New member with questions

[Guest guest]

Hi, I'm new here today. My name is Patti. I'm a busy single mom of

a 20 year old son who was diagnosed with high functioing Autsim at

age 15. When I am not at work I am at school painting, working on a

degree in fine art.

 

My son's Autistic symptoms improved drastically when we went gluten

free without realising it last October. We went on the South Beach

Diet and I could quickly see that he was no longer having hour long

monolougues about whatever pokemon, digimon, or yugio charactor,

thinking this was a conversation. He no longer was walking into

walls. He was no longer rolling around on his bed screaming

nonsense, doing what he called, " Going into convulsions. " We bagan

having real conversations that we both could enjoy.

 

We have both been gluten free since then. I have found that I

fell " fine " for the first tiem in my life. I am no longer sick not

knowing why. I feel " normal " now.

 

Going gluten free has been easy. We can still eat fast food and we

can still eat microwavable food that is cheap and easy. Honestly I

do not cook

 

My question is, is there a cheap and easy way to also be vegiatrian?

 

Thanks so much,

Patti

[Guest guest]

Yeah, just don't eat meat!

 

LOL, I'm joking. I understand how difficult it is. Going out to eat is

difficult, because most of the restaurants that are noted on Celiac support

lists as being gluten free are grills, meat and potato type places.

 

There are not a lot of " meat analogues " (soy products that look/taste like

meat) that are made without gluten, but there are a few. We get Sol

Kitchen's burgers, and if you are in the US, Amy's organic has lots of

gluten free/casein free. Our Asian market has some ham and chicken

analogues that do not contain gluten.

 

Your diet is going to consist of fruits and vegetables (fresh, frozen,

canned, instant potatoes, whatever), gluten-free grains and starches

(pilafs, breads, pastas), nuts and seeds, beans (canned is fine if you don't

want to soak and cook them yourself), and soy if you tolerate it. I have

recently been reading a number of " raw " cookbooks, which have lots of ideas

for different kinds of salads, soups, sides, and desserts, even if you don't

want to try their main course meals or breads, which often involve using

specialized equipment. Good for if you are on a rotation diet or are tired

of lettuce-and-tomato sandwiches every day.

 

There are lots of recipes in the group's archives that you can take a look

at to get ideas, even if you want to look for commercial products rather

than making your own.

 

The more you eat in it's natural form, the less cooking you will need to do!

 

Pam

 

 

 

 

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 8:30 AM, pmbeers2000 <PMbeers wrote:

 

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> Going gluten free has been easy. We can still eat fast food and we

> can still eat microwavable food that is cheap and easy. Honestly I

> do not cook

>

> My question is, is there a cheap and easy way to also be vegiatrian?

>

> Thanks so much,

> Patti

>

> __.

>

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Patti,

I just wanted to let you know, in case you didn't like me when I first

began gluten-free, fast-food french fries do contain gluten/wheat. You

can verify that by going onto any fast-food restaurant chain's website

and looking up nutritional information. I've checked every fast-food

chain and they all contain wheat.

 

It may not matter too much for you since it is not an intestinal issue

with your family, but I thought I would give you a heads up.

 

As was posted already, we do lots of beans, vegetables, tofu, TVP,

tempeh, and brown rice. Not sure how to help with the no-cooking part -

I cook everything! I can't afford not to! But, with 3 small kids and

a hubby, it would be expensive. With you and your son, that is a

treat! Good Luck!

 

Nicole