LauraTX

Thank you Tyria!  I am going to have to print this out and take this with me. 

I am going to see her and the other baby elephant tomorrow!  Maybe I can get a picture.  I am going to squee with excitement the whole time I am there.

They use local oven hamburger buns, and being from the local area, when I discovered them I bought some.  The BEST gluten-free hamburger and hotdog buns, by far.  They come individually wrapped in a sealed plastic pouch so you can take out just what you need, and let it thaw out on the counter.  They are soft and moist, and the texture is the closest to gluteny buns that I have found.  I tried Udis hot dog buns and they were so terrible, hard to chew and tough.  If you live in the DFW area they can be found at Central Market and some other places.  I go periodically and fill up my freezer.  I think some of their buns are free of other allergens, too, I would check the website.  They also have a complete list of places who sell and serve their products.

I used to get this for a relative who had pill swallowing issues, the Walgreens brand liquid multivitamin.  On the website it says no gluten, but is only available in stores.  At the recommended dose of 15mL (3 tsp) a day, it will last 16 days.

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He had problems with gagging on things if they tasted bad so I assume this wasn't bad tasting, as he didn't have any issues.  

It is worth a try with different forms of vitamins if the kind you are using isn't working out.  Especially with absorption issues, I'd say use whatever works for you personally.  The only downside to the liquid vitamins is that they can get expensive especially if you are taking large doses.  Pre diagnosis I was anemic although I already took a multivitamin with iron in it.  I started over the counter iron supplements at that time, and right now my iron is normal.  Maybe later I will go off the iron supplement to see if it was an absorption issue like the GI doctor suspected, it would be nice to take one less pill each day, haha.

I have had acid reflux problems since I was a teenager, I take nexium, and will probably always have to, but I have been able to figure out what triggers my reflux.  Fatty foods are the worst for me, then acidic foods.  Mexican food & italian food I have to be careful on the quantity I eat.  Spiciness doesn't seem to bother me but anything spicy +fatty+ acidic is like a death wish for me.  Also coffee and orange juice bother me a lot.  Hot wings I have to leave out the vinegar or I will just crumple over in pain.  I love pickles, but when I eat them I take two tums right after, I dont even wait for it to start burning.  But that is because I love pickles so much I refuse to not eat them, but I have cut down.

You can buy low acid coffee and OJ, may be worth a try if you get a little better and want to start reintroducing things, but for me they are both a no-no in everything but a rare small serving.  If I need caffeine, maybe once or twice a month, I use 5 hour energy, and drink half.  

For good, solid dinner ideas, I actually eat beans and rice at least once a week so I think you are on the right track there.  Grilled chicken I make probably twice a week, my countertop grill is my best friend.  Also grilled pork chops, the fat on them is easy to trim off and they are easy to fix.  Veggies are always good, too.  Acidic fruits, I cannot do on an empty stomach, so if you continue to have problems maybe look at what kind of fruit you eat, and make sure to eat it at least with something else.  Also I like to eat just egg whites, instead of the whole egg, to cut out fat.  Or make scrambled eggs with say 4 eggs, but just two yolks removed so you still have that flavor.

If you cook something acidic like a tomato pasta, you can use baking soda to cut the acidity, which I do sometimes.  Do this in tiny, tiny quantities, though, because you can overdo it and totally ruin the tomato flavor (know this from experience).  

Hope some of this helps!

Thanks for the heads up, I think a lot of us get comfortable in what we buy and don't -always- read the label like we should.

I regularly use the pacific naturals cream of mushroom and chicken soups, I am not on a sodium restricted diet but before I went gluten-free I bought low sodium everything, especially soups.  I wish there were a gluten-free, store-bought option!  Some of that stuff is just SO salty, but the pacific cream soups aren't too bad, at least.  I have considered making a large batch myself and freezing it up, I am a big fan of freezing things.

I looked for their seasoned mixes at my usual grocery store to no avail, just the plain rice.  I do regularly make their quick-cooking brown and wild rice blend (orange package I think) using broth as the cooking liquid and adding herbs and garlic, makes a really nice quick side dish.  It doesn't have the usual odd texture of quick cooking rice that I usually can't stand.

I sought some out today, tried the bacon cheddar ones.  They do taste like cheetos, which every once in a while I will crave and seek out, but I am able to get those in very small packages so I don't eat the whole thing. I agree with you Karen & nights that they are bad for you with all those ingredients.  If these stay on the market I will probably buy them every once in a while, my husband has yet to try them but I predict he will destroy the bag in one sitting tonight, he loves any form of cheesy snacks.  If you have non-gluten-free people in the house this would be a nice cheaper option for them as snacks with which you don't have to worry about CC.  Just orange fingerprints  

Usually they are in paper bags (not sealed just folded over at the top) already on a shelf by the cashier, I assume they make them at the beginning of the day and portion them out then.  Now I am curious, I will have to ask next time I go. 

