[Bella_Bru]

I so miss dairy. I cheat and pay when it comes to chocolate. But I have since become accustomed to soy milk mochas and lattes. *sigh*

What I really miss is the gluten. Because it is more than pasta and bread. I have to avoid gravies, cream soups, etc., because they all have a flour base.

Rice and potatoes can get boring.

[Salamander]

Ummmmmm......bread.

[don't remind me!]

Try Revival Soy shakes.

They're pretty tasty and very good for you.

I use the vanilla unsweetened ones but they came in a lot of flavors and offer several sweetener choices.


Revival also makes soy pasta and chips that taste almost "real".
They're low carb and gluten/milk free, too.

The only downside is that the stuff is kinda pricey.

Rats.

I'm hungry now.


See ya later....LOL!

[Tony in Hawaii]

Well, I wouldn't eat or drink soy except at gunpoint, but I'll probably have to go along with your suggestions otherwise.

Things like this must get worse with age, (or I'm just noticing them more) I really notice the reflux after a few donuts. The only dairy I generally consume is half 'n half in my coffee, and that seems OK. (so far)

[oceanperch]

A few weeks ago I got a horrible craving for corn meal as in tamales or real mexican corn tortillas.

I caved and went down to the real as you can get in Newport Mexican food place and ordered nachos.

Then bought the Elk tamales, Duck Tamales and Wild Boar Tamales appitizer size combo pack from Williams and Sonoma. What a waste of good money that was. Yes it was small like I wanted per serving and yes corn mesa but I could not distinguish what the filling was as it was so un there.LOL Buyer beware.
The fruit salsa that came with the very expensive Texas Tamales was very good though. I wrote Williams and Sonoma and told them my opinion oh and Dancing Deer Cookies via them suppose to be "healthy and organic" they were horrible they tasted like hard crunchy oreos with out the creme filling. YUK
RE Gifting them since they came in packets of 3 in a fancy box.
I am assuming my corn mesa craving is oming from a craving for gluten.

[Ditter]

I hear and understand your lament about gluten. I am allergic to corn. I spend most of my time reading labels. Corn is in almost everything as corn syrup, fructose, corn starch or corn oil. Even some of the new sweeteners are made from corn like Splenda. There are only 2 kinds of bread that does not contain corn, only a couple of cereals, add my other food allergies and there isn't much I can eat except meat and vegetables, but what else does a body need?