Gluten Free Pizza Restaurants
Today I upgraded my power page “Gluten Free Pizza Restaurants by adding pizzerias in Nevada City CA, Cleveland OH, Albuquerque NM, and Smithtown NY. This power page now lists eight “safe” nationwide pizza chains as well as 42 individual restaurants.
This site’s power pages are designed to summarize (in list form) information that people living gluten free need to have constantly at the fingertips. In addition to the power page mentioned above Currently, there are three other power pages on this site. All we be expanded this year and new ones will be created. You may wish to visit “Gluten Free Restaurant Meals”. “Gluten Free Bakeries“, and “Gluten Free Supermarket Lists“.
Chelsea Clinton..a Gluten Free Success Story
Does Chelsea Clinton qualify for my series of “gluten free success stories”? I believe that she does, and so do all the people involved in planning her wedding. She certainly made it easier for other families who must consider food sensitivities in their wedding plans. The Clinton family had the power to keep almost anything secret, and they chose to be very public in this regard. The demonstrated their belief that gluten free food can be delicious. They demonstrated that people who live gluten free can eat from the same table.
You might be interested in rereading my article on the Clinton wedding. By the way, I googled the terms “clinton” “gluten”. All the articles I found either dealt with Chelsea’s wedding or with different people named Clinton.
Weight Loss Tips for People Living Gluten Free
“…you’ll only lose weight if your gluten free diet includes portion control and healthy foods to keep your calorie intake below your calorie burn rate” My thanks to Live Strong dot com for summarizing the situation so beautifully. Be sure to read the entire article and the other articles it recommends.
I emphasized the words “portion control” and “healthy foods” because I need to write about both these topics. Today’s topic is “portion control”. For example: You’re reading a diet guide and come across the phrase “medium potato”. How large is that? Click here to find out. You can also find this information at Web-MD. This site has better graphics and also allows you to download refrigerator-sized and wallet-sized charts that will answer your questions.
Forgive me for not answering the question I posed in the last paragraph. I wanted to make sure that you visited one of sites that I mentioned. They are essential for any person who is committed to following America’s most popular New Year’s resolution which is to lose weight in the new year. I’ll write about healthy foods in the next few days. “Portion control” and “healthy foods”. These are the keys to losing weight for wheat eaters and for people who live gluten free.
Everything I know about losing weight while living gluten free is summarized on my power page “Gluten Free Weight Loss Diet“. Click on the title to go to that page. Another option is to scroll down to the bottom of this article (past the ads) and click on the red tag that says “lose weight gluten free”. You will be taken to a page that shows the first few sentences of each of my articles on the subject. Click to read the complete article.
Gluten Free Sandwich Cookies by Mi-DEL
I enjoyed the chocolate sandwich cookies that I sampled this week. I have no idea if they are an adequate substitute for the Oreo cookies that they were obviously designed to imitate — I was diagnosed ten years ago so I don’t really really remember what wheat-based food tastes like. I do know that I enjoyed the crisp fresh taste — sweet but not too sweet — a great chocolate taste but not the “over-chocolaty” taste that some gluten free cookies inflict on us. (Is “over-chocolaty a word? It should be. We experience it altogether too frequently.)
Not all Mi-Del products are gluten free and wheat products are processed in the same family. However, Mi-Del seems to be very careful about quality control. Their Frequently Asked Questions section states that “Mi-Del gluten-free products consistently test below 20 parts-per-million…product samples are tested at the beginning, middle, and end of each production run. Every batch of gluten-free flour blend is also tested prior to mixing.”
I purchased these cookies at my local Albertson’s supermarket and have seen them at other mainstream stores.
Gluten Free Food, Gluten Free Shopping
Gluten Free Post Cereal
Apparently, Post Cereals intends to enter the gluten free breakfast cereal market, following the wonderful example set by General Mills and their gluten free Chex cereals. I chose the word “apparently” because the gluten free sites “Gluten Free Optimist” and “Gluten Freeville” report this as a fact and even link the reader to a press release from Post Cereals indicating that Cocoa Pebbles and Fruity Pebbles will soon are (or will soon be) certified gluten free. The press release does not state what organization is doing the certifying and when the certification process will be complete and the products will actually be available. When I visited the Post Cereal website, I saw pictures of several cereal boxes clearly marked gluten free and roughly the same number of boxes without the marking I had hoped to see.
