RE: not all in family gfcf?

[Guest guest]

Janelle,

My 5 yr old son is the only one on the gfcf diet in our house. We are real

careful about putting foods that are not gfcf higher in the pantry where he

can't reach them. He has occasionally asked for a particular item, but was

happy with his gfcf food. We haven't bought a 2nd toaster as my hubby thinks

its a bit much. So far no problems with cross contamination though.

good luck

[Guest guest]

With a family of 6, it just didn't make sense to have everyone on the

diet. My first suggestion is to buy a toaster oven, not another

toaster. I use mine for toast as well as cooking other things like

his pizza or warming up nuggets. It is a great size for cooking for

one and will leave your regular oven available for what you are

making for the rest of the family. My son loves it because in his

mind it is " his " toaster. If you want to use it for non-GFCF food

too, you can usually buy an additional rack from the company and

change it back and forth for GFCF of non-GFCF bread. I think the

biggest problem I have encountered is that my older kids (ages 8 &

10) seem to drop alot of bread crumbs on the dining table. I had to

teach them to be very careful and clean up after themselves. I try

to match as much as possible what we are eating and my GFCF son is

eating but sometimes it is completely different. I think it is good

for him to get used to the idea that he doesn't always get the same

food as everyone else. Hopefully this will help him adapt to social

situations. I have also made meals where I hold back the ingredients

my son can't have, dish out his, then add the last ingredients in. I

made tamale pie for my family a couple weeks back but my son is also

allergic to corn. I mixed the ground turkey, tomato sauce,

seasonings etc. then separated out some for my son. I proceeded to

add the corn then the cornbread topping. My family had tamale pie

while my son had the filling on top of rice. He loved it so much I

made a special batch later on and froze in serving sizes for a last

minute meal. I have also had to buy separate peanut butter and jelly

for GFCF and non-GFCF use. I made stickers with " GFCF " on them and

put it on anything that will be used for my son. My older kids have

been trained that they can only use it if they put a clean knife in

(no double-dipping). So far I have not had any problems.

> I am flirting with the idea of having the rest of the family go

back

> to g and c foods like toast and milk. I know I would buy two

> toasters. I am really wondering if anyone has tried to have some of

> the family g and c free and others not. Did anyone have a negative

> experience such as cross contam . problems? I guess my main reason

> for doing this is only to save some money-cheaper bread and milk.

> I just want to know if anyone tried and went back to entire gfcf

> home. What about the dishwasher mixing those g and c items? Yikes,

> scares me, but I know many of you do it-any neg. experiences??

> Janelle