Noelle likes Good Food

I am excited to share with you some of the great food I ate yesterday. I told you on Monday that I am going sugarless for ten days, and my goal is to try to eat more vegetables and balance out my cravings. It is going well and I believe yesterday was a great success. It included a lot of coconut and collard greens, and that makes me happy :). For breakfast I ate a banana sliced in half with natural peanut butter and unsweetened coconut.     For lunch I ate summer rolls. They originated in Vietnam and the name literally means "mixed salad rolled". You can take whatever filling you want, with options including meat, sprouts, vegetables, rice noodles, and herbs. Then you wrap it up in a thin wrapper made out of rice, and is generally served with a dipping sauce. It is naturally gluten free, fresh tasting, and a meal I enjoy frequently. Yesterday I put avacado, cucumber, mushroom, carrot, and cilantro leaves in my summer rolls. I used a recipe for Spicy Mustard Green and ...

We have this ongoing debate at our house about tortillas. I like corn tortillas and Chris likes flour tortillas. I have made them both from scratch before, and Chris doesn't even like the homemade corn ones. Crazy, right? I was trying to find an alternative that is gluten free and corn free to try and compromise on our tortilla differences.  Then I came across this incredible blog called Book of Yum that has gluten-free recipes from around the world. I love the passion that she has for other tastes and cultures, and I want to try so many of her recipes. She has a recipe for an indian roti or flat-bread made solely out of sorghum flour. Sorghum is a source of protein, calcium, and iron and naturally gluten free. You can go and check out her blog and look up some of the great recipes at Book of Yum . To view her sorghum flat-bread tortilla recipe with detailed instructions click here .   The dough is made out of sorghum flour and water. The technique for this is similar...

Yummulicious! Last night I was hit with a craving. You know how it goes. You get something into your mind and nothing else will satisfy your longing. Nothing else will satiate your taste buds. I wanted chocolate and I wanted it bad. Good thing I had some dark chocolate baking chips in the freezer. I dumped some chocolate chips into bowl and melted them in the microwave on power level five. Then I mixed in a dollop of natural peanut butter, a squirt of honey, and some nutty flax cereal. I spooned the mixture into a mold (or you can just spoon it onto wax paper) and placed in the freezer. Once they had hardened I popped them out of the mold onto a plate. It was a delightful treat that fully satisfied my chocolate craving. Chris even thought it was delicious. But I guess you can't go wrong with chocolate, peanut butter, and crunchy cereal :). This is a great brand of cereal. It stays crunchy even after being in milk for a long time and it was perfect for my crispy chocolate squares!