Yesterday I went to Mother's Market and bought lots of gluten-free/casein-free-friendly items, like gluten-free (GF) all purpose baking mix, white rice flour, GF cereal, and casein-free (CF) vanilla rice milk. Today was Nate's first full GFCF day. It went well until tonight, when we were over at Ray and Colleen's (I bring the children over there and Colleen watches them while I teach my flute lessons) and everyone else had pizza (pretty much Nate's favorite food). Poor Nate didn't understand why I wouldn't let him have any; instead he had a GFCF waffle, baby food fruit (he still eats these), and popcorn. He got over the pizza thing once we put it away and everyone was done.
It's interesting that he has been asking for cookies and crackers all day and then rrrreally wanted the pizza tonight. That seems to confirm the idea that his body is addicted to those things.
We will continue doing the enzymes with Nate, but since we'll be doing the diet too, I won't have to be so strict about enzymes with every bite he eats. I'm wondering if it might also work the other way around--that I might not have to be so strict with the diet since he's using enzymes. I'll have to ask about that.
Here are some sites I've found helpful in this very new venture:
Information on flour alternatives - what each kind of flour is good for, substitutes to use for gluten (which is needed to make foods stay together and have a good texture)
Recipes and meal planning ideas - the chicken fingers look good.
Yummy cookie recipe - this blog has several good-looking recipes, many GFCF.
I'll add more as I find them. :)
12/3/07 Wow, this girl has a lot of great information (includes casein-free too):
Cooking & Baking Gluten-Free: Tips from a Gluten-Free Goddess
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Good luck with all of this Katie! :) I imagine that kids aren't the only ones that would have a hard time with a radical change in their diet. :) I would probably have a hard time with it too... I guess that's why I am not dieting to lose weight. ;) You are definitely stronger than I would be!
Quite an undertaking my friend! Good for you for working hard to better the lives of your children! Will you be putting yourselves and Lucy on the same diet as well, to maybe avoid more pizza night fiascos? Have you shopped at Henry's for those items as well? I know they have a few things that would work! I also know there is a bakery in NY that makes all there stuff casin and gluten free, I'll ask my mom the name (they ship for special occasions)!
The name of that Bakery in New York is Baby Cakes. :) www.babycakes.com I believe is their website. :) They were on Martha Stewart last year.
Oh... actually, here is the website. :)
http://www.babycakesnyc.com/
I actually have been slowly discovering that I have a gluten allergy, so I loved getting that website. I'll have to look into it. And vegan friends in New York RAVE about Baby Cakes. They can't say enough good things!
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