Green light for oats.

This may not seem like a bfd (big freaking deal) to my T1 friends, but to my celiac friends, you may well understand my excitement.

A year ago on 7/13/10, I was diagnosed with celiac disease and my GI doctor told me to eliminate oats from my diet (bye-bye morning oatmeal, oatmeal cookies, granola and granola bars w/oatmeal)for at least one year. So depressed! Well guess what. I just received a vm from my gastroenterologist at the Mayo Clinic, giving me the green light to start incorporating small amounts of oats back into my diet. There are restrictions, tho: 1. it must be certified gluten free oats, 2. no more than 1/2 cup serving per day. I'll return for another biopsy of my intestines in a couple months to see how they are handling the oats.

Oh how I've missed my morning oatmeal with coconut milk, walnuts and cinnamon on top. Don't get me wrong, the quinoa flakes I've been using in it's place have been pretty darn good. But I LERRRRVE oatmeal and am praying that my intestines can tolerate them going forward. I love that I can still get excited over seemingly little things!! I went out right away and bought some Udi's granola, the cranberry one. They have so many flavors I wasn't sure which one to get.

Mind you, I'm still diabetic so I still gotta track the carbs. I get 1/4 cup for 19 carbs. That's not a whole lotta granola. But still a nice snack. I'm pre-measuring the servings out into my snack-sized ziplocs tonight for nice grab-n-go snacks! Yum.