Chicken with Gluten Free Dumplings...warm winter recipe just for you

This looks so yummy chicken gluten free dumplings using my favorite brand of Gluten Free products from Hodgson Mill!! I plan on trying this recipe very soon. I will let you know what I think. I know one thing for sure, I think it will be cheaper to make than using my normal GF Bisquick.

A Closer Look At Gluten Free Food Labeling

Eating pre-packaged gluten free foods and all the sudden you feel ill? HHMMM.........might be because gluten free does not always mean free of gluten! Most foods labeled gluten free have 20 PPM (parts per million) of gluten in them and that is legal in the USA. Canada and Europe test down to 5 PPM (parts per million). So those with Celiac Disease or those that are highly sensitive can react to many gluten free foods even though the package says gluten free. To read more I have included an article at the end of this blog post from Living Without magazine.

Check out this article from my favorite gluten free magazine Living Without.
http://www.livingwithout.com/issues/4_7/closer_look_at_labeling-1945-1.html

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20% off Gluten Free Goodies!!

For a limited time, ALL Gluten Free products in the Hodgson Mill Store are 20% off. That's right: 20% off! At checkout, enter code GLUTENFREEDOM to get your discount. This is a great opportunity to try and enjoy the brand new Hodgson Mill Gluten Free CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES not sure if it's dairy free or not with the chocolate chips.

Head on over to the Hodgson Mill Blog to find this recipe to make Gluten Free Chocolate Tarts with Chocolate-Hazelnut Mousse for your gluten free sweetheart on Valentines Day!

 

What do I plan to buy with my 20% off?

Milled Flax Seed I use it in my peanut butter cookies, desserts and homemade breads, adds a nutty flavor and also fiber.

Pasta

Gluten Free Seasoned Coating Mix,

 

I use these weekly in my home. The kids that visit

our home never know that the pasta or the chicken nuggets are gluten free, they just gobble it all right up!

 

Some of the products do contain corn so please read labels before buying.

 

Enjoy!

Moe

p.s. I was just relaxing in the recliner getting my evening IV antibiotics and though of all my readers :O)

Gluten Free Class Tonight & A Slight Glitch!

Well I had the privilege of spending an evening with an awesome group of people!! It was sad to see how many had suffered and doctors did not seem to be helpful for them. Hoping that each came away with some encouragement that they are not alone in this. Though at times it does feel very lonesome.

 

 As for the glitch, I had planned to make Bob's Red Mill Pizza Crusts and when I opened my box from Amazon.com.....lol, I saw flour inside the outer box, I lifted out the 4 pack of pizza crust mix and the bottom of the case was broke open. All the bags had some how popped open and were spilled all over. I'm thinking that in shipping a heavy box got put on top of it and the weight popped the bags open. It was a mess just as we were leaving to head to the class. Called Amazon.com and they shipping 2 new cases overnight to me.......yeah for a company with EXCELLENT customer service!!!!

 

Moe





Permission to whine?

I finally went for allergy testing, nothing for wheat (they still think that I may be gluten intolerant) showed up but corn did and corn is also IN EVERYTHING and causes stomach issues when you are allergic to it. Corn allergies can actually mimic Celiac Disease (without the villi being effected). 

So I pretty much have solved my problem with going wheat free since by not eating processed foods I pretty much cut out corn too by accident. And the 2 times that I thought I had gotten gluten last summer, I think it was actually corn. The one time I got sick I was eating Puffed Corn snacks and the other time I had Fritos.

Both Gluten and corn allergies are very similar in the way that the effect you.

So no corn, corn syrup solids, cornstarch, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, dextrose, sucrose and all those other fancy junk sugars, ect. Corn does not have to be labeled in the USA since it's not considered one of the top 8 allergen :O(

They can sneak it in under names that we would never think of as CORN.

I am also allergic to

watermelon

red apples
grapes
pears
peaches
bananas
apricot
strawberry
raspberry
tomato
sweet potato
corn
almonds
Scallops (I don't like seafood anyway!) YIPPEE!  lol.
Thankfully I'm not allergic to chicken or eggs! We'd have to sell the farm.  lol

So any one want to refer me to a blog about corn allergies and cooking?

Here are some interesting places that corn hides, baking powder, powdered sugar, table salt,
hot dogs, candy, frosting, cold cereal and many more things.

I'm really thinking that the Lord is working with me (feels like hammering me!) on not making food a little god in my life. I love food and I love to cook. All the years that I was sick with stomach issues (we now know I was sick with food allergies) I spent my days thinking "What am I going to eat?" Where do I have to go today & what time should I eat so that I am not sick away from home?" So pretty much my thoughts revolved around food and what and when to eat so that I could function in my daily life. There are foods that I can eat, I just need to THINK before I eat (who wants to do that?). I have the "wilderness attitude" that the children of Israel had. "I'm tired of Manna and I'm tired of quail! I deserve better than this!"  Read the book of Numbers chapters 11 & 12 in the Bible and you will understand what I am talking about.

 I would covet your prayers in learning to deal with this. I go back to the doctor in one month to try some sort of rotation diet (not sure what that is).

Moe