Tuesday eats: a gluten free recipe from Cannelle et Vanille
Know this, Cannelle et Vanille is one of the most beautiful food blogs out there. Not just visually, but….spiritually, too (Gwyneth Paltrow is a fan, too). You can feel the love and care and whimsy from the pages of her blog. And Aran Goyoaga, a Basque food stylist now based in the US…well, she’s become a bit of an e-soul sister. We connected via our blogs and because we both have hashimotos (thyroid disease). We ask each other if we’re ok from time to time.
Anyway I thought she’d have a thought or two to share on healthy eating… and could give us a gluten-free recipe.
Aran's gluten-free purple corn and banana muffins
Everyone meet Aran, Aran meet everyone:
How the auto-immune thing started for me:
But things changed for me when I became a mother. During the course of both pregnancies, I developed autoimmune conditions (Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and autoimmune inner ear disorder) that left me exhausted, depressed, tired and even experienced debilitating vertigo attacks. I could barely function and I was adamant to find a doctor that was willing to look beyond mere symptoms. And so I did.
This is what throws me off balance the most:
I’m still trying to figure it out, really. I know that diet is number one right now. Any little bit of gluten and it’s vertigo a couple of days later (just happened recently when I had something with hidden gluten in it). But also when I’m not creative or I feel tied down, then I go into downward spiral for a few days. I just don’t know how to control those things as easily.
I grew up in a pastry shop. My grandfather was a master pastry chef who owned a quaint little shop that is still in my family. Everyday, we gathered there after school and we all helped out during the weekends. Later on in life, I became a professional pastry chef myself, so as you can imagine, my entire life has revolved around gluten. I inhaled it and ate it every single day of my life.
So, what’s working…
After extensive testing, I was diagnosed with leaky gut syndrome, vitamin b12 and vitamin d deficiencies and something I was expecting, gluten intolerance. I immediately began a healing diet of no gluten, dairy, soy, caffeine, sugar and most grains and suddenly, all my migraines, tinnitus, vertigo, depression and anxiety disappeared. Felt like a thick, heavy curtain was lifted from above my
This is what I eat
* Quinoa: I have discovered that most grains, even if gluten free, don’t really suit me well, so I have eliminated most of them from my diet. Quinoa, however, is a pseudo-grain and it doesn’t have the same effects on my body as others do. Quinoa really is the perfect food for me. High in protein, magnesium and iron, full of flavor and really versatile. I eat it for breakfast with hemp milk, cinnamon and chia seeds, in salads like this fava bean, quinoa and poached egg salad or for dessert in this quinoa milk pudding with roasted fruit.
* Raw greens and salad: Whatever I might be having for a meal, I always add a raw green salad. Usually I will just have a plain raw kale salad with salt, lemon juice and olive oil. Super simple. I eat lots of salads incorporating some kind of protein in there like this green salad with poached salmon, peas and fingerling potatoes. All in one meals.
* Snacks: People always tell me that snacks are the hardest. Things that one can transport easily without spoiling. My favorite snacks are seeds and seed butters. I always have a bag of sunflower or pumpkin seeds in my handbag, regardless of where I’m going. Appes with sunflower seed butter is also a favorite of mine and very filling. I try to minimize corn as well, but it seems like blue and purple corn are better for me. So I make simple hummus and corn and take it with me. Sometime I even take leftovers, especially when I have made Spanish tortilla.
* Supplements: This is a big department for me, as I have seen that if I skip my supplements things can still go wrong, even on this diet. When I don’t have my dose of vitamin b12, my whole body starts tingling and then tinnitus follows. So I’m adamant about my daily doses of vitamin b12, vitamin d, fish oils, probiotics and a gluten digestive enzyme.
Aran and Miren
This is what I do
* I have never been big on exercise. I know, I’m just lazy that way. But I do love to walk, so I make that my exercise of choice. I try to fit in a daily walk of 30 minutes every day and it really helps.
* Routine seems to be a big thing for me and if I do not follow it, I know somehow I will fall off the wagon or feel “off”. So I make my meals, my snacks, my walks, my supplements… all of this thing are a priority because otherwise my health suffers and then my family suffers.
This is how I think (or how I don’t think anymore)
I have always been a type A personality. Extremely driven, extremely organized, always moving, always doing, always thinking about tomorrow… And all of this also means that I was constantly comparing myself to others and I was not always kind to myself, my body nor my soul. I had a very self destructive behavior at one point in my life and I think that has had a very big role in my autoimmune process. I wonder if all my negative thoughts about myself have lived in my organs all these years.
