2 ingredient High Protein Vegan Bagels with Gluten Free recipe

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I know you are all going to ask for a recipe.  I don’t actually measure ingredients or follow recipes but I will try to give you a recipe at the end of the post.  I started by making a 2 ingredient bagel. This is usually made with self rising flour and yogurt. I don’t have self rising flour so I added a 1/2 each teaspoon of baking powder and baking soda. I also added 2 tbsp of nutritional yeast and a pinch of salt for flavour.  The only vegan yogurt I have tried that I like is the lime flavour high protein silk. I like the texture and the taste of this one. I was a bit worried that the lime flavour wouldn’t taste good in this bagel but I like the way it turned out. You can use any yogurt you want but try and use a thicker one. I used a third of a cup just add some and mix with a spoon until all the flour is incorporated.  I shaped it by hand let it rest for 5 minutes. I preheated the airfryer oven and air fried for 20 minutes.  This was perfect: chewy on the out...
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My adventures getting routine bloodwork and medication refills in Ottawa

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My crazy adventures just need to be documented with random pictures of Ottawa sometimes. I have hypothyroidism so I routinely get blood work done at least once a year sometimes every six months to ensure I have the right dose of medication. This has been the most interesting session I have ever had. I’m currently waiting for someone to fax my requisition because they lost it. 


Let’s go back. It’s very difficult to get a family doctor in Ottawa. I am very lucky to have a retired doctor. He only works in the office for half a day once a week. This timing conflicts with my work meetings but I took a couple hours off to go to the appointment as I’m on my last refill. I also wanted to talk to my doctor. I arrived for my appointment and it’s often the case where I have to wait. I waited for quite a while in the waiting room which is normal there are other doctors at this clinic so can’t tell what the wait for my doctor is. I heard the doctor come out and staff telling him he was done for the day. Then she yelled oh I forgot one more and sent me to the room to wait. The doctor was there he saw me. His phone was in the room with me. I could hear him making calls in the other room. It was lunch time I figured staff had gone for lunch. I was happy in the room working on my blog post. After an hour I went to ask to use the bathroom and remind staff I was still waiting. They had forgotten about me and said the doctor had left. I knew he hadn’t his phone was in the room with me. They said they would get him while I used the bathroom. Somehow he left when I went to the bathroom they thought he spoke to me. This wasn’t really a problem as the staff was able to give me the blood work requisition. I suppose I could have just asked for the requisition without an appointment but I did want to talk to my doctor about something else.


I had to fast for the blood work and I’m not a morning person. I go to the place that’s walk in closest to my house. I went early afternoon one morning. I have been to this place a few times before. It was just one person working by herself. I did the urine in the cup thing. Staff usually has trouble getting blood out of me but they are able to get it. She found my vein but went to do something didn’t tell me I was supposed to keep my fist closed and lost it. She tried the other arm but couldn’t do it. This meant I would have to come back another time. I had fasted for too long at this point. They kept the requisition since I had done the urine test. 


Two weeks later and I found the time off work to go again. I ubered to the wrong location first. The lady got mad at me for not coming earlier when her colleague was there not sure how I was supposed to know that. Then she couldn’t find my requisition. I had to wait for someone to fax it to her. She sent me to the room and took a really long time to come into the room. 


She tried the arm where she found the vein last time and couldn’t find it. She tried the other arm and actually did get it. She told me she was worried about having to try to get it from me. She then dropped the vile luckily it was fine and had to be shaken anyways. That’s what she told me we will see what kind of adventure I have when I get the results.


I’m not sure if this is the end of this adventure. We will see if something happens when I try to get my refill prescription. This is the end for now. If you know me and wonder why I’m still pretty calm even in menopause it’s because these random things happen to me all the time. I mean I couldn’t write a whole blog post if it was just a normal blood work appointment. It’s now a few days later and of course the adventure hasn’t ended yet. Now my doctor is away until September 17. The office told me I need to go to a walk in clinic to get a new prescription. It is very difficult to be able to get into a walk in clinic in Ottawa and I don’t even know if they would give me a prescription. Fortunately I use a local pharmacy who are going to try to get my doctor’s office to send a refill. If not they will be able to help me get a temporary refill. Let’s see what happens I have a feeling this isn’t end. 


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