Book of Yum

I’m sure many of you have noticed that I haven’t been posting as much lately- and if I hadn’t set some posts to auto-post last week ahead of time, you would have found the Book of Yum extremely quiet. The reason was… early Sunday morning, about a week before my due date, I went into labor. After some frantic time trying to get last minute things taken care of, we drove to the hospital. I was admitted, but the fun was only just beginning. What we hoped would be a relatively simple birth got more complicated when stubborn little Baby Yum refused to come down. We tried induction measures but after 38 1/2 hours were advised to proceed to a C-section. Doh. The latter was not the most pleasant experience in the world, but hearing my daughter’s bellows made it all worthwhile, and seeing her little face and kissing her little cheek while she squinted at me was a moment I will always treasure.

Things were going beautifully until about the third day when we intended to check out early. A random stats check of baby’s temp revealed baby had a fever and she got whisked off to the NICU before we even knew what was happening. After every test known to man was performed on our helpless darling, she was finally proclaimed a “well baby” and we got to bring her home at last. I’ve never been so glad to be home in my life. Don’t let me even get started on the stress of staving off formula-crazed nurses and keeping them supplied with pumped milk.

Even then things were stressful as I’d completely run myself into the ground and caught a cold. (Perhaps her original cold?) I had few symptoms besides a slight fever but was terrified of getting her sick again. Now several days later the DH seems to have it- but so far our darling Baby yum is still well…all fingers and toes crossed.

We welcomed Baby Yum to the world on July 13th at 8:21 pm, at 7 lbs. 5 oz.

We love our Baby Yum!!!

Here’s a recipe I threw together when I was suffering nutritionally and stressing about feeding the baby. Nutritional yeast is supposed to help provide lots of vitamin B and may even help with lactation. Maybe it was just because I’d had one too many Amy’s meals, but this snack really hit the spot. If this is a bit much for you, you can try nutritional yeast sprinkled on popcorn with margarine or butter and a dash of wheat-free tamari, or try one of my many nutritional yeast tofu recipes, or try a similar recipe with gluten-free pasta, canned tomatoes, margarine and nutritional yeast that I also enjoy. You can also grind up blanched almonds half and half with nutritional yeast in a spice mill (or non-coffee use coffee grinder) and sprinkle it on almost anything. Yum! and Nutritious too!

Momma’s Nutritional Yeast Vegan Cream of Spinach Side Dish  Vegetables  American

Ingredients Large handful, bowlful of fresh spinach pat of vegan margarine nutritional yeast, to taste garlic pepper or salt toasted pine nuts, walnuts, or pecans for extra protein Directions Microwave spinach until soft. Add pat of margarine and evenly distribute. Sprinkle with nutritional yeast, seasonings, and toasted nuts and combine thoroughly. Notes Nutritional yeast is a nutritional powerhouse of B vitamins, perfect for new mommas that don’t have time to really cook yet. Nutritional yeast is also said to help with lactation. Best for vegan palates and for those looking for a jump start in nutrition- not gourmet, but I found it very satisfying.

Rating:  6 Original Source:  Contents of my brain, please do not replicate without permission. Recipe ID:  1436 Added:  July 23, 2009 Last Modified:  July 23, 2009

The Adopt a Gluten-Free Blogger Event started over one year ago and the response has been very positive. Participation in recent months has been terrific, so let’s keep it up! I hope you will join me in adopting a gluten-free blogger and trying their recipes this month.

Participation is simple.

1) Pick a gluten-free blogger whose recipes you admire and adopt them by commenting on this post with your name, blog name and their name and blog name.

*Blogger’s recipes must all be gluten-free or have a way to sort and read ONLY gluten-free recipes
*Please pick a different blogger every time you participate

2) Pick one (or two!) of your gluten-free blogger’s recipes to try.

3) Make the recipe, photograph it and write a post in your blog introducing the blogger and their recipe.

*Follow the recipe as written, as closely as possible. And, please don’t print their recipe on your post- just provide your reader a link to their original recipe.

4) Email me at adoptaglutenfreeblogger[at]gmail[dot]com with your photo of the recipe, the URL of your post, name of the recipe and the URL of the original blogger’s recipe post.

*Note: This is a new email set up just for this event. Hopefully this will make it easier to keep track of entries. If you have general questions, please don’t email me at this address but post them here so everyone can read the question (and answer). Companies are NOT welcome to email me at this address, unless a representative is planning to adopt a blogger and write about it. ;)

5) Post YOUR POST’s URL in a comment to this post, and if possible please try to visit two other blogger’s posts that are posted here (and comment!).

*The goal is to make this event more interactive and fun!

Deadlines:
Sign up BEFORE April 25th (loose deadline; late sign-ups are ok)
Post your Review and Email me by May 1 (firm deadline, no foolin’)

If you don’t have a blog, you are still welcome to adopt a gluten-free blogger. Sign up to “adopt” a blogger, write a review of one of their recipes, including your name (or pen name), the recipe URL and recipe title. Then take a photo of the completed recipe (if you can) and EMAIL ME the review and photo. I’ll create a special page just for our non-blogging participants and post it for you.

I’ll start the adoptions by adopting Susan from the Fat Free Vegan, a blog w/ gluten-free labeled section.

Adoption Sign-Up Sheet:
1) Susan from the Fat Free Vegan (Adopted by Sea at the Book of Yum)-
2) Guinnah from Vegetarian cooking, life with teenagers, life with dogs – life in general (Adopted by Mars from Odds That Never End)
3) Blog Schmog, also known as glutenfree4goofs (Adopted by Diane from the Whole Gang)
4) Kerrie at Gluten Free in the Shaolin (Adopted by Trish)
5) Jamie at Gluten Free Mom (Adopted by Linda)
6) YOu pick!

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
If you sign up and cannot complete this event by May 1st for any reason, please email me immediately at adoptaglutenfreeblogger[at]gmail[dot]com and let me know. Please ONLY use this email account for Adopt a Gluten-Free Blogger relevant emails.

Can’t find a blogger to adopt or looking to meet some new gluten-free friends?
Visit my Gluten-Free Blogroll

Example of an Adoption Post