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  1. Emily Elizabeth
    Thye have spaghetti squash at my local Safeway too. They are really good! I cooked up meatballs in a pasta sauce and put it all over spaghetti squash when I had company over and no one even missed hte pasta. They loved it! It's great for weight loss too. Very healthy and less calories than pasta. I definitely recommend it as well!
  2. Emily Elizabeth
    I was very happy to find out what was wrong with me, but it only took a few hours for me to realize what all of this meant. I was very angry at first as I continued to realize more things that were going to have to change in my life. Now, I just get angry (and depressed) when I'm glutened. When my body is healthy I feel fine. I still forget sometimes that...
  3. Emily Elizabeth
    Alex, It sounds like you have everything covered. My first trip, I didn't get a hotel room with a kitchen and I have to admit it was a bit difficult. I brought pre-made frozen dinners with me, and had a refrigerator in my room, but had to go to the restaurant to get them microwaved. Anyway, I was way more nervous then I needed to be though. Everything...
  4. Emily Elizabeth
    Wow! That's crazy! I hope everyone participates. It would be interesting to see how many of us have the short pinky finger.
  5. Emily Elizabeth
    Wow! My heart goes out to you Burdee! I feel sorry for myself all the time and I just can't have gluten. Thank goodness you can still have maple syrup! These restrictions certainly make us thankful for the things we still can have. You may like the recipe best without the buckwheat flour (rice instead). Buckwheat has a distinct flavor, so I don't know...
  6. Emily Elizabeth
    After three months I would think you should be feeling better. It depends on how badly your intestines were damaged though. If they weren't that severe, you are probably still consuming gluten. I found that items that said gluten free actually were making me sick due to contamination. I was eating Puffins cereal (honey rice), which I later found out had a...
  7. Emily Elizabeth
    Hey all! I wanted to share my excitement! I have been working this recipe since I was diagnosed back in May. Before I was diagnosed, I had a wonderful whole wheat pancake recipe that had virtually no fat or sugar and had a good deal of fiber. After going gluten free i wasn't going to give up my ability to have guiltless pancakes! The recipe was getting to...
  8. Emily Elizabeth
    I did it with the dominant hand over the heart. That seemed to work!
  9. Emily Elizabeth
    I really like the hand over the heart technique. I just tried it with things that I already know bother me and don't bother me and it seems to work! Pretty neat! Thanks!
  10. Emily Elizabeth
    I have tried Betty Hagman's and Carol Fenster's and like Carol Fenster's recipe the best by far. It is from her book Cooking Free. The one that uses yeast. I saw someone else posted that they use her recipe too. The one I use doesn't use milk powder though. The book doesn't look like much but the recipes are amazing! I also made crackers from her book and...
  11. Emily Elizabeth
    I use Don Pepino's too and it makes ALL the difference in the final product!
  12. Emily Elizabeth
    I just bought some wintergreen altoids. I sure hope they are gluten free! I haven't tried them yet, but the ingredients look safe!
  13. Emily Elizabeth
    The symptoms definitely sound like celiac disease. I wish I could answer your question about the testing. I know exactly how you feel about wanting an answer. I was dying to know what was causing my symptoms. Once I finally found out I was so releaved. I need to remember that feeling now when I'm so frustrated with it! Good luck!
  14. Emily Elizabeth
    That's good to know. I have Bob's Red Mill and I think it's okay since I've used it to make other things, but I'll keep that in mind. It's so hard to have to worry about CC. It's hard enough for us to worry about keeping gluten out of our diet in the first place! Oh well, what can we do? I wish there was a gluten detector on the market. Like a light that...
  15. Emily Elizabeth
    That's very interesting to find out! I will definitely start rinsing it before cooking and always cooking it before eating. Thanks for sharing this!
  16. Emily Elizabeth
    Good possibilities. I'll have to think on that. My initial thought is that everything is safe, but I do know that I keep my flax seed in a jar. I will stop doing that. Gluteny fingers could be the case with my raisins... Thanks!
  17. Emily Elizabeth
    I have made quinoa dishes and buckwheat pancakes recently and didn't have a reaction so I don't think that's the case, but I will definitely keep it in mind. I wonder if reactions sort of build up like if I had a little bit here and there and then I have a little bit more it sets of a reaction? Thanks for your help! I hope I get this figured out soon!
  18. Emily Elizabeth
    Unfortunately my house is not gluten free. My husband still eats gluten galore. I cringe anytime I have to touch gluten and wash my hands afterwards. It seems too coincidental that I get glutened like this every time I have cereal though and not other times. I use the same utensils for the cereal as I do for other things. I'm trying to think if there is anything...
  19. Emily Elizabeth
    I do use milk, but I'm pretty sure it's not that because I'll drink milk other days and not have problems. I am interested in the possibility of combination intolerance. I had no idea that that existed! Can they test for that or do you just have to figure it out on your own? I'm going to see a doctor and dietician later this month so if I can be tested that...
  20. Emily Elizabeth
    Thank you for telling me about the cottonseed oil. I will keep an eye out for that in other foods and see if that could be the culprit. Who knew that would be in almonds? I'll have to try some blue diamond almonds and see if those bother me. I hope not, I love almonds!
  21. Emily Elizabeth
    It seems that lately I keep getting glutened when I make my homemade cereal (this is what initially started making me feel better because I was eating cereals like Puffins that had issues with CC). I have tried making my cereal multiple different ways to cut things out and it seems that every time I feel glutened. Does anyone have any ideas as to why this...
  22. Emily Elizabeth
    Thanks so much for posting this. It answered some questions I had. I noticed that before being diagnosed my symptoms were at their worst when I was dieting/losing weight. I lost weight by eating a high fiber diet (gluten fiber of course). So I was eating very increased quantities of gluten just before being diagnosed. I almost wonder if I hadn't eaten the...
  23. Emily Elizabeth
    I just use honey instead. I did read that log cabin country kitchen is gluten free (I think I read it on this forum) but I haven't tried it yet - I'm a little skeptical. If I want real syrup instead of honey I just splurge and buy the super expensive 100% pure maple syrup.
  24. Emily Elizabeth
    When I had mine done, I don't remember anything after them rolling me into the room and the anesthesiologist sticking a needle in my hand and it beginning to burn. I felt totally coherent and then I found myself being rolled into the recovery room all of the sudden. I came out of it slowly and barely remember what they said to me about what they found. My...
  25. Emily Elizabeth
    Holly, I also have vision problems. It gets really blurry and I get dizzy and feel instantly "out of it." It's almost like I've been drinking, without the feel good buzz! I used to really notice balance problems before being diagnosed. I would literally stumble backward when simply standing still. My stomach always bloats up like I am pregnant. I also...
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