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  1. tarnalberry
    Silk (produced by White Wave) is gluten-free, as is Whole Soy. Pacific Soy Milk is gluten-free, as is Soy Dream (but not Rice Dream). Trader Joe's Soy Milk is gluten-free as well, and I believe 8th Continent is too.
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    It's pretty easy for crumbs to be left on someone's lips, or near their mouth. Or for a few crumbs to be left in people's teeth after eating bread, for instance. So yep, I don't go kissing my husband soon after he's eaten anything with gluten unless he brushes his teeth. (We usually don't worry about it after a few hours, however.)
  3. tarnalberry
    Tropical Source makes Gluten-free Casein-free chocolate. (It is made with soy-lecithin, though.)
  4. tarnalberry
    Sally, no worries, I understand the paranoia. I know they recommend getting their vegetables without the seasoning, but if they don't say anything like that about the shrimp, I'm sure you're fine. When in doubt, ask the manager. :-) And double check the gluten-free menu they have at the restaurant. (I recall having them once before, but it was a while...
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    A lot of family members of people on the board seem to have a blind spot when it comes to being willing to believe they may be gluten intolerant, so you're not alone. It still sucks, I'm sure. :-( If she has that much faith in the medical community, I agree with Katie's suggestion of seeing if you can find a doctor who's well versed in celiac disease for...
  6. tarnalberry
    What about having a date where you cook together? Something that requires teamwork, like making sushi, or gluten-free lasagna? My friends and I, in college, had a great time - socially - making sushi together before eating it.
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    As for x-contamination: My husband is not gluten-free. Being a picky eater, and one who eats a lot of things made from wheat, I can't really ask him to. But what he eats is fairly self-contained: crackers, bread (not as sandwhiches, just as eating bread), frozen entrees for lunch at work, cold cereal, frozen waffles, and oatmeal. Dinner (and often lunch...
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    I don't know off the top of my head - you can get their gluten-free menu online at their website. It'll tell you the details.
  9. tarnalberry
    How about flax meal or hemp seeds? Both good sources of protein and omega-3's.
  10. tarnalberry
    Sorry for the typo, but the advice still holds. It doesn't matter what your daughter thinks on the issue. In fact, it needn't even be a topic up for discussion. I know you want to help her with your numbers, and the most you can do is give her accurate information and accurate resources. Beyond that... you can lead the horse... you can't make it drink...
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    There are a lot of places - and there may be one local to the part of Florida you are going to. Can you give us more details?
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    Lol... I think we could go on for a very long time about the second-class role of females in many religions, but it wouldn't be a particularly religious discussion... :-) (The history of this stuff is just so darn fascinating. I'm so curious how much different the world would be if women produced more testosterone than they do... :-) )
  13. tarnalberry
    The vast majority of pure spices are gluten-free - I've yet to see a company that actually does use wheat to prevent clumping in pure spices, but when in doubt, ALWAYS call. (Realistically, using wheat would be disadvantagous - both changing the taste and the cooking properties...) Seasoning mixes, on the other hand, are more likely to contain a potentially...
  14. tarnalberry
    westie - check out the Gluten-free Casein-free yahoo groups as well. they're mostly for parents of autistic kids, but they have a number of resources you may find helpful. I found giving up milk to be much harder than giving up gluten, and limiting soy to make giving up milk that much harder (I don't have soy often any more), and it did change the types...
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    tarnalberry replied to sdore's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Pat, that one sentence you used: "Don't be ashamed of your diet" is VITAL. I've gotten the impression from some of the people on the board (and I'm not trying to pick on people - this is a personality trait, but with a condition like this, it could be a dangerous one) are intimately embarassed or ashamed of having to stand up for themselves about their diet...
  16. tarnalberry
    no gluten really does mean NO gluten, not even a little. it can take some time to get used to it, but you will eventually. there's plenty of gluten-free broth available, and gluten-free options for most things, so search those out so this won't happen again.
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    Sabrina, Welcome! I'm sorry you have to be here, but glad you found the place. I'd encourage you to look around at the posts for a while - starting the gluten-free diet can be overwhelming, and you're likely to make mistakes at first, because there's a lot to learn. But like any habit, you'll get it eventually, and you'll find what works for you.
  18. tarnalberry
    What your mom thinks doesn't matter, period. You know what you need to do for your own health; you live in your own body. Keep doing what you need to do to feel healthy! :-)
  19. tarnalberry
    Assuming that it doesn't have any ingredients added to the coffee beans themselves that contain gluten. (I don't know how often than happens with coffee, but I know tea will occasionally contain barley, depending on the flavor.) Plain coffee, nothing but roasted coffee beans, is fine. Be careful of the additives, of course.
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    tarnalberry replied to sdore's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    You're doing the right thing. And you reminded me of a funny incident: My husband and I work in the same company, on the same project, for the same group, in cubes kitty-corner to each other's. One day, we packed a fork for him in my lunchbox, because he already had a rice bowl (not gluten-free) at work in the freezer. I got back to my desk from working...
  21. tarnalberry
    caramel may be, but is not always, derived from wheat. you just have to call about it. vanilla, the bean, is gluten-free; there had been concern in the past that the alcohol used to draw the main flavor compounds out of the bean had gluten, but that is not the case. vanilla, by itself, is not an ingredient I call on.
  22. tarnalberry

    ARCHIVED Gf In L.a.?

    tarnalberry replied to mdono's topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants

    Some of those places are not also in LA (and make me wish I lived closer to SD) - though, of course, Outback, PF Changs, and El Pollo Loco are. (They've got a nice little list for Orange County that I'll find useful... that teahouse; I can't believe I haven't been there!!) I've heard that Rubio's can be accomodating. Depending on where in LA you are, Open...
  23. tarnalberry
    I would suggest definitely bringing something for breakfast - be it a bag of millet grits (mmm... tasty) or quinoa flakes, or rice cakes and peanut butter. The grocery store will almost certainly have rice, which can be made for you. The store should of course carry the fresh stuff that you can eat, and perhaps they'd allow you to use the kitchen to prepare...
  24. tarnalberry
    Bob's Red Mill makes soy grits, rice grits and millet grits on their gluten-free lines. They also have a "Mighty Tasty Hot Cereal" that combines a number of grains that's of a similar texture.
  25. tarnalberry
    Most of Outback's gluten-free food isn't spicy - because their spice blends have gluten, so you ask for it without the spices. PF Chang's is great - a laminated gluten-free menu is like heaven! ;-)
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