10 Year Old Copipng W/out Gluten

[Rachella]

Hi, I am new to this site. I have been gluten-free for 21/2 months now and for the first time in many years, I feel so good. Well about 3weeks ago I decided to take my 10 year old daughter off of gluten because of mood issues, she as well is a new person. She is such a delight to be around now. Any yummy suggestions for her? It's so hard for her when her friends are eating gluten and she cannot. Thank you.

Rachel

[Darn210]

Here's the Chex Muddy Buddies' recipe

Open Original Shared Link

She can even do most if not all of this one!!

(Rice Chex are gluten free)

[MNBeth]

Do you bake? My 16 yo son and I went gluten free last year, and I'm keeping an almost gluten-free kitchen. (I still buy some regular cereals, but that's pretty much it.) I've found that I'm able to make most of my old favorite recipes with gluten free flour. My whole family eats them, and I serve them to guests who really, truly cannot tell the difference. (Not so w/yeast bread, but cookies, cakes and muffins have come out wonderfully.)

Other than that, Glutino pretzels are really good, and Kinnickinnick Oreo-like K-Toos. My son still eats PBJs, too. So far for us, homemade bread is best.

Gotta run! I'm sure you'll get plenty of good suggestions.

[DarkIvy]

Do you have a Whole Foods nearby? They usually have a couple different gluten-free sections. There are crackers, cookies, and tons of other stuff. I also swear by their house brand baking mixes: pizza crust, chocolate cake, white cake... yum! They run about $3-4 a box, too, which isn't much different than what you'd pay for a gluteny baking mix. Their bread mix is my favorite bread, but I also love Kinnicknick breads when I don't want to bake. Their bagels are to die for, but they are hard to find. I've found that the English muffins make an excellent substitute for bagels, though, and are much easier to find.

Pamela's cookies also come to mind. They run about $3 a box and are delicious. The Pecan Shortbread is my favorite!

It took me forever to locate all the gluten-free stuff at Whole Foods, because even though there's a "section", they don't keep everything there. They do gluten-free tours for free sometimes, so you should ask about those. They basically just give you a tour of the store and point out all the gluten-free stuff. They also have lists of their gluten-free products. The customer service desk should be able to give you a copy free, and tell you when the gluten-free tours are. Since you are so new to the diet yourself, you might want to do this! I'm always surprised at what they're adding, too.

It's rough watching friends eat all the stuff you can't have, I understand where your daughter is coming from. The key is to make her feel like she's not missing much. If she goes to the movies with her friends, give her a list of the kinds of movie candies she *can* have (I don't even know which are safe, I don't eat much candy, but I'm sure a few are safe if you do research) and a baggie of homemade treats or gluten-free cookies or something. Just little things like that. I always sneak my food into the theater in a big purse. Employees are usually too disgruntled to care if you may be sneaking stuff in, so if they don't see it out, they probably won't say anything. I've always figured that getting caught wouldn't be a big deal, but I lack a sense of tact and would probably shred the offending employee by letting them know they can't serve me anything that I can safely eat and if they want me barfing in their trash cans, just *make* me eat the Twizzlers, haha. I think though that if you have a health condition, they really can't stop you. They'd rather have you bring in your own food than risk getting sick off of theirs and suing them for it. Same goes for restaurants. I sometimes bring my own food to restaurants where my friends want to eat and no one has said anything yet.

Back to the point though, I'm sure a lot of activities revolve around food, so just be prepared with stuff on hand. Send her with her own tupperware container w/ cake to a birthday party, or gluten-free pizza and chips and other junk food to sleepovers. I believe the original cheetos may be gluten-free, too.

[DarkIvy]

Do you have a Whole Foods nearby? They usually have a couple different gluten-free sections. There are crackers, cookies, and tons of other stuff. I also swear by their house brand baking mixes: pizza crust, chocolate cake, white cake... yum! They run about $3-4 a box, too, which isn't much different than what you'd pay for a gluteny baking mix. Their bread mix is my favorite bread, but I also love Kinnicknick breads when I don't want to bake. Their bagels are to die for, but they are hard to find. I've found that the English muffins make an excellent substitute for bagels, though, and are much easier to find.

Pamela's cookies also come to mind. They run about $3 a box and are delicious. The Pecan Shortbread is my favorite!

It took me forever to locate all the gluten-free stuff at Whole Foods, because even though there's a "section", they don't keep everything there. They do gluten-free tours for free sometimes, so you should ask about those. They basically just give you a tour of the store and point out all the gluten-free stuff. They also have lists of their gluten-free products. The customer service desk should be able to give you a copy free, and tell you when the gluten-free tours are. Since you are so new to the diet yourself, you might want to do this! I'm always surprised at what they're adding, too.

It's rough watching friends eat all the stuff you can't have, I understand where your daughter is coming from. The key is to make her feel like she's not missing much. If she goes to the movies with her friends, give her a list of the kinds of movie candies she *can* have (I don't even know which are safe, I don't eat much candy, but I'm sure a few are safe if you do research) and a baggie of homemade treats or gluten-free cookies or something. Just little things like that. I always sneak my food into the theater in a big purse. Employees are usually too disgruntled to care if you may be sneaking stuff in, so if they don't see it out, they probably won't say anything. I've always figured that getting caught wouldn't be a big deal, but I lack a sense of tact and would probably shred the offending employee by letting them know they can't serve me anything that I can safely eat and if they want me barfing in their trash cans, just *make* me eat the Twizzlers, haha. I think though that if you have a health condition, they really can't stop you. They'd rather have you bring in your own food than risk getting sick off of theirs and suing them for it. Same goes for restaurants. I sometimes bring my own food to restaurants where my friends want to eat and no one has said anything yet.

Back to the point though, I'm sure a lot of activities revolve around food, so just be prepared with stuff on hand. Send her with her own tupperware container w/ cake to a birthday party, or gluten-free pizza and chips and other junk food to sleepovers. I believe the original cheetos may be gluten-free, too.

[missy'smom]

Welcome,

I have a 10 year old too. He's been loving the rice crispy treats made with Envirokids Koala Crisp cereal-it's cocoa flavored-and reg. marshmallows. We make choc. chip cookies this week with the M+M's from his Halloween candy stash and choc. chips and a few other(gluten-free) choc. candies from Halloween.

Look in the Parents of Kids section of this forum for more ideas. There are lots of threads with ideas for lunches to take to school.