Food Philosophy: Recipes and ramblings from a gluten-free naturopath

I feel the need to ramble today, so please read on and bear with me! You would think in today's society where it seems that NOTHING is off-limits for discussion or in movies or on TV or the internet that we'd be able to talk openly and honestly about female sexuality, but we don't.  It's like we're back in Victorian England, where sex was a woman's marital duty and it was never even admitted to, much less discussed!  And heaven forbid that a woman might actually enjoy it---that was the sole duty for prostitutes. We need to open a dialogue regarding female sexuality!  I've been an advocate of this for a long time and, in most cases, people look at me like I have 6 heads if I bring it up, but since this is my blog, I plan to talk about it...and I hope you will, too.  If nothing else, I hope you'll be educated by this information and have a desire to share it. Let's talk anatomy first.  When I was growing up, I never received any worthwhile inform

Yes, I said it....foodgasm!!  There are just some foods that create such a rush of pleasure when you eat them that there's no other word to describe the incredible feeling!!  Today's recipe is just one such fabulous food :) There have been innumerable studies done on the pleasure centers in our brains.  What's so interesting is that there's basically one targeted area that is stimulated by pleasurable things....so, making love, eating great food, seeing a super-good movie, running or exercising, being out in nature....the list goes on and on....all these things send signals to the pleasure centers in our brains and our bodies respond appropriately.  Now, personally, I don't get the same rush from running as I do from eating great food or making love, but some people really love it!!   Other studies have proven that women who starve themselves or deny themselves on a regular basis of "pleasurable-type" foods, such as sugar, chocolate, fats, etc...decrea