Comments on: Transitioning a Child to a Gluten Free/Sugar Free Diet http://www.organicthrifty.com/2009/10/06/transitioning-a-child-to-a-gluten-freesugar-free-diet/ Whole Food Nutrition made Simple & Affordable Sat, 04 Dec 2010 06:32:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.organicthrifty.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/abe246a0ce962b7.png" alt="carrie Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> carrie http://www.organicthrifty.com/2009/10/06/transitioning-a-child-to-a-gluten-freesugar-free-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-5861 carrie Identicon Icon carrie Sat, 04 Dec 2010 06:32:10 +0000 http://www.organicthrifty.com/?p=441#comment-5861 Thank you so much for sharing your experience, RM! I am so inspired by mamas like you!!! Thanks for the resources!!! Thank you so much for sharing your experience, RM! I am so inspired by mamas like you!!! Thanks for the resources!!!

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.organicthrifty.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/791c85671bdc7d4.png" alt="RM Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> RM http://www.organicthrifty.com/2009/10/06/transitioning-a-child-to-a-gluten-freesugar-free-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-5487 RM Identicon Icon RM Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:07:48 +0000 http://www.organicthrifty.com/?p=441#comment-5487 It takes lots of time and patience to balance out a child's diet. He was a carb junkie, but loved italian food like meatballs, so that helped. I could also make turkey or chicken into meatballs, and pack that in his lunch. Lunch was the first meal we started making "grain free". I would generally pack some form of meat he liked, sliced fruit, and now we are up to veggie fries or a nut meal cookie, sometimes a dairy free pudding or a mini pumpkin pie (larger version of Squash buttons recipe on pecanbread.com). It all starts one meal and snack at a time, introducing healthier versions of their favorite foods and new healthier foods like turkey, veggies, fruits, etc. What saved the day for us was joining an amazing autism association called Talk About Curing Autism Now, which is nationwide. They have a huge recipe database (GFCF and SCD recipes) and referred me to websites that also had SCD or GAAPS diet recipes. When I went to one of their local support meetings, I was handed a free handbook on curing autism that had all the recipes in it, and everything I would ever want to know about biomedical approach to autism. Here are the websites I want to share. Anybody on a special diet can use these for their kiddos. they have great healthy meals and snacks my kids love to eat! www.tacanow.org and www.pecanbread.com It takes lots of time and patience to balance out a child’s diet. He was a carb junkie, but loved italian food like meatballs, so that helped. I could also make turkey or chicken into meatballs, and pack that in his lunch. Lunch was the first meal we started making “grain free”. I would generally pack some form of meat he liked, sliced fruit, and now we are up to veggie fries or a nut meal cookie, sometimes a dairy free pudding or a mini pumpkin pie (larger version of Squash buttons recipe on pecanbread.com). It all starts one meal and snack at a time, introducing healthier versions of their favorite foods and new healthier foods like turkey, veggies, fruits, etc.
What saved the day for us was joining an amazing autism association called Talk About Curing Autism Now, which is nationwide. They have a huge recipe database (GFCF and SCD recipes) and referred me to websites that also had SCD or GAAPS diet recipes. When I went to one of their local support meetings, I was handed a free handbook on curing autism that had all the recipes in it, and everything I would ever want to know about biomedical approach to autism.
Here are the websites I want to share. Anybody on a special diet can use these for their kiddos. they have great healthy meals and snacks my kids love to eat!
http://www.tacanow.org and http://www.pecanbread.com

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.organicthrifty.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/55d30c5a1d82f5e.png" alt="Pretty Girls Gallery Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Pretty Girls Gallery http://www.organicthrifty.com/2009/10/06/transitioning-a-child-to-a-gluten-freesugar-free-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-1177 Pretty Girls Gallery Identicon Icon Pretty Girls Gallery Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:14:32 +0000 http://www.organicthrifty.com/?p=441#comment-1177 I have gluten allergy since childhood. I am always on a Gluten Free diet and i use guar gum in some of may baked foods. I have gluten allergy since childhood. I am always on a Gluten Free diet and i use guar gum in some of may baked foods.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.organicthrifty.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/2d732c1f1022c98.png" alt="acnemelanie Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> acnemelanie http://www.organicthrifty.com/2009/10/06/transitioning-a-child-to-a-gluten-freesugar-free-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-1081 acnemelanie Identicon Icon acnemelanie Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:13:01 +0000 http://www.organicthrifty.com/?p=441#comment-1081 i have an allergy to Gluten and most of the time i use guar gum or xanthan gum for baking. these gums are good substitute for wheat. i have an allergy to Gluten and most of the time i use guar gum or xanthan gum for baking. these gums are good substitute for wheat.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.organicthrifty.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/2abc179c3fc741c.png" alt="Chef Rachel Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Chef Rachel http://www.organicthrifty.com/2009/10/06/transitioning-a-child-to-a-gluten-freesugar-free-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-1041 Chef Rachel Identicon Icon Chef Rachel Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:13:27 +0000 http://www.organicthrifty.com/?p=441#comment-1041 great post. I love your ideas and will send parents I work with to your site to read this. I see so many parents do allergy diets for their kids and try so hard to make starchy look like, taste alike products for their picky children. They spend so much money on their experiments and if the kids do eat the pancakes, waffles, breads, cookies, muffins....sometimes the only things I'm told they will eat, they miss out on meats and veggies and fruits and good fats. great post. I love your ideas and will send parents I work with to your site to read this. I see so many parents do allergy diets for their kids and try so hard to make starchy look like, taste alike products for their picky children. They spend so much money on their experiments and if the kids do eat the pancakes, waffles, breads, cookies, muffins….sometimes the only things I’m told they will eat, they miss out on meats and veggies and fruits and good fats.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.organicthrifty.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/9dffd4b7143bc2d.png" alt="Rebekah Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Rebekah http://www.organicthrifty.com/2009/10/06/transitioning-a-child-to-a-gluten-freesugar-free-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-1040 Rebekah Identicon Icon Rebekah Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:37:37 +0000 http://www.organicthrifty.com/?p=441#comment-1040 Wow, how come I just now discovered your blog? Wow, how come I just now discovered your blog?