My suggestion: The press release contained an e-mail address Jennifer.Mennes@postfoods.com. Do what I intend to do immediately after I finish this post — E-mail Ms. Mennes and encourage her to encourage her company to provide America’s gluten free community with the service it needs, deserves, and is quite willing to pay for. Then, don’t hold your breath waiting for action. Action will come.
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New Years Resolutions for People Living Gluten Free
Today, people who live gluten free and wheat eaters have at least one thing in common: most of us are thinking about New Year’s resolutions. Most of us know that 40-45% of Americans make New Years resolutions. We also know that approximately one fourth of those resolutions do not survive the first week and only about half of those resolutions are “dead” before the middle of the year. Click here for more information on this topic.
On the other hand, we learn from the same article that people who make a firm and specific commitment (in other words, a resolution) have considerably more success that people (non-resolvers) who simply decide that something is a good idea. Half the resolutions that are made fail to last the year, but this means that 50% of them are successful.
There is nothing magic about making resolutions on January 1. On the other hand, why not? This may be a great day for you. There are many examples of gluten related resolutions on the internet. Since the titles are all basically, I’ll simply suggest that you click here, and then finish your research by clicking here.
Good luck. Happy New Year!
Gluten Free Food, Gluten Free Shopping
Gluten Free Instant Oatmeal
I’ve been starting my day with gluten free instant oatmeal. I like the taste, the texture, the fact that it is a good source of fiber, and the equally important fact that I can prepare it in three minutes even before I am fully awake. One packet makes a great breakfast — with most instant cereals, I need two packets to keep me going through until lunch time.
I was rather reluctant to try this product. After all, when I was diagnosed oats were an absolute taboo. Recently, scientists have learned that most celiacs tolerate oats well. unless those oats are cross-contaminated by being raised or processed in close proximity to wheat, rye, or barley. Click here for more information about this issue.
I had no unpleasant reactions to this oatmeal. I’m glad that I was dealing with a reputable company like GlutenFreeda and very pleased that the phrase “made with certified gluten free oats” appeared in bold letters on the front of the package. I recommend this product and am looking forward to using all four versions of the product as well as the “variety pack” that is available. If you can’t find these cereal packets locally, click here to order them from The Gluten Free Pantry.
Gluten Free New Years Eve
Just don’t cheat!!!! Everyone who successfully lives gluten free has a set of strategies. Alcohol may be flowing freely at your party and the function of alcoholic beverages is to lower inhibitions. Don’t 2011 with a hangover and a gluten reaction. Here are some suggestions:
♦ Use the buddy system. My son and his wife will be our hosts on New Year’s Eve.They were there when I fell apart from celiac disease. They’ll keep me honest. My wife will be there too.
♦ Remember, this is not a dinner party. Eat before you come. Focus on the people rather than on the food.
♦ Bring food. Thousands of recipes on the internet are tagged “new years eve” and “gluten free”. I didn’t think this a time to try a new recipe. Use one that you already love to prepare and to eat. Is this the time to experiment? Originally I said NO but then I discovered a wonderful site called Taste Spotting dot com. This site has great photographs of food whose recipes are featured on various sites, Fifty four of them are tagged “gluten free”. Click on a recipe that excites you and share your creation at the party.
♦ Review the rules for drinking gluten free. Click here to read my post on that subject.
Merry Gluten Free Christmas
Merry Christmas. You’ll be pleased to know that my elves (my son and I actually) have corrected the problem that resulted in some of you receiving this site in a font that was so small that it was barely readable, By the way, if the font is still too small let me know at gfceliac@gmail.com and I’ll do what I can.
