TechChix Thinks Aloud

I LOVE sweets. Seriously. It is a problem. My husband (who is the diabetic without a sweet tooth) says I have what he calls a sugar-addiction that will become a health problem later in life. He might be right. So in my own way I have been exploring healthier alternatives to satisfy a sweet tooth. In that process I have been learning from many of my Raw Food bloggie brethren. May I just say how FASCINATING I find some of their sites. The concept seems clear enough, but I never could quite fall in line - except for my love of salads. (that’s raw, right?)

Then one fine day this week I came across this post on The Sunny Raw Kitchen - the post is of course about chocolate… in the raw. YUMMY. It seems gluten free so I might be trying some of these recipes and posting the results. Carob as an ingredient is a little bit… questionable to me. It’s from the legume family! Why anyone thinks it makes a good substitute for chocolate - well, I just do not know.

Next, any of you who read my site on a regular basis must learn one thing… I am not overly attached to the amounts or measurements of ingredients in a recipe. I cook in a fluid way, always tasting, touching, smelling, stirring. Before I get to the end of most recipes I am already mentally picturing how I would choose to cook it in my own simple manner. Which is definitely why I do not bake much. Oh, sure - that sweet tooth in me sees all the beautiful berries and rhubarb at the Farmers Market. I can just picture my very own Betty Crocker perfect rhubarb pie with blueberries mixed in, and a picture perfect lattice-dough top. (yeah. sure.)

Alas, it was not meant to be. At least right now in my life. I instead satisfy my need to bake with my lovely breadmaker instead. One note for all, I have discovered that my perfect little GF Breadmaker, does not cook GF bread mixes very well on the GF cycle. Strange, I know. Instead, I put Bob’s Red Mill on the Whole Wheat cycle and it turns out perfect every time. (No idea why.) It still works better than the last 2 breadmakers and I happily put out 1 or 2 loaves each week for sandwiches. Imagine that! ME! Eating sandwiches on a regular basis. (I love it best toasted with butter….mmmmmmmmmm)

Lastly for today, I have reached a new milestone here at Gluten Free Techchix. I officially have over 7,700 readers who get regular doses of my posts thru their RSS Readers. WOW. I mean, really. Wow. Thanks for ‘listening’. I never dreamed my little thoughts on food, random recipes, hubby recipe/experiments, and other stuff would prove to have such a loyal following.

So maybe you all should post a comment every once in a while?

And as a minor tag at the end here…. yes. I am re-designing some things for the Techchix GF Store. I’ll post something (naturally) when I am done.

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