Apologies for the long break between posts.  The summer heat wave (and my non-air-conditioned kitchen) have brought my GFDFCF cooking experiments to a halt.

I’ve been eating lots of salads . . . green salads, quinoa salads, etc.

My most recent improvised creation was quinoa, zucchini, radishes, carrots, celery, cherry tomatoes, scallions, and some chunks of turkey . . . all coated with an oil and vinegar dressing.

Even my green smoothie adventure was halted when my blender broke! (Good news the replacement part arrived recently, so I can resume with the smoothies. 🙂  )

Today is cool enough that I’m considering making a batch of GFDF Chocolate Chip Cookies (using Annalise Roberts’ recipe from Gluten-Free Baking Classics).

In other news, I attended my first “webinar” a few weeks ago.  The topic was “Post-Exertion Relapse/Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM)” (a common problem/symptom for CFS sufferers).  If you’re interested, you can check it out at the Research 1st website.

Unfortunately, the panel selected for the discussion seemed to have all their eggs in one basket (heart-rate monitoring) and failed to present any evidence that following their recommendations had led to significant improvement in the lives of CFS sufferers.  Still, the talk was interesting and I’m considering purchasing a heart-rate monitor to test out their theory on myself.

Enough for now . . . more recipes soon!

Update:  Did manage to bake the cookies! Yummo!!