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Finally Feeling Better!

Emily Elizabeth

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Emily Elizabeth Enthusiast
Emily Elizabeth
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I have posted in the past my frustration with continuing symptoms (gluten free starting in May). Well, I just started feeling almost normal again this past Thursday. Finally! The one thing that has changed in my diet (as far as I can tell) is the fact that I started making my own homemade cereal from scratch. My grocery bills were through the roof and I decided to take a crack at making my own. Since then, it seems, I have been feeling much better!

Just for everyone's information, I was mainly eating Mesa Sunrise and Honey Rice Puffins. I am so happy to finally feel like I can handle this diet and I hope that this post will help others with the same problem start to feel better too!

Emily

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I have posted in the past my frustration with continuing symptoms (gluten free starting in May). Well, I just started feeling almost normal again this past Thursday. Finally! The one thing that has changed in my diet (as far as I can tell) is the fact that I started making my own homemade cereal from scratch. My grocery bills were through the roof and I decided to take a crack at making my own. Since then, it seems, I have been feeling much better!

Just for everyone's information, I was mainly eating Mesa Sunrise and Honey Rice Puffins. I am so happy to finally feel like I can handle this diet and I hope that this post will help others with the same problem start to feel better too!

Emily

Great news, Emily! I'm glad you're feeling better. It took me a few months to start feeling consistently good too.

Care to share your homemade cereal recipe?

irish daveyboy Community Regular
irish daveyboy
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I have posted in the past my frustration with continuing symptoms (gluten free starting in May). Well, I just started feeling almost normal again this past Thursday. Finally! The one thing that has changed in my diet (as far as I can tell) is the fact that I started making my own homemade cereal from scratch. My grocery bills were through the roof and I decided to take a crack at making my own. Since then, it seems, I have been feeling much better!

Just for everyone's information, I was mainly eating Mesa Sunrise and Honey Rice Puffins. I am so happy to finally feel like I can handle this diet and I hope that this post will help others with the same problem start to feel better too!

Emily

Hi Emily,

Just noticed your post re: breakfast cereal Mesa Sunrise, in Ireland we had a major issue

with it in May! and recieved an urgent message from the Eviromental Health

and the Food Protection Agency about extremely high levels of Gluten contamination in this

'Gluten Free' Product.

.

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Emily Elizabeth Enthusiast
Emily Elizabeth
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I'd love to share the recipe!

I'm going to do my best to write it down since I honestly never measure anything. It's really forgiving though. You can really put anything into it and so far it has tasted good everytime! (Of course I always liked healthy cereals - Fiber One, Kashi, etc)

Emily's Heart Healthy Granola Cereal

1 Cup - Any mixture of the following to make 1 cup - Rice Flakes, Quinoa Flakes, Flax Meal, Polenta (Corn Grits), Ground Rice (You can grind regular uncooked rice in a blender or food processor)

1/4 Cup - Flax Seeds

1/4 Cup - Quinoa (uncooked)

1/4 Cup - Nuts (I use flaked Almonds and chopped walnuts)

1 tbsp - Cinnamon

2 tbsp - Honey

1 - egg white (1 whole egg is fine too)

Optional:

1 tsp - Vanilla Extract (gluten-free of course)

2 tbsp - Rice Bran (for added fiber!)

Preheat the over to 350. Get out a cookie sheet or jelly roll pan and lightly grease the bottom unless it is non-stick (I use an olive oil spray). Combine all ingredients in a bowl and stir until mixed. If the mixture is not sticking together so it could be formed into a ball then add another egg white and possibly more honey. Dump out the mixture onto the cookie sheet and spread around so that it is no more than an inch high in any one spot. You don't really need to make sure it is in separate pieces as it will break apart during baking/flipping. Bake 10 mins. Flip the cereal over so that both sides get cooked. Put it back in the over for another 10-15 minutes. Take out when it is golden brown and slightly crispy. It will harden all the way after cooling. It will resemble granola.

Enjoy!

Let me know how it turns out and if you make any tasty modificiations! I also make banana pancakes that are really good (in a healthy way of course - no sugar or fat) if you're interested.

Care to share your homemade cereal recipe?
Emily Elizabeth Enthusiast
Emily Elizabeth
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Wow! That's crazy! That really explains it then. I bet it was the cereal. I was so frustrated because I thought I had eliminated all gluten from my diet. I never thought to check the things that were marked gluten free. :huh:

Hi Emily,

Just noticed your post re: breakfast cereal Mesa Sunrise, in Ireland we had a major issue

with it in May! and recieved an urgent message from the Eviromental Health

and the Food Protection Agency about extremely high levels of Gluten contamination in this

'Gluten Free' Product.

.

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jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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Wow--that looks delicious!

The Honey Rice Puffins could have been a problem, also. They are not made in a dedicated facility and I react to them.

Anyway, yours looks healthier and tastier :D

Emily Elizabeth Enthusiast
Emily Elizabeth
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Wow--that looks delicious!

The Honey Rice Puffins could have been a problem, also. They are not made in a dedicated facility and I react to them.

Anyway, yours looks healthier and tastier :D

That's very interesting about the Puffins too! I guess I just chose the wrong gluten-free cereals! I'm thinking more and more that it's cheaper and healthier to make my own food from scratch. Luckily I enjoy cooking!

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Yea I noticed that the Honey rice puffins made me feel like crap. No problem the one time I had Mesa Sunrise. The only cereal I seem to tolerate is Rice Crunchems and Eewhorn gluten free brown rice cereal.

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Mini
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Hi Emily,

Glad you are feeling better!

I just wanted to let you know that I tried your recipe and it's fabulous!

I followed your recipe, but with a few tweaks.

I used puffed brown rice cereal, almond meal, flax meal for my 1 cup mixture, then followed the rest of the recipe, but added a bunch of raisins. oh, and i used chopped walnuts for my nuts. oh yeah, and i threw in some hemp and sesame seeds too. yummy, thank you so much!! I had no idea that you could use raw quinoa in such a way!

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Emily Elizabeth
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I'm so glad you liked the recipe. That's the great thing about it... it seems you can tweak it all you want and it still turns out great! Today I added a mashed banana and flaked coconut and it was wonderful! I'm excited to try adding raisins like you did! I was worried they wouldn't cook right for some reason. Maybe it will remind me (slightly) of my old favorite, "raisin bran."

I followed your recipe, but with a few tweaks.

I used puffed brown rice cereal, almond meal, flax meal for my 1 cup mixture, then followed the rest of the recipe, but added a bunch of raisins. oh, and i used chopped walnuts for my nuts. oh yeah, and i threw in some hemp and sesame seeds too. yummy, thank you so much!! I had no idea that you could use raw quinoa in such a way!

Nooner Newbie
Nooner
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OMG, I've been looking for a recipe like this...thanks for sharing!

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ravenwoodglass
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Your recipe sounds great and would be really nutritious too, I'll have to try it. For a storebought cereal if you can find Bakery On Main cereals they are really good and have a real low risk of CC as no wheat products are made in the facility.

Emily Elizabeth Enthusiast
Emily Elizabeth
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You're welcome! It's made all the difference to me. I added mashed banana the other day and flaked coconut and it was great!

OMG, I've been looking for a recipe like this...thanks for sharing!
Emily Elizabeth Enthusiast
Emily Elizabeth
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Thanks for letting me know about the Bakery On Main cereals. It's good to know I have some other options that I can trust!

Your recipe sounds great and would be really nutritious too, I'll have to try it. For a storebought cereal if you can find Bakery On Main cereals they are really good and have a real low risk of CC as no wheat products are made in the facility.

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