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Why not just do a potroast? meat, carrots, potatoes and maybe an onion. this is naturally gluten free so you won't be sharing your slightly more expensive pasta and it will definitely be a hit!

I had blurred vision (like looking through a glass smeared with baby oil), moodiness, headaches, and odd humming noises all because of drinking Diet Coke. It was the Nutra Sweet. It can really cause people some problems.

Suzy

i have had a reaction once to what i was pretty sure was a diet soda... coke or pepsi cant remember which...

but i drank maybe one can's worth.. and just a couple hours later i had such a headache, felt dizzy and could NOT focus or think straight. then a few hours later my stomach was torn up. it was like the glutened flu! some strange vicious combination of the two. i also react to MSG though i am not sure about other additives. i think that some of us just cannot handle these artificial ingredients.

Mr. Moore you should go back to that elimination of processd foods. take it one day at a time and dont give up after only a week. my most severe symptoms were in my digestive system and it took MONTHS for me to feel better. years to feel GOOD. but it is so worth it, please do not give up hope

i'm a female and we tease each other completely differently... but on the other hand.. i hang out with many more males than females. and they usually say the first thing that pops into their minds... nothing is sacred!

i guess whenever the guys tease me i have always laughed it off because i didnt eat out much before i was used to it and by then i had made so many jokes about it that it seemed natural.

are you new at this? it may just be that you're sensitive becuase it is still so new for you.. unexplored territory and the transition is hard enough already!

the idea of steak and baked potato isn't a bad one. better than ordering a salad next time i promise!

haha that reminds me... i got so used to making hot ham and cheese with my gluten-free bread that when i got married and started making sandwiches with my husband regular bread i was completely thrown off my game lol

i usually nuke my bread for just a little bit of time at like half power and then i either toast it in the toaster or i butter it and do the grilled cheese thing. i have also made cinnamon toast and just put it in the broiler for a couple mintues. yum

I have read that people have successfully used quinoa flakes. i havent so i won't personally vouch for taste/texture comparisons.

And in my gluten free path....

I too ate BRM gluten-free certified oats at about my sixth month because i too felt so much better i thought they would be fine. but i also had a slight reaction... so i waited...and waited...and waited...

not at my three year mark in one and half months and i reintroduced oats wonderfully. i would do this if i were you. wait a couple years... and then try them out. maybe eat one or two cookies. i think we sometimes feel better but our intestines may not be as healthy as they potentially could be. perhaps oats are hard to digest or something? i don't know for sure. but hopefully you can find some replacement that makes you happy in the event that oats arent ever good for you

lots of luck

If they have it proven to work and not have any harmful side effects...

then heck yes i would jump on that in a heartbeat.

I don't mind this diet anymore... i just would love having the ability to go out to eat or go on trips and just enjoy being with my husband. I would love to have the comfort of knowing that no matter what i eat, my body isn't going to attack itself. i want to go back to living without worry and stress that i might have misread a label or someone may have touched this after handling a hamburger.

if they could convince me this works and isnt at all harmful i cant think of any reason NOT to?

My husband and i were talking about this today actually.

He has noticed that when he only he eats my food for a while his bm's are never solid. He told me he never feels sick its just affects his digestion i guess. He said it isnt like D, it just doesn't come out normally. Has anyone else seen this within their families. Obviously i don't mind i he doesn't want gluten free food so i know he isn't trying to whine his way out. I really dont want him to keeo eating my foods if they are secretly affecting him the way his foods affect me!

