tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294566.post-73945387245666207382008-03-30T23:20:00.000-07:002008-03-30T23:20:00.000-07:00After weeks of poking around blogs and websites i was so inspired that I decided that Shauna's will be my first post ever. <BR/><BR/>I do not have celiac disease but I have many of the symptoms that celiacs suffer from. I confess that until reading this blog i had no idea that celiacs suffer from the terrible itchy rashes. I feel for those of you who have it. I'm allergic to poison oak and i grew up in the woods so i had it all the time and often woke with blood under my nails.<BR/><BR/>i gave up wheat and dairy after i developed hashimotos (thyroid disease) and rosacea and just plain got sick of being sick all the time. My life changed. I could sleep, I woke clear headed and perky, my skin was great and my joints felt great...and the bonus was that i shrunk--I was no longer so "puffy."<BR/><BR/>however, I have fallen off the wagon many times much to my regret and mostly because i LOVE to bake! So, finding blogs like yours are real life motivators. thank you shauna for your site and all of you for posting.<BR/><BR/>But my name is not chocolate chip cookie connoisseur for nothing. I'm obsessed with finding the perfect recipe. I made ninas cookies tonight and while i really like the recipe (the dough is delicious!), I was wondering if other people find teff flour grainy (also darkens the dough)? Anyone tried a different flour that still makes chewy cookies? I love that the recipe has flax seeds in it. Makes me feel almost virtuous.<BR/><BR/>btw, i chop my own "chips" making a mix of 1/2 bittersweet and 1/2 semisweet. you can't beat great chocolate!<BR/><BR/>Ruthcccconnoisseurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02305795816113262350noreply@blogger.com