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  1. lonewolf
    Thank you! I was so excited to see that this doesn't have eggs! We love to barbecue and I can't tell you how sick I am of hamburgers and hotdogs on Ener-G Brown Rice bread.
  2. lonewolf
    I don't have any advice for you, but I can sympathize. My DH was supportive from the beginning, luckily. My in-laws (including BIL's and SIL's) acted like I was crazy for years - they would roll their eyes and try to find some other reason besides food that I was having problems. Except for one SIL they were not supportive. It took several years for them...
  3. lonewolf
    I just remembered something else I used to put on mashed potatoes - mustard! It's really not bad, although I don't do it too often anymore.
  4. lonewolf
    I live in the Seattle area. I don't think that it's a northwest term though.
  5. lonewolf
    I think the jury is still out on whether or not gluten intolerance can become celiac disease. Either way, if she is healthy, and you know the diet is working, why not stick with it? Believe me, I wish I would have discovered my son's problem when he was little. We thought it was just milk. At age 11 he is angry about having to go gluten-free and not always...
  6. lonewolf
    It's a half cup or a quarter of a pound. If you get a pound of butter divided into 4 little blocks, each block is a cube.
  7. lonewolf
    White rice flour might work well if you can use eggs and real milk, but it turns into a gooey mess if you have to substitute for those things too. I make a lot of baked goods with a mix of flours that absolutely won't work with just rice flour. Believe me when I say I wish it was just that simple for me.
  8. lonewolf
    Jen, I'd love to see your Baklava recipe. We had Greek food for dinner and my son wanted Baklava and I felt really bad that I had to say no. I'd like some too!
  9. lonewolf
    What do you like to eat? We eat tacos on rice tortillas, spaghetti, pizza (w/out cheese or w/goat cheese), mashed potatoes and gravy, roast chicken and baked potatoes, meatloaf, all kinds of soups and stews, meatballs and noodles, barbecued chicken, and dozens of other gluten-free items. Dinners are the easiest gluten-free meal I think. There is a good...
  10. lonewolf
    I had an ELISA panel done about 10 years ago and it was the best thing I ever did. It was accurate for me. Just avoiding gluten wouldn't have done the trick and I'm now pretty healthy. It would have taken too much time and effort to figure out all those foods on my own. I know there can be false positives, but I think it's worth doing.
  11. lonewolf
    I would wait for at least 6 months, or better yet, a year. I waited for several years, and even now, try to stick with small amounts of raw goat cheese. Pasteurizing changes the protein structure (the casein) of the milk and makes it harder to digest, so raw products are better. But make sure you get them from a reputable source!
  12. lonewolf
    In the fall I love to eat warm (must be homemade) applesauce on top of Yukon Gold mashed potatoes instead of gravy. Gotta have a little cinnamon in the applesauce.
  13. lonewolf
    Bread is something difficult to make gluten-free. Quick breads are usually successful though - banana bread turns out great. Sometimes I even eat almond butter sandwiches on thinly sliced banana bread. I've had great luck with almost everything else. I usually follow regular recipes (often Betty Crocker) and substitute gluten-free flour. I usually sift...
  14. lonewolf
    Oh, don't get me wrong. I'm doing GREAT now. I teach PE and coach basketball and run triathlons in the summer. I'm a walking, talking advertisement for changing your diet if you're having health problems. It was about 10 years ago when I was almost crippled. The dizziness and feeling yucky has gone away completely since I went totally gluten-free. For...
  15. lonewolf
    I feel good when I'm off all of those things. I don't know that my friends or family would call me "normal" though lol. Compared to being almost crippled with arthritis, and feeling dizzy a lot and just feeling yucky, I'm doing great. I do sometimes wonder about rice, but I'm not brave enough to try cooking and baking without it. I just got everything...
  16. lonewolf
    I use ground flax seeds for things that require "sticking together", like in meatloaf, and the egg replacer for things that need to puff up. In something like a cake, I use a combination of egg replacer and whipped gelatin. This seems to give the right texture in heavier cakes like Apple cake or Pumpkin cake, but I stick with cupcakes or muffins for the...
  17. lonewolf
    They should taste fine, but if you're not careful they'll be gooey in the middle. A good flour or mix, plenty of egg-replacer and the right temperature on the griddle will all help. I keep the griddle a little lower than for regular pancakes and cook them a little longer. Make sure to not flip them too soon so they cook fully in the middle.
  18. lonewolf
    Your cornbread should turn out great. It took me 9 years to get gluten-free, CF and egg-free pancakes to turn out well. Don't be hard on yourself if your first batch doesn't turn out the way you had envisioned it. Are you using a mix or making them from scratch? Either way can work, but it often takes a few "tweaks" of the recipe. Good luck!
  19. lonewolf
    I don't want to burst anyone's bubble, but here's what I found out when I went to look for a recipe: HOW A PHYLLO DOUGH SHEET STRETCHES AND STAYS TOGETHER: It's the gluten formed in the dough from wheat flour and moisture, mixed together that holds it together. Because there is oil in the recipe, it's not an effective as a classical shortener, such as...
  20. lonewolf
    Ener-G egg replacer is casein free. I've been using it for 10 years with no problems. Remember to add 1Tbs oil for each egg being replaced. I also use a little bit more of the egg replacer than it calls for.
  21. lonewolf
    All I can say is DON'T try the Robin's brown rice bread. Major yuck!
  22. lonewolf
    I'll second the motion for the Gluten Free Pantry Cake and cookie mix. I made cupcakes out of it for my son's birthday and no one noticed that it wasn't "normal" cake. And it's just as easy as any cake mix.
  23. lonewolf
    Do you also have edema? Have you had any kidney tests done? A simple urine test can show if you are "spilling" protein through your urine, which would result in slightly low levels of albumin and total protein. This (along with elevated liver enzymes) can be a symptom of something called Nephrotic Syndrome. (High cholesterol is often a symptom too.) ...
  24. lonewolf
    Try coconut milk, frozen pineapple chunks, rice protein powder and stevia or honey. Or, if you can get Knutsen pineapple coconut juice use that with frozen bananas and the protein powder. Yummy!
  25. lonewolf
    Thanks for posting the link, Jerseyangel. It was very informative. I need to go back to my doctor to discuss some strategies for healing.
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