Homemade Almond Milk

Danielle Walker - AgainstAllGrain.com

Ingredients:

• 1 cup raw almonds
• 8 cups filtered water, divided
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt, divided
• 1 small date, pitted (omit for Whole30)

Instructions:

1. Place almonds in a bowl with 4 cups of filtered water and 1/8 teaspoon of the salt and soak for 10 hours or overnight.
2. Drain the nuts and rinse well. Transfer them to a blender and fill with 4 cups filtered water. Add the date and the remaining 1/8 teaspoon salt and puree until smooth.
3. Strain the milk through a fine-mesh sieve, a nut milk bag, or doubled cheesecloth. Squeeze to remove all of the liquid. Store in the refrigerator for 5 days. Makes 1 quart.

GIG of Portland

Optimal Wellness: More Than Just Going Gluten Free!
Have you gone gluten-free, but still don't feel back to 100%? There may be other factors to consider. Join GIG of Portland at their 2nd Saturday meeting and hear Dr Halverson.
speaker: Dr Chip Halverson of Selah Natural Medicine in SW Portland. Dr Halverson is the board president of Healthy Schools Network. He is a primary care physician with a special interest in managing patients with chronic illnesses, including autoimmune disease, endocrine disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, neurological conditions, hormonal imbalances, allergies, integrative cancer support and environmental illnesses.

Next GIG of Portland meeting is March 14, 10am to noon at Providence Portland Medical Center (in the hospital not the Professional Plaza), room HCC 2,3 in the lower level of the hospital.
http://selahnaturalmedicine.com/dr-halverson/

More Than a Cracker, LLC

Rescheduling demo at Market of Choice Cedar Mill store on Saturday 3/21 between 3pm-4:30pm. We'll have lots of crackers to taste and really looking forward to meeting the neighbors!
- Jan Skelton, Owner

March Meeting

Our next meeting will be held on Saturday, March 21, 2015.  Same time,
same location.  Stay tuned for more information.
Thank you for your support!

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Girl Scout Cookies

I decided to splurge and buy a box of gluten free Girl Scout cookies today. There was a cute little girl outside the grocery store when I was leaving, so I had to make her day, plus I was curious about them. I have been reading that they were coming out with a gf cookie this year, so I needed to investigate. The name is "toffee-tastic". They are tasty and crunchy but I wouldn't call them "fantastic". On the box it says "rich, buttery cookies with sweet crunchy toffee bits", which is very true. They taste too sweet to me but only have 7 grams of sugar, which doesn't seem excessive, and I think the average person does like sweet. The serving size is 2 cookies, calories per serving is 140, and the calories from fat is 70. Yikes! Definitely NOT a healthy choice, but if you are craving something crunchy and want to donate to a worthy cause, it fits the bill. Why not give them a try?

Saturday Meeting Summary

Among those welcomed at Saturday's meeting of the Gluten Free Support Group of Southwest Washington were former GIG SW WA members and two brand new members.  Guest speaker Chrystal Carver gave a wonderful presentation and brought chocolate-dipped Coconut Macaroon cookies for all to enjoy.  Her cookbook, Sweet & Simple Gluten-Free Baking, Irresistible classics in 10 ingredients or less!, is well organized and contains mouth watering full-page photos of all the recipes.  Each book was personally inscribed - a thoughtful touch.   

 

Our next meeting will be held on Saturday, March 21, 2015.  Same time, same location.  Watch for emails in March about the meeting.  Also, you can find the Gluten Free Support Group of SW WA by entering gigswwa.blogspot.com/ into  your search engine.  We're on Facebook, too.