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Creamy Italian Dressing

 Salad Dressing Getting salad dressing when you are on a low histamine, MCAS diet is rough. Common issues with salad dressings for me is lemon juice and milk. Vinegar I try to limit in my diet, but condiments is an area I don't worry about unless I am in a flare. Creamy Italian dressing is a nice substitute when you are a ranch lover. Is it perfect? No, but if you're on a heavily restricted like mine you take what you can get. A nicety of many condiments is they are often mayonnaise based or easily switched to it. I can't find a creamy Italian dressing premade, but with a quick google search I found this recipe  to use on allrecipes. I avoided some things, but it gave me a good start. I used a small (~1 cup) food processer to combine the ingredients and stored them in an old mustard bottle. The recipe I was referencing used a whole cup of mayo. I just added all the ingredients then filled the rest of the way with mayo.  Ingredients 1 cup mayonnaise ½ small onion 1 tablespoo

Who I Want To Be

 After watching Awkward 302.10 "Who I Want To Be" I realized I should try answering that question for myself. I want to be a good friend, wife, and mom. I want to love myself and be proud. I think I have the pride thing down. Whoops... I want to be content and in the moment. I want to be the best person I can be. After watching three seasons of Awkward I can see how I may be best off not being in education. I relate a little well to Val. A little to inappropriate while being true to herself. I have been thinking recently about the irony of me having always dreamed of being a instructor/counselor who helped people learn about the joy of horses and animals in general. I wanted to help save lost souls by introducing them to furry souls who give you exactly what you need. I was told no I shouldn't just try to be a farm hand and work with fox hunters. I wasn't up for it. I never thought of going to school to be a business woman and trying to find a farm to help run. I was