A Proverbs 31 Kind of Day

I was away when the Mr. and the cherubs went to lunch. My boy cherub called me afterwards, all excited about this salad he had eaten. "Mom, it's so good!  You're going to have to make it!" Mind you, he had a general idea of the ingredients. By general, I mean what he could see! No thought of the ingredients that might be in it, but unseen! This week at the store, I bought the ingredients to make this salad he has raved about. To be fair, I want you to know that I've doubted this as remotely being something I would want to eat. It doesn't sound good. But he and the girl cherub say it is! I even splurged on real Greek Feta cheese. The one in the brine. Just like we had while in Greece. It DOES make a difference! I had no idea, but that's for another post! I measured nothing, but went my sight and the cherub's taste. I am delightfully surprised and I actually like it. I will be making this again, that's for sur

The Mr. loves hummingbird cake. He always requests it for Easter and for his birthday. Since we have become gluten free, I've been avoiding this cake. In my mind, if I'm going to make this cake, I want it like it is supposed to be. But with gluten free, things aren't always like that! Sometimes gluten free baked goods are drier. Or gritty. Or disappointing. That's truth! The Mr.'s birthday was this week and when asked what he wanted for our traditional "birthday dinner," he picked two things that I've been avoiding since we've been gluten free! I'm gonna kill him! Silly me, tackled both! Here's my take-away! If there's enough time between the gluten version and the gluten-free version, your mind forgets what it is "supposed" to taste like, and then the gluten free version is very satisfying! 14 months is a good amount of time to wait!! There are lots of gluten free versions of hummingbird cake