Easy Gluten Free Living

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It can be tough being Gluten Intolerant, but it can be really tough being the parent of a gluten intolerant child.  Especially a school age child.  Suddenly not only do you have the regular worries about your child at school, but you have to worry about whether you can keep your child gluten-free while they are away from your watchful eye.

Although my days of being the parent of school age children are long past, Read the rest of this entry »

I’m sure you’re wondering about the title to this post today.   If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you may remember that Courtney, my 7 year old granddaughter, was diagnosed back in December as gluten intolerant.  You can read about that here.

Well, Courtney came to visit from Kansas for 2 weeks at the end of July, and as it turns out she is not only gluten free, she is also lactose intolerant, and has an allergy to peanuts,  (fortunately, not as bad as some children that could die from peanuts), but bad enough that she cannot eat them at all.  So I had to go back to seriously “reading” labels, not just checking to make sure nothing had changed.

I have to say, that I think breakfast was by far the hardest meal to make.  I live on 10 acres, with 10 chickens and 1 rooster, so breakfast at our house is usually eggs, and before she was diagnosed, Courtney loved having the farm fresh eggs for breakfast.  Yeah, I could have fallen back on the cereal and Lactaid milk for breakfast, (and some mornings that is what she wanted), but I really wanted to give her something yummy. 

I actually found some frozen waffles (Van’s) that were gluten, milk, and egg-free.  They were really tasty. 

For lunch we had corn tortilla wraps.  I would steam the tortillas to soften them up and then top them with a variety of things.  One day we had chicken salad made with vegan mayonaise.  Yum!  I usually use Kraft Miracle Whip, but the last ingredient in that is…you guessed it, egg yolks.

I’m not a huge fan of peanut butter, but we always have it in the house.  (My hubby loves it on a spoon, and Charlie, my lab, likes it in his Kong).  Courtney of course couldn’t have peanut butter but she asked for Almond butter.  If you haven’t tried Almond butter yet, you have got to try it.  We had wraps with almond butter.

I made a gluten free/milk free, cream of chicken soup for my crockpot chicken dinner with Lactaid milk. 

Wow!  You parents that have gluten free/casien free children, my hat is off to you.  This is definately not easy. 

I’ll have more info about making food for Courtney coming soon, including a gluten free/milk free/egg free, ice cream recipe coming for you soon.

 

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 »

Yesterday I gave you a recipe for a gluten free salad for your Easter Dinner.  Today I have a dessert recipe, and if you read all the way to the bottom, I have a freebie for you also.

 Banana-Orange Casserole Read the rest of this entry »

I’m back today with another recipe for you. 

Are you having kids at your Easter dinner this year?  If you are here is a great little salad that is perfect for all the little bunnies. 

These are cute little salads that can be placed at any child’s place setting.  They’ll get a giggle out of seeing the Easter bunny at dinner. 

This salad is naturally gluten free, so your gluten free child doesn’t have to feel different.

Enjoy!

Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton Tail and Peter 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 »

Have you ever heard of Quinoa?  (Pronounced Keen-wah)  If not and you are a Celiac, eat a gluten free diet, or are a vegetarian, keep reading.

Quinoa is a grain-like seed Read the rest of this entry »