Help with Gluten Free Cooking

My adult daughter who has had Krohn's disease for 15 years has been recently diagnosed with Celiac's disease.   She is very sensitive to Gluten.  We cook nothing but gluten free food for her but she still gets attacks when she eats at our house.  Do we need to buy new pots and pans for her food?  

Yesterday her 9 year old daughter was helping us cook dinner.  She ate some normal bread before we started cooking.  Is it possible some crumbs from her bread got in the food?  

We are totally frustrated and very concerned about what to do for our family Thanksgiving Dinner.

I would get as much gluten free items as you can comfortably afford and have room for. Clean the oven before she comes over, toaster oven, microwave, etc. Clean any utensils and flatware you'll use in cleaning vinegar first, then hot soapy water. New sponges. Disposable napkins. Send all towels - dishtowels, hand towels, etc., through a hot wash, I'd use vinegar there too. 

Similarly, different condiments for gluten and gluten free. 2 ketchup bottles - one for burgers with buns, one for gluten free folks. One butter dish and knife for rolls, one for the mashed potatoes - and never the two shall mix. 

There are a lot of things you could identify the culprit as here. I'd just go for a "kill it with fire" approach rather than try to figure out if it was kiddo unknowingly sharing a glass with mom, or bread crumbs getting in, or the pot was used for macaroni the night before and some gluten was stuck to it in a small enough amount to not be visible but still enough to cause a reaction from your daughter. 

Time your cooking such that any gluten free food is cooked and prepared first, then any food with gluten after that. Better yet, have someone else make it in their house. 

Wow - I hope she can find good answers.  I didn't realize how intense this could be. 

Good luck. 

As someone with a food intolerance, intolerances/allergies certainly make things tricky, but not undoable.

Keep things separate and ultra clean. When your daughter comes over, nothing with gluten gets out of its container after deep cleaning the kitchen and dining room until she leaves the house after Thanksgiving. That's probably the safest bet. 

Thanks for the help.  We bought some new pots and pans to cook only her food in and we ordered some gluten free cook books.  This is a very frustrating situation.

In reply to Mustang50 :

I totally understand your frustration. It takes some getting used to with allergies/intolerances. However, there are paths - it takes some creativity, though, especially when eating at restaurants. Keep us posted in how Thanksgiving goes.

BTW: I have seen boxed GF stuffing. They're fairly tasty, even for the non-GF folks. It's not like Grandma's, but it fits the bill.