Gluten Free In Harmony: Pizza Pockets

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Pizza Pockets

Before Asha's diagnoses she would always keep a lookout at the market for Amy's Pizza Pockets to go on sale. When they did we would buy a load of them to keep in the freezer. It is one of the items she stills looks at wistfully in the freezer case. Today we finally tried to make a gluten free version. I used the Traditional Piecrust recipe from Roben Ryberg's http://www.amazon.com/Gluten-Free-Kitchen-Delicious-Recipes-Intolerance/dp/0761522727/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1216253924&sr=8-1
We filled them with Enrico's Gluten Free Pizza Sauce, shredded cheese and Hormel pepperoni that we found at our local market and that says it is gluten free right on the label! Asha enjoyed them. I am going to freeze one and will report the results of reheating once we try it.

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A bit of background

My youngest child, Asha, was officially diagnosed with celiac disease in September 2007. Before her diagnosis we had tested for food allergies looking for clues about her increasingly erratic mood swings, abdominal discomfort and constipation and frequent "messy" undies episodes. We did the IGg and IGa finger prick blood test that measures delayed reactions to 90 foods in many categories. Her results were crazy! She reacted "highly" to 57 of the 90 foods and "moderately high" to many more. We eliminated those foods from her diet, including foods containing gluten. The results were pretty incredible. Her tummy aches went away, she stoped soiling herself and had regular bowel movements. Most dramatic was the return of our happy, even tempered girl who felt more in control of her world and way better equipped to deal with bumps in the road.

After about 6 months we began to slowly add things back into her diet and she did fairly well....at first. Then we decided to do a gluten challenge and introduced gluten. The changes didn't happen overnight, but we slowly found the same symptoms that had sent us looking for answers in the first place becoming stronger and more frequent. By the time we ran her blood for the celiac panel about 6 months into the challenge life at our house was extremely unpleasant for all of us! When people ask her brother and sister what happens when she eats gluten they reply, "she gets MEAN!!" We returned to a gluten free diet- this time becoming aware of all of the sneaky ways that gluten turns up where you least expect it.

Our girl is happy, healthy and thriving and is never "mean" anymore! I have recently gone GF myself as the family history is strong on my side and I feel much better that way. But the other 3 members of our household still do eat gluten and our house is not GF . This presents its own set of challenges and in this blog I will write about how we do things in our kitchen and our life and what we discover along the way. I will share recipes for family favorites and write about the resources that I find.

Gluten Free In Harmony

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Pizza Pockets

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