Brad has high blood pressure, so we are using less sodium...no big deal (I can add salt to my food!). He has also decided as an added measure to try to lose weight, he wants to completely change his diet.
Now he is not eating gluten (his grandmother is allergic and his mom thinks she might be allergic, so brad has decided to cut it from his diet also). He also has decided to cut out sugar, so I bought a bag of stevia (it is so light wieght that it just doesn't seem natural).
If you know me, you know that I grew up on yummy, greasy, country cooking and lots of yummy baked goods (thank you Mammaw and Mom!). I am having a hard time adjusting to this. I love to have baked goods after dinner. I always want a cookie or a slice of cake or something baked! I also enjoy baking and am pretty darn good at it if I do say so myself. So this is really hard for me. I have caught myself giving Brad a hard time occasionally, which makes me feel bad later.
This is a lifestyle change that he is trying to make to be more healthy (which is fabulous!). I know I need to be supportive and do what I can to help him, but it is hard! I just attempted to bake some cookies with Stevia and rice flour.....they are disgusting! I'm not sure if it is the Stevia or the flour, but I'm not liking it at all! While I was at Kroger today, however, I did find some gluten free all purpose flour. It is about 4X the amount of my regular flour but still cheaper than the rice flour we bought. Definitely need to get some of it next time. I also need to find some good recipes that I can use to bake some stuff for him. I don't get the Stevia thing. It says to use just like sugar, but the bag also says that it has the same amount of sweetness as 5 lbs of sugar. How does that work....you use the same amount, yet it is 5x sweeter? I don't know.
Now I have a batch of regular cookies in the oven...yummy!!!! Can't wait!
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