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  1. Poppi
    You can use split peas to make dhal. Open Original Shared Link
  2. Poppi
    Probably not withdrawal since you should be past that. My guess would be that you are becoming more sensitive as you heal and your system cleans itself out. You may now be reacting to the type of low grade contamination that comes from non-stick pots or older wooden utensils. Maybe crumbs or flour residue from a shared kitchen? That happened to me....
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    We have some pretty serious food colouring allergies in our home. My oldest son hallucinates and has suicidal thoughts if he eats something with food colouring. I'm not as bad but I definitely get twitchy and anxious. So things like cotton Candy, Smarties etc are off our list too.
  4. Poppi
    I replaced my 12-cup muffin tin with a stainless steel one. I use paper liners in it to avoid the sticking issue. I do have a non-stick mini-muffin tin. It makes great one bite brownies! I have kept it and use paper liners. So far so good.
  5. Poppi
    If they are stainless steel then scrub them until they are spotless. If they are non-stick wash them as best you can and then use paper liners. The non-stick coating can never be scrubbed 100% clean and free of gluten. You can wrap the wooden roller in plastic but you should replace it.
  6. Poppi
    Thanks everyone. With all the other party prep I am just going to have to make sure he has a safe plate of fruit, candies, chips and veggies and trust his Mom that he'll be happy with a Cashew Lara bar for dessert.
  7. Poppi
    I was planning on the peanut butter cookies but then I called the mom to check on the peanuts and she reminded me that my brand of PB has soy. I could do dairy free or soy free chocolate chip cookies but I can't manage both. This is hard. She says it's okay but I like to feed kids and I know how hard it is for my boys at parties.
  8. Poppi
    Thanks. Both great ideas but I don't have flax meal, dairy-free chocolate chips or soy-free peanut butter.
  9. Poppi
    There is a boy coming to my son's birthday party tomorrow. He is Celiac but also has dairy, soy, rice, almond and strawberry allergies. He can eat most of the snack food we have but I would really like to have a treat for him when the other kids have cake. Any ideas?
  10. Poppi

    ARCHIVED Udi's Bread

    Poppi replied to Lori2's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Oh bummer. It is good bread but not for everyone I guess.
  11. Poppi
    For breakfast I would assume they have milk, juice and fruit. I would ask that their fruit be left whole and washed or that it be cut separately from the rest of the campers' fruit on a clean counter or plate with a non-serrated knife. Then you can send in boxes of gluten free cereal. My kids love Koala Crisp (it;s like cocoa krispies), Gorilla Munch...
  12. Poppi
    I don't care. I have a family history of Celiac and I get so violently ill with the slightest cross contamination that doing a 3-4 month gluten challenge is out of the question. I will never have an official diagnosis because I just cannot imagine making myself ill to the point of not being able to care for my own children for that length of time. Plus...
  13. Poppi
    Tomorrow night will be good. Chicken wings, these potatoes, corn and salad.
  14. Poppi
    I didn't find the withdrawl bad at all and I have been baking (and eating) breads, cookies, muffins and cakes with wheat flour every day for many years. I had a headache for a few days and I was super cranky but I was also quiting coffee at the same time.
  15. Poppi
    I find that in the first week after I've been glutened (this would go for the withdrawl period as well) I have to be very gentle with my stomach. Lots of fruit, salmon, steamed veggies, tea and toast with honey. I have to avoid high fat, greasy, fried or heavy meals. I get very tired right after because my body is struggling to heal from the glutening and...
  16. Poppi
    My hubby and I go out for a date night once a week or so and it was always the same. Eat out then go home and go to sleep because I would inevitably feel awful and my husband was overweight and a bit of a binge eater so he would overeat and feel like crap too. Now we've taken food out of the equation. He has lost 65 pounds and I am healthy and energetic...
  17. Poppi
    My kids are 2, 5, 15, 17 and 20. The oldest two girls are pretty good about what they touch and don't touch and they do 90% of their cooking and eating in the downstairs kitchen which is the gluten zone. My 15 year old son tries but he's not great about cleaning up crumbs or keeping his sandwich making to the designated gluten-prep area in the upstairs kitchen...
  18. Poppi
    We were having fajitas last night. I got up to get a spoon and then sat back down and kept eating. I was eating and my oldest son looked at me and got a horrified look on his face. He warned me at that point that my 2 year old daughter had put her hands on my food and her hands had just been handling a peanut butter sandwich on regular wheat bread. I stopped...
  19. Poppi
    I would start by making a list of your favourite meals, the things you cook or go out for the most. Then divide that list into 2 lists. The first list is meals that are naturally gluten free or easily altered with a minor substitutions. The second list is things that will be harder and you can learn to cook them later... no reason to go without your favourites...
  20. Poppi
    Pasta (reg for everyone else, gluten-free for me) and sauce with ground turkey. Salad This week I will be feeding the family a lot of gluten meals because my 2 year old is going in for testing next Wednesday and I want her good and loaded up on antibodies if she is in fact celiac... please send lots of prayers and good vibes our way that she is not!
  21. Poppi

    ARCHIVED Eating Out

    Poppi replied to KatV1985's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    I do my absolute best to NEVER put myself in that situation. Make sure you always have a choice. I keep 2-3 Lara bars in my purse plus a few Sesame snaps and usually and Enjoy Life bar or two as well. In my car I have a survival kit with enough food to feed myself for a day or two. It's nothing fancy and it's certainly not as satisfying as a proper meal but...
  22. Poppi
    Do you need ideas on what you could pack?
  23. Poppi
    We are gluten, coconut and food colouring free here and my son's 6th birthday party is on Saturday. I am the only person in the family currently gluten free (although all the children are being tested over the summer) but since I am preparing all the food and there will be over 20 kids I am making the party gluten free. I don't want to be worried about all...
  24. Poppi
    Oh that is a tough one. My first plan would be to call the camp director and talk about options. I'm guessing you might just have to send food if the camp will allow you some freezer and storage space.
  25. Poppi
    I had a rash that spread all across my stomach, down my hips, up under my arms and I even had a patch across my forehead. It didn't itch and nothing made it go away. It disappeared after 4 days gluten free. So just because it doesn't conform to the typical gluten rash doesn't mean it's not a gluten reaction.
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