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I would like to try to make these this year. Has anyone got any experience with this? Or suggestions for a gingerbread recipe that would hold up to making houses? TIA! ~April

I stopped buying those, but instead get the Gluten Free Pantry's Italian bread/pizza crust mix, and make abougt a half dozen crusts to freeze. They are much tastier and softer that way. For ease, I freeze small portions of spaghetti sauce to top the pizza in containers, and defrost what I need at a time.

I freeze small containers of safe spaghetti sauce. Then in a pinch I make pizza bagels using frozen gluten-free bagels. DS loves these! I have also done the corn tortilla trick a few times, as well.

Sometimes you may have a child who feels shortchanged on not being able to eat candy like the other kids, like my son. What I do is this. I go to the Dollar store and pick about ten larger items that are on the gluten-free list. These are items I know ds loves. I go through his candy after T or T and set up a *store* where he can trade 10 unwanted items...

My ds and I had a heart-to-heart talk about his Celiacs a few weeks back. He is very concerned about Halloween and told me he feels both sad and angry when we go through his Halloween candy and take the things that he cannot eat. It isn't any better when we trade them with his sister- he still feels badly by it all. So, I thought and thought and came up...

I do know that my son's symptoms never totally disappeared until we also elimnated all dairy,so there may possibly be more to your dd's food issues than the Celiacs. Any more rashes or new info lately?

I certainly think that behavior from dairy intolerances can manifest themselves in many different ways. I would certainly check it out if I were in your friend's shoes. My son had such serious behavior issues at ages 4-5 that I had him evaluated by a Psychiatrist. I definitely had adhd concerns along with Aspergers. There was even speculation that it...

Hello! My son is 8 and has been diagnosed with Celiacs for about a year-and-a-half. He is also lactose intolerant. I was curious as to how others handle it when sending a child with Celiac's to a birthday party. My son knows the foods he can and cannot eat, for the most part since he is older. I always make a point to call to RSVP ahead of time to find...

I have to second the rising part of this bread- I do it for an hour-and a half too. I also put the bread into TWO loaf pans, which allows both to rise to the top and makes a lighter, fluffier bread. This is my secret, and I like to sneak a slice of this warm out of the oven, and it really is GOOD! Either freeze and let defrost or leave out but use quickly...

Oh yes, this was my son! In fact, he still has the occasional bm accident and he is 8 now. He has both Celiacs and Dairy intolerances, and the dairy will often cause this too if he ingests some. I assure you that testing is the way to go, our GI doc did ours and we have never looked back. He is so much healthier and I am thankful we were able to work on...

We are there, too. My son was about 30 lbs at the same age. He is now 8 years old and has been gluten and dairy-free for about two years. He is still small, he weighs about 45 pounds and wears clothes designed for a 5-6 yo. But, he is gaining steadily and is much healthier. He eats very well and we are constantly looking for ways to add the fat top his diet...

I just wanted to say that I bake this bread all the time. One trick I learned to make it lighter and fluffier is to divide the batter into TWO loaf pans instead of one. I l et is rise at least an hour and a half. This makes it rise even higher and fluffier. BE careful not bang the pan when transferring it to the oven as it will deflate. This trick makes...

I am interested to hear what other parents of celiacs. or celiacs themselves have to say about this. When you go to a restaurant, are you able to purchase a specially made kids meal for the same low price as the regular ones? Do you feel that you should be entitled to? Some restaurants I go to are great about this- such as Lindburgers. They make...

I chose to buy a toaster oven, because I didn't want mistakes happening with two different toasters. So, anytime we toast bread for Alex we use the heavy duty foil and throw it out after each use.

Thanks so much for your input, everyone! I really need to see that I am not alone in this concern. My dh and I have decided to handle it ourselves, rather than excpet the team to conform to his dietary needs. Especially since it is a bit after-the-fact of having the snack schedule handed out. I am going to take Alex shopping to pick out his own special treats...