I made it through one whole week with no sugar whatsoever!  Woo hoo!

Saturday morning was tough.

Saturday morning without my usual almond milk latte (with half coconut sugar and half white sugar) was almost unbearable.  I dug a dusty box of chai tea out of the back of my cupboard and made myself a cup of that (black) and drank it while feeling sorry for myself.

It was pretty sad.

As soon as I’d finished the mug I decided that Sunday morning would not be as sad.

That afternoon I headed over to the Teavana store at my local mall and forked over $30 for 100g of my favourite tea in the whole world: Maharaja Chai Oolong Tea

Ridiculously expensive, but worth every penny.  It’s spicy and sweet all on its own.  On Sunday morning I brewed myself a cup and barely missed my weekend latte.  Win!

The rest of the weekend went pretty well.  No more headaches.  My cravings – even after meals – are subsiding.

I went to yoga on Saturday and a run on Sunday and it felt great to feel good again!

On Sunday we tried a new recipe from the Against All Grain cookbook that I’ve been loving recently.

I feel I need to preface my review of this recipe by letting you know that I’m a very lazy cook.  I prefer recipes that I can make with a bowl, a spoon and maybe a measuring cup.  Anything beyond that and I’m already a little miffed.

So, for me, there was a fair amount of work involved in this recipe.

First, I had to go downstairs to the pantry and drag up the Kitchenaid mixer, which is an automatic deduction of points for any recipe in my book.

Second, it involved beating egg whites in said mixer until I had “soft peaks.” I put in the egg whites, turned on the mixer and began praying.  Which turned out to be useless because what I ended up with was lovely soft peaks on top, disguising horrible peak-less liquid underneath.

I panicked and just dumped it all in with the rest of the ingredients and stirred.

The result of all of it was a very pretty loaf of bread that was moist, held together much better than most gluten-free breads, was quite delicious…

…and about 2 inches tall.

I’m starting to guess what the “soft peaks” were supposed to do.

But there was no time to complain about very short bread at our house this weekend.  The weather was nice and my husband managed to get our trampoline fixed up after some winter damage.

The kids spent hours working on their synchronized back flips.

Hope you had a great weekend too!