I wrote last month about our one month gluten free challenge. I was the unofficial data collector for the family. As mentioned earlier, I suspected that both my son and my husband have a gluten intolerance. I asked them both during the month if they felt any different. My son reported less pain throughout the month; my husband said he didn't feel any different.
Then we started allowing gluten back in our diet. Not every meal and not in great quantities. I didn't feel any different. My son seemed to be fine too. One fateful morning while serving breakfast to guests in our B&B, my husband reported feeling 'off'. The night before he had indulged in pizza and beer (both of which contained wheat and therefore gluten). Nothing happened immediately. Oh but wait...he was in agony the whole day and actually went back to bed to sleep off his wheat hangover. I searched online for "extreme gluten reaction" and bingo! What he reported feeling was apparently felt by a host of other people too.
So now he has resolved, "I'm never eating wheat again". The jury is back and I think we have found our other wheat intolerant/gluten intolerant family members. And I shall continue my quest to master gluten free cooking.
This morning I'm trying this bread recipe: http://gfrealfood.com/2009/06/10/kims-gluten-free-dairy-free-whole-grain-bread/
It's rising in my oven at the moment so we haven't tried it. But I was drawn by the fact that she won first prize. I won first prize in our Saanich Fair for my stone ground whole wheat bread so I was curious to try her recipe. I'll let you know how it turns out.
In the meantime, I'm still cooking out of "Cooking for Isaiah" and tried Silvana's GF Cinnamon Toast Waffles this morning. My guys loved it and both couldn't believe they were gluten free.
What a great way to start a Saturday! Don't you agree?
Until next time,
Mavis
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we are just going to try the bread from the Wheat Belly book and see how that goes, will let you know. Bought the cook book after reading your fb post. It sounds promising and will see if it helps with the inflammation in my body and hopefully helps Jeremy who loves bread, Linda
ReplyDeletemy own complaint is that as far as glycemic index, GF breads will spike insulin levels worse than white flour. You'll never lose weight this way. I myself am trying to get over eating bread for this reason. My son and husband need to have an alternative to wheat. The hardest meal to eat GF in my opinion is lunch. Long live the sandwich! I'm working on changing my thinking though. It certainly doesn't happen overnight. Let me know how the Wheat Belly recipe for bread is. I'm going to get my book back from my sister because I know there are some recipes in the book as well.
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