Hi Celeste, I saw this article on a blog post, and thought about the questions you were asking.  I think this sums it up nicely, that celiac disease does not automatically equal a topical allergy.  From the mayo clinic:

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NV, I hope you have a great time!  I am going to Disney land in November, we will be in Anaheim for 6 days for a convention, so if you have any good/bad experiences in that area I would be thrilled if you let me know.  Since I will be in that area for a good while and not staying at Disney itself, I am definitely going to do an informative writeup to help others out.  If anyone has any suggestions on stuff for me to try feel free to let me know.  

We will be flying into LAX, 6 nights in Anaheim, last night in Huntington Beach. I pray to god I can get a microwave and fridge in my hotel room by request, so I can go buy myself cereal and frozen dinners if I cant find anything.

I do what plumbago does, but I keep a running document as a saved draft in my email account, the top half I have to send to people who want to meet up for a meal and I email it to them with options, neighborhoods, fast food/sit down etc. I have on there a short paragraph like "just because it says gluten-free doesn't mean it is safe, CC blah blah"  The bottom half is my notations like what I can eat and such.  I will probably need to put it in a word file soon, it is getting bigger as I become more comfortable eating out.

The apps mentioned and even review sites help sometimes.  If you are on a webpage with a ton of reviews you can hit Ctrl+F and type in gluten, see if any good/bad reviews specifically mentioning that are on there.  If you can get a hold of another Celiac who lives in your area this is the best way to get fast info on where they eat, and start there.

I Love Chipotle.  Did before I went gluten-free and it is one of those places where if I am stuck away from the house, it becomes a beacon of hope against my starvation. Here is what I do:

1. Be super nice to the server.  This is really hard when you have terrible anxiety but try your best.  "Hi, I have an allergy to the flour tortillas so can you change your gloves for me?  I am going to get a bowl."

2. Order your thing, and the best part here is you can watch them make it.  You can see sometimes they will have a new thing of beans on the counter behind them ready to refill what is out there, you can sweetly ask for those.  If you see them touch the inside of your bowl with their fingers that just touched the counter, sweetly tell them you can't eat that now, can they re-start it?  Really be sickeningly sweet to them, they cannot say no.  

3. Have your clean gloved person make it from start to finish.  If they start to hand off to another employee, I say, "Oh, can you finish and seal it up for me since you are clean?  Thank you so much!"

I get: Chicken burrito bowl with brown rice, black beans, guacamole, and salsa.  If they are not busy I will sometimes ask for cheese/lettuce from the back but I will not get this off the line because they touched those gluteny tortillas and then grab that with their hands. But guac is a good substitute for cheese in my opinion.  Chips and salsa/guac are good, too.  

I usually go to the same Chipotle and get to-go dinner for my husband and I, and two people there will recognize me so that is super nice. "Hey you're the gluten girl right?"  And my response is "Yes, I love you by the way!"  One time I went to a random location while out and about and the guy was clueless, but nice and did what I say.  I haven't had a bad experience at Chipotle yet, if anyone was less than nice to me I would go higher up because they seem to be a pretty good company as far as customer service goes. 

I am hungry for Chipotle now......

Laura

I saw the gluten-free crumpets at Central Market in Fort Worth,TX when I went there yesterday to get a large haul of gluten-free bread for my freezer.  So, they ARE out there!  

Also I found this article online speaking of Amazon.com's plans to extend into the Czech Republic.  So maybe they will come about soon and make online ordering of some things a little easier!  

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Paul I wish you luck finding supplies you need, eventually you will uncover places you can stock up at.  If you are like me and enjoy cooking, adjusting recipes is actually pretty easy when you make things from scratch, and it is fun.

I will pass up the whole eating gluten-free issue to lose weight thing for now, I think the previous people addressed that appropriately.  

Before I went gluten-free, I loved those pouch noodles and such, and no, they don't make any that are gluten free.  However, once you realize what is in them it is pretty simple to replicate the noodles + gravy thing yourself.  However you can not replicate the taste of the artificial flavors in the pouch mixes, which a lot of people prefer to the real thing.

Basic gravy recipe:

Melt 1 tblsp butter/oil/fat in small saucepan, whisk in 1 Tblsp gluten-free flour  (for a roux I use half cornstarch half brown rice flour seems to work well but I haven't tried this in a dark roux), stir over medium heat until it bubbles and cook for a minute or so.  Whisk in 1 cup stock/broth/milk depending on what kind of gravy you want.  Simmer a little bit and voila! Gravy.  Multiply to your hearts desire.  You can add a gluten-free boullion cube, herbs (like poultry seasoning), spices, whatever to make a nice sauce to complement what you are serving.

To replicate the knorr noodle side things I would say 2 cups of that gravy, with poultry seasoning and an extra boullion cube mixed in, over gluten-free noodles, may be pretty tasty.  

TL;DR Your sister is not going to lose weight by going gluten-free, have her go talk to a registered dietitian instead to educate her properly.

