New here/Carol

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Hi Carol,

 

Welcome to Vegan and Gluten Free! We are glad to have you join us here.

There are lots of us, all at different stages of dietary restriction, and we

are here for different reasons. But, we all work together to assist one

another in finding healthy and delicious foods we can enjoy on our

individual dietary plans. I'm the mom of two teen-age boys and a husband

who is gluten-free. We have never served meat in our household. . .and let

me assure you that your son can grow up to be most healthy without it.

We've only been gluten-free at our house for just about 2 years. The

gluten-free aspects have been much more difficult for me than the meat

issues, but I think it all depends upon where we are coming from and where

our comfort zones are.

 

Vegan means 100% vegetarian. A vegan diet eliminates all meat, poultry,

fish, eggs, and dairy products. Our archives have many recipes already

posted that you are welcome to browse through. You can find our archived

messages at: http://www. . If

you go to " messages " there is a small box with a space for a #. If you type

in #1 it will take you to the first message posted to this list. . .and you

can then go through the messages from there. Recipes are pretty easy to

identify by subject line.

 

Acouple questions about what are " okay " to eat in your household (so we can

better help you). Can your son eat seeds (sunflower, pumpkin, sesame,

etc.)? Most veg*n recipes that call for nuts can easily use seeds instead.

For example, the melty cheese recipe that calls for cashews can use

sunflower seeds). You also mentioned that legumes are not allowed but that

beans are. Can you explain what you mean by legumes? Lentils? Split peas?

Generally beans are placed in the catagory of legumes, but it sounds like

maybe he is only allergic to some, not all. What about soy? Soybeans are

also a legume, so maybe those are " off limits " also. Are the regular

non-gluten grains all okay? It sounds to me that you may not be eliminating

eggs, milk, and cheese (at least yet). Let me assure you that you are

" still " most welcome here!

 

Carol, we don't think you are a dumby! We have all had to learn new and

sometimes unusual ways to prepare food! We are here to support one another

on this journey and we not only are glad to have you here, we are most happy

to assist you in any way you can. Ask away!

 

LaDonna

 

 

>One more problem, we cannot have any

> peanuts, tree nuts, or legumes in the house, do to my youngest sons

> severe allergies. Beans are fine.