Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Glutino Table Crackers- gluten free

I used to eat Saltine Crackers all the time with my soup or chicken broth. But since I have gone gluten-free, I eat the Glutino Gluten Free Table Crackers.
To me, they taste like the crust of the pre-made pot pies in the frozen aisle at the grocery store.

I have bought them at Clarks Nutritional Store and Walmart Neighborhood Market. You can also buy them at Amazon.com.  A seven ounce box usually is about $2.50 to $3.50.






1) Glutino table crackers at Wal-mart

#Wal-Mart  www.walmart.com
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Glutino-Gluten-Free-Table-Crackers-7-oz-12-pk/33318159


2) Glutino table crackers at Amazon.com

#Amazon  www.Amazon.com
https://www.amazon.com/Glutino-Crackers-Original-4-4-oz/dp/B001OW1SJ0/ref=sr_1_8_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1501636446&sr=8-8&keywords=glutino+table+crackers






Rice Dream Rice Milk

I am one of those who can't drink milk due to being lactose intolerant so I have had to find other alternatives. There is almond, coconut and rice milk (or drinks) which I cook with or put in my hot or cold foods like rice grits.

One of the products I use is the Original Organic Rice Dream (Rice Drink). I usually buy it at the Wal-mart Neighborhood Market or the local grocery store like Stater Brothers. The one thing I like about this product is that it doesn't need refrigeration until it is opened. So I can stock up on these and they don't go bad for a couple of years.

They come in vanilla, regular, or unsweetened. Sometimes I forget to look on the package of which flavor it is and accidentally buy the unsweetened which is not what I like. I just add a little bit of agave syrup to it and I am good to go. They come in a couple of different sizes.

I can get a carton of Rice drink for about $2.50 to $3.70. I do try to look for the sales where they have 2 for $5.00. 




1) Wal-mart 
https://www.walmart.com/search/?query=rice+dream+original&&adid=22222222224318211288&wmlspartner=wmtlabs&wl0=b&wl1=o&wl2=c&wl3=10390962244&wl4=kwd-64008595146&wl12={ProductId}&wl14=Original%20Organic%20Rice%20Dream%20(Rice%20Drink).&veh=sem


2) Target   
https://www.target.com/p/rice-dream-enriched-vanilla-rice-drink-64oz/-/A-13438976?lnk=rec|adaptpdpexsrch|related_prods_vv|adaptpdpexsrch|13438976|0  







Sunday, July 30, 2017

Gluten Free Granola bars

It can become so frustrating as to what foods to eat, if you are like me, who has tremendous amounts of sensitivities to food products. I become sick when I eat dairy and I have sensitivities to foods with gluten, soy, and corn which cause digestion problems. So I either have to limit the food items or avoid them whenever possible. There is a lot of other foods that I can't eat due to the symptoms they cause. Through the last couple of years of searching, I have found some food items that I can actually eat which doesn't cause health problems in my sensitive system.


I found that a nearby Walmart Grocery store has gluten free products. One of the things I like to buy and snack on  is "Gluten Free Granola bars" by Great Value. Their flavors are dark chocolate, trail mix, fruit mix,and peanut butter, etc... For a box of 5, it costs about $2.48. They are chewy which is good for me who can't handle hard, crunchy granola bars due to my jaw problems.

I personally love the dark chocolate one because it seems to melt in my mouth and tastes like a candy bar. I can't eat the peanut butter or the fruit mix granola bars because they have peanuts in them which is another thing I am sensitive too. I lean towards the trail mix flavor due to it having no peanuts and I do love the taste.

#GreatValueGlutenFreeGranolabars
#GreatValue
#SnackBars
#GranolaBars
#Walmart

If you want more info on the product, click on the link below to see the nutritional value, etc...
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Gluten-Free-Trail-Mix-Granola-Bars-1-oz-5-ct/37587883


www.walmart.com







Thursday, July 13, 2017

One Memorable Day


You would have laughed at my adventure. Last Saturday we were in the middle of a heatwave and it was already 102 degrees, at noon, where I live. My boyfriend and I took a trip up to the mountains where it would be cooler at 86 degrees. When I arrived, I immediately felt relaxed, and enjoyed breathing in the fresh air. The weather was so wonderful compared to the 114 degrees we felt a day earlier. We took out our cameras and took shots of the beautiful trees and relaxing lake. We were having a wonderful, peaceful time together.

