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  1. luvs2eat
    I'm a fan of the Namaste pizza crust mix that I find in the health food store (and even found a discounted bag at T.J. Max once!). I make the entire bag which is supposed to make two 12 to 14 inch crusts except that I make about 5 or 6 personal pizza crusts, bake 'em, and freeze 'em.
  2. luvs2eat
    I finally started taking fiber caplets after years of transcribing for GI docs... they ALL say to take fiber. And when hubs was diagnosed with diverticulitis, his doc said, "Fiber, fiber, fiber... there's no such thing as too much fiber." Fiber has sort of changed my life. I had very loose and urgent stools for years and now they're formed, I'm very regular...
  3. luvs2eat
    I had terrible heartburn and was on Protonix for a good while. I don't know if you're overweight, but I lost 20 pounds and the heartburn disappeared never to return.
  4. luvs2eat
    I've been a fan of Pamela'.s gluten free bread mix. I've purchased it in individual bags, in bulk packages of about 4 lbs., and finally in their 25-pound bag thru that big river in So. America store that we may or may not be allowed to mention. It's a good bread mix... only requiring a little oil, eggs, water, and yeast. I make a loaf a week... mostly in...
  5. luvs2eat
    I've seen their commercials and sort of assumed the cantina bowl would be gluten-free, but I sure wouldn't trust it w/ the cross contamination issues.
  6. luvs2eat
    I can point to exactly four serious glutenings in my 10-year gluten-free journey. One was very early and I had no reaction. The next was a few years later and I just made it to the bathroom 4 hours after the offending food. Next was a few years ago and I spent several hours trying not to barf and spent the next day on the couch feeling weak and foggy. The...
  7. luvs2eat
    About a year after I was diagnosed, I chowed down on a huge slice of the warm, fresh-baked crusty loaf of bread I'd made for company... and NOTHING happened. I actually started thinking that perhaps I could "cheat" once a month or so... and started planning monthly treats. The next glutening was an accident and I barely made it to the bathroom 4 hours later...
  8. luvs2eat
    I've said it many times ... I was diagnosed very quickly (only 2 months of symptoms) so I wasn't experiencing the unexplained weight loss that many do. Then, I began to thoroughly enjoy all the things I COULD eat and chowed down to make up for all the foods I could no longer eat... and gained about 40 pounds! I was eating Pepcid like candy to deal w/ the...
  9. luvs2eat
    As I was diagnosed very quickly... when people asked me what the symptoms of celiac disease are, I'd say, "Unexplained weight loss is often a big one." Then I'd look down at myself and say, "Um... I didn't get that one." When people would say stupid things like, "What on earth do you EAT?"... I'd again look down at myself and say, "Um... do I LOOK like...
  10. luvs2eat
    I zipped into the health food store the other day and grabbed Udi's gluten-free bagels and Rudi's gluten-free hot dog buns. Last night I had a BLT on one of the hot dog buns and 3 hours later spent the worst next 3 hours of my life as my entire digestive system completely purged itself. During the "down time" (in-between barfing in the waste basket and squirting...
  11. luvs2eat
    When I was diagnossed (10 years ago) the gluten-free offerings on the market were pretty bad. But I ended up gaining about 40 lbs. overindulging in foods I COULD eat (rice, homemade bread and baked goods, etc) to make up for all the foods I could no longer eat. Thankfully I'm not tempted by the majority of gluten-free processed foods and was able to drop...
  12. luvs2eat
    Most of our friends are SO kind and concerned, but get confused. "You can't eat that... it contains whey." Um... it's wheat I can't have, not whey. I walked past a bake sale and had to say... to the sales pitch... "Would you believe there's not one thing there I can eat?" They asked about celiac and said, "Oh you poor dear. WHAT do you eat?" I looked...
  13. luvs2eat
    Nope... my symptoms (at age 49) were sudden and consisted of unrelenting diarrhea w/ huge belly noises ... no tummy upset or cramping. I had the symptoms for about the 2 months it took me to get in to see a gastroenterologist who did blood work diagnosing celiac. While waiting for the results of the blood work, he treated me for suspected giardia, a water...
  14. luvs2eat
    I'm almost certain that any fried tortilla strips in their salads are made from flour tortillas so that'd sure explain your being glutened!
  15. luvs2eat
    Dining at home w/ friends is a great idea. We rarely go out to eat because we live so rurally and there are few places to go! We entertain at home often. I did a Mexican feast on Cinco de Mayo that was completely gluten free and everyone was amazed! But it was really simple because everything I made (mexican lagagna, grilled tequila shrimp, a mexican caprese...
  16. luvs2eat
    I wish we could buy gluten-free puff pastry and phyllo dough. I've seen recipes but they look daunting.
  17. luvs2eat
    Pretty much never. The last two times we went (to Chilis) and got the gluten-free menu and spoke to the manager and server, I received a salad that didn't even have flour tortilla strips in it according to the menu description, but was filled w/ them. The sad reality is that I simply don't trust restaurants anymore. Hubs and I cook what we like and don't...
  18. luvs2eat
    Your list of foods looked almost EXACTLY like the diet my daughter was on for the better part of a year... with one glaring exception... CHEESE. She could eat no dairy (and still can't), but her entire diet was eggs, white rice, cauliflower, plain chicken, and some apples. She very slowly began to introduce some new foods but is still very limited. So...
  19. luvs2eat
    I feel everyone's pain. My first gluten-free beer was a Bards Tale and... for the first beer in about 10 years, it was heaven! I like New Grist but we can't get anything where we live. I'm going to ask our fave liquor store if they can order me a case!
  20. luvs2eat
    I've been ordering from Amazon for years. I use Pamela's bread mix... started w/ a box of bagged mixes, went to the bulk bags and finally to the 25-pound bag that I keep in a plastic container. I also have ordered lots of their Tinkyada pastas. The local health food store guy asked me if there was anything he could order for me to keep in stock and I...
  21. luvs2eat
    I always make Ina Garten's outrageous brownies on the food network. The recipe makes a lot and there's so little flour in it, the substitution of Better Batter gluten-free flour I have isn't noticeable at all!!
  22. luvs2eat
    When my youngest was diagnosed w/ celiac she was also experiencing bladder symptoms. For example, she drank a glass of orange juice... and by the time the glass was empty she said it felt like she had glass shards in her urethra! She did a lot of research on interstitial cystitis and ultimately found that she was intolerant to nearly EVERYTHING. Her diet...
  23. luvs2eat
    I've even found the Kraft American Cheese in its own can! I had to ask about it at one grocery, but I think you can ask them to order it for you. Some gluten-free pasta, butter, milk, and the American Cheese powder is EXACTLY like the blue box mac and cheese. We also make our own mac and cheese with different cheeses. It's easy. Look up any homemade mac...
  24. luvs2eat
    I am so terribly sorry. I have no answers, but please know that you are in my prayers!
  25. luvs2eat
    So... I had my second colonoscopy yesterday. My first was 10 years ago when I was diagnosed with celiac by bloodwork and my GI doc said that I was close enough to the beginning screening age. This time, when I told one of the nurses asking about past medical history that I was a biopsy-proven celiac (by bloodwork and an endoscopy a few years later) and...
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