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  1. love2travel
    I agree. She does have some good recipes. Another website that uses quite a bit of coconut flour (dairy free as well) is glutenfreegoddess.com. I LOVE her coconut cake with coconut buttercream! Her brownies use almond meal. I often add a few T of almond meal or coconut flour to much of my baking because I like the flavour so much. I like the nuttiness...
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    Hi Marilyn, Pesto does taste good without the cheese, too - almost like a pistou in France which traditionally did not have pine nuts or cheese. Did you know you can make a red (sundried tomato) pesto? It is just brilliant. That goat sounds divine. I LOVE goat and feel it is so underused. I, too, crave meat cooked on the bone and bone marrow. Root...
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    More pasta and strawberries! Sort of atypical but who cares when you eat your pasta?
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    Sounds like you live in an ideal location! I make a mean apple mint jelly that goes soooooooooo well with duck and goose and lamb (well, and pork).
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    How lovely! Where on earth is that chapel cut into the rock? I am such a castle fanatic. My favourite castles/stately homes in the world are in Scotland such as Crathes, Traquair, Eilean Donan, Fyvie, Linlithgow, Holyrood, Edinburgh, Tantallon, Dunnotar, Dunvegan, Campbell, Cawdor, etc. We have been to about 75 in Scotland. Thanks for sharing! European...
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    Though I have received the flu vaccine a few times I still get sick. Last year I had bronchitis that turned into pneumonia that caused so much coughing that many of my intercostal muscles tore away from my ribs. Not good when I have severe back pain to begin with. The pain was (and still is) unimaginable. Perhaps now that I am gluten free I will not get...
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    Oh, yes! You can easily make small batches of pesto if you are limited on space. It freezes well, too. I make nearly 10 kinds of pesto including sundried tomato, mint, basil, sage and parsley and switch up the nuts, too, such as almonds or walnuts instead of expensive pinenuts. My pesto classes are amongst the most popular I teach - people tell me often...
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    Mmmm... mint tea. I love mint, too. Did you know you can also grow apple and pineapple mint? With my mint I usually make: - mint sauce for lamb - mint and basil pesto - mint panna cotta and creme brulee (well, until I went dairy free) - mint jelly - mint simple syrup - mint vinegar (sometimes with raspberries or blueberries)
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    You could make a green tomato salsa (I am doing that, too, as most of the tomatoes we picked were still green).
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    Interesting article. I find this to be true; in Italy I go to the pharmacies for gluten-free products (grocery stores do carry some, too). Italians must be tested for celiac by the age of either 5 or 6 so pretty much everyone is well aware of it. There are gluten-free Italian restaurants where the chefs/servers know far more than many of our doctors do...
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    My heels are no longer cracked, either. The cracks used to be so deep I would have to fish out the fuzzies from my socks! Definitely an malabsorption issue. I am also taking tons of magnesium which is said to help with skin and other things. My skin is definitely softer, too.
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    Hmmm...I agree that being back on gluten for such a short time could potentially result in false negatives. Remember to request 8-11 biopsies - NOT just 3 or 5. Only 40% of biopsies in the US and Canada are done CORRECTLY because of too few biopsies. The scope itself is no problem. I worried for nothing. I had both the gastroscopy and colonoscopy...
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    Chalky crumbly drywall bread. Who wouldn't love that?
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    Now that we've had our first frost canning is in the air. Today I am canning a big batch of yummy salsa and tomorrow I am making dill pickles. Hopefully on Friday I will make yellow tomato butter. So far I have made: - nectarine almond chutney - pear relish - marinara sauce - roasted plum preserves - roasted applesauce ...and have...
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    Navigator, thanks for the awesome trip report! So glad you were safe and felt safe. That is a big accomplishment. We are going to France next year and I bet by then there will be even more awareness! We are returning to Italy and Croatia in 17 little sleeps and this time I know I have nothing to fear (except my dumb wretched chronic back pain which makes...
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    Found some gorgeous leeks in the store so we are having Vichyssoise (but I am serving it warm, not cold). Maybe drizzle with some pumpkinseed oil and sprinkle with spicy pepitas. Warm challah bread (as per Simona's recipe). Strawberries with balsamic glaze.
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    Glad to have you join our elite club, Gina! Well, sort of. At first this celiac stuff can be overwhelming but eventually it becomes second nature. I was diagnosed in February and it took nearly two months to really get my mind wrapped around it. Already my numbers are negative (they were overwhelmingly positive) and I am on my way to healing! So,...
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    When we have guests I just have never had the need for concern because cooking gluten-free is just so easy - so many things are naturally gluten-free anyway. Most baking - same thing. We had guests recently for three days and not once did I have any processed gluten-free product. Just not necessary. So, I agree that the best thing is to learn how...
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    Oh, thank you. It is really hard because it affects every moment of every day and every aspect of my life. I really took health for granted a few years ago. I feel double my age. It hurts just to put deoderant on - and just wearing clothes hurts but I sort of have no choice with that. I understand insomnia - it can make life pretty rough, too...
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    Not at all! I have had severe chronic back (and a host of other body parts) pain (see my signature). So, I was finally referred to a chronic pain management specialist (18-month waiting list here in Canada) who did a bunch of testing, poking, prodding and determined that I definitely have FMS. When a total of 11/18 pressure points, when pressed, cause...
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    Fresh millet and brown rice flour pasta with a rose sauce Roasted plum chutney I made with little golden plums and lactose-free yogurt Cucumbers and red onion salad with lime vinaigrette
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    Nothing. I requested bloodwork as my sister was diagnosed with gluten intolerance. Boy, was I SHOCKED when I was told I have celiac! I'd always been the healthiest one in our family. However, in retrospect I do see a few things that are related such as arthritis, fibromyalgia (which I did not know I had until April) and all my miscarriages. And now...
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    Interesting. Both my rotator cuffs are torn - and HURT! I had never thought of a correlation between that and celiac, though, because mine result from nearly four years of back/shoulder, etc. injuries, compensating for those injuries and resultant poor posture (I must lie down much of the time due to pain). My massage therapist works them each week - ouch...
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    After being strictly gluten free for six months, at the five-month-mark I started getting quite ill from dairy. In my case it appears to be lactose but I have eliminated dairy temporarily to be sure. It is very frustrating not to have gluten OR dairy but there are others here who must have much less. I hope to be one of those who is able to re-introduce...
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