If you do not have friends like mine, you might want to consider getting some new ones.
For the past few days I have been talking with Brigid and she has been giving me tips, ideas, suggestions, recipes and all kinds of resources for gluten free and dairy free foods. Every time I opened my email there was a new yummy treat waiting for us to drool over.
I can not tell you how much it has meant to me, but more importantly to my daughter. She is doing great. A total chin-up and persevere kind of kiddo, but occasionally she will say, “It’s hard to be different”. Like when her teacher announced to the class that as a reward she would be providing everyone with pizza and cookies or like when the field hockey coach said that if the team wins tonight’s game everyone will get cake and ice cream. To be the only kid in the room who not only can’t indulge in the treats, but also has to watch everyone else do so kind of sucks.
Nope it isn’t cancer or the loss of a parent and she knows how lucky she is, but that doesn’t mean that sometimes it isn’t hard because sometimes it is.
People who have taken the time to help me help her has been almost overwhelming. You all think it is just a few seconds out of your day to pop me a link or an idea, but to me it is a valuable gift that I can use to help my daughter’s life be a little bit more enjoyable…for me that is priceless.
So, dear Brigid went above and beyond the call to create a recipe and also to write a sweet post.
You all head over and read it. I will be in the kitchen whipping up a batch as a surprise for M and the other kiddos when they get home from school.
Yeah, Brigid’s awesome like that. I just can’t wait for the day when she challenges Mrs.Alien to a game of Scrabble. It’ll be epic!
Indeed!
They have online scrabble…let the games begin:)
AWESOME!
🙂
She is pretty dang awesome as are you!! You both uplift me on my bad days that’s for sure!!!
She is! And so are you!!!!!
Glad it is going well for you. It was hard for me to go off wheat this summer and I was already dairy free so I can’t imagine tackling both at the same time. I am proud of her. She is making all these changes in her diet and starting high school at the same time.
B’s recipes are wonderful. I have made several and have taken them to potlucks and got lots of compliments.
Your support is always very valuable to me!
You have an iPad, right? today this gluten-free cookbook is free. 140 recipes…just click on the link.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003P9XDWA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003P9XDWA&linkCode=as2&tag=entfreebkpst-20
Or maybe you have to cut and paste? Not pasta, paste!
Thank you! I was on. Y way to EMS class last night when this popped up. I “bought” it that second over my phone. TSM was driving, so no worries:)
Thank you!!!
Many people are clueless when it comes to things like what others can’t eat. I don’t have that problem, I can eat anything. Somebody asked me at the range the other day: “are you alergic to anything?”
Me: “yep, getting shot….makes me really mad”
I am with you…I am only allergic to mango, but other than that, I can eat anything, wear anything etc. this has been quite a change for a family that loves to eat…everything. One reason I am so thankful for Brigid and others for help. My family can not survive on tasteless ordinary food.
Yeah, Brigid is pretty awesome like that.
Very true!
My kind of friend. You are indeed very fortunate. The muffins look yummy..gluten free or not.
I am.
I made them and served some to my daughter’s friends who had no clue they were “special”…BIG hit!
I just found your site from Brigid’s, and I really do wish you the best of luck with the changes in your diet. My 9 y.o. daughter has a life-threatening dairy allergy — anaphylactic to milk, casein and whey. As she gets older and the social stuff becomes more important, the “being different” part of the allergy is getting harder to manage than the food. I sympathize with you and your daughter. She is absolutely not alone. The number of people with food allergies and sensitivities is growing and no one knows why. Depending on how old she is, you may want to contact her teachers and suggest that if food must be served as a reward at school, there are some choices that everyone — including your daughter — could enjoy. That feeling of exclusion can be very stressful
Thank you Tom.
Sorry to hear about your 9 year old. It it tough on these kiddos.
I did contact the teacher and ask if I could provide the snack for the class and she said yes. Brigid sent me another recipe, so I might try that. The food is so good that non sensitive kids or people in general don’t seem to mind.
Thank you and good luck to your family!
Buckwheat is gluten free and rye is very low.
Good to know. Thank you!
A very interesting lady, no doubt.
No doubt.
Not sure if anyone has posted this site for you yet or not…I found it when I was researching for a co-worker: http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/
And it has a HUGE list of gluten-free dairy-free recipes broken out into categories!
I don’t think anyone has. Thank you! I will absolutely check it out!
She was and is an angel. And a dear friend.
I shared the muffin recipe with my coworker who has the spouse with Celiac.
They’ve tried about every mix out there. over the last 8 years. With two kids (now young adults), this was hands down their favorite for pizza. He said the dough has a nice elastic feel to it that’s great to make the pie crust. The kids now request it instead of regular pizza when they come home from college.
http://www.amazon.com/Chebe-Bread-Pizza-Gluten-7-5-Ounce/dp/B001ACMCNA
By the way, I’ve used gluten free ammo for years with no misfeeds.