Evie4

After resolving most of my "C" issues once going gluten free, I still struggled sometimes with certain foods. I am now taking 250 mg magnesium oxide daily and I am quite regular. I stumbled on to some literature about how there are many people low in this mineral. You can read much about (magnesium supplementation) from many sources on line. I've never...

Thanks you guys! I have to bookmark the links! I got off work early and have been working in the kitchen for the past 5 hours! I'm pooped! For anyone who might read this thread looking for ideas...here are some of the things I made or will be making: crustless mini quiches bruchetta with a porcini mushroom-parsley garnish toasted bread cubes with...

I probably have enough stuff to put out for our gatherings the next couple days...but I'm kinda compulsive and keep thinking maybe there's something more I can add. Nothing too complicated would be nice. Evie

Ken, thanks for sharing that. I'm going to let my (Japanese) friend know, we shop together and she reads labels for me at the Asian store!

Got it! Thanks a bunch! Still looking for a "skin" recipe

If I'm more than 30 minutes away from home I have some food with me ha-ha! I have to eat small amounts throughout the day. When I travel I bake up a breakfast bread that has onions, ham or bacon, cheese (well now I'm not supposed to eat dairy either). I add some herbs. It seems to work (appeal to my palette) anytime of day. I also bake up some sweet...

Ken...I miss my potstickers! One of the hardest part of going gluten free was knowing I couldn't go for dim sum anymore. If you have any recipes/tricks to share for making gluten free wrappers and fillings, I would be thrilled to get some! I wouldn't be able to use buckwheat flour as it seems my husband got hives from buckwheat tea the last time he had...

Ken here is the spekulatius recipe. I wrote it up last night as my husband insists I make them every year from now on. He is calling them Lebkuchen as they are very reminiscint of the very fine Lebkuchen in Germany...not like the "gingerbread" type most Americans are familiar with. I intentionally used more ground almonds than flour mix. Typically spekulatius...

Ken, I made these chocolate cookies this evening. I meant to use my teff flour blend...but after a long day of work and cooking dinner...I totally forgot and grabbed my other blend. These cookies taste like a rich nutty chocolate brownie. Totally got the thumbs up from my gluten tolerant husband. I'm going to try using more plantain and less rice...

Here is my experience with plantain flour... I've been working with it over the last year. I made a flour mix that is 1 part plantain, 1 part brown rice, 1 part sweet rice and 1 part tapioca. I really like the fine texture it gives muffins. I tried it in banana bread and cranberry nut, but I found them to be too dense and moist. I remade the cranberry...

I just wanted to say I'm sorry you are in this position. Being sick is hard enough, but worrying about these work things just adds to the stress. I feel for you. I've been fortunate to have my job a long time and don't have to worry about being out. But I rarely take off. I saw what happended to some people who did that (because of chronic illness) and...

I found the initial cleaning out of the pantry and fridge was difficult. It

Dan, constipation was my main motivation to go gluten free. I'm in my late 40s and it was becoming progressively worse. I went mostly gluten free and found that two days in a row of consuming gluten constipated me. Then it was a single day of consumption and I couldn't go for a couple days. Things were going really well after completely stopping gluten...

I don't have your type hair, but I do have frizzy hair and dry scalp. My hair has been less dry since I use Dr. Bronner's (fragrance free baby--light blue label) liquid soap. I put some tea tree oil in it as well to help with my itching problem. You can buy it at many places, look in the health food or natural product section of the store. I no longer...

I find anytime there is a significant change in the diet it can cause some issues. I for instance, can't eat pears. For whatever reason, they just cause me all kinds of problems anymore. Apple juice can give me the runs. Legumes contstipating. Can't digest bananas...etc. So eating healthy doesn't always mean my body likes everything! Maybe you can...