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    I am appalled that people even have the incredible, ahem, STONES, to think or act like this. While the newspaper industry is having many problems, I am thankful that I still have a job (for now) and that I am surrounded by intelligent people who are full of curiosity and investigative skills. The photo staff (myself and two others) are known to be very...
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    Purely Decadent cookie dough is awesome, especially melting over a bowl of hot apple crisp... Or with a dollop of peanut butter. But I say that about everything.
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    Yeah I know, what a bummer! I went gluten-free during football season this year and I always keep Twizzlers in my camera bag to munch on during plays. Well, not anymore. I've switched to Starburst!
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    Went to the Red Robin in Beavercreek, Ohio yesterday after my sister and mom insisted that we now only eat at places with published gluten-free menus or food lists. They are so sweet! Well, I gotta tell you, I was impressed. Hostess provided their menu covering all eight allergens, and actually had suggestions of what other gluten-free folks have liked...
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    Tried some Bob's Biscuit and Baking mix for cookies and they tasted a bit odd and noticeably had a different texture than my pre-gluten-free cookie recipes. I love their Mighty Tasty hot cereal but I will be trying Pamela's baking mix and something the fiance bought at Whole Foods in my next experiments. I've had good luck with plain ol' cornstarch in stews...
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    When I have a full day on the road with photo assignments and I'm know that packing food will be the best option as far as time, health, and money, I take a cooler with the following... Fork, spoon and butter knife! (At least the spoon...) Trail mix Jell-o cups with fruit gluten-free cookies (I save them specifically for times like these) Fresh fruit...
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    Good idea about the stores that carry gluten-free items! One of the best things I ever learned when I worked at Kroger is the schedule for mark-downs of fresh and perishable items. If you shop at any grocery store regularly you will begin to notice a pattern. Also, the stock people can be very helpful with this type of information. It's always who you...
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    When I was in college, diagnosed with Crohn's (but not Celiac at the time) I used to HATE the dining hall food and how horribly my system did with it. Besides getting access to a kitchen in my building and cooking a lot of inexpensive basics, my friends and I made it a point to volunteer at a local ministry that hosted a midnight pancake and egg breakfast...
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    This is my first year eating and cooking Gluten-free Casein-free for Thanksgiving. My mom is a great cook and while she is open to new ideas, such as my new diet, I prefer to lead by example. I offered up front to cook the stuffing (based some some yummy-sounding recipes I saw here) and two desserts (one pumpkin-inspired, one apple crisp or possibly something...
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    Upper endoscopy is about as easy as tests get. You fast for eight hours and then get some awesome "twilight sleep" drugs which means you are technically awake but you won't remember a thing. The test is very quick and there is maybe an hour or two of waking up depending on your body weight and blood pressure. I was freaked the first time I did one because...
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    Happy Birthday! I was feeling blah today from something I ate, maybe the chili peppers, who knows... too blah to work out or do much of anything this morning including eat... so I made a double batch of the Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies I found on the Cooking & Baking thread and when I finally dragged myself to work, I fed my co-workers my latest...
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    My company, a newspaper, does a holiday potluck during the work day, instead of a sit-down affair. This is done since it's less expensive (I'd rather the company increase my bonus than serve a mundane dinner) and since I work for a newspaper, there's really no time that everyone can attend such a function. Since I have only recently gone gluten free, I...
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    My sister and I still talk about MockLate! And Fishtaschios! Great episode, thanks for making me laugh. I've been having issues with Hershey's, interesting...
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    Turkey Bologna (applegate farms I think) Tropical Granola Gluten-free Casein-free brownie mix sipping chocolate sweet potato soup in a box trail mix of any variety gluten-free ginger snaps sweet potato french fries gluten-free cookie dough (haven't tried it, heard it's good) Rice Milk Many gluten-free options will be marked on the shelf making...
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    Just tried Earth Balance yesterday after discovering it at Kroger. Not bad! Made a great apple-crisp too!
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    Hi there! I'm 29, female, diagnosed almost ten years ago with Ulcerative Colitis that was upgraded to Crohn's Disease and now my GI says that it's still Crohn's based on the biopsies for grannuloma but mostly it's in my colon. My dad has MS and a bunch of GI problems that he won't get checked out. Actually that's true of some others in the extended family...
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    I had elevated liver enzymes (about 10x too high) during a CMV overload combined with a sinus infection over the summer. At the time, we thought it was due to the amount of Tylenol that I was taking for the headache and fever. The enzymes eventually subsided, but not before I started experiencing some Celiac symptoms like unexplained nausea and D that were...
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    I'll back that up. I got a flu shot Monday and suffered from a bit of nausea Monday night (thought NOT that bad) and over the next few days I had some fatigue and achy joints. Still better than having the flu, to me. Also, they offer them for free where I work and if it's safe, I take advantage! I can use the $25 I save to buy more gluten-free cookies
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    Last week I was craving Thanksgiving food after reading some posts here. I made a turkey breast, cornbread, cranberry sauce (ok that was from the can), a corn-grits-cheese casserole that someone posted here, and double-cinnamon apple crisp for dessert. It was delicious and easy! I had company and they exclaimed over everything. I should cook Thanksgiving...
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    My mom's rice always used to come out like a brick. She would get frustrated and refuse to make it. Then some years ago we bought her a rice cooker. It's an amazing little appliance and she's on her second one. Now that I'm gluten-free, we depend on rice for meals that the whole family will enjoy, and rice is easy! Around the holidays you can find good...
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    Interesting. I'll echo what another poster said, that I rarely mention my gluten-free requirements to waitstaff unless they have a gluten-free menu. I'll order something precisely to exclude items I can't eat (croutons on salad, etc.) and stick to items that should be gluten-free anyway, say, steak and a baked potato. Using the words "dry" or "plain" in...
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    I actually stumbled on the possibility of Celiac myself after recurring hip and knee pain. After starting on the gluten-free diet I can say that my aches are greatly reduced and I am taking very few doses of Ultram on a monthly basis... only when I overdo it at the gym! That's one of my number one signs now, if I have been glutened, I feel like the tin...
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    As others have said, it will take time. Hopefully you will be able to see measurable results with the gluten-free diet, (nothing radical, no fads, just clean and simple gluten-free), tweaking as needed for your own reactions. Experimenting can be frustrating, especially with so many factors involved AND of course you're trying to have a life. I would estimate...
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    I used to boil eggs in a hot pot and those were allowed. The school where I went had an office of Institutional Equity. They helped me get a PRIMO single room close to the bathroom when I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease. I had a friend who was Celiac and he got a key to the kitchen in our dorm and we cooked all the time. We also had some pre-med friends...
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    Even if this is an old post, I'd like to thank NoGluGirl for the starter list. I'm compiling a huge list of gluten-free food and restaurant information for myself but this would be great to send to my family members. They are always wanting to make sure they have food around that I can safely eat, but they get confused on the issues of dextrin, modified...
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