Yesterday, I watched an interview with the author of a newly-released gluten free cookbook. I’m glad whenever I see gluten free cooking receiving nation-wide attention and I love this author’s concept. Her mission is to take run-in-the-mill cake mixes and add other ingredients to transform them into taste treats. Her newest book is called “The Cake Mix Doctor Bakes Gluten Free”. It was released last week so you may not find it today, but you can order it from Amazon by using the icon below.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck…a Gluten Free Success Story
Ms. Hasselbeck’s as-yet-undiagnosed celiac disease did not keep here from surviving on the TV series “Survival”, writing a book about the gluten free lifestyle, being the mother of three children, and starring daily on a highly rated network television show. She coined the term “g-free” as the title for her prize winning book.
She is acontroversial character who is criticized both for her political persuasion and her point-of-view on gluten free living. That’s not the point. Living gluten free is not a death sentence. Celiacs can accomplish anything that is humanly possible. That’s my goal for this series of “Gluten Free Success Stories”. Yesterday, I wrote about Isaiah Mustafa — you may not know his name but you’ve probably seen his television commercial for “Old Spice” and/or watched him being interviewed by Jay Leno or Ellen Degeneres.
I’ll continue this series as long as I can find “gluten free heros” to write about. If you have a nominee, e-mail me at gfceliac@gmail.com. In the meantime, click here to enjoy this interview with Elisabeth Hasselbeck conducted by Robin Roberts.
Gluten Free Celiac Success Stories
Living gluten free is not easy. But it is “doable” in every sense of the words. Celiacs and others living gluten free can deal with their diet issues, live happy and productive lives, and achieve fame and success.
Reading these stories enriches our lives and brightens this or any holiday season. Isaiah Mustafa is my gluten free hero for today. He came out of “nowhere” to star in one of the most talked-about commercial in America today. Celebrities like Jay Leno and Ellen Generes have interviewed on television. Watch these two video clips and then I will offer some more thoughts. (The commercial ‘m talking about is at the beginning of the Ellen Degeneres video,
This gluten free “hunk” is a vegan who uses no alcohol, caffeine, or processed sugar. He mention during the interviews that living gluten free was the only “really hard one”. We can all agree with that comment.
Have a Gluten Free Christmas Holiday
I just posted my newest update of my power page “Gluten Free Christmas“. Christmas is a week from today and my time will be filled with buying and wrapping presents, writing some last-minute holiday cards, planning and attending parties, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.
Will I write more about the holiday this week? Who knows. I’ve got a million things on my holiday To-Do list. I imagine you do too.
Have a great week. Have a happy holiday.
Gluten Free Alcoholic Beverages
What alcoholic beverages are OK for people living gluten free? It’s probably prudent to review the rules during the holiday season. The basic rule is that any beverage that is distilled is OK unless something inappropriate has been added to it after the distillation. Since this statement differs from what many of us were taught, I should mention that this is idea is spelled out in The Gluten Intolerance Group’s “Quick Start Diet” guide for newly-diagnosed celiacs. For a technical but readable explanation of why distilled spirits are OK, click here.
Wine coolers have so many additives that most celiacs consider them off-limits. Read the ingredients list carefully when deciding which drink mies are appropriate.
Beer is a significant issue during the holidays. There are several brands of wheat free beer available, but it is barley that presents the problem. Redbridge beer is distributed nationally and is brewed with sorghum rather than barley. New Grist and Bard’s beer are available nationally at Whole Foods.
Alcoholic beverages are only one of many issues that people living gluten free during this wonderful but hectic Christmas season. For a summary of information about all aspects of this holiday, have a look at my power page “Gluten Free Christmas“.
Update to Gluten Free Christmas page
My power page “Gluten Free Christmas” continues to grow in size and become more and more useful each day. I added an uplifting story about a gentleman whose “Christmas fun” has resulted in more than $50,000 being donated to celiac research. I added two high-tech gift suggestions that will help the gift-recipient keep up with the rapidly changing gluten free world.
Please check the power page daily, You’ll always need more suggestions. So will I.
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A Gluten Free Santa Claus
This celiac Santa Claus has brought Christmas joy to the Boulder, Colorado community. He has been responsible for at least $50,000 in donations to the Center for Celiac Research at the University of Maryland.
