Opulence-A replica of Napoleon's palace France

I may not live in opulence like this,but my humble garden and home is my palace

Biscuits-Coconut Macaroons

You can still enjoy biscuits without paying a fortune at the supermarket.All you need us coconut,castor sugar and eggs

Coconut Flour-Gluten free.Purchased this in Sydney

I intend to make Coconut Fried Chicken,Crepes and Pumpkin Bread with this great new find

Fish- A great alternative to meat and very inexpensive - $1.50 a piece

Smoked cod and vegetables

Mending

Its winter and the rain is pouring down and the winds are howling. Take time out to do some mending, a cardigan,the body or the mind.Do not fight the elements but use them to your advantage

Snacks

Probiotic soy cheese,rice crackers,nuts and gluten free ham

Wheat free- tamari soy sauce

Fried rice with bacon,onion,peas,corn,capsicum and free range egg with tamari soy sauce and fish sauce.Almost as good as in the shops

Japanese - Organic Miso soup with chicken,spring onions and seaweed

I spent a week in Sydney and ate some Japanese food. I want to try to incorporate this in my diet as is can be free of gluten and lactose

The Secret - My secret

I haven't blogged for a few days because apart from my dietary journey i have also embarked on another journey - To give up smoking. As a consequence the medication i am taking makes me feel quite sick and sleepy and so the most of the last few days i have been eating meals that i have frozen.It is a struggle but i am convinced that by next Thursday i will not be smoking any more. As mentioned earlier i am not only on a journey of what i eat but am looking at my lifestyle in stages wholistically

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Time to heal

Some times it is ok to just blob out and assess our life styles and where we want to go in life

Tea- Home made gluten free fried rice using gluten free soy sauce

Home made fried rice with bacon,spring onion,carrots,capsicum and peas from garden and my free range eggs. Yummy

Reading - Read a little every day.It helps increase our knowledge & wisdom and keeps the brain young - Mama

Tea - Gluten free crumbed chicken breast stuffed with bacon & hard cheese served with baked herbed vegies drizzled with olive oil

Vegies included potato,zucchini,mushroom,garlic,carrot & sweet potato

Calcium - Women over 50 & men over 70 need 1300mg of calcium a day

Gluten/lactose free macaroni cheese for lunch

Home - The place where you feel most free & comfortable,that is your home. - Dali Liama

Lexie & Peaches, 2 of my pigletts

Moisturiser - I now use Botanicals a 100% plant based,wheat free moisturiser

Meat - I grow a lot of my own meat,dressed duck

Tea - Smoked cod,lactose free mashed potato,pak choy,devilled carrots

Lunch - Home made chicken,gluten free penne,tomato and vegetable soup

Cleansing - As each day passes me by on my journey i am beginning to feel that i am not just cleansing my body but also my soul

Sleeping - I don't have trouble falling to sleep but i only sleet 5-6 hours and so i take "sleepy time tea" when i wake up early to help me go back to sleep

Teas - I have a small container on the bench with an assortment of herbal teas to drink

Water - It is important for me to have lots of little sips of water each day. I don't drink water from plastic bottles, but store it in the fridge in a caraf

Teeth - I now use a herbal toothpaste

Chocolate - I thought i would never be able to eat chocolate again until i found this gluten/lactose free chocolate

When you have been broken you have a chance to rebuild your life and be reborn

Tea- Home made gluten free beef snitschel,sweet potato chips,salad,soy mayonnaise

It is safer to crumb all your food yourself.Meat also has a pineapple,bacon,capsicum glaze

Snacks - Home made pop corn is a great snack, but only buy the pure one

Peserves- I make all my own jams,sauces and pickles

I also use my own home grown herbs in my preserves

Cross-roads. I see cross roads ahead but i wouldn't change anything on my journey as i see a rainbow waiting for me

There is a faint rainbow at the end of the road

Gluten free curries sausages and organic vegies and jasmine rice

Home made gluten/lactose free pineapple fritters sprinkled with sugar and cinamon

"If we want girls to grow into free women,brave and strong we must be those women ourselves"

My organic market stall

Home made gluten/lactose free wholemeal bread

Tea - Home made gluten/lactose free pizza

Home made pizza - bacon,olives,mushrooms,cheese,capsicum,bacby spinch,pinapple,cheese and eggon home made tomato paste base-pizza uncooked

Gluten free pizza base

Breaksast - Free range fried egg and bacon on gluten free bread with home made tomato sause

No more Holy Communion and other shocks

I didn't even think about it but of course "Holy Communion wafers" contain gluten.Any wonder church was making me sick. On a serious note again, some condiments contain gluten. Potato chips and some candies have gluten.Spices made with monosodium glutamate extenders have gluten and yes Peanut butter contains lactose unless it is labelled "Pure peanut butter

Kosher Meats

Kosher meats do not contain lactose. However apart from the obvious bread crumbing etc cold cuts of meat,frankfurts and sausages may contain lactose and or gluten

Vitamin deficiency

People who suffer from rapid transit/dumping syndrom,gluten/lactose intolerance run the risk of being vitamin deficient.Check it out as you may be calcium deficient,vitamin A deficient, Vitamin D deficientt,Riboflavin deficient or Phosphorus deficient

Drinks

Many coffee products contain glucose and or lactose.Some carbonated beverages contain lactose or artificial sweetners.

Canned and frozen foods

Some frozen and canned fruits are processed with lactose. Also some frozen,canned,pickled or fried vegies are prepared with lactose

You can get tricked

Cereals made with rice or corn may be flavoured with malt syrup,a flavouring deprived from barley which is wheat

Reading food labels

When reading a food label to avoid gluten, do not eat any foods listing the following ingredients: flavourings,food starch,thickening,glucose syrup,matzo meal,fillers,TVP,caramel colour,bran,seasonings or malt

Gluten grains

Grains that contain gluten range from wheay,rye,barley,bran,bulgur,cousous,durum,einkorn,emmer,farino,faro,graham flour,kamut,matzo,orzo,panko,seitan,semolina,spelt,triticate and udon

Labelling

The Food Allergen Labelling & Consumer Protection Act requires all food containing wheat to be clearly labelled.However this does not include all other sources of gluten

Some medicines contain gluten.

Some over the counter & prescription labels include words like starch jor flavour that may indicate there is gluten in the product.Companies don't have to list glutens on the label according to comsumermedsafe.org

Take time out to spend with family and friends-Morty & Millie

Tea - Roast chicken,baked potato,pumpkin,carrot pea bean combo,cauliflower,gluten/lactose free white sause

Tea - corned beef, lactose free mashed potato,pumpkin,carrot pea combo,cabbage,home made pickles

Lunch - Home made beef and mushroom pie, gluten free pastry, home made tomato sauce

Breakfast - Free range boiled egg, gluten free toast and hard cheese

Take time out to spend with family and friends-Morty & Millie

Everyday i appreciate the simplicity and beauty of nature-cobwebs on my vines

I also need to snack 3 times a day - sultanas,seeds,home dried pears and apples,rice crackers and fruit rolls

Breakfast - Gluten free spaghetti on home made bread/toast

Lunch - Home made pea and ham soup.My own home grown pork

Tea - Steak,potatoes,home grown chard,beans and carrots,gluten free gravy and mushrooms

Be your own best friend do something nice for yourself each day-Warm bath sprinkled with rose petals