Comments on: Some Recent Favorite Gluten-Free Recipes http://lifeofahappymom.com/blog/2012/02/28/some-recent-favorite-gluten-free-recipes/ Musings, tips, and fun from a stay-at-home Mom who loves her job! Mon, 20 May 2013 21:33:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lisa http://lifeofahappymom.com/blog/2012/02/28/some-recent-favorite-gluten-free-recipes/comment-page-1/#comment-30121 Lisa Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:33:06 +0000 http://lifeofahappymom.com/blog/?p=1308#comment-30121 Well, so far I can't convince my son to eat millet in any form, lately, at least. Doesn't like the taste. Grrr! Picky 3-year-olds! We have embraced all GF grains, except buckwheat, which he reacts to as badly as to milk. Sunflower seeds sent him to the emergency room one night. It was not exactly anaphylaxis, but just weird symptoms, and we didn't know what was wrong. He vomited just outside the hospital, and then fell asleep, and the staff never thought to ask if he had eaten anything strange. They just hydrated him slowly with pedialyte and sent him home. We made the connection to the seeds later. So I've been scared to try pumpkin seeds. But maybe I'll do a skin test on his leg or something next time he's in his high chair and see what happens. I am not sure about sesame, but I am scared to try that too. Cashews and coconuts aren't exactly nuts either, but he reacts to both of them. Not as bad as to the sunflower, but then, I never gave him very much to try, either, like I did with that one. My husband was convinced that he needed to get off my milk, and we were trying to find some milk other than rice that we could use as a base to make a formula. So I made sunflower seed milk. He drank an ounce or two of it before reacting. Poor thing! I have been using sorghum lately. With rice and arrowroot it makes some pretty good biscuits. I've also used it in some blueberry muffins. Mmmm! So glad he isn't allergic to <em>that</em> seed! Well, so far I can’t convince my son to eat millet in any form, lately, at least. Doesn’t like the taste. Grrr! Picky 3-year-olds! We have embraced all GF grains, except buckwheat, which he reacts to as badly as to milk. Sunflower seeds sent him to the emergency room one night. It was not exactly anaphylaxis, but just weird symptoms, and we didn’t know what was wrong. He vomited just outside the hospital, and then fell asleep, and the staff never thought to ask if he had eaten anything strange. They just hydrated him slowly with pedialyte and sent him home. We made the connection to the seeds later. So I’ve been scared to try pumpkin seeds. But maybe I’ll do a skin test on his leg or something next time he’s in his high chair and see what happens. I am not sure about sesame, but I am scared to try that too. Cashews and coconuts aren’t exactly nuts either, but he reacts to both of them. Not as bad as to the sunflower, but then, I never gave him very much to try, either, like I did with that one. My husband was convinced that he needed to get off my milk, and we were trying to find some milk other than rice that we could use as a base to make a formula. So I made sunflower seed milk. He drank an ounce or two of it before reacting. Poor thing!

I have been using sorghum lately. With rice and arrowroot it makes some pretty good biscuits. I’ve also used it in some blueberry muffins. Mmmm! So glad he isn’t allergic to that seed!

]]> By: Sea http://lifeofahappymom.com/blog/2012/02/28/some-recent-favorite-gluten-free-recipes/comment-page-1/#comment-30112 Sea Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:51:37 +0000 http://lifeofahappymom.com/blog/?p=1308#comment-30112 I am so glad you found two of my recipes useful (the tortilla and the amaranth crackers)! I have a quinoa apple muffin recipe in my blog that you might find useful. Also, you should definitely talk to your doctor about this, but since your son tolerates seeds (quinoa is a seed) I would recommend, given the protein issue, possibly trying pumpkin seed and sunflower seed. They are not related to nuts and barring cross contamination issues, have a pretty low likelihood of causing an allergic reaction. Just watch for where the two are produced. I used pumpkin and sunflower seed in my diet for my daughter with allergic colitis and she tolerated them well. Pumpkin seed does have a lot of fiber (ahem) but allergic reactions are almost unheard of. Sesame is another option but it is included among top allergens in Canada and other places where it is frequently found in the mother's diet. I also have an amaranth crepe recipe that is pretty yummy, if a little on the fiddly side. Sorghum and millet are other grains you may have success with. Best wishes and good luck to you and your family! I'm so happy my blog was able to help you. -Sea I am so glad you found two of my recipes useful (the tortilla and the amaranth crackers)! I have a quinoa apple muffin recipe in my blog that you might find useful. Also, you should definitely talk to your doctor about this, but since your son tolerates seeds (quinoa is a seed) I would recommend, given the protein issue, possibly trying pumpkin seed and sunflower seed. They are not related to nuts and barring cross contamination issues, have a pretty low likelihood of causing an allergic reaction. Just watch for where the two are produced. I used pumpkin and sunflower seed in my diet for my daughter with allergic colitis and she tolerated them well. Pumpkin seed does have a lot of fiber (ahem) but allergic reactions are almost unheard of. Sesame is another option but it is included among top allergens in Canada and other places where it is frequently found in the mother’s diet. I also have an amaranth crepe recipe that is pretty yummy, if a little on the fiddly side. Sorghum and millet are other grains you may have success with. Best wishes and good luck to you and your family! I’m so happy my blog was able to help you.

-Sea

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