Gluten-free Purple corn and Banana Muffins
makes about a dozen and a half muffins
3 eggs
50 grams (1/4 cup) organic cane sugar
280 grams (1 cup) ripe bananas, pureed
125 grams (3/4 cup) vegetable oil
25 grams (2 Tbs) coconut milk (can use whole milk if you like)
75 grams (1/2 cup) superfine brown rice flour
20 grams (2 Tbs) potato starch
20 grams (2 Tbs) tapioca starch
100 grams (3/4 cup) purple cornmeal
25 grams (1 Tbs + 2 tsp) baking powder
3 grams (1/2 tsp) salt
1 gram (1/2 tsp) xanthan gum
Whisk together the eggs, sugar, bananas and milk. In a separate bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients. Add the liquids to the dry and mix until combined.
Divide the batter into your baking cups and bake at 350F for about 15-18 minutes depending on the size.
For the poached salmon salad recipe (in the picture above, which Aran serves her muffins with), go to Cannelle et Vanille.
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“spiritually” and “Gwyneth Paltrow” in the same sentence? Puh-lease! I think a little bit of vomit just came up into my mouth.
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Wow, thank you for sharing Aran’s story, Sarah! I’m a big fan of her blog and regularly visit it for recipes or for the sheer pleasure of looking at her gorgeous food photography. But I had no idea about her auto-immune condition and gluten intolerance.
I’ve also been diagnosed with leaky gut syndrome and suffer from many many headaches. I went to see a naturopath recently but I’ve only followed half-heartedly her recommendations (OK I had a good excuse, I just got married in France 3 weeks ago and couldn’t face the thought of being back home and stay away from baguettes and cheese and chocolate!). But now reading Aran’s story I’ll definitely go back to my gluten-free, dairy-free diet and see how I feel!
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why no soy? i thought soy is good for you
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I’ve been reading more and more about B12 deficiencies.
And soy is a toughy
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I love Aran’s blog so much! Thank you for opening my eyes to autoimmune diseases, Sarah! I think I finally may have an answer to my problems over the last six months.
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Thank you Aran!
I bought kale for the first time yesterday, very exciting!
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Thanks Sarah! I have become a devotee of Camille e Vanille since reading your blog. Your Tuesday eats are becoming a fast favourite of mine and I even bought my first packet of Quinoa on the weekend and had it for breakfast with strawberries and cinnamon. After studying meditation on and off for some time, I have increasingly become intrigued by some of the mind-body-diet connections and love that your blog touches on these themes. I am on the hunt for Kale now! Cheers, Y
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This was really lovely, it showed a side of Aran that we don’t always get to see on her site. It made me really happy to read that she’s incorporated a lot of healthy and healing ingredients in her diet. There’s also a couple of things that I’ve tried out through her site, as well as researched so that was great. Lately I’ve been less enthusiastic about it, because I don’t often find things that I can eat on the site, so in a way Aran it would be lovely if you could incorporate some more of your daily diet into your blog…Love, Jules
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Julie- That’s interesting because my blog has turned more of a simple recipe journal than a few months ago. The things you see are really the things we eat, especially the last few months. I’m sorry you haven’t been able to find anything. Take another look because I promise you all my gluten free recipes are super simple and delicious.
Thanks Sarah for giving me this space!
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October 15th, 2010 at 6:04 pm
Hi Aran, yes you’re right, I guess it might be the sweet recipes that confused me a bit, but I know that with your background it would be hard to make less of them and off course you’re not always the one eating them. But it was nice to read some of your daily eats over here, I guess in a way I was sort of worried that you weren’t getting enough healing foods…Love, Jules
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I loved reading your post
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Thanks for posting this article … so interesting. I have recently developed both Hashimotos and tinnitus – it never even crossed my mind that they could be related. I wonder now if they are? I’m also beginning to realise that I should look into a gluten-free diet. Is there a book that might advise on the best way to approach it? Scary prospect for a sourdough lover!
PS Love your site.
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Aran’s blog is truly an inspiration, simply divine.
And thanks for your post, typical gluten free diets appear so restrictive and diet but your raw/wholefoods style sounds delicious!
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thanks `sarah i also read Gymneths blog and have seen the link for the Camille website, finally a chef who is like me and many others, gluten intolerant with auto immune, we special people gotta stick together!, Bookmarking it now!
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Hi there – does anyone know where to buy purple cornmeal in Australia? I have been googling but can’t find – thanks
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Hi Sarah,
Sorry to hear that you have Hashimoto’s Disease.
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My friend Lauren wrote a Gluten Free Cookbook:
http://www.NoWheatNoDairyNoProblem.com
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