We continued to take pictures of the lake as it started to drizzle and yet we were laughing at all the people who had left in a hurry because of the little drizzle. To us, it was so refreshing to be away from the heat and it felt so easier to breathe with the cool moisture in the air.


We walked back to our picnic area because I needed a drink of water from my water bottle which I left on the picnic table. Since we walked back we decided to eat lunch. We chatted and enjoyed each other's company in the breathtaking scenery yet our yummy picnic food was starting to get wet because it started to rain.Thankfully we were near a tree where we could wait under until the rain stopped.  We still chatted and enjoyed the fresh air and laughed at the situation and how only a few people were in sight. 

Then all of a sudden, my boyfriend looked toward the lake, and noticed that their was a storm. It was down pouring on the lake and would soon be coming toward us. I grabbed my camera and made sure it was protected yet quickly and gently placed in the camera bag. I kept it with me so it wouldn't get ruined. (This is the day I learned that my camera bag is water proof. Thank God for that!!!) 
Suddenly all of our items: various food, travel bag, etc... was soaked. I was going to put it all under the table but I noticed there were ants underneath and I didn't want to deal with that mess.  We had nowhere to go but be sheltered from the storm under the tree we were under. Thank God for the trees. I seriously thought of hunkering down and taking shelter underneath the picnic table but I did enjoy the atmosphere and the adventure I was having with my love. I just laughed at my bag of chips which I probably should have grabbed and put under the tree with me...It was soaked. Later I looked in my travel bag and the half roll of toilet paper I brought, in case there were not any in the bathrooms, was soaked, as well...So glad I didn't need it. lol 

I am grateful that I did have to get my water bottle before the storm hit. If I didn't need a drink of water, we would have been soaked on the path by the lake; and I would not have been able to protect my nice camera. There is quite a difference from being wet by the rain than being soaked by the storm. We stayed under that beautiful tree for about 20 minutes as the temperature dropped 20 degrees in about an hour to around 69 degrees. It was a bit cold since we were wet.  

When the rain let up we decided we better hurry to the car.  As we got to the parking lot, there were some little rivers due to the downpour and I noticed one poor guy who had just finished putting his boat in his truck. He was completely soaked. 

Like I said, we were not too wet, but just enough to make me shiver a little from the cooler rain. Well I was wearing shorts and not wearing a coat or sweater when I left my apartment because it was 102 degrees.When I sat in the car, I grabbed a blanket to wrap around me to keep me warm. It was a blanket that I had in a pillow case which was soaked yet somehow the blanket was only a little wet.. 
We were laughing at our hilarious adventure as we returned to our city which was now at 109 degrees. It was such a drastic difference from the coolness up in the mountains. I didn't bother to worry about the back seat in the car that was wet from the storm because anything can dry fast, in a 109 degrees.  

I am still laughing about the adventure we had. It was so much fun...It's an adventure I will always remember.  
This adventure does remind me, though, that God shelters us from the storm just like the tree did for my boyfriend and I.








Tuesday, April 25, 2017

"Search Party: Lost and Found" - Sermon Notes

Here are notes from the sermon my pastor, Chris Norman, preached on April 23, 2017

In church we need to stop focusing on what we can get from the church like potlucks and certain activities and start focusing on lost and hurting people. We need to do a search party and look for lost and hurting souls.
Jesus didn't focus on money and food throughout his ministry, he focused on finding lost souls and disciplining them. Teaching them.

-Get to the heart of Jesus.
*What am I known for? 
*How am I carrying the name of Jesus in my daily life?

-The Church is home. When people come home, their lives start changing.
-The Church is a changing agent.  God uses the church to change people's lives.


“Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. 
And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.’”        Exodus 6:6-8(NIV)



1) I (the Lord) will bring you out of Egypt, bondage, and slavery.
2) I (the Lord) will deliver you out of bondage. He will take the bondage of Egypt out of you. {If you are always in bondage, you need to learn how to live without being in bondage}.
3) I (the Lord) will redeem you to bring you back to who you are intended to be.
4) I (the Lord) will take you as my people.

-Know God
-Grow in community and in Him (God).
-Discover your purpose. God put something in you that He intends to fulfill in you to give to the body of Christ. 
Do what God called you to do!!!
 Live out what Jesus called us to do that we would be a search party.

Search and see lives changed.





Click below to listen to Pastor Chris' sermon
Pastor Chris "Search Party: Lost and Found"
https://youtu.be/14MdrxXEgT4