respite

I seem to have regained control for the moment.  I woke up with chest pains this morning, but my pulse is back to a more manageable 86 bpm.  It’s still higher than normal, but I don’t feel like I’m choking anymore.

I decided that the best thing I could do today was try and focus on something fun, so I decided to do some cooking!  So far, I’ve made some nut butter bread, banana hazelnut cake, and coconut flour banana pancakes (for breakfast this week).  In a couple minutes, I’ll put on a pot of chili for dinner, and I’m also planning on making this apple crisp for dessert.  I’ll make a few changes to the crisp recipe – use butter instead of grapeseed oil, and honey instead of agave nectar.  It’s one of DH’s favorite desserts, so hopefully it comes out okay.

All of the recipes are, of course, gluten-free.  I’ve been wanting something to spread butter on, so I thought I’d try the bread.  I have a couple recipes for bread – another uses almond flour – so if this one doesn’t come out great I can try again.

The weather was just gorgeous today – cool and sunny.  The leaves have almost all changed around our property, so the view out of our back windows is beautiful.  I’m not looking forward to all the leaf cleanup, but I’ll worry about that some other time .