Gluten Free Pecan Crust Recipe

This is pie crust is great for pumpkin pie, but it can be used for other custard/pudding fillings. It really helps to start out with pecans from the freezer, because then the butter blends through but quickly sets up so the "mass" is pliable.

Prep Time: 8 minutes
Total Time: 8 minutes

Ingredients:
1 cup pecan pieces (frozen)
2 T melted butter
2 T sugar equivalent from artificial sweetener of your choice

Preparation:
1. Take pecans out of the freezer and measure them into a food processor (you can use a blender, but be careful not to blend them down too small). Pulse the processor until the largest pieces are as big as lentils or split peas.

2. Add the butter and the sweetener . Blend until it's mixed evenly.

3. Dump it into a pie pan, and push with your fingers to cover the bottom and sides. It should be the right consistency to mold the crust to the pie pan evenly.

Nutritional Analysis: Whole crust is 4.5 grams effective carbohydrate plus 10.5 grams fiber, 10 grams of protein, 101 grams fat, 950 calories.


Source: about.com/lowcarbdiet

Old Fashion Christmas Collection

An Old Fashion Christmas

  Curated By: DoubleSJewelry

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Fine Art Paintings

Bringing in the holidays with these lovely items.
Thank you  Double S Jewelry for making this collection and including my aprons.

On Fire for Christmas Greens Treasury

Great Christmas green treasures! Lovely and great for the season of giving. Special thanks goes to JimandGina! Click any ot the pictures and they will take you to the website of the item featured. Have fun shopping!

Just Dreamy Treasury

Great dreamy gift ideas. Thank you Anne Hopher for this lovely feature of items and including my apron.

All pictures are linked to the original website.  So feel free to click them, and check them out.

Decorating with Placemats

Here's a look at my table decoration for thanksgiving.  I used to not use placemats but table cloths with a clear plastic vinyl cover to keep it clean.  The vinyl cover looked great for awhile but it got dirty  too fast with grandkids.  But the problem with this cloth was it just wouldn't come clean when washing it.  I tried several times to scrub and clean it.  So I bought a new one and started over, once it was dirty tried and tired to clean it, the surface looked clean but when held up to the light it still showed finger prints.

I finally gave up the idea of using the vinyl cloth and just use fabric cloths and decorations to make it look nice.  Now, my idea was to use a table runner with placemats. I like the look  here above.  Now the question I pose to you is,  are placemats for look or for use?  My daughter uses her's only for looks and I use mine for looks and use.  I want the kids to use the mat so the table cloth will stay clean longer.

Share you opinion on do you use your placemats for decoration or use them as a function to keep the table cloth clean or table clean?

Do you Have Gluten Intollerance- Celiac Disease?

Have you ever wondered?  Do you know the signs or symptoms?  Listed below are a few of the symptoms I have found by researching.

How Is Celiac Disease Diagnosed?

Diagnosing Celiac Disease can be difficult and frustrating for both the patient and the doctor because each person is affected individually. With no definite set of symptoms to cause suspicion, the single most important step in getting a diagnosis of Celiac Disease is to recognize its myriad features.

People who have any of the following situations should be evaluated for Celiac Disease:

• Symptoms indicating nutritional deficiencies.
• Unexplained digestive problems such as IBS, acid reflux, diarrhea/constipation, bloating, chronic abdominal pain.
• Chronic skin disorders, especially when itchy.
• Unexplained visual problems including poor night vision, dry eye, or cataracts.
• An auto-immune disease like Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus or Sjogrens Syndrome.
• A chronic disease like arthritis, migraine headache, or polyneuritis.
• A relative who has Celiac Disease.
• A relative who has Dermatitis Herpetiformis.
• Frequent or long bouts of colds, bronchitis, and other respiratory infections.
• Long recuperation from illness or surgery.
• A history of tuberculosis.
• Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
• Cancer, especially of the digestive tract.
• osteoporosis
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Very good diagnostic tests are available, but no one test can definitively diagnose or exclude Celiac Disease in every individual.² And, because all diagnostic tests look for harmful effects of gluten, you must be eating gluten in your diet when any diagnostic test is performed. Tests may be inconclusive if you strictly eliminate gluten for longer than two weeks.  So if you think you may have Celiac Disease or feel better going without gluten for a week to 10 days, go get tested before continuing.

The more I research this problem the more I find things that I deal with myself.  I have found I have 6 of the items listed here.  So I either go the the doctor to have this confirmed or I just go off gluten myself as a self diagnosis.

Source: glutenfreeworks.com