Have you just been told you have to go on a gluten free diet? I'm guessing you had never heard the word gluten before and are now scared stiff of eating the wrong thing and making yourself sicker than ever?
Food for thought
When my mother was first told that I had celiac disease she was given two sheets of paper which listed foods it was safe to give me and those that must now be avoided. As a 20 year old first-time mom she was as worried and bewildered as you probably are right now.
Now this was a long time ago, and a lot has changed for the better since then. So let me reassure you straight away that avoiding gluten is nowhere near as difficult today as it was back when I was a child, in the 1960s.
Back then there were no commercially produced products for those of us who could no longer eat normal bread, cakes or cookies. If I wanted them, they had to be baked specially, from gf flour imported from Ireland.
As I grew up and started school it became possible to get gluten free bread in tins, but I can still remember how awful it was to try to swallow what I was sure was dry, crumbly cardboard!
You can read more of my story later, but now you want to find out what you can eat, am I right?
Successful gluten free cooking
Over the years I learned to cook my own foods and devised ways to ensure I ate well, even with the restrictions I was under. I experimented with different flours as they became available and found out which ones worked well. There were many disasters along the way, resulting in loaves even the birds wouldn't touch when offered them!
My collection of tried and tested gluten free recipes grew, and it is now time to share them with you and your family. You will find tips and ideas for making your life easier throughout the pages of this site, along with some background on celiac disease and how to find out if you, or a member of your family, may have it.
Working together
I have not written all of the pages on the site, however. You, as a visitor to the site will find that there are pages where you can ask questions, tell your story or share your own favorite recipes as well. Together we will build a resource for all who need to stick to a gluten free diet.
The buttons on the left hand side of each page will take you into different sections of the site, and I will include links to pages within the text to help you navigate to deeper pages within each section.
So don't panic on hearing your diagnosis. You are not alone, and you have found a place where you can get the help you need.
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When my mother was first told that I had celiac disease she was given two sheets of paper which listed foods it was safe to give me and those that must now be avoided. As a 20 year old first-time mom she was as worried and bewildered as you probably are right now. 
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