Bob's Red Mill has oats and oatmeal! i have the oats and i LOVE them!! there's one like a mighty tasty warm cereal or something like that. look it up and if it isnt in a store near you maybe you can order them. oats are pretty high in fiber i think and they are a whole grain. also i have heard of adding flax seed and rice bran into regular breads(if you bake your own) just for a little additional health benefit!

i wanted to put this recipe in here...because the thing i miss mort is (as stupid as it sounds) poptarts. anyways i found a recipe online that looks amazing. and i have been planning on trying them because it sounds pretty basic. but anyways maybe you can try these and if they turn out right, you can impress your family with how much better they are (and soooo much healthier than those nasty highly processed breakfast pastries are-that i loved lol)

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there are things like amazon you can order through. i recently purchased a kinnikinnick bread mix that i absolutely LOVE. the texture is wonderful and while it is a tad sweeter than typical bread it makes great sandchiches. it has easy directions for making one loaf, or a dozen rolls or just one roll! i figured out how to shape foil into hamburger bun shape and use two rolls worth for a sandwich.

the best part is you can make as much or as little as you want and avoid haveing to freese 3/4 of a loaf so it doesnt go bad before you finish it. i would look into it since you seem to be the only one in your household (as am i). then you can just bake up a burger bun or make sandwhich just like the rest of the family. i got sick of using my gluten-free crackers while everyone else had white bread :/

oh and by the way oats arent okay unless it is specified that they are certified to be gluten free. bob's red mill has gluten free oats. i actually just bought some to make granola bars and they are good. oats that are produced commercially are typically grown, processed, and handled with wheat. its like cross contamination times 100! so stay away from oats unless its specifically states that the oats are safe. you may be able to tolerate the good ones. i actually learned it the same way. i bought a box of puffins that said wheat free. not GLUTEN free. so i wondered.. hmm.. what is the difference. that oat flour!

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i found this a couple months ago... i had started a new borth control (the generic of ortho tri cyclen) and had gotten very ill about two weeks into it. so i started looking up ingredients. somewhere on this list is the birth controls that were safe at the time of printing. i would always try to keep updated though.. try to find current infor. i just thought this would be a place to start.

as for me, i have been on birth control successfully for almost two years now. i have been glutened pretty seriously at least twice and have not had any pregnancy scares. however, i do feel it is plausable that a glutening could lead to a pill not being absorbed.

for me, a glutening means one day of stomach issues, two at the most. and if you miss one pill you're usually still protected. (note: this is in no way scientific, just my own logic. so i could TOTALLY be wrong) i would however feel safe in saying if you've been glutened and say have the D for a few days it may be a good idea to use another form of BC.

one of my favorites is rice krispie treats with cocoa pebbles. i havent found any puffed rice cereal i like but these are sooo good. i dont really even miss the regular ones

and of course there is the puppy chow recipe on the chex website. take that to a sleepover and your girl friends will absolutely love you!! i promise its ultimate junk food.

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these were amazing!!!

i have eaten most of the cape cod brand chips without issues but as always double check the labels. i have heard of many people eating those and doritos.

another idea is plan ahead with your friends. if they decide to make say smores...you can bring your own Kinnikinnick smoreables (which are delicious by the way) and tell them which brands of chocolate/ marshmallows you can have.

if they decide to do pizza...cut a gluten-free bagel in half and make your own personal size pizza. sauce and maybe soy cheese? (i think you mentioned no cheese...)

the benefit here is you get to eat what they're eating without sharing very expensive food with people who are probably not going to enjoy it anyways. which is okay. our taste buds are accustomed so we can be selfish!

above everything else i have leanrned is if yu act as thoughy you dont think its weird others will start to also.

i know how hard it can be. i was diagnosed when i was sixteen. at lunch i brought an apple and everyone else ate chicken strips and fries.

oh yeah haha i hate veggies for junk food... what i DO like though is peanut butter mixed with maple syrup...and just about anything dipped in that... crackers, apples, probably celery if yu can get past those nasty little stringy things

let us know if there is any one thing in particular that you miss and maybe we can find a sub for it!

Thanks for posting this! I actually wondered this the other day.. we were looking at grills and couldnt decide if we wanted to go ahead and get the propane kind because i didnt know if any charcoal is safe to use.

thanks for the tip!

Yes, dating is now much more difficult. Granted, I'm recently out of college and dating in college is "easier" than anywhere else, most likely, but still...the gluten issue.

