Daring

Zorro and I are starting a cleanse of sorts. It's not one of those hard core cleanses, but we are cutting out wheat, white rice, and white sugar--along with the usual evil things like partially hydroginated suchwhat (which we hardly eat anyhow) and limiting corn, potatos, dairy and coffee. The last two mostly only affect me, because Zorro doesn't drink coffee and doesn't do much dairy.


which is of course why I posted a picture of a gelato bowl

 Mostly, this is to give our guts a break from most grains so it can rebalance and heal from any inflamation (which causes suceptibility to allergies and colds). I'm tired of us being suceptible to allergies and colds. We were not like this a few years ago. (Darn you college academics for breaking down my immune system!).

It was harder than I thought it would be to make a meal plan without wheat, only using corn, brown rice, and potatoes, once a week each (which really translates twice, since we eat leftovers for lunch). Moderation and variety isn't hard on the taste buds, just the brain.

This, along with the large supply of ice cream already in the freezer, has put a damper on my ice cream making experiments. This coconut milk based ice cream, though, has me curious. I don't think I'd make ginger again, because as awesome as ginger ice cream is, ginger as dessert is not really a comfort food. But coconut milk based dark chocolate ice cream? That would be daring.