Gluten Free Oatmeal Bake

Preheat oven to 350 degrees:

Combine in a mixing bowl:
1 cup oil
2 cups milk
4 eggs
4 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. salt
2 cups sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. vanilla

In the bottom of an 9x13 pan (ungreased) place 2 small cans or 1 large can of drained peaches. (You can use the whole can of peaches without draining, but you have to bake it a lot longer.)

Measure and pour 6 cups Gifts of Nature certified gluten free rolled oats over the peaches. Then pour in the liquid mixture over the oatmeal & peaches. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 45 minutes (or until golden brown and center is firm).

Serve warm. I serve it in bowls and let people add milk to their liking.

Gluten Free Online Support Groups

There are so many places to go on-line and find other celiacs or those on a gluten free diet. There isn't a lack of places to find a sympathetic "friend" who understands exactly what you are going through.

Here are a few that I belong to: (member #'s were at the time of writing)

Celiac..com gluten free forum

Facebook there are many groups on facebook

1. Celiac Disease Awareness (NFCA) 960 members
2. Celiac Disease 840 members
3. Celiac Disease 2,465 members
4. Celiac Disease Support Group
   
5. Celiac Awareness 9,931
6. Support Celiac Disease Awareness 5,614 members
   

Gling (over 700 from my estimation-couldn't find a #)

Gluten Free Faces 2,307 members

Gluten Free Cooking Twibe (Twitter) 220 members

Gluten Free Lifestyle Twibe (Twitter) 446 members

Wellsphere Celiac Disease Community

So where do you go for online support? There are so many places to go on-line and find other celiacs or those on a gluten free diet. There isn't a lack of places to find a sympathetic "friend" who understands exactly what you are going through.

G.F. Meals Even Kids Can Make

I haven't blogged much this summer. Maybe no-one noticed! I have had a flare-up of my auto-immune problem and have been too exhausted to try new recipes or post about them. So my newest quest has been to find foods that my 12 year old daughter and 10 year old son are capable of making on their own. Not feeling well enough to venture out to the grocery store also necessitates that we get by with minimal trips to the grocery store. We are going only for perishables which is something my husband can buy if needed. So we have made friends with amazon.com's subscribe and save program and have found several things that the kids can make without assistance. Hopefully I will be able to post about these meal options soon. In the meantime, I highly suggest you scroll down and look into the allergy free box from Angel Food Ministries. Someone gave us a box of their food recently and the kids and I were very impressed with their chicken products. They are very easy to prepare. I will let you know about the dry mixes.

Snack / Energy Bar

OK, so I admit I became somewhat addicted to Larabars after my trip to camp. Problem is it isn't a cheap addiction to feed. So I came home and googled recipes for making your own Larabar type energy bars and surprisingly came up with several options. Camilla from enlightenedcooking had several recipe variations. I also found another recipe on cleaneating. Then I found my mini food processor and was ready to whip up a batch.

I decided on my own variation of things I had in my pantry. The kids loved it and it satisfied my larabar craving (at least for today).

Tropical Snack Bar

1/3 cup chopped macadamia nuts
14 pitted dates
1/4 cup finely shredded unsweetened organic coconut

Pulse macadamia nuts until chopped well and set aside. Pulse dates until they form a ball. Add macadamia nuts and coconut and pulse until nuts and coconut are incorporated. Dump onto plastic wrap and use wrap to form bars. Makes 2 large or 3 average sized bars.

Food for the Road

I joined my kids at summer camp this past week. I made sure before camp that the kids had their food for each meal of every day and I will post their choices in a different post. With limited time and energy (after packing up the kids), I decided to bring along one Larabar for each meal plus some extras for snacking. Thinking I would be able to get fruit and maybe some vegetables at camp, I was fairly certain I would get enough to eat. If nothing else I thought I could live off Larabars. I took every flavor I could find locally. I had only tried the apple pie flavor once, so I was hoping the other flavors were good. I have to say that I didn't find a lot at camp that I could eat, but that was OK, because I was enjoying trying all the different Larabars! They really are great. Mind you, I do not eat sugar, so this was like eating dessert. They are gluten free, dairy free, soy free, no added sugar, non gmo, unprocessed, raw, vegan, kosher, and made in the U.S.A. Now to see if I can come up with a recipe to make my own. With only 2-6 ingredients in every bar, it can't be that hard.

Thank You Amazon

I have found that the prices on all of my gluten free staples are much cheaper when I purchase them from Amazon through their subscribe and save program. It is much cheaper than buying things locally at the health food store or grocer. I have had such good service from Amazon that I have become an associate. Visit my Amazon Store to see my favorite gluten free products.

Gluten Free Vitamins

Follow the advice of your physician regarding the use of supplements. Advise your pharmacist of any over the counter supplements you may be taking as they could interact with prescription medication. Always check the ingredient labels as formulas change.

Balance Point Natural Medicine (Dr. Christine Doherty)

Blue Bonnet

Country Life (certified gluten free)

Freeda

Gluten Free Mall (Pioneer and Health from the Sea)

Hero Nutrionals

Pioneer

Shaklee
Received the following reply from Shaklee regarding their products:
Shaklee Products that contain gluten:
Herb-Lax Dried malt powder from barley
Iron plus Vitamin C Barley flour
Zinc Barley powder
Vita-E 400IU Plus Selenium Wheat germ flour
Cinch Berry Almond Crunch Meal-In-A-Bar Oat flour
Cinch Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Meal-In-A-Bar Oat flour
Fiber Plan Daily Crunch Oat bran
MoodLift Green Oat extract
Enfuselle Skin Care Products (exception of Calming Complex, C+E Repair, which does not contain beta glucan.)
Other personal care products
Most do not contain gluten-containing ingredients. However, such products
as lipsticks and cleansing bars contain ingredients from oats and/or wheat
. If you are severely sensitive to topically applied products that
contain gluten, please examine the ingredients listed on product packaging.

Household Cleaning Products
Do not contain gluten-containing ingredients

Vitacost

Vitamin Life

Youngevity (Lana is familiar with which of their products are gluten free. She tells me, "everything in Youngevity is gf except for a couple of powder packets to make drinks/shakes..")