I don't mean to hijack the thread here, but...I'm a music reviewer and am often at bars and clubs where people primarily drink cheap beer, so no romance for me. And the guys that I've mentioned the gluten issue to (right off the bat when they ask why I'm drinking cider, etc.) literally walk away mid-conversation. I know it's a great way to "weed out the losers" but they seem to be the only ones left and girl needs her romance, know what I'm sayin?

I actually find the dating issues more difficult than the diet issues at this point (3 years of being gluten-free and cooking at home).

*grumble*

Sally

Sally, there are guys out there! many of us have found them so do NOT lose hope. My best guess though is you're not going to meet him there. or it is going to be someone who is not typically seen there. People who enjoy "clubbing" and going to bars to try tp pick up girls aren't usually looking for serious relationshipd and as celiacs, it would get so frustrating having these types of relationships. I had three relationships after being diagnosed and i got so tired of explaining it. by the last one i was convinced i would hide it!

and i were wrong!

he was the one that thought it was perfectly fine. he learned how to read labels just as well as any of us. he explains my problem if anyone starts in on "why are you eating THAT?! it looks gross" kind of thing...

needless to say this is the one i married!!!

In response to this forum, I must confess that i sometimes kiss my husband after he eats something because i want to taste it! i'm bad i know. i font know if this has ever damaged me though... just maybe

these sound really good! do they get golden brown on the edges? that used to be my favorite part about muffins and havent found any gluten-free ones that have that same crusty outside

im thinking about adding some nutmeg or something... mmm

I would weigh the pros and cons.

In the dorms are you going to have your own clean kitchen or will you have to go home to eat an uncontaminated mean?

Do you think you'll miss out on the college experience being only five minutes away. obviously you wont have the roomate. finding another gluten free roomie would be so neat and you two could have a safe kitchen together, no need for constant reminders

I didnt stay in a dorm but i feel it was best for me. i wouldnt have been able to skip out on the meal plan and there are community kitchens. i had absolutely no intention of paying for a meal plan i couldnt use and then cooking food in an infected kitchen. but these circumstances may be vastly different from yours. i also had a job in my hometown so either way i would be driving back and forth. Either situation can work out. and if you make a decision and decide you arent content, you can always try the alternative

My symptoms have varied. It usually does depend on the amount

For instance, last week, i mistakenly used wheat flour thinking it was brown rice flour (the lighting in my kitchen isnt great-it looked darker than wheat flour). needless to say ten or fifteen minutes after eating i had really bad cramps. I got home as fast as possible because i knew what was coming. Bad D fr about half an hour and it was less then thirty minuts after eating. thats a ling way for food to travel so quickly. After D i am generally fatigued for at least two days and i get weepy. not depressed exactly, just teary.

However, if it is only a small amount (also MSG does this to me only slightly worse) I get the fatigue and either a small case of gas or heart burn type feeling. that usually lasts a few hours

It could have been the meal or it could be a bug. i would give it a day or two. if you're better tomorrow then it probably was gluten because i have never had symptoms from being glutened last more than two days.

What did you eat on sunday?

I t could be that even though they were careful it could be slight cross contamination. This is just a thought but i react to MSG even though it is on the safe list some people cannot tolerate it. If i eat something with MSG in it i get the fatigue, slight gas or a kind of heart burn feeling. The fatigue is the worst though. And since it is considered safe some part of your gluten free meal could have that particular ingredient.

I was looking into this question the other day, and I found that gelatin acts as an additional binder. If you look in the ingredients of some gluten free mixes, especially the ones that are not so "main stream," some contain gelatin. It seems that you can use 1 tsp gelatin to 1 cup of flour. I just made a new flour mix, and I added some gelatin.

This has been something I have not been doing, but according to many the ratio of "heavy" to light/starchy flours should be 2:1. The heavy flours include the rice flours, bean flours, sorghum, teff and millet. The light flours include tapioca starch/flour and all the other starches such as corn, potato, and arrowroot.

