Jump to content

Karen B.

Advanced Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    573

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    1

 Content Type 

Profiles

Forums

Events

Blogs

Latest Celiac Disease News & Research:

Everything posted by Karen B.

  1. Karen B.
    Your baked Ziti may taste the same with the Tinkyada penne pasta though. They make a wide variety and I have a few friends that have switched just because they like the taste and/or they found out they don't get heartburn with rice pasta. Why deprive yourself until you perfect the pizza crust? I have to admit some of the rice pastas I tried before I found...
  2. Karen B.
    I made the Pamela's wheat free bread mix for the first time last night and I had eaten my way through a sandwich today before I realized I didn't have to heat it to make it taste good. But I didn't store it in the fridge. A gluten-free baker once told me that most gluten-free flours should either be kept at room temp or frozen. Refrigeration makes them...
  3. Karen B.
    I just saw this while paging through the terrific recipes and thought I'd chime in. My hubby makes great gumbo using Bob's Red Mill All Purpose gluten-free Baking Flour with the red label. It's only flours, no xantham gum. We joke about it being "diet" gumbo because he makes it gluten-free for me and he uses Benecol for the fat in the roux because he has...
  4. Karen B.
    Thanks for the info. I used to love the fried tortillas (I've seen them called buenellos down here) but now I watch out for fried foods and fiber content. It was the fiber content that caught my eye. One serving of 10 crackers is only 70 calories, 0 saturated fat and has 5 grams of fiber to it. If they taste good too, that would be another healthy snack...
  5. Karen B.
    Thanks! I'll add them to my next order. They sounded like a good item to have with hot tea or fresh apple slices.
  6. Karen B.
    I tell people it's like having stomach flu for the next week. That's something most people can relate to. The only thing that really gets to me are those food I miss and can't replace. However much I've tried, I can't reproduce the taste of Popeye's spicy chicken or the smooth, well seasoned taste of Kentucky Fried Chicken, so I just make it a point...
  7. Karen B.
    Maybe this will help... ---- https://www.celiac.com/st_prod.html?p_prodi...-53107206925.5a Each patient has different sensitivity to gluten for reasons that are unclear. The period of gluten challenge and the amount of gluten necessary to provoke serological immune response are individually different. A 0.3 g/kg body weight/day of single gluten challenge...
  8. Karen B.
    Okay, I baked the Pamela's bread last night. Very good taste and texture. The only odd part is that didn't rise much at all so the size of a slice is about one half that of "normal" bread. But the texture was like a good homemade bread. It was definitely not like the pan bread or cornbread texture of some gluten-free breads I've made. Hubby liked it...
  9. Karen B.
    While we're going crackers, has anyone tried the Ener-G Cinnamon Crackers? Open Original Shared Link Every time I go to their website, I swear I'm going to order some.
  10. Karen B.
    I had that Sunbeam before I was diagnosed but I had to get rid of it when I went gluten-free. I routinely push the limits for how much nuts and stuff I can stuff in muffins, cookies and cakes. In the Sunbeam, that resulted in the batter climbing up the beaters. After diagnosis, I noticed batter crumbs falling out no matter how much I cleaned it. I gave...
  11. Karen B.
    Thanks, I'll have to try that. Would you anticipate any problems if I doubled the nuts?
  12. Karen B.
    The Blue Diamond Nut-Thins are so tasty I had to tell my co-workers to stay out of them and buy their own. The Mary's Gone Crackers brand is another I like but it has a stronger, nut/seed taste that a kid may not like. The gluten-free cracker I've tasted that tasted most like a plain old saltine was the Ener-G Wheat Free Crackers (Open Original Shared Link...
  13. Karen B.
    I don't have a bread maker, I use my mixer and oven but I've had great success with gluten-free Pantry Favorite Sandwich Bread Mix and gluten-free Pantry French Bread Mix. The only failure was my own fault for not realizing the top of the oven was too hot for yeast bread to rise (but the result would have worked great as a defensive weapon). I'm going...
  14. Karen B.
