Gluten Free has started

I took Victor to Dr. Compain last Monday (9/14/09). He started us on B-12 injections, Zinc drink, Vit E, Cod Liver oil, pro Omega liquid & Co-Enzyme B Complex. We were to start one at a time every 4 days. We had some problems getting the Zinc into Victor the few days so I didn't count them. Once we had 4 full days of him drinking it in his juice I tried tso start Vit E. Again some issues but today he drank it all in his chocoalte milk for breakfast. I realize once we go casein free this won't be doable but hey maybe he'll like choc soy/almond/hemp/rice/soy milk! So we were told to ease into GFCF - first removing gluten & then casein. I think we're at a comfortable level now so I am considering today his first official gluten free day. He has a cold today so he's whinier & tantrummier (not a real word I am sure but I think you'll get what I mean). I hope he passes through this cold fast. Victor shuts down when he's sick. He spaces out more, stims more, cries more... sigh. But I can say in the past 2 weeks he has been more verbal. I can't imagine it was due to the one B-12 injection he had (of yeah I forgot to mention how we're waiting still for the batch to arrive so he's only had the one last Monday) but he has definitely been more verbal.

I have made a few things today. This morning I made zucchini bread. I took my recipe that I've been using for years & just switched out flour with Bob Mills' GF all purpose flour & added 1 tsp of Xanthum gum. Texture wise it came put great - same look, same feel so Victor stuffed it in his mouth no problem (he notices differences in foods like when you give him a honey nut cheerio instead of a cheerio he will start at it and examine it for awhile & then not eat it). He had no issue with the taste that I could tell since he ate it but I thought it had to much of a chickpea taste that just did not belong. My daughter Simone (17 mo NT) ate it up as well. I'm definitely going to try other flours & see if I could get that taste out but still I consider it a success! Victor also gobbled down the Van's french toast sticks I bought.

Some pics:

Lunch - I made pasta with turkey sauce from maize pasta. Victor did not even want to try a piece. This is typical when he's sick so I'm hoping that's all it is. Simone again gobbled it up no problem (I am not trying to get her to be GFCF but by default we'll all be eating less gluten!). again I thought it had a strange taste but with enough sauce I didn't notice it.

Dinner - Again tried the pasta - no go. tried french fries, no go. tried snacks - ate a few bits so I let him be.

I did make turkey nuggets tonight but I made them for tomorrow. I only made a small batch to make sure he'll eat them & if he does I'll make a extra large batch & freeze them. I tasted one & it came out really good. I crumbled up cracklebread & potato chips & added salt, paprika, parsley flakes, pepper, onion powder & garlic powder. oh & sesame seeds. yum

I'm all over the place here, I know. I'm not really good at blogging but I wanted to say my husband just tried the zucchini bread & said he didn't notice the chickpea flavor at all.

Last but not least I am baking bread right now. I am starting off with a mix to see what that's like. I am sure I will be trying out all kinds of different recipe's until I find one that is decent. I am using Bob's bread mix and substituted almond milk for regular milk. I keep Kosher so there's no point in making bread that I can't eat with meat (we cant mix dairy & meat) plus Victor will eventually be casein free as well so might as well.