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  1. love2travel
    I have never been to Vegas but I do travel on long-haul flights, etc. and eating gluten-free can be challenging. If you do not have a small cooler it would be helpful to purchase one. I stock up on snacks such as homemade crackers, cupcakes or muffins, a few gluten-free pepperoni sticks, cheeses, homemade granola, dried fruit such as cherries or blueberries...
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    All the canola oil I am aware of (here in Canada) is gluten-free. Right now I have so many oils on hand it's not even funny (all serve different purposes due to smoking point, flavour, etc.). What sort of thing will you be breading? Using an eggwash, buttermilk, sour cream, yogurt, etc. allow better adherence. I use my homemade bread heels for breading...
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    Thanks, Shauna. You're right - it can be difficult knowing how to measure the whole gluten thing if you do not obviously react. As I have read about so many people who react far more severely once being gluten-free for several months and longer I am not exactly eager to try to find out! So I am as strict as can be. I know I have neurological issues but...
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    This was my first scan so I could have had healthy bones all along BUT I choose to believe (hee hee!) that it is due to being gluten-free. It could very well be! Because of my crazy old back injury and fibromyalgia I truly did not want to have to deal with something else! I really hope that you are able to reverse the osteopenia. When do you have...
  5. love2travel
    Oh, poor guy. It is sad when the words "gluten free" sometimes can be so misleading. I recently saw a product state "Gluten Free" on the front but "wheat" was listed under the ingredients. I know it must be under 20 ppm but I don't care. If I can help it no wheat is going to cross these lips of mine. Maybe we should make some bright orange poison...
  6. love2travel
    ...were perfect today! That means I am absorbing. YAY! To this day I cannot tell whether I have been accidentally glutened (I know I was once in the last six months but didn't feel different at all) so these results show I am at least heading in the right direction!
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    To my knowledge I have only been glutened glutenated or contaminated once in these past six months but I do not know (and I do not intend to deliberately find out). I do not think "contaminated" is too harsh - it may be the jolt some folks need! It is like poison to our bodies, after all. Probably a bit better than walking around wearing a poison or...
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    Oh, you poor thing! Sometimes people sort of get it but truly do not fully grasp all the implications. It seems they think of the food itself more than cross contamination at times. Hopefully this glutening blows over very quickly.
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    Me, neither. I would never try samples from anywhere (unless it was a gluten-free facility and the employees themselves were gluten-free). There are just too many variables for me.
  10. love2travel
    You are not alone! I have had chronic insomnia for many years - especially the last few years due to an injury resulting in constant chronic pain as well as fibromyalgia pain. It just does not let up! Night is difficult because it is nearly impossible to get comfortable enough to fall and stay asleep. On average I sleep well one night in every ten. I...
  11. love2travel
    That is awesome! Good work.
  12. love2travel
    Ditto on the above. My tummy is vastly improved so we are having carnitas et. al.
  13. love2travel
    Yes - I was going to mention the food snob thing before! I admit it. I am a food snob. I took my niece to McDonalds many years ago but didn't have anything. 1980 - that is funny! I'm proud of you. I was a kid then but even so did not enjoy fast food. By the time I was 10 I was doing all the preserving, canning, making things like dacquoise, artisan...
  14. love2travel
    Hi there! Where are you in England? I cannot say I know the country thoroughly but have been there many times and ADORE it.
  15. love2travel
    You may already do this but if you rub butter/herbs under the chicken skin prior to roasting it flavours the meat nicely! Can I also suggest cutting a lemon or two and roasting cut side down when you roast the chicken? You can then squeeze roasted lemon juice over the meat which makes it flavourful and succulent. Perhaps glazed baby carrots with fresh...
  16. love2travel
    Unfortunately (good) bakeries still smell yummy to me (i.e. in Italy). However, I have less sadness associated with the products than I used to which is a good thing!
  17. love2travel
    Same. I was at a fast food restaurant once in the last four years as far as I can recall. Perhaps our FF restos in Canada are inferior?!
  18. love2travel
    We prefer other cuts of chicken to breasts because they tend to dry out faster and have less flavour. BUT because they are so neutral you can do a lot to them! I would recommend pounding them thin so they cook quickly and evenly and deglaze with vermouth and add roasted grapes. Or do a parmigiana. Chicken breasts are also fine in stir frys and good poached...
  19. love2travel
    Thankfully it is simple to make cakes, brownies, cookies and pastry gluten-free - it is the yeast products that are tricky to replicate. In addition to what others have recommended I love adding some coconut flour in such recipes for nice flavour. You could also use a bit of sorghum.
  20. love2travel
    I made sublime chipotle and cascabel orange carnitas with corn tortillas. I have a thing for pork! Alas...tummy troubles prevented me from enjoying them tonight but at least my husband did...perhaps tomorrow.
  21. love2travel
    I've been to the area and it IS lovely! It is so great you live in an area you are in love with. I admit that our town is U G L Y ! ! ! The farm where I was raised is very pretty. But our place in Croatia is absolutely stunning. Cannot wait to move there. Some day!
  22. love2travel
    I so agree. Risotto sounds difficult to some but it is incredibly simple to make! We have risotto often. One of my favorites is roasted butternut squash with crispy sage and mascarpone. Have you tried chocolate risotto?
  23. love2travel
    Our chives (and everything else) are growing rampant! Our raised beds are against our white house surrounded by gravel. With the rain we have had things are monstrous. Am trying to keep up with all our herbs!
  24. love2travel
    Thanks! I've had a somewhat rough two weeks - severe D, vomiting, cramps, pain. Surprisingly enough I have not lost a single pound. My pain threshhold is high but I am not liking this. ER doctor questioned me about travels. However, with celiac disease, I have no idea whether this is my first glutening or what? I have not eaten out for ages and our...
  25. love2travel
    I cannot fathom feeling safe enough to eat at a fast food restaurant! But then I never have in the past so I feel like I am not missing out on anything exciting.
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