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  1. Juliet
    Also - bread crumbs are easy to make with cheap rice bread. Just dry it out, crumble it up in a food processor and add spices.
  2. Juliet
    I call it my "poor man's risotto" because I don't cook it stirring constantly. I use a rice cooker (which I think has paid for itself months ago even if it breaks down tonight) but you could easily cook it over a stove. Arborio rice has such a high starch content it's still very sticky even without making an actual risotto. I add the vegetable base with...
  3. Juliet
    Heidi - I could probably spend the next hour typing up suggestions and how you can change the way you think about cooking vegetarian and gluten free. I love to cook, and after being vegetarian for 15 years I did start adding fish and chicken to our cooking repertoire once my son was diagnosed with Celiac Disease only so that he had a wider choice of...
  4. Juliet
    My son's disposition when he was EXTREMELY sick (by looking at him you could tell he was starving to death - he looked like the starving babies you see in pictures) and only awake for a total of 3 hours a day was still friendly and very loving. He was in a lot of pain whenever things started moving in his bowels and would just put himself to sleep when it...
  5. Juliet
    Glutinous rice flour or sticky rice flour is the same thing as sweet rice flour. And you may not be able to get brown rice flour at an Asian market.
  6. Juliet
    Pamela's is great, but be sure to realize it already has baking powder in it, so if you add extra in a recipe, it could be a problem. Also, for "airier" products, you may want to separate the eggs and whip the whites up to soft or hard peaks, as recommended on the back of the package, then fold them into the rest of the batter. There are good suggestions...
  7. Juliet
    We had cycles of constipation for days, one really hard stool, then uncontrollable diarrhea for 3 movements or so, then constipation again. The constipation came from the fact that his small intestine was so swollen it caused a blockage. So, yes, it can happen. I do not think you're being a hypochondriac; after what I went through I would definitely...
  8. Juliet
    We've gotten past the guilt (and blame since we haven't gene tested ourselves yet) of who gave Celiac Disease to our child, and I'm sure you will, too. It definitely was around at first, plus I had a TERRIBLE time dealing with the guilt of "poisoning" my child nearly to death until we were told that he might have this disease - that guilt took longer to...
  9. Juliet
    Mandasmom - I'm not really certain what my quote had to do with emotions, except for the part where I said I made "mini Krabby Pattties." I was actually referencing Spongebob Squarepants - he makes "Krabby Patties" at the "Krustry Krab" and my son thinks it's fun to eat the same things Spongebob does. And you're right about the moods - sometimes it...
  10. Juliet
    "CC" at least on this board means "cross contamination" - the biggest problem, particularly with kids since they don't know how to clean their hands too well, that people who must go gluten free (or probably any food allergy/intolerance) have to deal with.
  11. Juliet
    "My eldest is baking a lemon cake today. Of course, Steele can't have any." As was mentioned just before me, there are lots of great recipes, and even some great and easy mixes (I love Pamela's Products Chocolate Cake mix using the sour cream recipe) that you can use. And how I normally handle it is I make cupcakes, and whatever isn't eaten the first...
  12. Juliet
    I'm sure it's the Arrowroot. It's also used in gluten cooking for the flavor and all of those things have that mild anise-like flavor. You can also buy gluten-free Arrowroot cookies and the flavor is much stronger. I'm not a fan of that flavor, so I don't use it much.
  13. Juliet
    My son becomes extremely hyperactive and bounces from overly friendly and wanting every person's who walks by attention to really mean and violent. And he goes on a diarrhea/constipation cycle that lasts for three days. His reaction to CC is more extreme than it was a year ago when he was gluten free for only 4 1/2 months. He's much more sensitive, and...
  14. Juliet
    It's something like 99% of the people who have Celiac Disease have one of two genes: HLA-DQ2 (about 92% of the 99%) and HLA-DQ8 (about 8% of the 99%). There is then another 1% or so that has neither of those genes. So, although your daughter has Celiac Disease and most likely has one or two of the genes as well, there's still a very small chance she doesn...
  15. Juliet
    I know that some recipes call for bar chocolate instead of chips since the chips have a bit of a coating to keep them from sticking together. So melted chips are not quite as smooth as melted bars. But I doubt you'd notice that much of a difference in this cake. But you do notice a difference when making things like chocolate truffles or sauces.
  16. Juliet
    As for eliminating the gluten items she loves, there are alternatives to most of those things. Both Annie's and DeBole's make a gluten free macaroni & cheese (DeBole's calls it white cheddar & shells - my son likes that one the best with a little added parmesan), and there are several gluten free cereals - EnviroKidz Gorilla Munch, Koala Crisp (like...
  17. Juliet
    Introduction of new foods, and also introduction of gluten even to a baby without any intolerances, can cause a reaction at first no matter what. My daughter was constipated for 3 days after I first introduced winter squash, and had diarrhea like symptoms alternating with constipation the first few times I gave her rice cereal. They definitely are not problems...
  18. Juliet
    I asked this question to Dr. Michelle Pietzak a little over a year ago. She told me at the time that an adult would need to consume two pieces of wheat bread, or equivalent amount of gluten, every day for 2 months. For a smaller child, about half of that. If you've been gluten free for only a month, the test may still not be accurate - if the damage was...
  19. Juliet
    I actually really liked the sugar cookies recipe on the back of Pamela's Products Ultimate Baking & Pancake mix. Other than seeing the little flecks of almond meal, they actually tasted just like sugar cookies (I was able to compare them almost side by side the day I made them since I don't have Celiac Disease). The only problem was they got stale a...
  20. Juliet
    I found this recipe off of some website, but I honestly can't remember which one. I haven't tried it yet, but it looked pretty good to me. Bette Hagman's didn't look as appealing to me since I don't really like bean flours that much. Plus, I LOVE almond extract, so adding a bit of that to the icing sounds very tasty. (If this post comes up with a lot...
  21. Juliet
    It was also suggested in an article that depending on how your child actually reacts to gluten, you may want to make sure that the nurse is aware of the situation and if needed your child will have access to the private nurse's restroom.
  22. Juliet
    Ignore the question marks above - I copied the recipe from another program and for some reason question marks showed up after I posted the recipe
  23. Juliet
    My 3 1/2 year old Celiac son is EXACTLY the same way. I actually had to force him to try syrup. He insisted he didn't like it right after he tried it, than 10 minutes later, after he felt he had saved enough face, he asked for some. And he changes from day to day what he will like then not like. About the only consistency for us is chocolate! And we...
  24. Juliet
    Also, forgot to mention that the enzyme combination is being fast tracked in the US, so that could mean anywhere from 2-5 years it will be available if all goes well in the human testing phase.
  25. Juliet
    In the US, there's human testing going on right now on an enzyme combination/cocktail that seems to allow gluten to be ingested by someone who has Celiac Disease. One of the areas where they were doing the testing was in San Diego, and my cousin's friend was actually involved and told her he was doing great. There've been articles on this subject, even...
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