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My daughter was diagnosed at age 2 1/2. Like nearly everyone else w/ a celiac child, we went rounds with doctors who couldn't put their finger on anything. Finally, I looked up her symptoms on the Internet, only to discover she had classic symptoms of celiac disease.

I now know that I, too, have celiac (with skin rash). I'm also lactose intolerant. I blog about the gluten-free (and sometimes dairy-free) recipes that I play around with, including Chinese food recipes which I'm pretty good at. My gluten-free/DF recipe blog is found at:

http://glutenfreekidsrecipes.blogspot.com/

You can link to me on Facebook, Pinterest, and other venues through my writerly blog, chellywood.com (I hope to see you there)!

  1. Esther Sparhawk
    As the end of October approaches, my garden is finally full of those long-awaited tomatoes. Time to make salsa! Let's share our salsa recipes, shall we? Ingredients: 4-5 mangoes (firm, not quite ripe) 4 Serrano peppers (more or less depending on how spicy you want it 1 Jalapeno 10 cloves of garlic 6-7 firm avocados 10 firm roma tomatoes 1 cup...
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    Here's what Kroger said about their imitation extracts and food colorings: "Thank you for your patience with the response for your inquiry. None of the extracts contain gluten ingredients. The food colorings need to be further researched." I haven't had a chance to call about the star-shaped sprinkles. Hopefully I'll have time tomorrow.
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    One of my kids is allergic to orange juice (and oranges) and grape juice. The other is allergic to nuts and chocolate. Imitation is the only option. Yep, that's my problem in a nutshell. I live in a very small farm town in Idaho. And I'm out of time to order it online. I work from 7AM to 5PM Mountain time, Monday through Friday. I suppose...
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    Hi everyone, Kroger has some new imitation flavorings on the market. (I had never seen them in my supermarket before today.) They are imitation almond flavor, imitation coconut flavor, and imitation vanilla butter & nut flavor. I'd like to try these on my daughter's gluten-free cupcakes, so we're not stuck with plain old vanilla for her birthday again...
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    People with DH get a skin rash, and it often occurs on the lower back/buttocks and knees. DH stands for Dermititis Herpetiformis, and it's a form of celiac disease that manifests as a skin rash. The rash can be very unpredictable. I was recently diagnosed with DH, and I find that the rash sometimes happens after eating wheat, but sometimes it just doesn't...
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    We use Yummy Bears vitamins. They have a multivitamin and other supplements. Vitafusion says it's gluten-free, but my daughter is super-sensitive. She got sick one day right after we started her on Vitafusion, so we haven't used them since. It could've been something non-vitamin-related that made her sick, but there's no way to know.
  7. Esther Sparhawk
    Did you know PlayDough is made from wheat? And a kid can't help but get that gunk under their fingernails. Once it's under their fingernails, it's going in their mouth, sure as shootin'! Tonight I visited with a lady whose child had recently been diagnosed with celiac. Like most of us when we first start out, she wasn't aware that PlayDough could be a...
  8. Esther Sparhawk
    Contact your oral surgeon and ask him/her to check to make sure all medications are gluten-free. Also remind him/her that some toothpastes are not gluten-free and the alcohol that is sometimes used to cleanse equipment can be harmful. Give your oral surgeon plenty of time to prepare. He/she is responsible to take care of you, but it's a good idea to put everything...
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    With my daughter, I've found it's helpful to make gluten-free food look pretty. For a lunch snack, try making an "appetizer" platter with a ring of gluten-free rice crackers around the outside, lunch meat cut into squares (Hormel has a number of gluten-free choices) lined up next to that ring, and cheese slices in the middle. You can do the same with apple...
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    I always mention my daughter's diagnosis with our pharmacist. And I'm adamant that we not purchase drugs/medicines until gluten-free status can be verified. It's funny, too, because we always have to remind medical doctors as well. They've sometimes prescribed meds that had gluten--then we reminded them, and they went, "Oh yeah. Right. I guess I need to call...
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    As I understand it, meds that contain alcohol (like Niquil) frequently have gluten. In the US, they're really hard labels to understand as well. Two summers ago, I spent several days calling companies of all the stuff I had in my medicine cabinet. Now keep in mind, that was TWO YEARS AGO, so it's time to call again. But here's what I found for my youngster...
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    Envirokids makes some gluten-free cereals. My daughter likes the Leaping Lemurs, but it's shaped more like Kix.
  13. Esther Sparhawk
    Just today, I discovered two new items to put in my little one's lunchbox: Post Fruity Pebble Treats Betty Crocker Fruit Gushers They're both labeled with "gluten free" on the front of the box. I'm glad more and more companies are starting to label products as gluten-free! I do worry, though about cross-contamination in the assembly lines. I...
  14. Esther Sparhawk
    Yeah, I probably should've put quotation marks around "LUNCHABLES" because they're our own, home-made "Lunchables". I pack them in a Hello Kitty divider lunchbox, so they look fun, like the real thing. Sorry for the confusion.
  15. Esther Sparhawk
    We buy "Nutty Cranberry Maple Granola" from Bakery on Main, but it's not cheap. It's fantastically yummy though. As a fair substitute, you can make your own (as other users noted) and Chex cereals are now labeling some of their products gluten-free. They are, of course, a handy grain product to easily mix with raisins, nuts (if you're not allergic), and other...
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