newbie and need help for my 3 yr old son: pgh pa

[Guest guest]

hi, my son was dx w/celiac disease (we are going to challenge it in a few months

to be sure) but my natural health dr suggested that my son was allergic to

chicken/egg. so we put my son on a gluten free, egg/chicken free diet and he

still has symptoms. so then we decided to go gluten free vegan..... this is new

to me, i'm a stay at home mom my son is 3 who was dx w/celiac disease and I have

2 yr old twins.

 

does anyone know of a book or cookbook that can basically explain everything to

me, I have never been off meat and i'm going to change the cooking in our house

to full gluten free/vegan to make it easier on me and my son.

 

what items can the kids eat, how do i know if they are getting enough

food/vitamins/protein/calcium?

 

are their any good pancake recipes out their that arent rubbery?

is everything have to taste mushy?

 

pls help! I appreicate u taking the time to read this.

oh! anyone recommend any foods that arent too expensive but are good? we live on

income and barely make ends meet now

thanks

[Guest guest]

Wow, you've got lots to deal with! We're do what we can to help.

 

The most economical place to start looking for recipes is in the files for this

elist.

 

Here's a good overall starter " kit " article on Vegfamily.

http://www.vegfamily.com/health/gluten-free-vegan-diet.htm

 

Keep in touch!

 

Deborah

 

 

 

 

hi, my son was dx w/celiac disease (we are going to challenge it in a few

months to be sure) but my natural health dr suggested that my son was allergic

to chicken/egg. so we put my son on a gluten free, egg/chicken free diet and he

still has symptoms. so then we decided to go gluten free vegan..... this is new

to me, i'm a stay at home mom my son is 3 who was dx w/celiac disease and I have

2 yr old twins.

 

does anyone know of a book or cookbook that can basically explain everything

to me, I have never been off meat and i'm going to change the cooking in our

house to full gluten free/vegan to make it easier on me and my son.

 

what items can the kids eat, how do i know if they are getting enough

food/vitamins/protein/calcium?

 

are their any good pancake recipes out their that arent rubbery?

is everything have to taste mushy?

 

pls help! I appreicate u taking the time to read this.

oh! anyone recommend any foods that arent too expensive but are good? we live

on income and barely make ends meet now

thanks

.

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi there,

I can sure relate!? My now 2 yr old was diagnosed as gluten intolerant when he

was just under a year old.? A while later my daughter was also diagnosed as

gluten intolerant.? (We were already vegan).? Immediately after that I got

pregnant... and you know how during the first trimester you don't even want to

think about food?? And that was just at the time that I needed to spend a lot of

time thinking about food!? I remember one morning walking into the kitchen

exhausted and nauseous and I caught myself praying, " Lord, please don't let

anyone be hungry today. " ? LOL!? But good mothers feed their children EVERY day I

am told...?

 

A basic rule in my house is that we eat the raw food first before anything else

gets eaten.? I never buy iceberg lettuce, always something darker green with

more nutrition in it.? I almost always mix in spinach, collard greens, mustard

greens, cabbage, kale and/or any other dark green leafy vegetable.?? For young

children? I have a teeny tiny food processor that I whiz the salad up in to make

it go down easier.? The key to getting children to eat salad is to make the

salad beautiful and put good dressing on it.? ? I like to put sprouted mung

beans and nutritional yeast on top of my salad.? My children really like

sunflower seeds as a garnish (instead of croutons).?

 

My children love seaweed and so we eat a lot of sushi.? I make a pot of brown

rice and I season the rice.? Sometimes I have put fried rice in the sushi, or

just mix cooked vegetables in, or cook the rice in broth...? More often I season

it with lemon juice, salt, olive oil and honey.? Then I roll the seaweed up.?

(You can hide raw veggies in the middle of the rice filling if you want.)? As

long as you do this while the rice is warm the sushi roll will sort of seal

itself.

 

Like you, we are also living on 1 income.? Eating Gluten free does NOT have to

be expensive.? I know the Gluten-free bread is $7 a loaf and it doesn't even

taste all that great.? There are women on this list who have literally thrown

away thousands of dollars of food in flopped baking attempts.? I can't afford to

do that.? And I don't want to spend a lot of money on obscure ingredients just

to make a birthday cake or a plate of cookies.? So I try to stick to traditional

entrees that are inexpensive and already Gluten Free.? We eat a lot of soup,

potatoes, beans, rice and of course, salad.? Having a garden helps.

 

You might want to keep your eyes open (on craigslist maybe?) for a grain mill.?

It is handy to be able to grind your own flours.? Gluten Free flours are

extraordinarily expensive, yet a few tablespoons of say, millet flour in a gravy

or a soup can really add to the dish and widen your menu options.?

