A (mediocre at best) GF "Recipe"

The two ingredient "meal" that gets me through the rough days.

If you're here for amazing gluten free recipes, I am so, so sorry.

My husband and I sat down the other day to talk about goals. We've been married for three years and are both over 30 and figured it's time to get our shit together (because eating ramen and trying to keep our bulldog happy are our two main passions in life at this point). We talked about having kids, career aspirations, and health goals. When I say that the health stuff was a mountain 1,000x bigger than even our laundry pile of debt, it's true.

I can handle being in debt. There is a process to get from point A to B and in a few years everything will be a-ok. I can handle big career shifts, I've done it before. But the looming idea of "getting healthy" scares the piss out of me. So I'm going to share where I am medically as a marker of where I started.

At my highest, I was 421 pounds, which all in all wasn't so bad until I hit 30 and fell down a flight of stairs (it's ok, I still laugh about it). Listening to my body is something I was never taught. So when my hips and knees started bitching after the fall, I knew it was time to make some changes.

As a fat kid, adults always had rules about how much I should weigh and what should be put into my body to achieve the optimum results. But actually consulting my body on how she felt about these things never even occurred to me.

My cute self likes to be strong and pleasantly plump. Some combination of a Nordic Viking and Kevin from the Office. Strong enough to know that I can beat someone up if I have to and soft enough that when my bulldog lays her head on my tummy, it's still a great pillow. That being said, my body felt the absolute best when I was between 220-240 pounds. In reality, that number may change as I listen to my body. We'll have to see!

All that said, I am NOT a chef/cook/baker or anything in between. My ADHD self finds cooking to be overwhelming. Like, I can do it, but I need it to be quick. So I've begun compiling what I like to call "Safety Recipes." These are things I can keep stocked in my fridge and pantry that are gluten free and quick to throw together. And these are the meals I needed to know about when I first started my journey years ago (and then re-started and re-started...)

The Recipe

Here it is, the "recipe" that has prevented me from picking up the loaf and shoving Wonder-bread in my face at midnight. Cheese Quesadillas.

Everyone is going to have their own go to GF emergency comfort food, and cheese quesadillas are mine. They are simple and I can make them quickly when I'm in a hangry rage.

Here's what I use:

- Trader Joes Gluten Free Tortillas (Quinoa Flour)

- And any shredded cheese my heart desires (let's get real, it's usually colby jack)

- Throw those two things together, toss that bitch on a plate, and microwave. That's it!

When those two ingredients are in my fridge I know I can avoid GF panic (That feeling of being hungry but having nothing gluten free in the house.) You can also use corn tortillas if Trader Joes isn't close to you, but I would definitely heat up a pan to make those.

Cheers!

-Lo

(Mr. Reynolds approves of this quesadilla.)