Celiac Disease And A Rice Allergy!

[snomnky]

My 14 month old son who has Celiac disease was just diagnosed with a rice allergy. We are dumb founded...I didn't know this was possible and we are struggling to find any snack foods or crackers he can eat. Has anyone else had this experiance, any other rice allergies?? Help is very much appriciated!!!!!

[Ursa Major]

I find that rice will give me the same symptoms as gluten. Rice is not the hypoallergenic food that people believe it is.

Unfortunately, I am not sure if it's possible to find crackers without gluten or rice. Unless you bake your own crackers! But there are still lots of snack foods available, it just won't be as easy to find them now.

Still, there are always fruits and vegetables! If your son can tolerate peanut butter and likes celery for instance, you can make celery with peanut butter and raisins. I don't know if dairy is okay, but cheese with grapes is nice.

You can wrap things in a corn tortilla for a snack. Well, I am running out of ideas, I don't have little kids anymore, and my grandchildren love fruits for snacks. I am sure others have more ideas.

[Cheri A]

My daugher is allergic to rice also. It is very challenging! I have not found a cracker or bread that I could *buy*. For snacks, she eats mostly fruit, veggies. Sometimes Glutino pretzels or Tostito chips. I make bread, cookies, applesauce bars.

[KayJay]

what are applesauce bars sounds like something we could eat here.

[RiceGuy]

There are so many varieties of rice, so I'd be wondering if the allergy isn't to a specific kind or small set of them, rather than all rices.

You might give millet a try. It apparently is quite well tolerated - easy to digest and not usually a problem even to those with allergies to many other things. There's also amaranth, teff, buckwheat, quinoa and others. I've read that quinoa can replace rice in a number of recipes, but I've yet to try. As suggested, if corn is ok, tortilla chips are quite a treat anytime IMO. There are corn pastas too, though I read they don't stack up to Tinkyada.