A gluten free diet: easy gluten free recipes and the celiac child
It is not an excuse but it is a reason!
Pippa is an eight week old west hihland white terrier puppy and we picked her up last week after months of waiting and preparation! So I haven’t had a lot of time to blog recently, but I’ll be back soon!
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Latest in the ‘easy gluten free recipes’ series: gluten free gingerbread.
Jamie had ginger flavoured icecream while we were on holiday last week. I was quite surprised, a) that it exited, and b) that he had chosen it, but he informed me that actually it was his most favourite taste in the world and he wished [...]
Tags: easy gluten free recipes, gluten free, gluten free baking, gluten free gingerbreadI’m so sorry that I haven’t blogged for ages! We have been away - on our first ‘proper’ holiday since Jamie was diagnosed with celiacs disease last June. It is hard to believe that this time last year we had a very sad and ill little boy with permenant tummy aches, exhaustion and weight loss. He [...]
Our first gluten free Easter! So that means no hot cross buns (which Jamie is not ever so happy about but will get over) and probably as much chocolate as ever! I have had to be careful to check the labels on the Easter eggs: some contain gluten, some don’t… but there are enough that [...]
We were very fortunate. Our GP spotted the symptoms of coeliac disease on the first visit and referred Jamie for blood tests immediately. But I know that for thousands of people suffering from coeliacs, diagnosis can take years, and unmanaged coeliacs disease can lead to many more health problems, such as infertility, osteoporosis, anemia, and [...]
This is one of those easy gluten free recipes that I use every week during the winter months. Quick to prepare (the emphasis really is on the ‘easy’), I like to put it all in the slo-cooker before I go to work and come back to a healthy ready meal which I don’t feel like I’ve [...]
Next in the ‘easy gluten free recipes’ series: these gluten free biscuits never last long and can be cut any shape the kids like for added interest! Not as quick as some of the other recipes due to the rolling out and cutting stuff, but not too fiddly either (I am getting lazy!)
Gluten Free Baking: Plain [...]
Tags: easy gluten free recipes, gluten free baking, gluten free flour, xanthan gumAnother birthday, another gluten free birthday cake! This time it was my daughter’s. She is not celiac and does not follow a gluten free diet, but her birthday was gluten free anyway because:
a) She’s a kind hearted little person and wanted her brother to join in.
b) All my baking stuff is gluten free and I [...]
Have you ever had that sinking feeling at about ten o’clock at night, as you turn the TV off and are about to head upstairs, and you suddenly remember that you didn’t bake and you’ve nothing in for his lunchbox tomomrrow? The old standby options (such as easy, wrapped chocolate biscuits) are no longer available, you [...]
One of the biggest questions we had when Jamie was first diagnosed with celiacs disease was ‘Should the whole family go gluten free?’ And it is a question that must be asked in any family where one member is diagnosed with celiacs.
Certainly there are advantages to this option: equally there are disadvantages. It is a question [...]
