Diagnosed with celiac (can't eat wheat)

[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!!!

[susiej]

Just realized my web site has a few gluten-free (but not always nut-, sugar-, dairy- or egg-free) recipes on it.

http://www.christmas-baking.com/chocolate_roll.html Let yourself eat flourless chocolate cake with whipped cream filling! And did you know there is soy whipped cream in a can if you're dairy-free?

http://www.christmas-baking.com/forgotten.shtml meringue cookies with chocolate chips

http://www.christmas-baking.com/haselnussbrotchen.shtml meringue cookies with hazelnuts

http://www.christmas-baking.com/macaroons.html meringue cookies with coconut

http://www.christmas-baking.com/zimtsterne.html meringue cookies with cinnamon and almonds

HTH. I had gestational diabetes and am now insulin resistent, so I'm always happy to help anyone with a dietary restriction.

[Offthegrid]

Wahine and Knot, I actually found a bread I absolutely love (although I hate the $4.49 price and that it's 120 calories a tiny slice).

Food for Life Almond Rice Bread. Toss two frozen slices in the microwave for 30 seconds, toast 'em, put on a slice of lactose-free Cabot cheese and some tuna, and I'm in heaven. (Hey - sometimes it's the simple things.)

[LBTC]

Well, I tried a different health food store and found almond flour and hazelnut flour. Of course, I can't remember what I'm supposed to make with this stuff, so hopefully I have the other ingredients for the recipes.

So far, I have found that the diet the ND put me on, which is somewhat based on this book, but I am allowed rice as my only grain, has not been helping much, especially with my energy levels. I am running out of patience, so this week I hope to find a few things that I can easily make that fit this diet.....and we'll see. I'm nearly ready to go back to my raw vegetable eating, whole grain eating ways!

Thanks for the timely posting of this info before I had already changed!

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~