The food situation has become ridunculous at our house.
One kid was confirmed with Celiac Disease. Another is postively allergic to gluten.
And after a nice bout of intestinal issues for the past several years it is now believed that I, too, have a love hate relationship with gluten.
Probably not the best thing for the daughter of a wheat farmer. :)
It's a good thing, though. Many of the ongoing symptoms from the past several years have now been accounted for.
But going gluten free is expensive. It's reallly difficult.
Did you know gluten is in a lot of canned items that don't make sense?
Did you know that there are risks of cross contamination even if a product doesn't have gluten as an ingredient but is made somewhere where gluten-filled products are made?
Did you know that "Pam's Cinnamon Rolls" are now a thing of the past? (gasp)
Eric teared up when he thought about the possiblity of there not being butterhorns baked in my kitchen ever again. Poor E.
It has been incredibly challenging for us to cook.
Big E is also very particular and likes variety. But a gluten-free diet doesn't contain a ton of variety.
I like to make him happy so this is hard.
We try to stay fresh and unprocessed to make it easiest.
And our grocery budget has become astronomical.
LOTS of fresh fruit and veggies and meat.
Today while we were discussing the situation with a dietician she said, "The best thing you can do is get out of the country. Your diet will be much better."
Hey, yeah. We're workin' on that.
The GOOD news is we can eat rice, lots of it.
(that's a Jake portion...Kindle and all.)
Oh, and cassava is on the good list too.
@ Lynda - I fb'd you! :)
@ Amy - You are so encouraging. I miss you!
@ Squeaks - I emailed your momma! :)
@ Jake - you are a hoot. ILY.
Posted by: pam | May 22, 2011 at 08:28 PM
Ah! Squeaks has appeared! *gasp* She has found me out! *ducks*
Interesting post, Mum! Keep writing. :) Your fans want MORE.
Posted by: Jake | May 20, 2011 at 11:16 PM
Hi Pam,
Yeah, going gluten free is tough. My mom is gluten free and she's pretty much banned gluten from the house :P (aside from several staples that the rest of us gluten-tolerant folks can eat lol, like bread and such). She's been at it for quite a while now and I'd highly suggest her as a source if you ever want to talk about recipies or such. She's got some AMAZING recipies for gluten free (the deserts are the beeesst! ever! I'm a huuuge fan of desert and let me tell you, she has these lemon bars she makes that just kill! They're way better than any gluten-ish recipe :P )
Her blog address is: http://cprezra823.blogspot.com/
And her contact email for her blog is: cpr{dot}ezra{dot}8{dot}23{at}gmail{dot}com
I follow most of your kids :P we all are on the Underground and write :D they're such awesome people!! God has totally blessed you!
Squeaks.
Posted by: Squeaks | May 20, 2011 at 11:09 PM
Oh, bummer! I was just bragging about your cinnamon rolls the other day! By the way, I owe you a THANK YOU note for the pie crust shapers (hmm, what are they called?). That was such a surprise, actually! Fun, fun!
I recently read about the Serbian tennis player who switched to gluten free because of a gluten allergy and now he is smoking the tennis circuit! Perhaps good things are in store for you! :)
Condolences on the diagnosis,
Amy
Posted by: Mrs. Edwards | May 20, 2011 at 09:15 PM
Pam, I don't know if it would help you, but a bunch of us at church are doing The Daniel Plan from Saddleback Church www.danielplan.com
It is whole foods, lots of fruits and veggies and meat and most any grain but wheat :-). There are a lot of recipes on the site as well. I'm only into the 3rd week, so the jury is still out, but I am not finding it hard to stick to this plan and I feel better.
Posted by: Lynda Connell | May 20, 2011 at 04:28 PM