Frittata and Teff Breakfast Muffins

Made this yummy frittata today. Scroll all the way down the page on the site for the recipe. I used fake cheese and green onions.  I also added red pepper. So easy I cant believe I never made one before!

I also made these Teff  Breakfast Muffins from the Whole Life Nutrition Kitchen blog. They came out wonderful. They have carrot and apples in them too. Teff is a new grain to me and I really like its rich almost molasses-y taste! My husband was like in there molasses in these? Nope! The taste and color are both from the teff grain. It is also high in iron, fiber and hails from Ethiopia.  I made a few substitutions to the recipe including using an egg instead of xanthan gum because I don't love the flavor of it and I didn't have any. I also did not put in raisins and nuts as they are migraine triggers! Oh and I used rice flower instead of tapioca flour. And yes these muffins are gluten free!

RIght Now

Right now I am...

Hardly believing that Finn's first year in Montessori school is over! We went out for ice cream after the ceremony with the grandparents.(homemade custard style= no headache!)

Enjoying this dip on this bread!

Surprised to find that I may be able to tolerate coconut milk, greek yogurt and lemon juice.. so far so good at least no big reaction like goat cheese and regular ice cream

Waiting for my blackout curtains to come- its sooo bright in my bedroom!

Still working on bats (he comes tomorrow!)

Thinking about a list of things I want to do this summer almost like a bucket list!

Excited that garage sale season has begun!

Watching all the things growing and enjoying the seasons first strawberries

Eating these homemade Popsicles with Finn

Signed up with this mama's meal plan service called Whole Food Meal Plans to help with the next month or two of gluten free (helps fertility and it worked last time can't hurt right?!) I tried the free trial one and after making the 3rd recipe from it decided I should subscribe even though its a little pricy but it does make things sooo easy! Most recipes were easy to adapt to no migraine.

Tex Mex Vegetarian Chili Over Polenta

I made this the other night and it turned out delicious! I never would have thought to put chili over polenta but it is wonderful! Its not like football chili either it is a complex mix of flavors which meld together perfectly. This recipe comes from Madhur Jaffery's World Vegetarian cookbook - she is one of my favorite chefs always full of flavor!

Tex Mex Vegetarian Chili Over Polenta adapted from Madhur Jafferey's World Vegetarian

Chili Ingredients
3 Tbs olive oil
1 Leek chopped
3 garlic cloves
1 green or red pepper- I only had a red!
1/4-1 fresh or dried hot pepper like jalapeno
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
2 teaspoons paprika
1/2 ts dried thyme
1/2 ts dried sage
1 ts oregano
1/4 ts cayenne or ancho chili powder - I love ancho!
1 can or cup of Kidney beans - rinsed
1 can or cup of White navy beans or other bean- rinsed
1-2 cans diced tomatoes - drained slightly
3 tablespoons fresh chopped cilantro

Saute leeks and garlic in oil for several minutes then add the peppers. Cook for a few more minutes and add beans and tomatoes. Then add all the seasonings except cilantro. Let cook for 30-50 minutes on low stirring occasionally. Add the cilantro and serve over polenta.

Polenta- Try to find the dry kind and it has less ingredients. It is usually in the Italian aisle. I like organic as it is non GMO. I used the kind of polenta in a log shape that is found in the refrigerated section. It had some dried onion and natural flavors in it. I didn't buy it again even though I was desperate and ate it anyway without problems.
Cook according to package instructions for soft polenta. I added a tablespoon or 2 of butter and a pinch or 2 of salt to the mush and it was wonderful!

And yes the bats are STILL here- ugh

This Week

My husband is away for work again which means I will be here less.
Not much news on the migraine front other than eating hummus (tahini trigger) and american cheese even though it was from the deli had natural flavors aka msg and gave me a headache. I was able to kill it before it morphed into a really bad headache. booooo
The good news is fresh cream and white cooking wine in food has not bothered me at all!

I also made no- peanut butter cookies- recipe coming soon! I made it with brown peabutter and extra sugar and salt as the peabutter is not sweet or salty. They were good!

Finn liked them too!

How are your food experiments going?

Was it the goat cheese?

Sorry I have been away for a few days:(

I have had a bad headache for the past couple days. I had some goat cheese on mother's day figured I would take the risk and have some because I really did not want to cook! That could have been the trigger- hard to say as I did not get a headache until the next afternoon. I had to resort to my old friends Zomig and Cambia.  Today I went to the chiropractor and she said my cranials were off as well as a bunch of other things so hopefully things will get better. Although after major adjustments I often get a headache but then after that its way better.

Fingers crossed!

Wishing you a headache free week!

Deli Meat

Yesterday after shopping for a few things I realized it was lunch time. Usually I eat at home so I can avoid all sorts of migraine triggers on the Migraine Elimination Diet. But what can I say but I was hungry and I knew my husband would be too! I could not for the life of me imagine going home and then making lunch (no leftovers and I was shopping at the nearest target and goodwill 50 minutes away)

So I went through the drive through of this cute little sandwich/bakery/coffee place.

I got a turkey wrap. It had feta but I scraped it off(my husband gladly ate it on his salad).
nothing else seemed offensive other than the DELI meat. I knew it was a risk but decided this could be counted as trying to add something back to see if it is a trigger.

It is a trigger for me...

About 2 hours after I was reaching for some mega pain relievers and tea....

booooooooooo

At least I tried right- however it does not make me want to add things back in!

Decisions- Medication update

So, after much thought I canceled my Botox injections. As soon as I scheduled it I had second thoughts. In the past I have tried 3 rounds of Botox and did not see any difference. I was originally thinking that maybe this time would be different. The more I thought about it though, the less I wanted to do it. I don't like how stiff your head looks, its almost expressionless! Also last time my eye lids drooped ever so slightly (a common side effect) and I don't want it to get worse. To top it all off we are thinking sometime in the near future of having a second child and I just didn't want that in my system at the same time (especially after looking up the animal studies). It also had a $200 copay!

The good news is that I am completely off Zonagram now as well as Nortriptaline. I also stopped the pill. Funny as I always thought the pill did not bother my headaches and perhaps made them better( I used the Nuva Ring and kept it in the full 4 weeks then switched it out keeping hormone leaves pretty constant). Its been a month off it now though and my migraines are not worse, and I am off 2 huge preventatives to boot! So it makes me wonder and hesitant to go back on it! I also have PCOS though and used the pill to manage that so we will have to see what happens in the future I guess. I plan to add some hormone balancing herbs like dong qui to my regimen.