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Do you know if you are a 'test market' or if they have rolled them out chain-wide? There was a post about 6 months ago, and I called my local Godfather's, but it was in the test markets only, so no gluten-free pizza for my dh.

For a really easy crust, I use the Chebe mix for pizza crust. It makes a thin crust, and I don't think it would taste right as a thick crust, but having a crust that tasted like crust was important to my dh. Even though I'm still a gluten consumer, I like this crust. (Before anyone panics, I'm not the celiac, dh is, but we try to keep the house fairly gluten-free)

If it's not too late, substitute about 3/4 cup of your flour mix for 3/4 cup of the oatmeal. This is assuming that your recipe uses about 2-3 cups of flour mix, adjust as necessary

I don't know if you have either Trader Joe's or Whole Foods anywhere nearby, but they have many gluten-free items in the store. Also, since you said your SO like oatmeal, Bob's Red Mill makes a gluten-free hot cereal that is the only hot cereal I ever eaten (I'm not gluten-free, my dh is a celiac). For now, I'd try to keep his diet as simple as possible, in order to let him system heal.

Watch out for the celestial seasonings holiday teas!! A couple have barley in them, but at least CS will label their gluten-free teas as gluten-free right on the box.

Are you feeding your kiddos anything grape or artificial grape flavored? Grape Kool-aid and grape juice can make the poop a green color, as can some of the other artificial colors. You might try switching to Apple based products and not deep purple artificial colored items for a couple of days.

saraphym-

Since you're in the KC metro, the Hyvee's here are great! If you go into the health market section while they're stocking and start talking to someone in the department, they will help with a lot of the new baking issues. Pamela's is available there (not sure about the price compared to the web), and most people who use it will just sub it cup for cup with regular flour, since it has the extras already in it. For pie crusts, I have only used mixes as crusts are finicky with regular flour, but I do know I've seen frozen pre-made crusts, at Hyvee again (I swear I don't work there, they've just been really knowledgeable and sweet.) I also know there is a local support group, the people there can be really sweet about sharing tips and recipes too.

So I'm guessing I must be a bit of a country girl then, because I've never NOT know that 'white' flour had wheat in it. Of course, I'm in wheat growing land, so that may be the difference. When we got dh's diagnosis, I knew at once how many starchy foods we were going to be giving up. The things I screwed up on were the more hidden glutens, barley malt in rice crispies, flour in the condensed soups (I was sure they'd use cornstarch). But here we are almost 8 years with the diet, and he's feeling better, and is complaining that he's lost his 29 inch waist (I'm glad because the extra 5 inches mean he's actually absorbing the nutrients). I just wished that Trader Joe's would hurry up and expand to the midwest. We've got a Whole Foods, but if both were here, maybe prices would drop a little due to competition.

OK, I'm at my local Hy-vee, grabbing the kinnickkinnick 'graham' crackers, which are labeled 'Smore-ables.' At the check out line, the checker is really looking at them, so I mention nice, wheat free graham crackers. At this point she mentions that she doesn't like wheat either, she likes white better. So, I go into teacher mode, and mention that white bread has wheat too, and these are completely different, which just about had her jaw on the floor with astonishment. I was nice, and not snarky, but this was my first 'white' isn't wheat experience, and I knew that there was a thread about this that had me rolling laughing at the ignorance of others, so I wanted to share my newest educating others moment.

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My Aunt in Law (husband's aunt) attempted to have a Vegas nerve pacemaker installed to help with stomach issues (please forgive if I'm misnaming or misspelling the nerve, I'm trying to remember events from 6 years ago, and names of nerves aren't high on the remembering priority) Basically the doctor screwed up and SEVERED the nerve by accident. Now her issues are much more severe, which I personally think her mental issues are aggravating her stomach issues, and vice versa. Please find a doctor with an excellent surgical history with this procedure, and DON'T go to a teaching hospital. A doctor at KU Med screwed he up, and now she's trying to get by with the medicines that were unsuccessful, because the doctor left her no other option

