Living Gluten Free

A few years ago we realized that Kyle has an intolerance to wheat and gluten. The first year was hard trying to find things he could eat that actually tasted good. The second year got better as more and more things gf became available. Going into year 3 we are starting to get the hang of it. It has been a long process. Every time I actually make something from an old recipe gf and it turns out well, I want to do a happy dance in my kitchen. I have made so many horrible things in the past that I actually made Kyle hate pizza until recently. Some of the gf pizzas I tried and made were just down right horrible. One of the foods that Kyle has missed the most is my chocolate chip cookies. GF chocolate chip cookies from the store are usually just ok. They hit the cookie spot but nothing can compare to warm cookies out of the oven. This past weekend I finally got my old chocolate chip cookie recipe to work gf. Kyle was one happy little guy. Here is the recipe!

GLUTEN FREE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

2 sticks of butter (softened)

3/4 cup brown sugar

3/4 cup white sugar

1 egg

2 t. vanilla

2 1/2 cup King Arthur Gluten Free Flour Mix

1 tsp. xanthan gum

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1 bag chocolate chunks

Beat butter, sugars. Add egg and vanilla. Beat again until smooth. Add flour mixture. Mix and stir in chocolate chunks. Bake 350 degrees for 8-10. I have found that gluten free baking takes a different cooking time. You have to play around with it according to your oven.

Back to Blogging.....maybe

The kids at Christmas....

I have missed not having this place to write down what is going on in our life. A place to remember the funny things the kids said or did and just a general place to document our life. I am going to try again. Might not work, but hey I can always try. :)

The kids have gotten so big, their conversations even more interesting to listen to, their problems sometimes harder to solve. I see glimpses of a teenager in Aiden, almost 10, and it scares me. All three are in school now and some days it breaks my heart to take them to school and drop them off. I want to spend all my time with them, yet if I am honest, I wonder if I would feel that way if I did spend ALL my time with them! :) Since my last post we made it through a horrible deployment of Jason being in Afghanistan. Thank God that is over. Many lives were lost in our battalion and once again we were reminded how freedom is not free. That deployment changed us, changed every one that went through it.

So we will see if this lasts.... :) Or if it is another 2 years before I decided to write again......