For me, the response depends on who is asking.  Total stranger, "No thanks" is good.  Someone you will have to see again like maybe a person at a meeting or group, "No thanks I had a HUGE lunch" seems to always work or if they know you are hungry, "No thanks, I can't eat that" or "No thanks I have a food allergy" are usually good.  Also "I am going to my grandmas for dinner and if I don't eat every bite she will be crushed, Id better leave all the room I can" helps to cut in some humor when things get awkward.  

But, unless you want to disclose a lot of personal information, less is more.  So I usually stick with "No thanks" or "I already ate" unless I am close enough to the person to be willing to explain things.  If you say "No thanks, I have an allergy" and the person starts insisting, I like to say "No thanks, it gets really ugly!" and will sometimes add "Ain't nobody got time for that!" or something similarly funny if the conversation has drawn attention.  If the person is a stranger (or even a relative,heck) and they are being pushy and rude, just start telling them about the explosive diarrhea you will get and you will be surprised at how quickly they want to talk to someone else.

But yes, "No Thanks" is generally the best  Less is more.

I am so glad I am not the only person who has dreams like this, I was about to start a thread but I thought I would search first.  Once a month or so its like, I sit down at a restaurant and eat a piece of bread/slice of cake and then I realize I shouldn't have eaten that and hysteria erupts.  I also dream that I walk through the bakery in the grocery store and go on a rampage stuffing my face with all that delicious looking bread.  I was a big bread lover before Celiac.  But in real life I am totally fine with the tradeout- no gluten/better health.

Every Wednesday my husband gets fed an enormous lunch at work so he won't want dinner when he gets home, just a snack.  So that day of the week is when I cook things he doesn't like, AKA most vegetables.  This past week it was a small amount of tinkyada rotini pasta with a mushroom meat sauce, more mushrooms in it than anything.  He hates those the most, and I love those the most, hehe.  This week I bought some great looking yellow squash and more mushrooms, and some gluten-free gnocchi at a store I rarely get to stop at, so I think I may whip something up with those three this wednesday.  I make enough for lunch and dinner for myself.

Yesterday was a toasted turkey and provolone sandwich on Rudis multigrain bread, with Amys french country vegetable soup.  Literally it is the best canned soup I have ever had, maybe because it has vegetables, too.

Today I was out and about so I cheated on the healthy kick and got Chik Fil A    And a lot of See's candy, lets pretend you only read the first part about me eating veggies! 

I basically said this same thing on the chicken nugget thread, but crushed up potato chips are great on meat and veggies.  For meat that I don't want the coating falling off of, I use 1/3 parmesean, 1/3 crushed up chips, 1/3 corn meal, pulsed in the food processor until the chips aren't totally jagged.  If you bake them raised on a grate in the pan, the bottoms will not get soggy. Also if you have a convection oven (I got mine by accident yay for delivery mixups!) cook them with convection on and it will help take the moisture off the surface and get a crispy outside.

Crushed up potato chips make a great coating for oven "fried" items.  Probably not so much when actually fried, though.  But I make oven "fried" baked breaded meats frequently, usually the breading I will use half parmesean and half breading (crushed up cereal,corn meal,rice flour,crushed chips) and I just brush the meat with egg to make it stick.  You could also probably get away with half parmesean, 1/4 almonds, and a flour and pulse it in the food processor until it is a good texture and bread it with that.  

I made gluten-free fried chicken fingers that were buttermilk marinated, dredged in seasoned gluten-free bisquick, and then dipped in buttermilk and double dredged.  It had an abundance of tasty crunchy breading, for me it was too much though.  And of course, not low carb, hehe.

If you are still eating gluten, panko is the bomb!  They make gluten-free versions but I just cannot pay that price >.>

I second this, King Arthur Flour gluten-free brownie mix was the first thing I made when I went gluten-free, I think I lucked out because it makes the best, moist fugdy brownies and the texture is exactly like it is supposed to be.  Mmmmmmmm....

Also, don't ruin your chocolate by adding coffee to it, just saying.... >.<  (Personal preference, I know, hehe)

I know this is a few months old BUT at walmart and my local store, HEB, they have Van's gluten-free Cheese Crackers and they are the closest thing to gluten-free cheezits I have found.  Taste is buttery and cheesy.  I have also tried the multigrain but they tasted a little plain, need a dip or something.

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-Fellow Cheese Lover

I started reading this thinking you were looking for a cereal, I was like "gotta tell her about Vans" LOL

The honey nut crunch is my favorite gluten-free cereal, and decently priced.  Not too much sugar, and a good amount of fiber, too. 

Karen,

I have made home made ice cream before and saved the egg whites from all those yolks I used, put them in an ice cube tray and then stored them in a bag once frozen.  Here is a website that lays out how to freeze eggs, but yes they do freeze well, out of the shell of course.  For whole eggs I would beat them, and freeze in ice cube trays so you can dump them all in a ziploc and take out just what you need.  However with fresh eggs being so readily available most people would consider this a hassle.

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