Gluten Free

I have taken quite the hiatus from my blog but I am back and have committed to getting this going. The past year and a half my youngest munchkin has been having stomach aches. Being the stellar mom that I am I thought she was faking it. In my defense, she would complain the most when she was asked to do something like take a bath, get ready for bed. You know all the stuff kids hate to do. This went on for literally almost two years. I took her to the doctor a few weeks ago determined to find out why my kiddo was faking it and come to find out, she cannot tolerate wheat, cows milk, egg whites (this one is still out to pasture on if it really affects her like the other items or not) and rye. We are doing the elimination diet right now to reset her little tummy and we will slowly reintroduce items to her. For now, I have cut out all wheat (gluten), cows milk and have been substituting egg replacement for eggs. Guess what? No tummy aches! I have officially taken over bad mommy of the year award. No worry ladies, it is mine for awhile! So now I am on the quest to find yummy everyday goodies, breads, comfort foods etc for my four year old without breaking the bank. Have you seen the prices of some of the stuff? Holy moly batman! I was in sticker shock as I put the $5 box of rice noodles on the check stand. I have since found Trader Joe's to be the most cost effective place to buy the noodles. Flours are great if you can purchase them in the bulk section. I am going to be trying out grinding my own flours but I will report back on how that goes. I purchased 25# of white rice and a huge bag of brown rice today so I am hoping it goes well or we will be eating a lot of rice. I have gotten some great advise from some wonderful ladies and I could not have taken the leap without all of your support. I will be posting GF (gluten free) recipes here that have worked for me so that if you decide to try out a GF diet or if you have to go GF for your health you will have some recipes to start with. One thing I have found very helpful is that I don't have to start from ground zero. So many people have so many allergies that a lot of leg work has been done for me! Yeah! I am very fortunate that Brooklyn doesn't have a nut allergy so if you have a nut allergy, please check recipes before you prepare them.