07Nov

The Miracles behind the creation of the Nourishing Foods Menu Planner

I want to take a few moments and diverge away from the topic of food and talk a little bit about how this website came about.  There are in fact a handful of miracles that made the creation of this site possible.

The first one is named Dawud Miracle.  And I have to say that his name describes what he does in his relationships with people.  Meeting him for the first time this past summer on the phone, I immediately felt as if I was simply talking to an old friend, catching up on the latest of our lives, and sharing what it’s like to be a parent and a business owner.

That first conversation with him re-sparked an idea I had started a year before during my pregnancy.  He not only encouraged me to follow this direction again and create a menu planning service, but also made it clear that it should be for people who struggle with food allergies.  It only made sense because this is where I have spent most of my time with food and cooking.

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28Oct

Where to Buy Gluten-Free Ingredients

You might be surprised when you start looking for the flours and gluten-free ingredients needed to make gluten-free breads and treats.  It is very possible that the grocery store you go to already has a gluten-free section for baking and will contain many if not all of the ingredients called for in the recipes I publish in the menu planners.  If you live near a health food store, your chances are even greater that you will find what you are looking for.

If, however, you don’t live near a grocery store that supplies these ingredients, there are many suppliers whom you can order them from.  There are many different ones that you can find by searching the Internet, but I will list a few here.  I will say that it pays to shop around because the prices can vary quite a bit.

Ancient Harvest Quinoa: (whole-grain quinoa, quinoa flour, quinoa flakes and pastas).  www.quinoa.net

Authentic Foods:
(baking mixes, Garfava flour, Bette’s Four Flour Blend, brown and white rice flours, tapioca starch, potato starch and flour, and other GF flours and baking ingredients).  www.authenticfoods.com or www.glutenfree-supermarket.com

Ener-G-Foods, Inc.: (ready-made GF products plus gluten-free flours for baking including Egg Replacer and dough enhancer).  www.ener-g.com

The Teff Company
:  (fine-milled teff flours and whole grain).  www.teffco.com

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