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A child of a friend of a friend (hee) was just diagnosed as gluten free. What were your favorite web sites, books, or any other resources for getting started gluten free?
Friday, January 15, 2010
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One working mom (Tenille). One stay-at-home SuperDad. Three gluten-free kids (E - 5; D - 3; M - half). And the dream to pay off our debt.
The GFF Family
One working mom (Tenille). One stay-at-home SuperDad. Three gluten-free kids (E - 5; D - 3; M - half). And the dream to pay off our debt.
All the Meals
- Slow Cooker Fiesta Tamale Pie
- Gingerbread Mans
- Crock Pot Mexican Pork
- Bacon Black-Eyed Peas & Rice
- Black Bean Soup with Sausage
- Gluten Free Apple Bread
- Mandarin Chicken and Rice
- Easy Crockpot Chicken Santa Fe
- Pancakes
- French Toast
- Puppy Chow
- Taco Wrap
- Bread Pizza
- Ham Dinner in Crock
- Steak and Potatoes in Crock
- Rhubarb Cake
- Lasagna
- Gluten Free Strawberry Whipped Sensation
- Pizza
- Crockpot Sour Cream Salsa Chicken
- Paprika Chicken
- Gluten Free Cornbread Awesomeness
- Honey Baked Chicken
- Honey Baked Lentils
- Yummy in Mah Tummy Soup
- Swiss Eggs
- Pork Sausage Casserole
- Six Layer Dish
- BBQ Chicken
- Chicken Nacho Bake
- Gluten Free Anyway Sausage Corn Chowder
- Honey Baked Granola
- Fruit Salad
- Devilled Eggs
- Super Easy Chicken
- Hobo Dinner
- Porcupine Meatballs
- Gluten Free Dairy Free Chocolate Cake
- Gluten Free Ghosty Cookies
- Saucy Italian Pork Chops
- Chicken and Lentils
- Quinoa and Chicken
- Pork for Tacos
- Chicken Potato Soup
- Crockpot Roasted Chicken and Garlic Primavera Risotto
- Gluten Free Apple Pie
- Beefy Lentil Soup
- Tomato Soup
- Tuna Noodle Casserole
- Chicken Nuggets
- Sunshine Chicken
- Breakfast Casserole
- Tater Tot Casserole
- Sloppy Joes
- Confetti Beans & Rice w/Chicken
- McDonald’s
- Chicken Dinner
- Hamburger Rice Meal
- Ham
- Hot Dogs/Hamburgers on the Grill
- Nachos
- Peanut Butter Cookies
- Crockpot Braised Chicken with Vegetables
- Corn Potato Chowder in the Crockpot
- Chili
- Naked Burritos
- Parmesan Crusted Chicken
- Spaghetti
- Ham Not Fried Rice
- Macaroni and Cheese
- Scalloped Potatoes and Ham
- Rice & Lentil Casserole
- Chicken Kabobs
- Meatloaf
- Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
- Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili
- Beefy Black Beans & Rice
- Farmer’s Breakfast
- Polish Sausage
The Cost of a Baby
- YEAR ONE TOTAL, so far ($1317)
- Diapers, Easter basket, Half B-Day Present, Spring Jacket - $54 (TOTAL total $2477)
- Summer clothes $24 ($2423)
- Diapers - $13 ($2399)
- Diapers - $25; Clothes - $35 ($2386)
- Diapers - $14; Sleepers - $11; Clothes - $15 ($2326)
- Diapers - $21; Sleepers - $9; Xmas - $71 ($2286)
- Birth Certificate - $10 Hospital Bill - $611
- Nursing bras, batteries for swing, halloween costume, diapers - $42
- Diapers - $6.00
- "Personal Care Products" - $6.00 emergency OB consult $211
- Witch Hazel, Soothies ugh - $14
- Misc. medical expenses - $125
- PREGNANCY TOTAL ($1170)
- Splurgy rocknroll onesie and pumpkin hat/booties - $40
- N. bras, car seat cover, toothbrush, fabric for take-home blanket, PNP sheet - $71.44
- N. pads, bottle warmer, milk storage - $61.97
- Acetamin., milk storage, n. pads, nail clipper, soap, diapers, wipes, bottles - $62.65
