Diagnosed with celiac (can't eat wheat)

[OakLeaf]

I actually just discovered a new energy source - mochi rice cakes.

Mmmmmmmm, I LOVE daifuku mochi! That is like my favorite dessert in the entire world.

Has anyone here tried to make them? I haven't quite dared, even though I know how much better the restaurant-made cakes taste, than the pre-packaged preservative-laden ones you get in the Asian markets. (I have made the sweet bean/agar paste which you can just cut into squares and eat plain. But kneading and steaming the mochi dough scares me)

[spindizzy]

Lots of great links and recipes on this thread. My son has celiac. Though I though it would be hard trying to get him to stay within his food boundaries, it was no problem - he feels so cruddy when he eats gluten.

I do need a bigger kitchen, I've got every gluten-free flour known to man. There's also a grain called Salba (you can buy it ground or seed). It's quite high in antioxidants, Omega 3 and fibre. Has some protien too! (I find it quite expensive)

I've also found a mill that makes uncontaminated oats and oat flour. Lara's whole grain oats and also flour. www.creamhillestates.com. (it's a Canadian company) My son hasn't had any problems with it, oatmeal in the morning, fruit crisps mmmm!

[KnottedYet]

ooh! I want oatmeal! Thanks for the link!

[KnottedYet]

I finally made tabouli using quinoa instead of bulgar wheat.

(I'd meant to for a very long time)

It works great! Use your favorite tabouli recipe (or non-recipe if you pretty much just wing it like I tend to). The only modification I made was that I found it needed more lemon juice and salt than I added at first.

The texture is just right!

And, oh man, the smell as I was chopping up that parsley... talk about swooning with delight! I'm just beside myself with gustatory glee. This works!

[three]

Just spotted this thread and thought some of you might want to know about the following place:

http://www.madwomanfoods.com/

They are an awesome local bakery that does ship nationally. They have yummy stuff (and I'm not on a restricted diet). It's a good place for getting delicious treats when you think you can no longer have them...

...and they are owned by my cycling buddy's parents! Super cool place. I know a lot of families with celiac children get cupcakes, birthday cakes, other yummy food from them. Hope it helps someone on here.

[Groundhog]

I'm reviving this old thread to add myself to the celiac club. Diagnosed two years ago in February...my re-birth day.

I'm very well adjusted to the diet (I cooked a lot pre-diagnosis, comes in handy now) but still haven't lost the 20 pounds I gained in the six months immediately prior to diagnosis. Hoping that commuting by bike 4-5 times a week will help me with that.