Gluten free, from me to you!

Welcome!
My name is Laura Hill, I was diagnosed with celiac disease ten years ago. Like many others, it was like pulling teeth to get a diagnosis! When my doctor had performed numerous tests and prescribed a vareity of medication with no cure, I requested he test me for celiac disease by the recommendation of a friend and he refused. He told me I could not live the rest of my life without gluten. He also suggested I was making myself sick. I finally decided to seek a second opinion. The next doctor performed the blood work and the results came back confirmed celiac disease. Starting the gluten free diet totally changed my life. The condition I was in before the diagnosis was scary, without the gluten free diet I am not sure I would be here today! From my experience with celiac disease over the years, I have a desire to help others with the condition.

It can be daunting starting the diet and changing over to the gluten free lifestyle. This inspired me to become a dietitian, in order to help those make dietary changes. I just graduated with a B.S. in Nutrition and I am currently a dietetic intern. I enjoy researching celiac disease, recipes, and the correlation between diet and disease. In this blog I want to share recipes and general information to help you navigate the gluten free diet, in the gluten filled world.


Monday, February 15, 2010

Valentines Breakfast

Saturday morning I cooked breakfast for my family for a pre-valentine's day treat! I have been studying the recipes of The Gluten Free Homemaker. She has beautiful recipes and she inspired me to experiment, I have tried to make cinnamon rolls and the recipes I have tried were so complicated and just so "okay" after all the work.  The Gluten Free Homemaker has a great cinnamon roll recipe that I just had to try... and wow not only were they simple to make they were wonderful!! I made them Friday afternoon, baked the rolls for 10 minutes, refrigerated overnight, iced them in the morning, and baked for 10 more minutes. They turned out great!! My family has already voted me in charge of Christmas breakfast this year. Here is the recipe for the cinnamon rolls. Sorghum is really a great flour to work with, it makes soft, non-gritty baked goods. Not to mention I lucked up on a bag for a dollar at the health food store the other day.. can't beat that deal!

Along with the fabulous cinnamon rolls, I made sausage swirls with my biscuit dough I recently posted. Sausage swirls were something we grew up having on Christmas and special occasions.  So I promised I would experiment with the biscuit dough and report back. Well as I imagined, they were a huge success! I rolled out the dough, about a 1/2 inch thickness. Next I put a layer of uncooked Honey Suckle turkey sausage. I used this sausage to spread a think layer on top of the dough, and then rolled them with one of the longer ends, creating a long log. After I had my log made, I sliced them into 18-20 sausage swirls and baked in a preheated oven 350 for 18-20 minutes.

I have pictures of our Valentines breakfast that will be up hopefully soon, I am experiencing a little computer technical difficulties..

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