First, I want to thank you all for being part of this community. It’s been such a wonderfully nourishing experience for me have this website and be able to share recipes and tips for good living with all of you.
However, there is another side to running a website. Like everyone in this age of information overload, I’m looking at working better and smarter. Doing more with less. As you may have noticed, I haven’t been posting quite as often. I’ve also gone on a social media diet, checking into Twitter and Facebook a couple of times a week instead of several times a day.
Further, after much consideration, I’ve decided to close down the Forums. Although the forums have served a good purpose, all in all, I’ve found that they are one more place for me to monitor in terms of the work I put into this website. I believe that the community can continue to connect in the comments section of each post and that it will still be productive for you to leave your remarks there.
So yes, change is in the air.
And I’m interested in you. I want you to tell me what type of information you find useful on this site. What are you doing with your life right now and what in particular are you looking for here?
So please, leave a comment and share your thoughts. I’m very interested, even though I do not often respond to comments, I do personally read each and every comment that you leave on every post.
Thanks for 6 great years and looking forward to many more!
Kim Watts says
Good for you!!! As the wife of someone diagnosed with celiac disease in his 50’s (after a lifetime of feeling lousy) you have been a god send!! As with most recipes, your’s have been “suggestions” of all I can do. A few I still manufacture verbatim, but your connection to the Honeyville Almond Flour has been my biggest gift. I received your cookbook as a gift last year and use it often as a launching pad for what’s in season.
As the the adminstrator for a nonprofit in the Denver Metro Area, I know the time spent in email alone and social media takes it to a crazy level. I have wondered how you have the time to do all the web work and raise a young active family and still cook to boot. Much less take photos of it all. Don’t look back and don’t apologize for ANYTHING! Your kids will grow up before you know it and that trumps everything.
I will look forward to anything that comes our way, with no expectations. My Cajun friend has the expression of “lagniappe.” In my 58 years, I have learned that the truly special gifts in life are those that we are not expecting. So, I am expecting nothing and anticipating lagniappe!! Blessings to your family! Kim
Angela says
I absolutely love your site and your cookbooks. They are a staple in my EVERY day cooking. I cannot tell you what your cooking has done for my life. I am gluten, sugar and corn intolerant and I find such joy in preparing your meals. I absoutely love to cook and entertain and found myself in a slump after my diagnosis. You brought life back into my cooking. I thank you for your long hours that you put into making something just right. What a blessing you are!
Simone says
Elena,
Your my hero I got your book and I use your recipes. You make gluten free easy, tasteful. In the Netherlands we are not that as progressed as you are in the states. So on your behave I am pionering and offer everyone to buy your book and give friends and family and my yoga students my result of your recipies. They all love it. Do what is best for you. I will love all you do anyway.
Simone
Diane says
Still fairly new to the gluten free life. Don’t ever stop posting your recipes. I check your site all the time.
Judith says
Please keep the recipes! My husband and I love them!!
Judith says
I’m Paleo and my husband is gluten free. My DD, on the other hand, has some allergies I have to work around to make the gluten free work for her. I love your site and it would be missed greatly. Thanks!
BonnieB says
Really enjoy your recipes! I don’t check the blog, so I won’t miss that.
Judith says
I’m reading this even as I’m eating banana muffins made from your recipe. I’ve bought both your books, use your website all the time, have a notebook filled with things I’ve printed and made and love – and I’ve *never* used your forums. So I won’t miss them (though I see others on here will).
I just want you to know that we’re all out here, reading and loving what you do and making use of it to make better lives for ourselves. If you’re still reading comments, even if you don’t Facebook and tweet as much, I hope that’s enough to remind you how many of us there are out here and how much of a difference you’ve made to us.
Elizabeth says
i love your gluten free/paleo recipes first and foremost. i appreciate your savory/non-dessert recipes as much as your dessert ones. i also have enjoyed reading your personal experiences with food (and how it has effected you) as well. thanks for all your hard work and creativity!
Jane Sloven says
Good for you Elana, for taking care of yourself. It is great role-modeling to recognize what works in your life and what doesn’t, and it takes courage to set limits.
Your site is a wealth of information, and I, along with many others greatly appreciate the thought and time you put into it. Your recipes have enhanced the quality of my gluten-free life.
I am happy that you intend to continue to offer your recipes while making choices that work for you and your family.
Thanks,
Jane
Bridget says
Thank you so much for everything! When my daughter required a gluten free diet-you were my new best friend. Now I still occasionally check in to view and use your recipes and read your articles, but I have also adopted a “lite” electronics lifestyle-completely off Facebook/Twitter and only going online a few times a week. I actually really like it! I was on sensory overload and now I feel much calmer and more focused.Best wishes and many thanks for taking your time to chronicle and post what I consider invaluable information about adapting to a healthier and gluten free meal plan.