Food restrictions?  Wait...you can't have WHAT!?!?!  Spell that for me please?

Who doesn't love a nice bowl of chili with some homemade gluten free cornbread?

The idea always brings me back to when I was younger and my dad would always eat cornbread with any meal he could. Maybe I'm thinking of the dad from Full House, who knows... hahahaha

But seriously, my dad loves this stuff!

Gluten free cornbread has to be one of the easiest things to make.



Here's what you'll need.

• 1 1/2 cups of milk
• 1/3 cup of melted butter
• 2 Eggs
• Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free Cornbread Mix

1. Preheat oven to 375°
2. Grease 9"x9" non-stick pan
3. Mix together cornbread mix, milk, eggs and butter in a large mixing bowl.
4. Mix on low speed until blended.
5. Pour into a baking pan.
6. Bake for 25min

Mac and Cheese...a standard and easy comfort food for many, but does that comfort trasfer with the gluten free version? 

Trader Joe's has their own brand of Gluten Free Rice Mac and Cheese.  The box looks so happy with a smiley face made out of cheese macaroni.  I had high hopes.  Now, while I knew better than to expect the cheesy creamyness of Kraft, I couldn't help but hope for it.  A quick easy meal that satisfies some inner desire from childhood, who wouldn't want that?

As I continued cooking, my hopes remained high.  The process was simple, comparative to the original.  Boil water, add pasta, drain, add cheese sauce and milk.  DONE!  Would it be a success?

It looked good.  It mixed well together.  But was that enough?  Sadly, the overall conclusion would be no.  The pasta was al dente, and tasted fine, but the cheese sauce just didn't add that necessary element.  There is a certain nostalgia that comes along with Mac and Cheese and you can't miss it.  This final dish tasted cheesy, but not the right cheesy.  This was different, and a bit funky.  There was no smooth, creamy, melt in your mouth texture.  I just couldn't close my eyes and imagine being a 7 year old girl again.

However, it was decent enough that I didn't have to make another meal, so that was a plus!  And now begins my search for a delectable Mac and Cheese.  I do believe I will venture into the homemade world for this one!

So I'm a slacker, maybe just too busy, but nonetheless a slacker.

I will now tell you an adventurous story about my eating habits, well, non-adventurous maybe.

Next to sandwiches, salads are probably one of my favorite things to eat.

Now I know most of you gluten haters out there probably already eat more salad then you would want to honestly admit. (Probably because everyone thinks you're a vegetarian when you tell them you are allergic to gluten.)

Rachel and I do up salads right.

Now I'm not one of those weird vegetable (which names you can't pronounce or when you look at it, it reminds you of an animal that was run over on the side of the road) type eater.

I like my salad with flavor, but not too much.

Our typical salad is as such: