corndog sort of...

I rolled a Sabrette's hotdog in a GF corn tortilla, then rolled it in a papertowel and put it in the microwave...it was a tasty version of a corndog...with a side dish of leftover baked potatoes cut up with the skins still on drizzled with oil and vinegar and salt and pepper it made for a delish summer lunch.

Last night we made a campfire and roasted hotdogs on sticks and then toasted marshmallows. And that is another summer time fun meal out. I don't need the marshmallows with all the sugar but I did cheat and have a few...yum yum...fun.

Butter pecan without the butter...yum!

I love eating RICE DREAM, a substitute for dairy icecream, and love that it has no sugar, how do they do that...and recently I started putting whole pecans in my bowl of RICE DREAM...makes it taste like butter pecan icecream, without the butter/dairy factor...I hear myself moaning with glee as I eat this. I just keep the bag of pecans in the freezer and when I get the urge I pull out the bag and the container of RICE DREAM and seconds later I am moaning away...

Visits with the granddaughters have been heavenly...the whole gang = two sons, hubby, all the granddaughters, and me had a blast at Fantasy Island Amusement park the other day... and the fun keeps a'rollin'...I will enjoy them as much as I can before they head south again...summer fun! YEAH!

A friend of my son Ben's (red hat) thought NAVAR could use some dance lessons...LOL

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Black bean tortilla

Today I felt like having tortillas so I opened a can of black beans, drained them, rinsed them in purified water, smashed them with a fork, added ground cumin and powdered garlic and hot sauce...and then spread them out on a soft corn tortilla, topped it with a little leftover jasmine rice...zapped it in the micro. for a minute and then added olives and lettuce and a few crunchy organic corn chips on the side to make for a tasty lunch.

I am doing very well avoiding sugar these days after my candy confession and I am back to not thinking about it or craving it...yahoo!

My granddaughter is a wonderful pal...she helped me send out query letters to agents today so I guess it's official...I have an assistant! She's a sweetheart and a great writer. Check out her blog at my fave links..."Casey's blog."

I proved it once again...I can't do sugar

True confessions...I was getting back into candy a little bit and looking every day to when I could get to the Dollar Store to buy me some...I know it seems so silly. Why can't I have some candy every day? Other people have their candy dishes all around the house and it is no big deal but I am the type who clears out all the candy in the dishes (into my mouth) just because they are there...it's called "addiction" and I definitely have a sugar or fructose or sweetener addiction problem that makes me want more more more...so the last couple days I resisted temptation and I am back on track...no gum no candy and nothing with any kind of natural or artificial sweetener in it...It is freeing...To think I can cheat once in a while is just not going to happen...I will miss my Swedish Fish and marshmallow peanuts and gum drops...but I hate what they do to me inside and outside...the control those suckers (and I do mean suckers AKA lollipops) have over me is dangerous...and yeah and bye bye American Pie, even gluten free. Fructose is definitely not my friend. A better life for me...with many things free.

Three bean my way...

I was craving three bean salad so I used leftover green beans and opened cans of kidney and black beans and after draining and rinsing the canned beans I mixed the three beans together and added some oil and vinegar and salt and pepper...done! and YUM! I used to add sugar and chopped onions but in my reading I learned that onions are on the high fructose list so this time I skipped them...I am so excited about eating my three bean salad I can hardly stand it so I will sit down and grab a spoon and dig in...yahoo! I sure am corny...hey, next time I will add leftover cooked corn. Life is good...when I keep it simple. ENJOY!

Dining out humor...

Those of us who have a hard time tolerating all things food have fun stories to share when we try to dine out. Oh believe me, it is easier to dine out because I look at the menu and go nope nope nope so it narrows it down quite a bit and then I am left with a few choices and go from there...well, I took my granddaughter out the other day and she settled on a chicken croissant and I chose a corned beef sandwich minus the marble rye bread and dressing. When the server brought out my plate it looked so bare...three thin slices of corned beef, a piece of lettuce and a pickle wedge. Oh yeah, there were three slices of tomato but I gave them to my granddaughter. So there it was lunch...yum yum...not even a handful of chips...I put the three thin slices of meat in the lettuce leaf and wrapped it up like a green wrap and ate it that way. I slowly ate the pickle and sipped on my iced tea to make the experience last longer...next time I might slip in some yeast free brown rice bread and a small bag of fritos. hehe