Travolta Acknowledges Son’s Autism

September 24, 2009 By

I’m so sorry for John Travolta’s family and I’m sure it was terribly hard for him to admit that his son had autism. But in a way I’m glad he did. I want other families to see it can and does happen to anyone. We are all people and none of us are better than any other, nor any worse. This disorder can and does strike any sort of family and being rich and famous does not make it all better. I wish his son could have been treated for the seizures. How sad all around.

Travolta Acknowledges Son’s Autism

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Winner of the EcoSmart Bundle

September 24, 2009 By

The winner of the EcoSmart Bundle of products is:

Molly K said… 39 @ September 22, 2009 2:59 PM

I would really like the Safe Lawn and Outdoor Value Bundle.

Congratulations, you have 48 hours to claim your prize!

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WOW – DR. OZ Hit a Home Run with This

September 24, 2009 By

I’m actually very surprised by what you are going to see in the link below. Dr. Oz of Oprah fame has come out on his show and said that one of the best ways to treat Autistic Children is to remove inflammation from their bodies. He said that Inflammation can cause a lot of autistic symptoms and in removing those substances that cause the inflammation then the child can start to get better and they do get better. Well that is exactly what the DAN! community has been saying and now it looks like some in the mainstream medical community are listening! YEAH!

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Additonal GFCF Treats that should be a hit

September 20, 2009 By

Halloween really is my favorite holiday of the year. Most people, Christian’s at least, tend to love Christmas, and of course I agree that is a beautiful holiday. But I love the draw of Halloween. You get to dress up like someone else and be completely different for one whole day. You can be silly or scary and you get CANDY! Wow, what an awesome holiday, huh? Plus the decorations are really fun.

So I was searching last night for Halloween costumes for my boys. Matthew wants to be a pirate and instead of buying a pirate costume I thought maybe I would “make” one for him. I don’t really want to sew much, but I think I could do this project almost completely without sewing. And I found a great pirate costume on DIY network. But as I was searching I also found a few other great Halloween GFCF treats that I wanted to share with you.

Martha Stewart and her employees are extremely creative and I marvel at all the cool things they come up with.
Here is my new favorite – Invisible Lollipops I plan to make them this year!

Martha also had a great idea to make Meringue bones. These look simple and really good. Naturally GFCF, so there are no substitutions to make. Take a look and see if you would want to make these for your family this year, I know I would.

And while you are at it take a look at her Spideweb Eggs. If you children like hardboilded eggs (Nico loves them) these would be wonderful for a spooky Halloween snack. I love the idea.

Another really great treat that you could send to school is Chex Mix. I made a batch of GFCF Chex mix for Matthew’s birthday party last year and it was a HUGE success. I found two great Chex Mix recipes that should be easy to convert to GFCF:
The Cookie Pizza just make sure you use GFCF “butter” – I like Earth Balance. Also, Rice Chex are GFCF but if you use another type or multiple types of Chex mix verify they are also GFCF. Use Tropical Source GFCF chocolate chips OR go bitter sweet instead of semisweet and you should be OK. I like bitter sweet Ghirardelli chocolate. And Lastly I’d suggest using Frutabu Fruit leathers because they are GFCF and organic.

They also have Caramelized Crispy Chex Mix which is easy to doctor up and make your own. Because I was unsure of the Corn Chex Mix called for I used Gorilla Munch cereal instead. And because I was doing it on the fly, I didn’t have enough of either cereal so I added Gluteno Pretzels and Perky O’s (GFCF Cheerio type cereal). This gave it a nice texture and made it even more interesting. I also skipped the candy pieces since I couldn’t find a good GFCF brand. And of course I used GFCF butter such as Earth Balance. It was so good I ended up needing to make 2 batches because we ate most of the first batch before the party.

Of Course you can not forget about Rice Krispie Treats. It is 3 Tbs of GFCF “butter” like Earth Balance, 1 bag package of GFCF marshmallows or your homemade fresh marshmallows, and 6 cups of GFCF crispy rice cereal (Rice Krispies are NOT GFCF). Melt the “butter” and marshmallows in a very large bowl in the microwave for 1 – 2 mins. Stir to combine mixture. Add rice cereal and mix to coat. Pour into a “buttered” dish or out onto parchment paper. Let it set up and cut. There are lots of variations of this that are easily adapted to the GFCF life. Just play around with your favorite recipe or hope over to the Rice Krispies website and see what you can come up with.

I hope some of these are recipes you can use this year. I know we are all so busy, but maybe these will make Halloween a little sweeter for your GFCF family this year.

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