 

By the way, I understand the gluten intolerance is genetic.? You might want to

keep your twins off of gluten until they are older.? I mean, if you're cooking

gluten free anyway, you might as well just make one meal instead of two every

night!

 

Hope some of that helped.? Remind me to post a really good salad dressing

later!? (Maybe email me again early next week?)

 

Hugs,

Alina Joy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

melindafair80 <melindafair80

 

Wed, Jul 1, 2009 9:55 pm

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hi, my son was dx w/celiac disease (we are going to challenge it in a few months

to be sure) but my natural health dr suggested that my son was allergic to

chicken/egg. so we put my son on a gluten free, egg/chicken free diet and he

still has symptoms. so then we decided to go gluten free vegan..... this is new

to me, i'm a stay at home mom my son is 3 who was dx w/celiac disease and I have

2 yr old twins.

 

 

 

does anyone know of a book or cookbook that can basically explain everything to

me, I have never been off meat and i'm going to change the cooking in our house

to full gluten free/vegan to make it easier on me and my son.

 

 

 

what items can the kids eat, how do i know if they are getting enough

food/vitamins/protein/calcium?

 

 

 

are their any good pancake recipes out their that arent rubbery?

 

is everything have to taste mushy?

 

 

 

pls help! I appreicate u taking the time to read this.

 

oh! anyone recommend any foods that arent too expensive but are good? we live on

income and barely make ends meet now

 

thanks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

My son has never been diagnosed ' celiac' but he is deF gluten free ( as of a

month ago) how did you know there was a prob? My son rarely had a solid poop

after about 15 month (which was about when bread was introduced), he was also in

the low 20 percentile for weight and I was recommended by a member of holistic

moms that this could possibly be the issue. I took him off gluten about 30-40

days ago and major improvement! (w no doctor recommendation, suggestion, tests,

etc. My son and I are both vegetarian (on and off vegan... He goes through

spurts) but either way now that he is off gluten is growing, less moody, and

over all seems healthier. I was convinced that gluten may not be his issue but

when I realized that my mommy instincts said its a possiblity we gave it a try n

saw that may be the prob it was totally easy to adjust. I have a lot of recipes

that are toddler friendly. Let me know what they like and I will forward them!

The library by us has really helped me and having my son 'live' off whole foods!

(fruits, nuts, seeds, rice, rice noodle w veggies broth are his faves)

Hope that helps!

 

Tracy

Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld

 

 

" melindafair80 " <melindafair80

 

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:55:01

 

newbie and need help for my 3 yr old son: pgh

pa

 

 

hi, my son was dx w/celiac disease (we are going to challenge it in a few months

to be sure) but my natural health dr suggested that my son was allergic to

chicken/egg. so we put my son on a gluten free, egg/chicken free diet and he

still has symptoms. so then we decided to go gluten free vegan..... this is new

to me, i'm a stay at home mom my son is 3 who was dx w/celiac disease and I have

2 yr old twins.

 

does anyone know of a book or cookbook that can basically explain everything to

me, I have never been off meat and i'm going to change the cooking in our house

to full gluten free/vegan to make it easier on me and my son.

 

what items can the kids eat, how do i know if they are getting enough

food/vitamins/protein/calcium?

 

are their any good pancake recipes out their that arent rubbery?

is everything have to taste mushy?

 

pls help! I appreicate u taking the time to read this.

oh! anyone recommend any foods that arent too expensive but are good? we live on

income and barely make ends meet now

thanks

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Most of the world lives primarily on complex carbohydrates such as

rice, millet, sweet potato, or white potato. So feel free to base

your diet around these foods. Dry beans are very cheap, and you can

make lots of variations on rice and beans. Add in a few seasonal

fruits and veggies from your sales flyer and you've got a pretty

balanced diet. Supplement B12 and D.

 

Pam

 

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 8:55 PM, melindafair80<melindafair80 wrote:

>

>

> hi, my son was dx w/celiac disease (we are going to challenge it in a few

> months to be sure) but my natural health dr suggested that my son was

> allergic to chicken/egg. so we put my son on a gluten free, egg/chicken free

> diet and he still has symptoms. so then we decided to go gluten free

> vegan..... this is new to me, i'm a stay at home mom my son is 3 who was dx

> w/celiac disease and I have 2 yr old twins.

>

> does anyone know of a book or cookbook that can basically explain everything

> to me, I have never been off meat and i'm going to change the cooking in our

> house to full gluten free/vegan to make it easier on me and my son.

>

> what items can the kids eat, how do i know if they are getting enough

> food/vitamins/protein/calcium?

>

> are their any good pancake recipes out their that arent rubbery?

> is everything have to taste mushy?

>

> pls help! I appreicate u taking the time to read this.

> oh! anyone recommend any foods that arent too expensive but are good? we

> live on income and barely make ends meet now

> thanks

>

>