I am so excited to be starting up my own gluten-free recipe blog! I have so many recipes and ideas and tips, and just had to have an outlet for them. First, let me tell you our story.
Soon after we got married in 2001, my husband starting throwing up every morning when he woke up, and often in the middle of the night. A few months went by before he went to see someone about it. A barrage of tests later, including a CT scan and a gastroscopy, no diagnosis was given. Our family doctor suggested John try a lactose-free diet, and low and behold, it worked! We invested in Lactaid stock (not really, but we should have), and thought all was well. Not so. In 2004, it all started again, but on a grander scale. John went to our family doctor (a different one, we moved a few months before) who immediatly recognized the symptoms. A simple blood test confirmed it: John had Celiac Disease.
We were shocked, and I was appalled. "What", I thought, "am I supposed to FEED this guy?" For weeks we ate grilled chicken, rice, and broccoli. No lie. A year went by and John was still feeling pretty crummy. I got online and read the list of forbiddens and found one we had been overlooking: malt. Malt is in EVERYTHING! Once we eliminated that, he started to feel better.
Over the years I have become so comfortable cooking for him that I don't even think about it. When I see a recipe I automatically revise it to make it Gluten-free. Most times it works, sometimes it doesn't.
I can't wait to share them all with you! If you have a recipe you'd like to share, just email it to me at eatglutenfree@gmail.com.
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