- White – Unaware
- Yellow – Attentive
- Orange – Focus is directed
- Red – There is a definite threat
- Black – You are actively fighting
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All of this to say, I recently had a completely code white moment.
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I decided a few days ago to make apple pie, but I had to substitute oat flour for wheat to make the crust. I successfully did this without much trouble at all. Afterwards, I started to heat the sugar mixture on the stove to coat the apples. At that point, I had forgotten that the syrupy liquid called for a few tablespoons of flour to thicken it up. Seems like a simple enough dilemma, right?
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Wrong.
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All I had to do was substitute oat flour like I did with the crust, but I somehow managed to miss that step.
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I seriously scooped the flour out of our big 5 gallon bucket we keep it in, and it didn’t even dawn on me that I couldn’t eat wheat flour. Even after going through all the trouble of specifically buying gluten free oat flour! I couldn’t believe it. I knew it tasted too good to be true.
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The sad part is that I didn’t even realize I had eaten wheat until yesterday, four days after the incident. I was making Patrick an apple pie, yes, another one, with a buckwheat crust (which I wouldn’t recommend, by the way, unless you load up on the sugar!). I once again started making the sugar mixture on the stove and I almost used the regular white flour… AGAIN! I stopped myself right before I opened the bucket, and all of the sudden realized that I had done this before, just four days prior. Ugh. Talk about frustrating.
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The somewhat good (and bad) news is that Axel had a reaction to the wheat (or gluten, not sure). The day after I had eaten it, he broke out with little bumps on his cheeks and his back. I had attributed it to the oats, which was why I used buckwheat yesterday instead. I was upset, too, as that meant I had to eliminate those from my diet as well (not that I was eating them often, but occasionally it’s nice to have something other than beans, rice, or potatoes).
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At least now I know it wasn’t the oats, and I also know that I officially can’t have wheat. Bummer. Oh well, it’s all worth it for my baby boy.
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Tomorrow I’ll be doing a blog post for the carnival of natural parenting, so check it out if you like! Also, on Wednesday, I’m going to try to write about our vegan batch cooking experience last Saturday. There doesn’t seem to be much info on the subject, and I’m sure there is someone out there who could use some. Thanks to all who read (my blog, that is, although reading in general is okay, too 
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