Sorry, I was so excited that the food was safe for my dh, I forgot to mention it was really good too! He had a fish dish (sorry, I can't remember which) and said it was really good. I had not gluten-free food, which was excellent! We shared ice cream for dessert, and drank water, and spent $50, with a 25% tip, so not bad for a nice meal out. We really enjoyed Oregon, but were not able to get out for whale watching, the seas were just too high. Mostly dh enjoyed 'not working' as he's been working with 100% travel since the beginning of August. Anyhow, we're back home again, and the mountain of laundry's calling me

DH and I are on vacation in Oregon, and tried a restaurant in Lincoln City (about 2 hours south of Portland). Upon telling the server dh is gluten free, he immediately told us dh wouldn't be able to have either soup, one is veggie barley, and the chowder may have rue made with flour. Our server was wonderful, and kept leading us correctly, we had a great meal and no glutening symptoms. We didn't even have to ask for no croutons on the salad, he knew, and made sure it was right. So if you are anywhere nearby, I highly recommend Kyllo's off Highway 110 in Lincoln City, OR.

Just me, I'd get rid of the wheat pack...it's WHEAT! Every time you jiggle it, it's shedding microscopic bits of gluten everywhere you lay it. It's in your microwave (I'm assuming that's how you heat it up), and all over your hands from touching it. You can make the same thing with rice in a sock, (or travel pillowcase, just no zipper) and then it can't gluten you.

I'll agree that it doesn't hurt, I've had the whole environmental series ran twice, but I found it incredible that both times they managed to get the allergens I'm most sensitive to right under where the bra's straps go. My allergist had a 'no itch' spray for after it was all said and done, and I took oral benedryl AFTER it was done (don't take before, it'll mess up the results). The hardest part is to lay still and not scratch.

This could be very difficult in a traditional day care center type environment. I worked in the field for over a decade, and the staff ignorance and turnover could make keeping your daughter gluten-free very difficult. Make sure that you provide all her diet, not just the gluten replacement items. The staff knowing they only feed her 'your' food will help. Also, offer to provide gluten-free play dough and other art supplies that are contaminated (pasta). Check your daycare, do they eat in the room they're in all day? If so, everything in the class is going to be contaminated? Do other parents send their darlings in with donuts and pop tarts in the morning, because they 'didn't have time to eat' Our center had to begin a strict no peanut policy, and one class, that had a child with egg, milk, and peanut issues had to instate a 'no outside food' policy. And even then I had to shout to stop an assistant teacher from kissing an allergic child just after eating 'people puppy chow'. She didn't even realize that her snack, brought from home, had peanuts, and would cause the baby to get VERY sick. I know that there are caring, concerned caregivers who will do everything in their power to keep your child healthy and happy, but at the same time, I know center based care from the inside, and it's going to be really easy for the staff to gluten your girl unknowingly. The child with multiple allergies I spoke of, I had to stop a teacher from giving her taco meat, as the teacher didn't know that it had milk powder in the spice packet. And milk is easy compared to gluten, since it had to be labeled as milk, and not 'natural flavors.' Also, as advice, offer to make the center a poster with your daughter's name, a photo, her status as a celiac, and the fact that she can only eat the food you provide. This will help everyone remember that she can't be given that candy, even though it's Halloween, and she looks like she wants it. Sorry that this is a rant, and not encouraging, but you might need to look for a very small center, or a home based caregiver, in order to keep your child gluten-free. Meanwhile, congratulations on expanding your family, and good luck!

...If you have any suggestions for us with regards to educating the daycare staff, please post them. We are particularly looking for daycare facility/teacher handouts, but do not want any that reference other dietary issues and/or ADHD/behavioral issues as these do not apply to our daughter. She has celiac disease only.

