Running On Empty...No More

Today presented a bit of a challenge for me since giving up gluten. I've been wanting chicken fajitas for dinner and have not made it because the wraps are off-limits for me (until I find one on the market that has a decent taste - or learn to make them!) But today, I was pressed for time since my son has baseball practice early and needed to eat, early, so I made fajitas anyway. The filling is totally gluten-free, so I put mine in a bowl with shredded lettuce and it was really good. I'm glad I didn't wait just because of the wrap. And my kids just loved it. Chicken Fajitas Olive oil 4 boneless chicken breasts, cut into strips 1 onion, thinly sliced 1 green pepper, thinly sliced and seeded 1 red pepper, thinly sliced and seeded 2 fresh jalapeno peppers, thinly sliced and seeded 4 cloves of minced garlic 1 tomato, peeled and diced 3 limes 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 2 Tablespoons chopped cilantro Salt Pepper I

Yesterday morning was the most wonderful morning I had in a really long time. I woke up and was not still tired, I had NO abdominal pain, and I felt fantastic! My waist was 2 inches smaller than last week to boot! Boot camp wasn't so bad since I had the energy to get through it. I was tuckered out by 8:30 with several gluten-symptoms coming out, though, so I'm certainly not back to 100%. I promised I would post recipes that I find really good and my first one is a doozy. I'm somewhat of a salad snob in that I only really like homemade dressing and I will only eat it fresh. Now that I'm cutting out gluten, homemade dressing is almost a necessity since gluten is in a lot of salad dressings. This picture does not do the salad justice - my taste buds were partying! It was so good that I had it for lunch today and I do not like leftover salad (I said I was a salad snob). Strawberry & Spinach Salad 2 bunches spinach 4 cups sliced strawb