    My brother still thinks we make too big a deal of it. Everyone in my family that has it was asymptomatic prior to diagnosis and we're all overweight. It's funny sometimes how you hear the same stuff from the same people when you're in your 40s and 50s that you heard when when you were 10. If I hadn't gotten an actual diagnosis, he'd dismiss it entirely...
  15. Karen B.
    Like when I was first diagnosed Celiac and didn't know about the goodies at Whole Foods. I had just discovered triple chocolate meringue cookies -- totally gluten-free and available at Kroger (if a bit pricey). I brought them to an office luncheon and we discussed at lunch the health crisis I was just getting over (a 6 week short term medical leave) and...
  16. Karen B.
    On Amazon, it looks like the mix is gluten-free: Label Information Ingredients Salt, Chili Pepper, Onion Powder, Spice, Yellow Corn Flour, Sugar, Garlic Powder, Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten, Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Soybean with BHT Added to Protect Flavor, Cottonseed), Red Pepper, Silicon Dioxide Added) as Anti-Caking Agent. Open Original...
  17. Karen B.
    When you think of all the pharmaceutical dollars that wouldn't be spent if people knew they had Celiac, it kind of explains the lack of action. Most medical research is funded by drug companies hoping to find a cure they can sell. Maybe I'm cynical but I don't expect to see national awareness until they either have a pill to sell us or enough Celiacs spread...
  18. Karen B.
    Have you tried Chebe rolls to make little "Lunchable" size mini-sandwiches? A co-worker's kid (not a Celiac) always asks me if I have any "chubby" buns (apt nickname) when he comes to our office and if I know he'll be coming, I try to have some for him. I gave him a couple a long time ago with lunchmeat in them for a snack and he's never forotten them....
  19. Karen B.
    I love Amazon for gluten-free Food. I buy Lundberg RiceXpress by the case, my favorite Twinings Earl Grey Tea, and gluten-free Pantry Favorite Sandwich bread through Amazon. Whole Foods will give me a better price on Namaste Spice cake, when I order a case (6) they take off 5%. I always order more than $25 so I qualify for free shipping but I have to watch...
  20. Karen B.
    I keep a supply of plates and plasticware at my desk where I know it won't get crumbs on it. If I microwave, I cover my food with a paper plate on bottom to protect against what's on the tray and on top to protect against food crumbs dropping down from the top of the microwave. I eat at my desk usually. I bring my lunch in a soft sided "6-pack" size lunchbox...
  21. Karen B.
    When I was first diagnosed, I didn't believe that it could be that sensitive. I was still thinking of it like an allergy (a little bit is okay). My hubby didn't tell me what he was doing but for a few weeks, he tracked which days he had raisin bran for breakfast and which days he had a gluten-free hot cereal. He also called me at work to see if I was having...
  22. Karen B.
    Your body won't need a wheat replacement. Quite a bit of the world gets along without wheat just fine. Even for people without Celiac, wheat isn't the easiest thing to digest sometimes. If you need a gluten-free diet and you aren't getting it, that can create health problems. I've been so much healthier since going gluten-free! I broke my wrist a couple...
  23. Karen B.
    Our home is just Hubby and me. Either one of us can cook but during the week, he usually does the cooking. When I was diagnosed, we tried separate stuff for a little while but I kept having problems. Hubby was sneaky and kept a log of when he ate raisin bran or not and when I had an upset tummy at work or not and proved to me that his eating gluten and...
  24. Karen B.
    The carrot cake version of the Namaste spice cake is so tasty the guys I work with ask me to make it for birthdays instead of gourmet store bought cakes. It's really good. By the time I add all the stuff to make my muffins, there's just enough batter to hold it together. If the black bean-corn salsa sounds good, you can make the soft tacos with grilled...
  25. Karen B.
    The first thing I noticed here is a lack of healthy fats. My hubby's favorite was guacamole tostadas because avocados are very high in healthy fats. Although you might enjoy one of our favorite meals -- grilled salmon tacos with black bean-corn salsa and guacamole, filling and healthy. If you can eat raw mushrooms, they make a good low cal dipper. ...
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

NOTICE: This site places This site places cookies on your device (Cookie settings). on your device. Continued use is acceptance of our Terms of Use, and Privacy Policy.