If you have any ideas on snacks and lunch menus for a two year old, that would be helpful. We will need to provide these for the daycare. The current menu at the daycare for three weeks include the following gluten items: cheerios, cheese pasta with marinara, graham crackers, bagel, hamburger on a bun, fig newton, whole grain bread, chili and beans, corn bread, soft pretzel, apple pancakes, chicken strips, whole grain cracker, string cheese, blueberry muffin, chicken enchilada casserole, granola bar, turkey hot dogs, marinara sauce, chicken nuggets, zucchini bread, bread sticks with marinara sauce, cheese pizza, cheese crackers, English muffin with jelly, beef stew with carrots and potatoes, granola bars, turkey tortilla, cheese wrap, wheat crackers, golden grahams, chex mix, bean and cheese burritos with salsa, and sugar cookies. If you have ideas on substitutions and where to obtain them, that would be helpful. We will be sending all of her foods and snacks to the daycare; however, we'd like for her to eat similar items, just gluten-free.

Looking forward to your suggestions!

Tawnya K.

Boar's Head is safe too. My local Supermarket advertises it in their ads as Gluten Free. Just make sure they wash down the slicer, or you may have cross contamination issues

Hi, I know there are tonnes of questions about brea, bread makers etc on here but after my last inqiry about bread I bought Gluten-Free Baking Classics and it is absolutely fantastic - my cakes and stuff turn out delicious!

What my question is, I don't have a lot of time to cook breads in the oven and have been trying to adapt the sandwich bread and Italian french bread recipe to be used in my breadmaker (panasonic). I tried both the Italian french bread and the sandwich bread both on gluten free and normal settings and although it comes out really tasty (even my husband cannot tell its gluten free) it just doesn't rise well. It rises about an inch - 2 inches at most. Ive tried using different yeasts but that doesn't make a difference.

Does anyone have any ideas what else I can try, I'm 24 and have had no experience with baking in my life so troubleshooting isn't easy!

thanks

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Calcium can help too! There was a study back a while that said that calcium, a B complex and light exercise (walking) can help cramping as much as NSAIDS. Having said that, you might ask your doctor about an antispasmodic (pill for muscle spasms). They aren't a pain reliever at all, but literally stop the muscle cramping. DH (my household celiac) uses them after being glutened and before travel as he has spastic colon type issues

There's a form or phone number to inform Carnival ahead of time of any food issues, it's on their web page, call and fill it out. The first night in the formal dinning room, make sure that your servers know, usually 2 people, and they will be your servers the entire cruse, so yippee, only 2 people to worry about. They did all the leg work for dh, and were really good about making sure we knew what was safe. For the buffet, just start asking, and they will find out, or avoid the buffet, and use the sit down dining, where your servers know you. They even looked up the meringues at the high tea so the dh knew he could eat them.

I've heard of children eating there safely, but I'd be concerned that with a large group of children's meals coming in, that the chance of cc would be really high. Call the store ahead of time and talk to them. If I remember right the hot dog was safe, but I haven't eaten at a Rain Forest since dh was diagnosed

My dh is thrilled. He's fed them to non gluten-free friends, who really complained about some of my 'experiments' (garbanzo bean cake-bean, not flour) and they said they couldn't tell the multi-grain from a regular multi-grain cracker

A lot of the European countries have what I've heard referred to as Codex A flours. They are wheat flours with the gluten removed somehow. They say that they're suitable for celiacs, but not for those that have wheat intolerance. From a board I follow in the UK, I've determined it all depends on ho sensitive you are. If the 'shared lines' products bother you, don't eat codex. Hope this helps!

Tums are NOT safe...I glutened the hubby before I realized. They state that they have starch (wheat). Stupid wheat starch!

My local Great Harvest does the gluten-free baking (Kansas City Metro) They say that they put away all the gluten items and clean EVERYTHING before they bake gluten-free. They use separate pans and paddles and spoons. DH hasn't had any issues with their gluten-free baking. However, their 'scones' flatten out so much that I think they're cookies, dh eats them up, so they still must taste fine

There's a crockpot blog that made a not brittle peanut brittle, she compares it to the middle of a payday. Dip in Chocolate, and ta dah, you'd have a Pay Day. They're not healthy, but the lady's doing a gluten-free crockpot item every day, so I'll cut her slack for some candy, besides, everyone says they're really yummy

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