- Baby hairbrush, bottle brush, and thank you cards from dollar store - $3.18
- Beautiful hand-me-down clothes - FREE
- 6 outfits, 9 BPA-free bottles - $51.00
- Drawer liner for free dresser - 2.05
- Maternity shorts (uck) - 18.01
- 3 outfits, consignment store - 4.51
- Begging parents for dresser from their house - free
- 3 outfits from consignment store - 5.17
- Crib sheets - 10.00
- Doula - 265.00
- Ultrasound copay - 15.00
- Maternity clothes (rummage sale) - 5.00
- Maternity dress - 3.90
- Maternity shirt - 3.80
- Baby outfit - 5.60
- Baby outfit - 10.00
- Progesterone shots - 421.00
- Prenatal appointment copay - 15.00
- Maternity shirt - 10.00
- Maternity pants - 30.00
- Maternity shirts - 25.00
- Morning Sickness Meds - 16.00
- Dollar Store Pregnancy Tests - 2.00
- Prenatal Vitamins - 12.00
Keepers
The Debt Snowball
June 2009
Year 2 to date: $3,867
(? Numbers were wrong somewhere?)
May 2009
Total debt: $96,247
Year 2 to date: $3,911
March 2009
Total debt: $96,661
Year 2 to date: $3,497
February 2009
Total debt: $96,898
Year 2 to date: $3,260
January 2009
Total debt: $98,189
December 2008
Total debt: $99,020
August 2008
Total debt: $100,011
July 2008
Total debt: $100,158
Year 1: July 2007-July 2008
Debt paid: $3,996
Emergency fund built: $1,000
Saved for baby: $1,898
Total debt: $96,291
Year 2 to date: $3,867
(? Numbers were wrong somewhere?)
May 2009
Total debt: $96,247
Year 2 to date: $3,911
March 2009
Total debt: $96,661
Year 2 to date: $3,497
February 2009
Total debt: $96,898
Year 2 to date: $3,260
January 2009
Total debt: $98,189
December 2008
Total debt: $99,020
August 2008
Total debt: $100,011
July 2008
Total debt: $100,158
Year 1: July 2007-July 2008
Debt paid: $3,996
Emergency fund built: $1,000
Saved for baby: $1,898
6 comments:
I was diagnosed with celiac Oct 08 and have been GF since then. Stephanie ODea's crockpot 365 is great, I have her cookbook though it is all online. Its my go to cookbook.
Pamela's baking mix is by far my favorite. I've not tried mixing flours on my own but pamela's is easy and great. I've gotten it pretty cheap in bulk on amazon.com.
Nameste mixes are a waste of money, they taste nasty.
Glutino/gluten free pantry is one of my favorite brands. Walmart carries some mixes.
Blogs and websites have had the best information in my opinion. My doctors treated me like they didn't believe I was following the rules. The nutritionists I met didn't know as much as I'd learned online.
http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/12748442458947958789/label/Gluten%20Free
I made my gluten free folder in google reader public if you want to take a look at the different bloggers.
I don't feel all much better a year later but have been told it can take about two years to heal and notice a difference. But my numbers are better and switching to GF really wasn't that big a deal. There is still plenty of junk you can eat if you choose and lots of good stuff.
Kinnikinnik brand oreos are very very good, Amy's brand pizza have a horrible crust, Glutinos crust on the duo cheese pizza and spinich feta is good but on the three cheese and others is more like Amy's crust. They do use two different crusts. Udi's muffins are amazing but expensive, so I make my own with Pamela's mix. Watch for contamination in foods made on shared equipment with wheat.
