cauliflower "sushi"

I personally have never been a big rice person, even when I was just gluten-free and nothing else. I'm too lazy to spend time cooking it, it has no nutritional value, and I didn't grow up eating it all that much, so I never developed any emotional attachment to it. I'm not trying to bash rice - it's definitely the least evil of all grains (white rice that is, brown rice is trash). 

This is an abomination to actual sushi. Is it authentic in any way, shape, or form? Hell no! Does it taste good? I think so. 

Take some cauliflower and chop it into little pieces. Put this into your food processor or Blend/Tec and pulse it until the cauliflower looks like rice.

Note: If you have a thyroid issue, or if you are used to eating rice, you may want to cook your riced cauliflower by either steaming it in a nut-milk bag lined steamer, or you could put it in the microwave. I like it raw, but I don't normally eat rice, so it may be different for everybody.

Nori is totally gluten-free, soy-free, fish-free, and free of all common allergens. It's also amazingly good for you, especially if you cannot eat fish due to allergies or financial constraints.

Lay down your nori, and put your cauliflower "rice" on top. Then put thin strips of cucumbers, carrots, avocados, pickled ginger, what-have you. Whatever you want to stuff this with.

I was an idiot and didn't go shopping for filling, so this is just cucumber slices and thinly sliced ginger root.

Don't listen to advice from me as to how to actually roll sushi. Listen to this lady. Again, this isn't authentic whatsoever, but it tastes good and it's good for you.

I find that the raw cauliflower "rice" is a pretty good substitute for sticky rice. I use lemon juice for a dipping sauce as I am allergic to soy, so I can't have gluten-free soy sauce. I fucked up when I made this, hence why I don't have a picture of the final product. It wasn't that bad, but I was hungry, so I was just like "Fuck it, it's a fucking burrito."

Peace, love, and seasonal fruit,

/bitchesloveproduce

bitches love dating

BitchesLoveProduce is in a relationship. Whaaaaat? This isn’t on her facebook. Oh my god. She’s in a relationship? Who could she possibly be in a relationship with? Whhhaaaaat? But … they don’t like … touch … in public. Whaaaaat?

Ok, internet, it’s okay for you to know I’m in a relationship. I just don’t think it’s necessary for everyone who likes my pictures of cats occasionally and that I occasionally also like their pictures of cats to be able to know my relationship status simply by checking the internet. That’s kinda weird.

So, remember the multitude of times I’ve stated that cross-contamination is a motherfucker? Well, this is one of the many reasons why. There’s much to say about dating.

If someone doesn’t respect your food choices, back away slowly

Somewhere along the line, people decided it was okay to judge one another on the basis of what food they eat. What you eat is going to have an impact on your health, and some diets are better suited for optimal health than others, but we’re all works in progress, so don’t be judging. That being said, if anyone ever gives you crap about your food choices whom you’re dating, that’s probably a sign that they will be controlling in other aspects of dating.

I had this shitty pathetic excuse for a relationship going on for a while when I was young and naïve and didn’t have self-worth and all that good stuff. This dude seriously thought it was okay for him to criticize the amount of food I ate and my vegan diet. There are ways you can bring up health with someone, but if someone ever judgmentally talks about diet, back away from that controlling bastard whilst slowly whispering “gluten free and not giving a fuck.”

Don’t be that judgmental prick.

Same goes for you. Just because you’re health-conscious doesn’t mean everyone else is ready for it. Some people can eat like crap all their lives and smoke a pack of day and miraculously be somewhat healthy. Not me. Probably not you. Get over it.

Now that that stuff’s out there:

Yelp that shit!

Look up “gluten-free” on yelp and find some restaurants that you can go to that you won’t have to call the manager over to talk about cross contamination because who wants to talk about cross contamination on a date? I don’t, and the person I’m seeing also fucking loves produce and fucking hates gluten.

Do not kiss someone who has been eating gluten or drinking beer

So, there’s someone I know. She has celiac disease. She was at this bar and was fucking trashed out of her mind and this group of euro-trash dudes old enough to be her dad start hitting on her and dancing with her, and one of them kisses her. She’s too drunk to really stop it, which borderline sexual assault at best, but this legitimately happens to a lot of people. Anyway, homegirl wakes up the next day short of breath with the shits. She got glutened from eurotrash-sugar-daddys! What the fuck?

Anyway, make homeboy/homegirl wash his or her mouth out. Eurotrash isn’t worth getting glutened.

Oh, and while I’m at it:

Don’t fucking share drinks! With anyone who eats gluten! Ever!

Leave food at their place … and a cutting board and a pan

If you’re staying over your significant others and you aren’t dating someone who fucking loves produce as much as you do and doesn’t have a gluten-free cutting board, go to IKEA and buy a cheap ass cutting board, knife, and non-stick pan and have homeboy/homegirl keep some shit in the freezer for you. If they want to get laid, they’ll do it.  

Do non-food related things

When I used to get asked out to dinner (you know, because I was getting asked out all the time… not really, but it happened), I would respond with “Thank you for the offer, but feeding me is kinda complicated, so would you like to get a cup of coffee?” Ok, so coffee is still kinda food, but it’s going to be gluten-free at the very least. Wait until then to bring it up. Also, this way you don’t have to awkwardly look at the bill and wonder who’s gonna pay (or am I the only one who thinks about this? Oh god, awkward) and if you want to make out with your date you don’t have to worry about their poison lips.

I’d like to take a moment to apologize to my morally upstanding friends. This blog can be a bit crude. 

bitches love before/after pics

This will be one of the last personal post for quite some time. This is for street creds (hahaha).

Anyway, this is me looking like shit.

This is me and my broth-hair after he graduated from law school. I guess it's not that bad. I covered it up decently well. This is about 3 weeks before I went gluten free.

I don't know how obvious this is to other people via the internet since I'm pretty bad at actually getting my picture taken. I think my skin looks nicer, and it's not super obvious from the pictures, but I weigh 15 pounds more in the second picture than the first.

There will be more about produce tomorrow.

/bitchesloveproduce