The known culprit of celiac disease is gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye, barley and other grains. The only known way to alleviate the symptoms of celiac disease is to completely eliminate gluten from the diet. Down to Earth carries a variety of gluten-free foods, making it easier for those with gluten intolerance to maintain a healthy diet.
For a comprehensive list of gluten-free and gluten containing foods, go to the following link to the Gluten Intolerance Group of North America:
http://www.gluten.net/diet.html
Try this gluten-free granola recipe, found at
http://www.celiac.com/st_main.html?p_catid=20
Granola (Gluten-Free)
Many hard to find baking ingredients can be purchased at The Gluten-Free Mall, also see Gluten-Free Cookbooks.
Preheat oven to 300F degrees. Bring to a boil: 1/3 cup fireweed honey and 1/3 cup sunflower oil and one teaspoon of gluten free vanilla or almond flavoring and a dash of salt.
Meanwhile in large bowl add your choice of the following to equal about 5 cups of the following mix:
1 ½ cups rice flakes
½ cup buckwheat flakes
¾ cup sweetened medium coconut
1 cup slivered almonds
¾ cup sunflower seeds
¼ flax seeds
¼ cup sesame seeds
¾ cup pumpkin seeds
Stir mix till thoroughly blended. Put mix in a 13" x 9" baking pan and pour cooled honey and oil mixture over. Stir to coat mix. Bake in oven for 30 minutes. (Granola will darken after removal from oven. Cool for 15 minutes and add 3/4 cup dried cranberries and 2/3 cup Sun-Maid raisins. Store in large jar. Other favorite things can be added (dried bananas or dried pineapple, etc.)
Serve as a trail mix or my favorite way…with milk for a breakfast that keeps you going until lunchtime. |
Other sources: Carol E. Semrad, M. D. Celiac Disease and Gluten Sensitivity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coeliac_disease
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/celiac/
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/gi/celiac.html |
