Re: kinnikinnick bread/donuts

[Guest guest]

I've put bread that my son wouldn't eat in the blender to " grind " it up and

used it for bread crumbs in meatloafs, etc.

Can't afford to waste them.

[Guest guest]

Hi Janelle,

So far doesn't like much, even Kinnikinnick products. He's started

eating the bagels but only if really in the mood. I think it may just take

him time; he's very stubborn about dietary changes & missing his gluten.

We're pretty new to the diet so I'm not giving up on their products just yet.

At first he didn't like the graham crackers but now they're all finished up &

I have to re-order them.

I may have to start doing more baking though for cookies & such.

Good luck,

Michele

(, ASD, 7yrs, Logan, 3.5yrs)

[Guest guest]

My 2 year old autistic son has been on the diet for 2 months. I made

the chocolate cake recipe (in muffins) from 's book last

night. After tasting that it was much like the real thing, I was

excited to give one to my son. I had to fight him to take the first

bite. He reluctantly ate about 1/3 then proceeded to smash the

rest. Aside from her Nut Butter Cookies, every cookie, brownie and

cake I have either made or bought he has rejected. He gets excited

when he sees cookies, etc. but doesn't want to eat them. Maybe it is

because he is still addicted to the gluten. I have not tried

Kinninnik bread so I can't comment on that. I first tried the Food

for Life bread. He wasn't excited about it but was hungry enough to

eat it. It was so dense I didn't want to give him a sandwich with 2

slices so instead I gave him his PB & J open-faced. Each time I gave

it to him, the more readily he ate it. Then when I made bread

myself, even though it didn't look right, it was closer to the real

thing taste-wise. He couldn't eat enough of it. I think the best

advise I have heard regarding this diet is whenever something is

rejected, freeze it and try again later. I have also found that

acceptance of these new foods can come after trying it dressed-up.

Thankfully, I did not put frosting on the cupcakes right away as he

obvously did not like the kind I put on it (coconut pecan). I am

going to leave some bare and make a chocolate frosting. It is all

trial and error.

> I have my first order of Kinn. breads and donuts. My 3 yo PDD

> daughter takes one bite and then decides she doesn't like it. It's

> only been 4 mos since we have started the diet, so I plan to try

> again in a few weeks with the donuts-if i don't eat them all first.

> The bread, I think it is the best I have had since gfcf and am

> wondering if anyone has kids that *don't* like the Kinn. bread??? I

> can't imagine. I made her a grilled cheese sand. today and she

pulled

> the cheese out and fed the dog the bread before I could get to her.

> SIGH. I am not spending all of this money for that dog! I bought

> white sandwich bread, raisin bread and honey brown rice (or

something

> like that). Are there any that are better-if that is possible in

the

> gfcf diet?

> Janelle

[Guest guest]

Don't forget, you can always use bread he won't eat for bread crumb

as fillers (such as in meatloaf), cubed and toasted for croutons or

used for stuffing.

> Janelle,

> So sorry this happened...interestingly enough, the Kinnikinnick

white

> sandwich bread is the only bread my son has touched since we

started GFCF in

> January. He loves it, so I have to limit it to two slices a day

for toast

> at breakfast time, otherwise I would go broke buying it. My only

suggestion

> (to possibly save it from being a total waste of $$) is to see if

she will

> eat it as French toast (dipped in egg and fried), if she doesn't

have an egg

> problem. This is how I used up all the different breads that Graham

> wouldn't eat. He accepted them as French toast with a GFCF syrup.

Good

> luck!

> Fondly,

> J