26/04/2011

Breakfast: Peameal bacon and scrambled eggs
Snack: strawberries and grapes
Lunch: Linda's lovely BBQ chicken (made with BBQ Chicken spices from Gourmet du Village), green salad, Smart Ones bean soup
Dinner: Greek salad with roast chicken
Snack: Mom's date squares

Ingredient Mystery!

Back in the days when great-great-grandma baked a cake from scratch, it was easy to know what the ingredients were. She had them all in her cupboard. She likely would have made some of them herself: grown and milled the wheat, milked the cow, churned the butter, etc. Now that we buy most of the foods we eat each day from a store, and these foods have been made in large factories with ingredients coming from many other manufacturers, it's a different story altogether.

I really want to recommend the above chips to you. They are SO delicious. But they contain ingredients such as "tomato powder" which are a flavouring, and labelling laws do not require the company who made them to declare what's in those flavours, nor to display them on the package.

The helpful people at President's Choice are investigating for me. They have assured me there is no sugar hiding in those chips. I'm having a hard time believing them as they are so tasty. But I must take their word. We're going to find out soon if they contain any starches which create digestive issues for Celiacs, and I will update here as soon as I know. Fingers crossed!

Fabulous Fibre Bars

When you can't have sweets, life can be rather dull. These bars are often mistaken for brownies. They are very delicious. They're not something you'd want to eat a lot of if you're looking to lose weight: with honey and dates in them they are still fairly carb-rich. But if you're looking for a dessert to keep in the house that will make your tummy happy, these are IT.

Fibre Bars

3/4 cup ground flax seeds

1/3 cup tahini (sesame butter)

1/3 cup almond butter

1/3 cup mushy dates

1/3 cup protein powder

1/2 cup Cocoa powder

1/4 cup honey

 2 1/2 Tbsp. extra-virgin coconut oil (you can use butter if you cannot find this)

 1 Tsp. vanilla extract.

Blend wet ingredients together first. Ensure all ingredients are at room temperature or coconut oil will get stiff and become difficult to blend. Then add protein powder, fibre, and cocoa last.  Press into a greased 9” x 9” pan and refrigerate, covered. After an hour, slice into squares and store in Tupperware. Will last two weeks in fridge.