Day #2

Start your Glutenfree Diet - Day #2

Welcome back!

Well, how was your chicken yesterday?

A few facts about Gluten today:

What Is Gluten?

Gluten is a protein that is found in grains, grains such as wheat, rye, barley, spelt, triticale, kamut, and possible oat.  It is a protein that is hard to digest and therefore can irritate not only your digestive tract but also your organs. You can experience symptoms that have been listed above but not always. You can have gluten sensitivity yet be asymptomatic. Research shows that as many as 90 million Americans may be negatively affected by gluten and as many as 10 million may have an illness due to the root cause of gluten sensitivity. 

Acronyms That Might Spell “Hidden” Gluten

• Fu—dried wheat gluten
• HPP—hydrolyzed plant protein
• HVP—hydrolyzed vegetable protein
• MSG—monosodium glutamate
• TPP—textured plant protein
• TVP—textured vegetable protein

Here is help for you:

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 24 minutes

Yield: 6 servings

What you need

• Nonstick cooking spray
• 4 eggs
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 3/4 cups milk
• 1/2 cup canned pumpkin
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup gluten-free flour mixture
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/3 cup toasted walnuts

Instructions

1. Preheat the waffle iron to the medium-high setting.
2. Spray the waffle iron grates with cooking spray.
3. Separate 2 eggs, placing the whites in a large bowl.
4. Discard the yolks.
5. Add the remaining 2 whole eggs to the whites and whisk.
6. Add the brown sugar, milk, pumpkin, and vanilla.
7. Whisk until the ingredients are completely blended.
8. Sift the flour mixture, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves over the egg mixture.
9. Whisk the mixture together just until everything is combined.
10. Finely chop the walnuts.
11. Stir the walnuts into the batter.
12. Pour 3/4 cup of batter onto the waffle iron and close the iron.
13. Cook for 3 minutes, or until the waffle is cooked through and the outside is crisp.
14. Repeat Steps 11 and 12 with the remaining batter, remembering to spray the waffle iron with cooking spray each time.