RIP Sparky, and My Confessional

I've gone a whole week with no grains or dairy except for:

Three Wheat Thins at 2am Sunday morning (remember I mentioned a little soiree I was planning?). We were about ready to go to bed at a reasonable hour but then I discovered that our beloved bearded dragon, Sparky, had passed. I was crushed. So we had to spend the next several hours toasting her amazingly uneventful life, crying and hugging, and more toasting. Well... I was the only one crying. I really liked that dumb old lizard. Note to self: Overdoing it on the alcohol while not consuming grains is a very bad idea. And if you DO drink too much, three wheat thins are not going to save you. I still have a headache.

I also had a hand full of Ruffles potato chips on Sunday because I felt sorry for myself.

The one dairy I allow is a little half and half in my coffee each morning - I think it would be ridiculously cruel to give that up, so I won't.

But other than that...no grains or dairy! And other than the headache, I feel fabulous!

I really wish I could upload photos (I need to figure out why I can't!), because I would love to share photos of some of the dishes I've been making!

Saturday night's chicken wings and curried crispy sweet potato chips ("battered" in almond flour!) were awesome!

We had my mom, my nephew and sister in law over for dinner last night and the braised short ribs served over candied carrots with mashed faux-tatoes were a hit!

I'll see if I can fix the photo uploading issue. Meanwhile, I'm going to take another aspirin and get ready for work!