Watch for dextrin (unless you know the source), modified food starch and regular food starch and malt or malt extract. Once I find stuff I like I just order it online. Sam's club has some crackers near the gold fish and oreos that are really seedy but are gluten free. They are good, I just finally got sick of them.
I ate mostly rice for the first six months and promptly got sick of it. For the following 6 months I wouldn't eat it. GF pastas have been hit and miss, I don't love pasta so I've had it maybe a half dozen times. I've heard quinoa pasta is the best. Amy's makes a GF mac and cheese that is ok. Blue Diamond crackers have become my fave, I think the almond or whatever is in the blue box. The taste is the most neutral. The pecan are much stronger tasting.
Institute a no double dipping rule in your house or have a GF peanut butter and regular. We're still training for this. I always use a fresh stick of butter rather than from the dish. I also reguarly clean my stand mixer so I don't get contamination. As well I use parchment paper when cooking in my oven on our baking stone, I just didn't feel like getting a second stone.
Rice Chex and most chex flavors are gluten free and they are great. There are a few brands of gluten free frozen waffles that are good, I stock up when they go on sale. Van's blueberry are my favorite the buckwheat are good too. Kinnikinnik's are good as well, they smell like sugar cones.
There was a place called good juju bakery (changed names but should be searchable by that name) that I tried a year after diagnosis after reading a review on how "it nearly brought tears to my eyes" it tasted so much like the real thing in talking about their dinner rolls. The rolls are amazing, the cookies taste totally real as does the banana bread. But it is pricy and I wouldn't go out and buy it at the beginning. They mail it to you frozen and its thawed when you get it but it is dang good.
Our first go to site for recipes has been eatingglutenfree.com
We have branched out to different blogs since then, but still go there first.
Ginger Lemon Girl is one of those blogs.
And, since I haven't figured out bread that doesn't fall flat, my best tip is to use waffles as sandwich bread. We make a double batch of the eatingglutenfree recipe and freeze them. For lunch at school we just make the sandwich on the frozen waffles. For lunch at home we toast the frozen waffle.
I was self-diagnosed but confirmed later starting in June 09. I have been pretty lucky to find foods that I like.
Some staples I love which are Pop-Weaver popcorn (GF manufacturing facility), Cape Cod potato chips, Annie Chuns sticky rice, and reeses peanut butter cups!
Learning to stop living to eat or think about the things I can't have anymore was tough. My new motto is Eat to Live not Live to Eat!
I love Glutino and Gluten Free Pantry products and most Bob's Red Mill things are easy to find. I shop and buy what I can at the main food stores and then get the specialty items at health food stores.
Tinkyada pasta is MY FAVORITE!! With a little sauce and some Aidells GF sausage yum!
The best tools in my arsenals are:
1. the celiac forums for support and weird questions (celiac.com).
2. Grocery shopping I have to have my Gluten Free Grocery guide from (Ceceliasmarketplace.com) it tells products by brand that are GF but always check the labels some things do change.
3. My Triumphs Dining Restaurant Registry (Triumphdining.com). It is a handy guide for traveling with GF menus in the back.
4. My last item is a binder that I made myself of printed out sheets from online websites of restaurants and grocery stores of GF products and allergen information. Do the research ahead of time and you will stay well!
You have to be the one that is educated and don't feel sorry about asking for special attention! I love eating out but I have to make sure they know what I need. I do not depend on the waiter to be informed, I inform them and ask again when they bring me the food. With my arsenal I have only been glutened 1 time in 6 months and we eat out often!!
My sister and mother who are Celiac as well swear by Jules products. You buy the Jules all purpose flour and use her cookbooks and the food is FABULOUS! It is the "Nearly Normal." Simple and easy! (Julesglutenfree.com)
One book I'd highly recommend is Celiac Disease: A Hidden Epidemic by Dr. Peter H. R. Green and Rory Jones. It's packed with lots of good information.
Kudos to all those blog/food suggestions above!
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