D-Day Arrives

We officially began our RPAH elimination diet today. The author of Fed Up strongly recommends doing the diet under the supervision of a sympathetic dietitian, BUT there are only three in Perth and none of them near by.

Bread

Here is my first loaf of Gluten Free Failsafe (GFFS) Bread. Isn't it a beauty? It is the prettiest loaf of bread I have ever made.

The only problem was it could have used a few more minutes int he oven.

The recipe is from the GF section of the Failsafe Cookbook by Sue Dengate but using my own flour mix.

Amber's GFFS Allpurpose Flour #1

2c Millet flour

2c Glutinous Rice Flour

1c each Brown Rice Flour

Rice Flour

Buckwheat flour

Chickpea flour

Sift all ingredients together 3 times.

In my experience the more variety of flours the better. While according to the book tapioca, sago and corn starch are failsafe I know of failsaferes who cannot have these. We think it is due to residual chemicals from processing so we are choosing to limit these three during the elimination period and may add them back in later.

Other wise any flour made from grains or beans should be failsafe.

We used the bread for french toast this morning, I didn't freeze them correctly and the pieces were difficult to separate but Samantha ate it so that is a good start. For as long as Samantha can remember I have been making a bread that is half corn meal (not failsafe) so we'll see how she adapts to this new variety.

To my more experienced GF taste buds this loaf is very satisfactory. It will need to be toasted before using in a sandwich. And next time I'll cook it an extra 10 minutes as it was too soft in the middle.

Menu

For those who are curious what a Celiac eats during an elimination diet here is a sample

Day 1

Breakfast: French Toast with Maple Syrup or Golden Syrup

Lunch: Rice cooked with millet, chive omelet and green beans

Snack: Rice Crackers with home made hummus, GFFS bickies

Dinner: microwaved pealed potatoes with butter, lamb chop, cabbage with spring onions

Dessert: Home made ice cream pops

Day 2

Breakfast: Homemade GFFS Granola with milk or plain yogurt

Lunch: Left over potatoes and cabbage with a fried egg

Dinner: Hash browns with "baked" beans (canned barlotti beans cooked with spring onions, a dash of salt and a bit of maple syrup)

Snacks: rice crackers and hummus or rice cakes with cashew butter and GFFS bickies

Day 3 we go shopping so we haven't decided yet.

Other ground breaking news! Today was our last meeting together before the split. Perth now has two Chinese Congregations. It took 26 Years. Today was full of excitement and photo taking.(I forgot my camera, sorry.) We are remaining in the Perth Central Mandarin Congregation.

So life is very full as always.