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    Yep, they sure are! The Kinnick ones are the ones I eat also when we're having burgers. All you do is keep them in your freezer and whenever you need one, just pop it in the microwave for 1 minute and it's smooshy and delicious! You do have to slice the bun in half yourself, but it's really easy! They actually come in packs of 5, too! Before I found...
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    Turkey Mashed potatoes Hash brown potatoes (hash browns, cheese, sour cream, green chilies) Sweet potatoes with brown sugar and marshmallows green beans rolls stuffing (my first try with gluten free bread!) cranberry sauce gravy (this will be my first time making it gluten free!) some kind of wine! I'm excited and hungry already!!!!
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    I am traveling to Wilmington, NC to visit my mom for Thanksgiving. She was doing all the grocery shopping this weekend (after I gave her the gluten free list!). She went to the grocery store closest to her -- it was a Harris Teeter. She spoke to the butcher there and asked him which turkeys were gluten free and he said the only ones he knew for sure that...
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    I am just having a few days of self-pitying, so I was hoping you guys might understand where I'm coming from! I'm just so overwhelmed right now with everything! I've had such a tough year and I'm just ready for it to be over! Since January 2009 I have had pneumonia twice, strep throat twice, 3 other viral infections, an ovarian cyst, diagnosed with Celiac...
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    Maybe a healthy tuna salad? Mix together sweet relish, tuna, lowfat or fatfree vanilla yogurt, celery, and egg whites. Then you spoon out however much you want and eat it over a bed of diced tomatoes. It's super good. It's even better after it's been sitting in the fridge overnight and you have it for lunch the next day! I have it in the summer all the...
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    Colorado is a great place to get gluten free food! I was out there this summer after only a few months on the gluten free diet and I felt completely comfortable. It seemed like a lot of people in restaurants there really seemed to be knowledgeable about Celiac Disease. We ate in Boulder a few times. One place we went was the Walnut Street Brewery (right...
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    Godfathers just started offering gluten free pizza earlier this year (April 2009). I live in Omaha, NE and we were the test market for the gluten free pizza, so it was offered here months before anywhere else. They started off by offering it just on Tuesdays and found out there was a pretty big demand for it (of course!!). So now they offer it 7 days a...
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    You have pretty much described exactly how I get, too, when I get the brain fog. It's just a horrible feeling. I generally consider myself a fairly intelligent person, but when I get that brain fog, I just feel stupid. I have trouble coming up with words to complete sentences, I have a hard time conveying ideas. And don't even try to have a conversation...
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    Hey! Here is a link of a thread from last year. At that time, it looks like Ortho Tri-Cyclen was gluten free. Clearly the formula could have changed since then and may not be now, but it was at one point. https://www.celiac.com/gluten-free/index.ph...rt=#entry483588 I used to take Ortho Tri-Cyclen, but my doctor switched me to a different pill about...
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    I have been gluten free since March 2009. I just keep noticing the more I stick to an eating schedule, the better my sleep is! I also get super irritable and irrational if I do not get a meal on time. Does anyone else get like that?
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    I used to get that all the time when I was eating gluten. I'd wake up at like 2 or 3 in the morning and the sheets and my pillows would be absolutely drenched with all my cold sweat. I'd have the shakes really bad, felt very weak, very disoriented, heart was always racing, chills, cramps in my feet and calves, sharp stabbing pains in my stomach... It used...
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    I have the same type of experiences when I accidently gluten myself. I am usually sick for about 2 weeks after, so I am VERY VERY careful to not let it happen now! I think that from what I've seen on this board, the time and symptoms of gluten reactions vary from person to person. Some people are have some mild discomfort or gas while others have violent...
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    Sorry, let me clarify. What I meant was that the gluten free menus at both restaurants were different -- on the main restaurant menu they make that fish dish differently at both places, so it was on the gluten free menu at the one in Nebraska, but not at the one in Iowa. We asked the manager why it would be on the gluten free menu in Nebraska but not in...
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    Like some other people on this thread said, you just need to see what works well with your body. I noticed after going gluten free, that I have a much stronger reaction now when I drink alcohol. I definitely cannot have as much as I did before without feeling the effects. I have also had to experiement to see what types of alcohol my body will tolerate...
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    I had an experience last weekend that made me remember how important it is to make sure to look over the gluten free menu every time you visit a restaurant. We have a restaurant we frequent about once every two weeks or so. It's a nice steakhouse - Johnny's Italian Steakhouse- and there are restaurants in Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois. The manager...
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    We routinely make cream of mushroom soup porkchops. They are super good!! It's really easy, too! All we do is take the porkchops, brown them on the stove and season to taste (salt/pepper). Set them aside. Cut up a potato or two into very thin slices. Place a layer of the soup (gluten free of course!) then a layer of potatoes, then mushrooms, a little...
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    I have been gluten free since March 2009, so it hasn't even been a full year for me yet! I have not been diagnosed with any cancer, kidney or liver problems yet (fingers crossed!). Since March 2009, I have not ever intentionally said "what the hell" and decided to eat something I knew I was not supposed to eat. I will admit though, I have come...
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    What you are feeling is absolutely completely normal! My first few months going gluten free were just obnoxiously difficult. I had no clue what to do, what to eat, I felt left out, isolated, frustrated, happy, sad, guilty... I mean just the range of emotions you go through is enough to exhaust ANYONE!! I was also really bitter towards people in commercials...
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    Hello. I used to have horrible joint pain all the time. It was almost to the point sometimes where I could hardly walk or use my hands to do anything because it just hurt so bad to put any pressure at all on them. I would just lay awake in bed a lot of nights just crying because my knees and shoulders and wrists and fingers and ankles hurt so bad. I know...
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    Shess0816 replied to MKat's topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants

    The other italian type place, too, that offers gluten free pasta is Biaggis. I have had it several times and it is AWESOME!!! The waitstaff has always been super informed there and I have never had any CC issues. Quite a few of their sauces can be put on top of the gluten free pasta, so there are several choices! The gluten free pasta is actually green...
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    Yes, you are going to have to be strict. Once you have been gluten free for a little while, you will be able to tell a difference. You'll start feeling better, have more energy, not feel as foggy. You do NOT want to revert back to where you were before starting the gluten free diet. I don't know what other people's experiences have been, but since going...
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    I was looking at the Deby's Gluten Free Foods website (Open Original Shared Link). I noticed on their "Order From Deby's" section down the list a ways (under the stuffing mix/crouton section) they have a gluten free stuffing mix. I was wondering if anyone had tried this. I was thinking it might be easier than trying to make my own gluten free stuffing...
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    I was wondering if anyone on here happens to have Berger's disease as well as Celiac's? My younger sister was diagnosed with Berger's (autoimmune disease affecting the kidneys) about 7 years ago and I'm about 95% convinced she probably has Celiac's as well. Has anyone heard of a connection between these two diseases or does anyone else have both? I'm trying...
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    Hello! I have not tried it yet, but I have read on here in several posts that Udi's bread (which apparently some whole foods carry) is very good. I have found that the Kinnicks (sp?) hamburger buns are actually pretty good. The bread is fairly substantial and does not fall apart in your mouth and I think they taste pretty good. They come frozen and you...
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    Hi guys. This is going to be my first holiday season gluten free, so I am a little unsure about how to adapt the meals. I'm not too worried about the turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans, etc... I think I've figured out those. I was wondering, though, if there is anyone who knows how to make a good gluten free stuffing for to go in the turkey?? I'll...
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