Aspergers and GF Foods

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Try the Food for Life rice tortillas to use as asian / mexican wraps or as

individual pizza shells/enchiladas and quesadillas. Great Flavor - heat them

just till pliable so they dont get too crispy (still good!)  or burned.Their GF

english muffins are good too for making mini pizzas and sandwiches. Amy's Bistro

burgers are GF vegan and good. If you have a Trader Joes, WF or a Sprouts near

you, they have a list of their extensive GF products carried -fresh-frozen and

pkgd. 

 

My teenage niece loves the red quinoa warm from the pan - it has a crunch that

mixes into so many things or can be eaten plain. Make sweet potato or russet

homemade fries, roasted cauliflower, refried beans (maybe he wont be able to

tell) and salsa mixed in to serve with corn chips, Tomato, Veg or Lentil soups

with GF cornbread, quinoa, rice or corn

elbows/spaghetti noodles with a red sauce, hummus and carrot sticks  ---those

things that are familiar to him. If he is not adverse to soy, my niece loves the

edamame to eat as a snack or to whir up with (w/o tuna for us) salad ingredients

to make a dip.

 

Susan is carrying more GF recipes all the time and Living Without.com, Karina's

World glutenfreegoddess.blogspot has some great things too. She has recipes for

making flour tortillas and pizza shells from scratch. I to Living

Without magazine and they address everyday foods alot. Vegetarian Times is

finally going to carry a column monthly on gluten free cooking. Gluten Free

Vegan is a great cookbook for everyday cooking.

 

Try not to feel overwhelmed. There are resources out there to help you - lots of

blogs are just mothers with children in various stages of food allergy including

aspergers and autism that schmooze with each other on these issues like yours.

 

 

 

 

www.aspergerresources.com/glutein-free_diet.html

 

 

 

www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc

 

 

 

www.fortunecity.com/millennium/sweetvalley

 

 

 

www.feingold.org/Research/autism.html

 

 

 

www.yourlittleprofessor.com/eaters.html

 

 

 

 

 

www.danasview.net

 

 

some of these blogs are either the child or the parent and they are all around

the same age as your son. The little professor one above goes right into......

'when your child is a picky eater'...and talks about their taste buds being

different than others of their age.

 

Your son is at that age where he has the largest growth spurt and pizza is not

the worst thing he could be eating.

 

Best wishes

Patricia Squyres

 

Marion Nestle's cardinal rules for eating better:

Never buy anything with a

health claim.

Never buy anything with a cartoon on its face

Never buy anything with more than 5 ingredients.

 

--- On Tue, 12/15/09, maryruth <countrywriter7 wrote:

 

maryruth <countrywriter7

Re: A Vegan Mom and A Gluten-Free Mom Discuss

What To Make For Dinner

 

Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 10:24 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

they can't afford to eat a vegan diet***

 

 

 

This is where I need help with. My son is the one that needs the diet the

 

most, although I am suspecting that I could benefit also. I know my

 

boyfriend could use it also. I just do not know how to cook gf without all

 

the store-bought prepared foods that cost a mint. I have bought a few flours

 

and stuff, but that's it. I am at a loss at how to go preparing regular

 

menus gf. I would love some help. Especially for a 13 yos who thinks pizza

 

should be served 3 times a day 7 days a week. He hates most of the food I

 

have bought that is gf. He hates beans. He will eat rice if it is soaked in

 

brown sugar. (Did I mention the aspegers and half a dozen other dx?) A picky

 

eater but that is trying to eat me out of house and home. Notice the age? He

 

has grown 8 inches since summer. 7 in 2 months.

 

Any hellp is appreciated.

 

thanks

 

maryruth

 

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