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  1. luvs2eat
    A really easy fun thing to do is to serve her lunch or snacks in a cupcake baking tin... individual cups of carrots, a cup of "dip," berries, etc., in another. The kids love it!
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    Welcome! The other really awesome part of this group is that you can ask ANY question and there are plenty of really knowledgable peeps here who can answer it!
  3. luvs2eat
    Some of McMinnimon's (sp?) pubs offer a gluten-free burger bun that is ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS... not crumbly or tasting like sawdust. I had the best (and first) burger there last month. I don't know who their vendor is, but I'd find out if I were you!
  4. luvs2eat
    I don't know what your weight issues are... but I was on Protonix for a few years for reflux disease. It got so bad that I was about to go to my doctor and ask for Nexium when I decided that I might take it into my own hands. I lost 20 lbs (mostly cutting out the carbs I'm so addicted to) and ... VOILA... my heartburn vanished.
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    I was diagnosed in 2002, or thereabouts. All three of my daughters have been diagnosed in the last five years. NONE of my siblings have been diagosed, even tho they all can not deny how much better they feel lowering or doing away w/ gluten. I get it... my sister lives in France. I'd ignore celiac as long as I could to be able to eat REAL French bread, but...
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    I'm SOOO with you. By comparison, giving up gluten was way easier then giving up cheese... and butter. I can give up all the other dairy... but not cheese and butter... period.
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    Apparently my blood test was SO positive that my doctor told me biopsy wasn't necessary! I ended up having one several years later for heartburn/GERD issues and there were celiac indications in there, but as it turned out, the biopsy really wasn't necessary. The blood tests told me what I needed to know... NO MORE GLUTEN FOR ME!!
  8. luvs2eat
    I just google gluten free anything (puff pastry, wonton skins, etc) and find lots of recipes. There are lots of awesome blogs w/ tons of good recipes. I love the reviews w/ suggestions.
  9. luvs2eat
    I make Buckeyes every year. They're so easy and everyone loves them! Buckeyes 1 pound softened butter 2 pounds peanut butter 3 pounds sifted confec. sugar Mix well and make about a MILLION balls. They don't really "roll" so you kind of have to push them into a ball shape and your hands are kind of like claws when you're finally done. Melt chocolate...
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    That's exactly what I was thinking when I wrote it. So many people don't get it and can and do make our lives miserable. When someone does get it, we need to give them kudos!!
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    We went to a cocktail party w/ nibbles last night and our neighbor, who made all the food, was happy to tell me that everything was gluten free... AND IT WAS!! She's a really good cook and "gets" the gluten-free and cross contamination issue so I wasn't at all skeptical about eating everything. She served spicy cold shrimp, a delicious artichoke salad w/...
  12. luvs2eat
    I tell people very simply and politely, "If I don't make it, I can't eat it." Period. No one gets insulted. I always tell people not to even try to accommodate me... I'm JUST FINE. If they ask more questions I tell them what they need to know, but again... "If I don't make it, I can't eat it."
  13. luvs2eat
    Welcome Lindsay! This is an awesome place to ask any question and find any answer. Many of the peeps here have been dealing w/ celiac for many years and seem to have seen and done it all! If it's any consolation, my daughter's doctor told her she was actually lucky to be diagnosed at 25... I said, isn't that like saying it's good luck if it rains on your...
  14. luvs2eat
    If you bake (or even if you don't) you owe it to yourself to try a loaf of Pamela's wheat free bread. It only needs eggs, oil, and water (and a heavy mixer) and makes the best bread I've had in my 10 years and about 25 different bread recipe attempts. I toast the bread for sandwiches, but very light toasting keeps the bread soft and pliable. I make a loaf...
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    Wow... thanks a pantload for this post. I'd forgotten all about those and they were all I could think about after reading this thread. I bought some today and just finished them for supper. They were delish! I'm doomed.
  16. luvs2eat
    Mine sort of totally changed. I used to love to bake, but haven't been able to recreate a chocolate chip cookie that tastes good to me and many other baked things ... so I don't bake much anymore. If I'm looking for a snack/treat, I'm usually looking for salty and crispy rather than sweet and chewy. I make hundreds of "buckeyes"... peanut butter balls...
  17. luvs2eat
    I went to a holiday pot luck last week and took a huge portion of the yummy salad I brought and a few deviled eggs. People sitting around me were trying to "help" me and told me of other things that "probably" were safe. For example, someone brought a yummy smelling chicken curry that she put on cute little brioche rolls. There was some extra curry in a container...
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    Very few for me, but my youngest daughter lived on antibiotics for chronic ear infections till she was 6 years old. She was even on prophylactic Ceclor (one dose a day) for the better part of a year to try and stave off the one-after-another ear infections. She had two sets of "tubes" and nothing helped! The antibiotic use affected her teeth. Her second...
  19. luvs2eat
    I wouldn't say I had an irrational fear... but I do know that I'll fight vomiting till I can't fight it anymore. The last time I felt like I was going to barf I had the worst heartburn ever. I successfully fought it, but then sat on the bathroom floor in such pain that I said to myself that if I feel like I have to barf again, I'm gonna let it come because...
  20. luvs2eat
    I am SO not newly gluten-free. I've been gluten-free for TEN years. It's only in the last year that dairy doesn't seem to like me anymore. And I completely agree. Going gluten-free was way easier than going DF.
  21. luvs2eat
    Gluten damages. But does dairy? It doesn't like me but there are some times when I'm willing to put up w/ the gas, belly noises, and bathroom issues for a good piece of cheese. Am I damaging anything other than my toilet/septic system?
  22. luvs2eat
    I'm w/ you Chad. It's a no brainer. How simple my life was before celiac and there are some foods and activities I miss so terribly... My mom's thanksgiving stuffing My love of baking Eating out w/o difficulty etc, etc, etc.
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    Wow... I've just come upon this thread too and all I want to do is give you and your boy and your husband a huge hug. What an amazingly messed up ordeal you've been through... and you must be absolutely terrified. I sure would be. Your composure and willingness/need to follow up w/ his school, cafeteria, art room are so admirable to me, especially given all...
  24. luvs2eat
    While my youngest daughter tested (by endoscopy) positive for celiac, her symptoms were so extreme they began testing her for things like interstitial cystitis and refractory celiac. Those tests were negative, so her extreme symptoms were simply ignored and she found doctors and nurses almost hostile to her pleas for answers and help. She tells me she learned...
  25. luvs2eat
    I cooked so it was easy to have everything gluten-free... from the crackers w/ the cheese to the pies to the stuffing. That said... I made the 10th new stuffing/dressing recipe in my 10-year celiac journey and it was ... okay. I made a loaf of Pamela's bread, cubed it, dried the cubes, and followed a slow cooker recipe that every reviewer RAVED about...
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