Not Just Gluten Free

[jillison]

Hi

I've finally decided to get a membership on here to try and help me, because i'm frustrated to no end! It's been a few years since I"ve started having "digestional" problems and almost a year since I've foudn out why. My old doc wanted to do a biopsy (standard procedure i hear) after my lab results came back "abnormal" for celiac....well, apparently that doesn't say anything until they poke around your insides and see what's there, and after she tried telling me that maybe it's jsut stress and basicaly all in my head, I decided to get another doctor. My aunt has dealt with celiac her whole life and because of that I knew i had options. She sees a doc who deals with natural medicine/homeopathic treatments and at first (well to be honest, i've always been a little skeptical) I was hesitant to call him up . BUt i know that without his help, my aunt would very well be a very sick or dead person right now. So.....i went to see him last year and now i not only have eliminated most of the symptoms, (on a good note) I am on my way to hopefully being a lot healthier...however, since seeing him, there have been other food allergies that he has tested me for that i now have which makes cooking an either very bland job or one i dont' want to partake in whatesoever. What's hard for me is that many of the wonderful gluten free foods i've discovered, i can't have because i'm still allergic to many of the common ingredients, such as potato, dairy, soy etc. If ANYONE can help me just come up with a few ideas for basic every day foods; breakfast, dinner etc..i would sooooo appreciate it!!! I hate to keep living by my motto lately (the holiday season was especially hard!): cheat or don't eat thanks so much to anyone who has anything for me

[celiacgirls]

We are also gluten, dairy, and mostly soy free.

I just recently ordered some gluten-free oatmeal and have been eating that and some sausage for breakfast almost every day. I like Wellshire Farms chicken sausage but it isn't too hard to find sausage that is ok. We also have grits and eggs for breakfast. My kids eat cereal with almond milk. Enjoy Life makes a granola that is gluten-free/CF/SF. Fruity and Cocoa Pebbles are also gluten, dairy, and soy free.

I like to make Mexican rice and tacos for dinner and then eat the leftover rice for lunch the rest of the week.

My kids take pizza to school for lunch twice a week. I make the pizza once a week into individual pizzas and freeze it. I put pepperoni and veggies on the pizzas but no cheese.

Tinkyada pasta tastes just like regular pasta to me. It is made from brown rice.

Namaste mixes contain no wheat, gluten, corn, soy, potato, dairy, casein or nuts. The chocolate cake is so good I serve it to people who eat gluten. The spice cake is good also. My kids like the Namaste pizza crust. I haven't tried it so I don't know. They carry Namaste at my regular grocery store.

I hope this helps you.