[Black Balloon, Goo Goo Dolls]
Today:
First, the downside. Today Jason and I cleaned out our entire home of all products containing gluten. There will be some pics later. But, the deal is, after I planned out our meals for the week I went shopping at a small local chain that carries a lot of local, healthy, organic products. It's like Whole Foods, but local and way better. I purchased many healthy foods; in fact, you get to see our tasty dinner later via pic.
The deal is, I bought two moderately unhealthy items- some barbecue chips (for Jason's lunches) and some organic, gluten free ice cream. I had just purchased a heck ton of fresh produce and was trying to find a gluten free chip for Jason (again, one of two unhealthy items purchased out of about 20 items), totally minding my own business, when a guy walked by, said, "WHOA!!!" in a very loud voice, and totally pulled me out of my reverie. I looked up just in time to see him going around the corner, and could hear him say, "Did you SEE her?", in a very condescending voice. He then said something else that I couldn't hear but I could hear him and his male friend laughing.
That hurt. I was embarrassed, ashamed, kind of wanting to cry, and pissed, all at once. I had to remind myself that I have every bit as much of a right to shop there, at a health food store, as anyone else. I have had way more ugly, mean, and judgmental looks for being a fat person buying food at health food stores than I ever have at "normal" stores. The thing is, I had a great conversation with a sweet girl who was buying 3 gallons of honey to make homemade wine. As I was thinking about this, I realized that the rude looks (and sometimes comments) are rarely from the people who true hippies. Instead, it's the "we're trying to be cool" hipsters who look down their noses at me. Interesting.
And, freaking eh, if you want to hate on fat people, at least go point and laugh at fat people at the McDonald's line. Because there, at least, I could be like, "Yeah, you're right, I am fat and making really bad choices." But at the health food store, nay a processed food in my cart? But, really, I have to focus on myself and my health and let the haters hate because, honestly, they must seriously hate themselves if they have to hurt someone else to feel good about who they are.
That was the down side of today. The good news is that it wasn't even that painful to lose all of our gluten infused foods. Check out the haul that we are giving away (hopefully to you, Rachface!):
But the great news is that we had a delicious dinner. I made some amazing fried chicken. I used some sorghum flour, kosher salt, paprika, curry, granulated garlic, and chipotle powder for the breading, which I coated the chicken with after an egg wash. We have an electric skillet so I can regulate the temperature; if you keep the temp at 350 when you fry chicken then it absorbs very little oil; I used canola oil, too, so it was pretty dang tasty. It was not greasy at all, which was amazing! As a side I made this creamy polenta, slightly modified- I used sour cream instead of creme fraiche. It was SO good! I also made roasted acorn squash- I just sliced it up, coated it with olive oil, sprinkled over some kosher salt, and balsamic vinegar. 'Twas tres tastee.
Here are two pics; the first has a flash, which allows a good look at the chicken and squash but washes out the polenta. The second is flash free, so you can see the polenta much better, but it doesn't do much for the chicken and squash. remember that you can click on the pics for a much larger view. Anyway, it was pretty healthy and incredibly good, and so totally gluten free. Not half bad.
Enjoy the pics, and have a lovely Sunday :)
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