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.organicthrifty.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/abe246a0ce962b7.png" alt="carrie Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> carrie http://www.organicthrifty.com/2009/10/06/transitioning-a-child-to-a-gluten-freesugar-free-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-1036 carrie Identicon Icon carrie Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:49:39 +0000 http://www.organicthrifty.com/?p=441#comment-1036 Andrea, The great thing about sunflower seeds is that they sprout very quickly, about 12 hours or so! So if you started early enough in the morning, you'd have them ready by suppertime! I love Nourishing Traditions as well as Paleo Food! I can imagine garbanzo bean flour would make a great crust; almost like a falafel! Carrie Andrea,

The great thing about sunflower seeds is that they sprout very quickly, about 12 hours or so! So if you started early enough in the morning, you’d have them ready by suppertime!

I love Nourishing Traditions as well as Paleo Food!

I can imagine garbanzo bean flour would make a great crust; almost like a falafel!

Carrie

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.organicthrifty.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/abe246a0ce962b7.png" alt="carrie Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> carrie http://www.organicthrifty.com/2009/10/06/transitioning-a-child-to-a-gluten-freesugar-free-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-1035 carrie Identicon Icon carrie Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:46:50 +0000 http://www.organicthrifty.com/?p=441#comment-1035 Jen, That is great news!!! I think the gradual approach is a very realistic one, and thanks for chiming in from that perspective (as you know we had no choice but "cold turkey"). I know, it's amazing how quickly my carb addict became a veggie addict!! Jen,

That is great news!!! I think the gradual approach is a very realistic one, and thanks for chiming in from that perspective (as you know we had no choice but “cold turkey”). I know, it’s amazing how quickly my carb addict became a veggie addict!!

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.organicthrifty.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/af1742943e481d2.png" alt="Andrea Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Andrea http://www.organicthrifty.com/2009/10/06/transitioning-a-child-to-a-gluten-freesugar-free-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-1033 Andrea Identicon Icon Andrea Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:57:19 +0000 http://www.organicthrifty.com/?p=441#comment-1033 Carrie- Thanks for your response! I will try soaking the flour, we'll see how that works. I do also want to try your sunflower crust recipe- now that you mention it, I remember seeing it not too long ago. I think I may have been a little intimidated by the sprouting, but now that I've been in the low carb/wheat free world for a couple months now I think I'm ready to get a little more complicated! I was very surprised that the crust I made came out so great. I've tried a couple of different variations using just garbanzo bean flour and they never worked. I also don't really enjoy the flavor of it by itself, though it was awesome mixed with the almond and arrowroot. I was really concerned the almond meal would make it taste to almondy, but it didn't at all. As for other recipes, Sally Fallon's book called Nourishing Traditions is a great resource which I've seen you mention, and then http://www.paleofood.com is nice as well..probably the best as far as clean/paleo recipes. It's simple and straight forward and separated into categories to make things easy to find. Carrie-
Thanks for your response! I will try soaking the flour, we’ll see how that works. I do also want to try your sunflower crust recipe- now that you mention it, I remember seeing it not too long ago. I think I may have been a little intimidated by the sprouting, but now that I’ve been in the low carb/wheat free world for a couple months now I think I’m ready to get a little more complicated!

I was very surprised that the crust I made came out so great. I’ve tried a couple of different variations using just garbanzo bean flour and they never worked. I also don’t really enjoy the flavor of it by itself, though it was awesome mixed with the almond and arrowroot. I was really concerned the almond meal would make it taste to almondy, but it didn’t at all.

As for other recipes, Sally Fallon’s book called Nourishing Traditions is a great resource which I’ve seen you mention, and then http://www.paleofood.com is nice as well..probably the best as far as clean/paleo recipes. It’s simple and straight forward and separated into categories to make things easy to find.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.organicthrifty.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/bde43f42be9e89d.png" alt="Jen Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Jen http://www.organicthrifty.com/2009/10/06/transitioning-a-child-to-a-gluten-freesugar-free-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-1032 Jen Identicon Icon Jen Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:27:33 +0000 http://www.organicthrifty.com/?p=441#comment-1032 My little carb addict is getting better and better with our gradual approach. She often doesn't finish her "breads" but is great about fruits and veggies. We had broccoli and cauliflower cooked with butter and sprinkled with cheese the other night and as both my kids inhaled it they announced it was just like a treat. thanks for your ideas and encouragement! Jen My little carb addict is getting better and better with our gradual approach. She often doesn’t finish her “breads” but is great about fruits and veggies. We had broccoli and cauliflower cooked with butter and sprinkled with cheese the other night and as both my kids inhaled it they announced it was just like a treat.

thanks for your ideas and encouragement!
Jen

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