Aren’t sunset pictures nicer than fog pictures?

I haven’t had a great success rate with new recipes lately. I somehow managed to mess up a Chicken and Spinach Enchilada recipe but discovered a great gluten-free, pre-packaged green enchilada sauce. I looked at about four different products that all contained wheat before I finally found Fontera Green Enchilada Sauce at Sprouts.

I made my enchiladas in a slow cooker and layered them instead of rolling. The flavor of the recipe was great, but the texture didn’t work at all. I was in a hurry and I’m sure I did something wrong. Even so, both my husband and I ate the mush ball result because of the flavor which had to be due to the sauce.

When I looked up Fontera’s website, I was thrilled by what I found. Not only can you buy their product online, they have a multitude of items with whole ingredients and recipes. Though not a strictly gluten-free company, I’ve found that a focus on whole ingredients lends itself to being gluten-free rather than stuff you don’t recognize as food. I’m going to try to make the Green Chile Shrimp Enchiladas.

And for an update on my gluten-free Thanksgiving: I’m happy to report I did a great job with sticking to safe foods. No stuffing, no bread, no gravy. But I didn’t feel deprived knowing from experience that if I blew it, I’d be feeling tired and stuffy for days. I might even risk getting a migraine headache. Though I didn’t make the Chocolate Pecan Pie I mentioned a few posts back, I’ll be doing that before Christmas and posting the results. My step-mom was thoughtful enough to get me a gluten-free pumpkin pie. It was great and it was nice to have dessert with everyone else.

Since my stress-less Thanksgiving success, I feel a lot better about surviving the holidays gluten-free. No more dreams of eating gluten so far.

Here is my current favorite song by Bruno Mars. Though I’ve posted this song before, it’s grown on me enough to meet favorite status. I love the part where you get to grunt if your singing along.