I do: 6 cups Cup-4-cup flour 1/4 c Parmesan 1T granulated garlic 1T salt 2 c warm water 1 T sugar 2 T yeast 1/2c egg whites 1/4 c olive oil Mix the dry, proof the yeast, add all the wet to the dry and mix (in the mixer). Roll out on a board dusted with tapioca flour. Par bake about 10 minutes at 350-375, top and bake off. Makes 3 large pizzas. We often add other herbs to the crust, or brush the rolled edge with olive oil. You can also use Mama's Almond Blend, but add xanthan (or guar) gum and some buttermilk powder to the dry stuff. I spun it off from the roll-out pizza crust on about.com. I'm way too lazy to make special flour blends and I didn't see any benefit from the gelatin that couldn't be better derived from egg whites. (Whole eggs make it taste "eggy")

Biscuits? I don't think you could go wrong with those or a hearty whole grain bread.

I would have no problem saying someone who is absent from where they're supposed to be cannot play with my kids. We homeschool. That means I set the daily/weekly schedule for my kids' education. They can play whenever it's appropriate for our schedule. If another homeschooler decides that they're done or taking a play break and my kids are done or taking a play break, great. School has a closing or half day or whatever, fine. But if you're enrolled in school and home while school is in session... That's not an opportunity to play, IMO. (Of course, there are always the exceptions to that general rule: taking the day off because they're going out of town and haven't left yet, etc., but that's not what the OP was describing.)

I store pantry goods in them, as well as can, so we always have them around. And the lids make them portable if we're on the move. Bonus: quart jars fit perfectly in my front seat cup holder. Nothing better than tackling errands with a quart of iced coffee when it's hot out. ;) I grew up (not in the country, but in the 70s) drinking out of those little jars the shrimp cocktail and odd cheeses came in. Momtoone: there are lots of tutorials out there for adding straw holes, etc, to the regular lids, and many of them have links to where you can buy glass/stainless/acrylic straws. (I found acrylic ones on clearance at Crate & Barrel last year for around $4 for 8) Finding gaskets seems a bit irritating. I think sheet metal gaskets would work (the lids being sheet metal and all) but I can't really find any to look at. I just bought a pack of Scunci jelly hair bands that I think will work fine with a bit of exacto knife action.

Pork rinds. :svengo: Yeah. Here's the thing: low-carb, for the purpose of the studies, was along the lines of the Atkins maintenance phase. Low-GI(GL) is, by it's nature, lower in carbohydrates than, say, the S.A.D., or even a "Mediterranean" diet, by virtue of processed, simple carbs being high-GI. But there are other properties to foods than macronutrients, and some of those change the overall effect a food will have on the body. My favorite example of this is illustrated in the relative inflammation chart from the "Inflammation-Free Diet Plan": wild salmon is extremely anti-inflammatory, whereas farm-raised salmon is moderately to extremely inflammatory, just because of the fishes' diet. It's all very interesting.

I think this is the most important - and least spoken - truth about health and fitness. One size does NOT fit all. Interestingly, I am 5'0" and would be a 0/2 at 125 lbs. The 97-105 I'm "supposed" to be apparently does not account for bone density or muscle. I'm 153 and a size 6. (In fact, my new d@mn work khakis are a very loose 6.) My body fat is 20.15% which is the top of the normal (healthy) range for female athletes, as opposed to the obese range the BMI chart has me in.

:lol: I have "low literacy" days all. the. time.

Yes, that's what I'm saying. VLC and low-GI were about the same for that, but VLC causes inflammation, making the low-GI the "winner" overall. Chucki: low-fat, very low-carb, low glycemic index (more accurately low glycemic load, which is slightly different in that individual foods have a low GI, and serving sizes control the overall load, since eating your weight in low GI food will cause a greater load overall, just given the amount of intake).

There is an article in Fitness Rx (women) this month on a study comparing LF, VLC and low-GI diets, and the hands-down loser was the low fat for weight stability and overall health. VLC and low-GI were about equal, but the VLC (these were all studied in maintenance phase) had inflammation markers (elevated cortisol and CRP) that made the low-GI preferable. Just a thought.

