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Today I have the recipe for you that my mother-in-law gave to me when I was dating my husband.  He had a severe topical allergic reaction to milk and eggs at the time.  If he touched them he would swell up with hives.  If he ate them, his throat would swell up. 

When my oldest granddaughter, Courtney was diagnosed as lactose intolerant, one of the things she missed was ice cream.  So I dug out my old dairy free ice cream recipe and made it for her while she was visiting this summer.

 If you’re wondering if she liked it, check out these pictures of her after she tasted it.

 So here is the recipe.  I hope you like it as much as she did.

Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Ice Cream

• 1 1/2 teaspoons Knox Gelatin
• 2 tablespoons cold water
• 3 cups Coffee Rich (found in the freezer section)
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Soften gelatin in cold water.  Heat 1 cup coffee rich to scalding.  Add sugar, salt, and gelatin stirring til disolved.  Add 2 remaining cups  of coffee rich and vanilla.  Allow to cool.

Pour into ice cream maker for 30 minutes, then freeze.  Or place in the freezer and stir occationally til frozen.

Let me know what you think of it.

So yesterday I talked about sending children back to school and ways to help keep them gluten-free.

Today I want to talk about Art class.  You’re probably thinking, What does art class have to do with keeping my child gluten-free?.   I’m about to tell you.

Gluten can be found in:

• Paint
• Glue
• Modeling Clay (Play-Doh) but not just Play-Doh
• And more

I planned on going through a whole list of products that are safe for your gluten-free child, but I found a very complete and informative list over at this website.

Heidi over at Adventures of a Gluten-Free Mom has a very thorough list of  gluten-free art supplies.  She also has a printable list that you can print out and take with you shopping or give to your childs teacher.

I would even suggest you print it out and put a copy into that information packet I talked about yesterday.

I hope this helps all you worried moms.  Leave me a comment below if you appreciated this information.

I got an email from a newsletter reader over the weekend.  I thought it might be of interest to other readers of my blog.  So here’s her question and my answer:

Hi Mary,

 

I just found your website and am pretty excited! I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and have been reading and hearing a lot of things about gluten possibly exacerbating the symptoms of fibromyalgia. 

 

My question is that I love, Love, LOVE crackers – saltine crackers – plain, with cheese, spiced up with oil and spices, just to sit and snack on them makes me happy.  I looked for a gluten free saltine cracker recipe (to make crackers from scratch) on your website and just wondered if you have one or know where I could find one?

 

Thank you so much!           

 

Carolyn Woodie says:

May 16, 2011 at 9:48 am

I went to purchase Ortega taco mix based on your list and noticed in the ingredient list that it has maltodextrin in it. I’m new to this GF, but I thought that we could not have maltodextrin. Am I wrong?

Wow Carolyn, you opened up a can of worms. 

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If Mom is a coffee lover this dessert will blow her away.  Top her dessert cup with a spoon of whipped topping and sprinkle the topping with chocolate sprinkles.

Full of Cream Coffee Dessert Read the rest of this entry »

If  the kids are making this for mom, have dad cook the steak.

Herbed Steak Salad Read the rest of this entry »

It’s been more than a little crazy at my house the past week.  I won’t go into details, but for the next several days I’m going to be offering you gluten free recipes for your Mother’s Day festivities.  I hope you enjoy them.

Made With Love Chicken Salad Read the rest of this entry »

I promised you all a quinoa recipe so I hope you enjoy this one as much as my family does.  Not only is this tasty, but it’s fairly easy to put together and off to the oven.

Turkey and Spinach Quinoa Read the rest of this entry »

I babysit 2 of my granddaughters almost everyday.  Mhairi, is only 6 months old and still on breast milk.  The older one, Eilidh, is 3 1/2 years old going on 40.  Most of the time she is a pretty good eater, but Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday morning started out like every other Saturday morning.  I get up around 7:30, (since the alarm goes off at 4:30 the rest of the week, that’s sleeping in for me), get dressed, start the coffee, take the dogs out for their morning walk/run, (the 3 year old lab runs, the 10 year limps/walks).  We come back, I fire up the computer, feed the dogs, grab a cup of coffee and check my email. 

 But yesterday…

Lady T contacted me and asked me to write about Gluten Free…Mom, What’s for Dinner.   Let me tell you a little about Lady T.

Lady T empowers and coaches women  to change the world through entrepreneurship.  She provides motivational workshops, spiritual retreats and one on one coaching that helps moms grow purposeful, flourishing home businesses.  You can click here to learn more about this mompreneur expert and click here to read my highly sought after advice on being a gluten free mompreneur, or in my case a grand-mompreneur.

If you’re a stay at home mom and have been thinking about working from home or an out the door to work mom, dreaming of a work at home life.  Check and see if Lady T can help you find your dream life.

I know this isn’t my usual kind of blog post, but I was just so excited I had to share it with you all.  Come back tomarrow for my usual gluten free info.