Kitchen's turn for the purdge

The last couple of posts have been about our family and how we are starting the process of going gluten free. This is not some choice that we made to try and change Eden's behaviors or to help her Autism, she has recently been diagnosed with Celiac's Disease (check here for more info or go to google and do some research, there is a ton of info about this disease), it's an autoimmune disease where if someone eats gluten it can result in intestinal damage. I thought I'd get this out of the way, and mention that I was never on the gluten free band wagon...ever. But when it comes to my daughter's health, you do what you gotta do.

So anyways, 

I've been going through my kitchen since now we have eliminated or separated all the items with gluten in our house. I'm going to share a list. This list should speak for itself and I'll explain why. 

plastic mixing bowls

serving bowls

food storage containers

measuring cups

measuring spoons

plastic spoons and spatula

bake ware: cookie sheets, cake pans, cupcake tins

electric mixer

toaster

stove top pans (non-stick or scratched ones)

colander 

cutting boards

electric griddle

electric skillet

bundt pan

pizza stone

any other stoneware

cooling racks for cookies

wok

rolling pin

big 12 qt stock pot

broiling pan

cookie cutters

bread machine

knives (or just my wooden knife block) this has to be kept where Eden can't reach still

I have to try and clean the microwave to get all the contaminated surfaces clean but it's a convection/microwave so we'll see.

This list is the list of things I need to replace in my kitchen and this does not count the things I need to decontaminate so that the gluten enzyme does not get into her system to cause damage. These things are things that can't be decontaminated and to keep our kitchen gluten free need to be replaced by purchasing new or going without. 

Oh and I also have to clean the oven and the fridge...