Celiacmommy gave me the tip of dramatically reducing the butter in cookie recipes. It avoids the flat gluten free cookie phenomenon! I typically add about 1/3 of the butter called for.

Recently I discovered gluten free angel food cake comes out with amazing results!

Does the 2:1 ratio only apply for breads or should it be used in general for gluten free baking?

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this one is a sandwich rolls that looks yummy

https://www.celiac.com/gluten-free/index.ph...mp;hl=croissant

this was posted by jkmunchkin...so thanks go to her!

I dont know if this happens anywhere other than my hometown but here is a typical conversation when offered a beer at a party

"hey you wanna beer?"

me-"no thanks

"why not?"

me-im allergic

"Really? Thats weird. what are you allergic to?"

me-Wheat

"you're allergic to Weed?!"

me-NO. WHEAT!

"oh thats even worse... (and of course) I would DIE without wheat"

that makes me die a little inside every time i have it (haha just kidding). people are genuinely ignorant at times

haha i just had to throw that in. has anyone else ever been misunderstood to have said weed instead of wheat

it won't be quite so bad. you're going to start feeling a lot better and that will make up for it.

i second the pamela's bread mix. i loved it. my sister and husband even did. the best gluten-free bread i have had. another good one is gluten free pantry sandwich bread.

also there are some good blogs out there...with good recipes and tips. karina's kitchen, kill.the.gluten, gluten free mom...etc. most of them have a list of other blogs so you should be able to get a handle on it.

the best advice anyone has ever given me (and someone mentioned it already but im repeating for emphasis):

don't expect things you make or buy to taste like the gluten full counterpart. some things taste so good, but if i took a bite with the mindset that they would taste good if they taste normal, then i wouldnt be able to enjoy them. i love kinnikinnick bagels. LOVE THEM. but they dont taste at all like a regular one. thats just one example. as long as you have an open mind the transition will be much easier for you. i didn't have an open mind for the first year or so...but after that it dawned on me, i couldnt really remember what most "normal" food tasted like anyways so why try so hard to compare them. since then i have found many things i can enjoy

it could just be that you are sensitive to artificial colors or flavors. i cant handle artificial sweetner... but if the diet isnt the only problem for you it might just be the artifial stuff. does clear soda affect you the same way? like sprite?

I understand how you feel. i have had times at a restaurant where i will order a sandwich without the bread and the waitress looks at me like i am a freak. other times i'll get the sandwich with no bread and explain that i am allergic and ask for a salad with no croutons and they'll mess that up. then look annoyed when i ask for a fresh one!!

you'll start learning to cook more when you are older or just done paying the ridiculous prices! trust me, i only recently started baking and exploring...and its not so hard once you get the hang of it. i promise.

one good brand that makes sandwich buns in schar. you may find it on amazon perhaps.

here's some recipes that i know will turn out well if you ever do decide to try out baking.. of course it will require a special shopping trip because i have yet to find xanthan gum in a regular store..

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https://www.celiac.com/gluten-free/index.ph...hl=pamela's (the very last post has a bread recipe)

it also mentions pamela's bread mix, which means you would only need to use a bread machine or mixer and oven. it is really a good bread. i liked it alot

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a very good treat. you won't feel so bad about missing that cake!

i was diagnosed at sixteen. and i have a twin who is not gluten free and she refused to accept a gluten-free cake on our birthday...so have had to stare at my own cake without being able to taste it. eventually i decided it was time i could take care of myself. three years later (almost!) and i have made just about everything that i have ever stared at with jealousy... oh and one more recipe. poptarts are one thing that made me cry when i first changed to gluten free. if you're in the same boat give these a shot!

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hope this all helps at least a little bit

That's so great. I look forward to variety too

i would love to try the mixes too but cannot find them around here... but i'll keep looking. i imagine before long most areas will have them

This is good news thank you for sharing. im going to have french fries again soon

my sister wil be happy. we suspect her youngest may have celiac and this is just one more product she'll get at the regular store and can afford to give to all three of her little ones