. by allowing a little bit of meat in my diet, i am able to supplement the protein with some healthy options every once in a while.
as far as gluten-free recipe adventures go, the bean dip that i put together a couple of weeks ago was great--it was all natural, so a dash of cayenne pepper and french gray sea salt made it PERFECT for munching on.
tonight i finally got the courage to make my gluten-free pizza crust. i'm not sure why, but i was completely intimidated by the idea of making a bread product. but the chebe crust mix made it so easy! i used a sun-dried tomato and basil olive oil in the mix, which i think gave it a very unique flavor. this being my first time making a bread mix, i think i added a little too much milk, but after wrapping and refrigerating the dough for about 10 minutes, it turned out great! i topped it with some gluten-free spaghetti sauce, fat-free mozzarella cheese, mushroom slices, tomato slices, and spinach leaves. it was AWESOME! especially since any of my add-ins/add-ons were fat-free, low-fat, or low-cal--it felt good to enjoy a little piece of heavenly pizza knowing that i had made it at least a little bit healthier...
as for restaurant adventures, my friend lisa and i found the black bean hummus at barley's in greenville to be amazing! and, after requesting no pita bread given our mutual gluten-free-gloriousness, they automatically provided us with corn chips. it was so good we ordered another helping!
i'm looking forward this weekend to trying out the gluten-free options at trios in downtown with jennie f.! very exciting to get to spend time with such wonderful ladies and experience new things at the same time!
ahh, well, now off to ride the motorcycle up to bi-lo with my guy...
i'm very much craving that tex-mex quinoa that i mentioned before--it was so good and filling!
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