Well I assumed that part. I'm left wondering why on earth someone would come to the conclusion you, of all people, were going to hex her. Snort. Must have been that Aussie slang. ;)

I sat next to her during a very intimate (read: poorly marketed) talk she gave at B&N in Salisbury the summer before last. She (and her husband) talked about the amount of research that goes into each book, and how she makes the kids in their neighborhood read manuscripts and give her honest feedback. She's lovely.

That's what we do, too.

Gluten Free Goddess has a pretty extensive GF/DF recipe index.

I agree. We all need a system of belief. I hope mine promotes my desire to understand people rather than label and condemn them. Is it wrong that I laughed out loud at your insult? Because that is just funny. I'm sure there's a back story there...

Along those lines: when our alarm system was installed at work, we all received an email from my boss, telling us that we each had our own alarm code, and that the last 4 digits of the phone number could be entered as a silent panic code. One of my coworkers closed, set the alarm and locked the door. When she was about a mile away, she had a funny feeling and pulled over to read the email one more time... Yep. She'd totally put in the panic code. She turned around, called our boss and hauled back to work, where our entire (small town) police shift was waiting in the parking lot! She got a lot of ribbing for it, but in a good way. ;)

Ooh! Thanks for the heads-up! My husband loved life science. I'll let him know. Ok, I don't see any mention of a sale on the website. Is there a code? Disregard. My husband got the email. ;)

I run the Eastern Shore branch of an inclusive umbrella and support group that does field trips and get togethers during the school year. My side of the bay is slow, but the central MD group is very large and they have stuff going on all.the.time. We're designed to be unschooling friendly, but most of my ES families lean classical. Just a thought for networking and activities. ;) XO ~ another aspiring bitch goddess.

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By "nautilus", I assume you mean a circuit of pin-selector machines? Then the difference is this: Crossfit mainly comprises large, multi joint (and muscle group) exercises, done at a tempo and intensity that makes them cardio as well as strength building. It is functional training. A pin weight machine isolates a single joint/muscle/muscle group. You (generally) do X sets of Y reps, resting between sets, then move to the next machine. There is no cardio component inherent in doing a circuit like that. And you are moving in a single, predetermined plane. Neither is the right or wrong way, they are just very different approaches. In my experience (both personal and as a trainer), pin weight circuits become boring very quickly, and limit the strength and functional training (see single plane of motion above). If the "other" gym has a fully stocked free weight section, you can totally do Crossfit style workouts, though I would encourage you to avail yourself of a personal trainer on site to be instructed in form.

Im not much of a mystery novel person, but I enjoyed the first 6 books enough that I bought (and then donated to the library) the 7th and 8th books when they first came out. ;-)

Um, no, there isn't humor. But the mysteries (and the back story of Maisie and her associates/family) are engaging.

That's what I was going to say. Sooooo tasty!

The vast majority of homeschool groups here require a statement of faith. We were fortunate to find a co-op just beginning that was inclusive, when we first started homeschooling. It was (ironically) founded by self-described conservative Christians, who also felt uncomfortable with the exclusionary practice, and/or were not able to sign the statements in good conscience. It was a great mix of people for several years, until some exclusionary types in the other direction gained power, and everyone - regardless of belief or lack thereof - went their separate ways.

I found, after years of my husband not "hearing" me on a particular subject (which was trivial compared to a cross country move), that he understood it very clearly when our marriage counselor (who we were seeing for a completely different issue) "translated" it for him. Somehow, someone else saying essentially the same words came across without the emotional "she hates my family" component, and we were able to work out a compromise. Perhaps a third party could help with the translation between the two of you, and help get you on the same page with expectations and boundaries?

Thanks, Laura! I'll look into that. Yeah, we're using the Logic Liftoff book right now with the boys (8) but I'm looking for options after that series, when we're digging into the more formal side, in preparation for rhetoric. I could just stick with what we have, as we've been pretty happy with it, but I always wonder if there is a more secular option. (Though TL and Gensler are both pretty well concerned for form rather than belief. Probably rhetoric will be the bugger.)