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purplemom Apprentice
purplemom
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My kids and hubby are gluten free but I am not. I try to be EXTREMELY careful not to ever contaminate the countertops, table, any kitchen surface with my forbidden gluten. It has come to the point where I am feeling so weird when I eat that I will go gluten free also. I do all of the cooking for them so it won't be that hard for me to convert!

Anyway I use the microwave oven for myself (wheat and gluten foods) and also use it for them. Do you think this is unsafe and it could contaminate their food? I always put things on plates or paper towels.

Just curious.

Thanks

Cali

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hez Enthusiast
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I am not an expert but I think it would be fine. I am the celiac in the family. My dh, ds, and dd all eat wheat in the house. They have their counters and I have mine. We do share the microwave and have not had an issue. Ido make sure that crumbs are not lurking.

Hez

Guest nini
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my hubby eats gluten, and microwaves his stuff all the time... we don't have a problem with a shared microwave.

jmengert Enthusiast
jmengert
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I also lived in a shared house, so I just cover all my food with a paper towel when I microwave it, just in case, since we don't clean the microwave every day. Never had a problem.

schuyler Apprentice
schuyler
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I'm the only gluten-free person in my house, and it has never been a problem. It sounds like you are doing an excellent job of keeping everything clean, so your family should be okay.

jenvan Collaborator
jenvan
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My kids and hubby are gluten free but I am not. I try to be EXTREMELY careful not to ever contaminate the countertops, table, any kitchen surface with my forbidden gluten. It has come to the point where I am feeling so weird when I eat that I will go gluten free also. I do all of the cooking for them so it won't be that hard for me to convert!

Anyway I use the microwave oven for myself (wheat and gluten foods) and also use it for them. Do you think this is unsafe and it could contaminate their food? I always put things on plates or paper towels.

Just curious.

Thanks

Cali

That should be fine! Just keep it clean, and use the common sense wisdom you have been, like putting food on plates, not setting your sandwich where his was. You're family is lucky to have a mom who really cares about them :D

Ashley Enthusiast
Ashley
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I'm the only gluten-free person in my house like many others. I've never had a problem with CC and the mircowave before. But, if you're having some problems, go out and find a mircowaveable lid that you place over your food just for your food and then one for the rest of the family. Those are made to keep your soup or whatever's in there from exploding all over the walls in the mircowave :lol: , but, it'll keep your mircowave clean. Just a normal wipe down in there should keep your CC-free.

-Ash

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Daxin Explorer
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I also live in a shared house. DW DS and DD are all gluten eaters, and I am not. I have only been gluten-free for about a month now, and we have made some fundamental changes.

Firstly, DW tried to cook only one gluten-free meal and night, but this is tricky. THere is ALWAYS some rice and leftover meat in the firdge to whip up something for me should Mac an Cheese be unavoidable.

We have not purchased a new toaster, but have not had a problem as of yet. We have also not had a problem with themocrowave.

As far as the kitchen goes, DW and I try to clean the counters and all prep surfaces very well between each meal. If you have to make 2 meals, make the gluten-free one first to keep things easy. Any utensils used on gluten containing food should be cleaned/placed in the dishwasher right away.

Hope that helkps a bit. I know it's not much about the microwave, but these are just somemore tips I have learned. :)

purplemom Apprentice
purplemom
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Thanks for all of your thoughts. Sometimes it gets very tiring thinking of where hidden gluten could be lurking! But with the results we have seen in my husband and kids being gluten-free, it is well worth it. It's always nice to bounce my questions off of people who care!

Cali

Katie O'Rourke Rookie
Katie O'Rourke
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Me and my dad are the coeliacs in our house - there's also my two younger sisters who are veggie and my mum. We all share the microwave, as well as the grill (i always use new foil), but we have separate toasters - me and my dad use one everyone else uses the normal one, and we have our own gluten-free butterdish, as well as preserves and jars - we have gluten-free written on top of the jam and peanut butter and marmalade which is ours, and anything without writing on is glutinous - as they have used it. Although I've only been gluten-free under 3 years, my dad has been for nearly 20 years, so him and my mum sorted a whole system out beforehand, which is why I find it so much easier to live at home now. wWhen I was at university sharing a hosue - I ended up chopping food etc in my room (bedroom) on my desk as there were crumbs etc all over the counter tops - I veen labelled my toaster gluten-free, by writing it on the side, and one of my hosuemates still accidentally used it instead of their own. I was not pleased.

Good luck with keeping things gluten-free for your family though :)

aikiducky Apprentice
aikiducky
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I use a lid thingy over my dish in the microwave, both to keep the microwave clean and to protect my food. Never had a problem so far. :) though it's only me and my husband, and he rarely uses it anyway, he's a bit suspicious of the microwave for some reason. :lol:

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