Diagnosed with celiac (can't eat wheat)

[KnottedYet]

Gluten-Free beer review.

Well, today I bought a six pack of Bard's Tale Beer "Dragon's Gold". It was on sale, and Budweiser's "RedBridge" wasn't.

I know I'm supposed to love it because it's a hand-crafted micro-brew small company gourmet GF beer.

But I don't.

It's wimpy. Wimpier than RedBridge. I never thought I'd say a Budweiser was hearty, but dangit, the RedBridge has more b@lls than Dragon's Gold. RedBridge has a good bit more hops to it and isn't quite as sweet. If you like a mellow smooth beer with very little bite; Dragon's Gold will make you happy.

I like hoppy vibrant bite-you-back reds and ambers, so I'll stick to RedBridge until something better comes along.

(besides, RedBridge is cheaper.... )

[Wahine]

Gluten-Free beer review.

I like hoppy vibrant bite-you-back reds and ambers, so I'll stick to RedBridge until something better comes along.

Me too. I'll be keeping a close eye on your GF beer posts. I'm still drinking the gluten kind. Doesn't seem to bother me much but it would be a good experiment to go to a GF beer.

[Wahine]

I love bread and I haven't been able to find a wheat free substitute that I liked until today...

Ener G Brown Rice Loaf

I've tried other brown rice loafs and didn't like them much. This is pretty good. Even DH gave it a stanp of approval. I got it in the Organic section at Rosaurs (sp?).

I am currently eating my second grilled cheese sandwich and thoroughly enjoying it. Especially since I know I won't have a sore tummy later.

[KnottedYet]

Cool!

I haven't tried Ener G in a long time, cuz i didn't like it much before... or was it the tapioca loaf I didn't like? I dunno.

I've never really liked bread, so I don't miss it much. (crackers, now, those I looooooove! and miss!) (ooh, and crusty french bread!)

Very cool you found one you like!

[KnottedYet]

PIZZA!!!!!!

I used Namaste pizza dough mix, with an egg. I added a little Barbara's Pancake mix (yeah, pancake mix!) cuz I put in too much water and the dough was too wet.

Somehow, the 1/4 cup or so of Barbara's improved the Namaste 10-fold!

Got a great pizza out of it! Baked the dough for 10 minutes, then added one small can of tomato paste, 2 chicken sausages sliced into rounds, and mozzarella. Baked another 8 minutes.

SKnot and I devoured it like starving animals!

There's one piece left for b'fast.

MINE.....

[LED_now]

See this:

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/

Get the Book. The science behind Ms. Gottschall's research is so, so cool. Fascinating & helps to understand why this maks sense.

Also, be sure to check out this other site:

http://www.pecanbread.com/new/scdfoods1.html#beyond

for guidelines on stages of foods to introduce (didn't do that the first time & it made my first attempt very disheartening).

Lastly (& keep a box of tissue handy for this one!) here is a (kinda long, 30 min. appx) lecture -

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.i...ine/elaine.htm

scroll down & click on the right of:

"Elaine speaking at the Dan conference in
Boston April 2005 THE GUT, BRAIN, DIET CONNECTION":

It REALLY explains stuff, easily understood though.

It's like sitting in an open biology/chemistry university class. (again, even I understood it & I was an english/arts type gal).

Best partof this eating plan? It's NOT for 'forever'.

Banana pancakes: very ripe bananas (2-3) & 2 eggs. Buzz for a sec in blender - or by hand, but blender is smoother - not too long, keep thickish...
Butter in pan, off you go...

Alot of carb grams, tasty as heck, excellent cycling breakfast.

Another thing (in the book) : "DCC Cheesecake" - Holy moly! Eat that for breakfast & I'm like, "snack? Why is everyone breaking for a snack?" LOL!
Just ensure that you have alcohol/sugar-free vanilla extract btw. Frontier brand vanilla meets those specs.

I was the world's least likely to cook before this. Shocking, even I can do this.

pm me if u want.

I'm not related or involved with anybody from this book etc., btw. This is strictly a personal post. Just to add a postive idea: the potential exisits for the future: back to 'normal' foods, choice...

Just trying to help, sharing something that is of value to me.

[KnottedYet]

Just took a quick look (will have more time later) and ran across the info about links with autism and neuro issues. All the celiac boards talk about this, too; and the celiac "brain fog".

Not that one causes the other (nothing is ever that simple, darn!) but the more aggravators you can remove from the system, the better the system functions.

Banana pancake recipe sounds YUMMY!!!