He displays 21000 Christmas lights in his yard along with numerous inflatable toys. What makes his display unique is that it is connected to three web cams plus other technology that allows his viewers to turn lights on and off and to inflate or deflate his inflatable displays. He invites his viewers to donate to the Center for Celiac Research at The University of Maryland. The donations are entirely voluntary.
Click here to view and to “play with” his displays. This link will take you to a an article describing this unique project and including excellent pictures. I say thank you and Merry Christmas to Alek Komarnitsky, the genius behind this project and the father of two children with celiac disease.
Be sure to have a look at my power page “Gluten Free Christmas” which summarizes everything I have written on the subject.
Gluten Free Shopping, Living Gluten Free
Gift Baskets as Christmas or Holiday Gifts
Gift baskets are always welcome gifts. Gluten free baskets are available from Amazon.com. I’ve displayed nineteen of my favorites on the three “carousels” you see below.
→ The first carousel features gift baskets that has “Christmas” or “Holidays” in the title.
→ Since cookies and snacks are my favorite foods, I displayed displayed baskets that have these goodies on the middle carousel.
→ The gift baskets on the bottom carousel are gluten free, but they also address other needs. Some are casein free, some are free of all the major allergens.
Christmas is Coming…Be Jolly and Gluten Free
Gluten free issues obviously affect our stress levels during the Christmas season. My articles this month have offered practical tips for lowering that frustration level, but today is a day to lighten up. I need a “break”, and I suspect that some of you do too.
I started my morning by reading my favorite piece of celiac humor. It has nothing to do with Christmas, but it does allow us to laugh at ourselves. Enjoy “The Successful Celiac Check List”.
I also listened to The Celiac Christmas carol This video is the last item on my power page “Gluten Free Christmas“. Hopefully, there will be other items on that page that will be useful to you.
I found two websites that uplifted me simply by reading their titles. The first one was www dot gluten free foods rock dot com. Yes they do (rocking is apparently a good thing). When I was first diagnosed ten years ago, gluten free foods did not rock.
The other interesting title was www dot celiac bites dot com. This title sounds sarcastic and bitter. But the blogger has an upbeat and practical approach “get over it — one bite at a time”.
I’ve enjoyed writing this article. I actually have the will to spend the rest of my day writing my Christmas letter and putting up the lights outside the house. I hope that it has energized you.
Gluten Free Food, Gluten Free Shopping, Living Gluten Free
Gluten Free Christmas Power Page
My power page “Gluten Free Christmas” is now ready for your use. It’s not finished in any useful sense of that word; I’ll probably be adding things to it right up until Christmas Eve.
Celebrating Christmas gives us opportunity to practice all the gluten free living. We’re interacting with our fellow celiacs, wheat eaters who understand our diet and are willing and able to accommodate our needs, as well as wheat eaters who are not incline or competent to support us. It seems totally inappropriate to argue about menu choices during this season of good cheer. This season is not the right time to be sidelined for a few hour or days to deal with a gluten accident.
I plan to enjoy the holiday season to the fullest. Hopefully the information I have shared will help you do the same. Merry Christmas!
Gluten Free Fruitcake
People living gluten free can enjoy fruitcake during the holidays or at any other time of year. In researching this post, I read one blog stating that one of the good things about celiac disease is that it gives you an excuse to avoid fruitcake. Opinions differ on this question.
♦ If you are pro-fruitcake, try this recipe published by Whole Foods.
♦ This article from Celiac dot com includes an excellent recipe.
♦ This recipe comes from a blogger who believes that “cooking’s not rocket science”.
Gluten Free Holidays…Thanksgiving and Christmas
Gluten free Christmas and Thanksgiving are very much alike. Both involve festive meals served to a mixture of wheat-eaters and people who live gluten free. Both involve hosts who need to know how to deal with gluten free guests, and celiacs who are uncomfortable at a party or other social situation where they may (or may not) be the only guest who lives gluten free.
Much of what I have written about other holidays may be useful during the Christmas and other holiday seasons. Unfortunately, the computers at google and the other search engines are not able to direct you toward those articles.
I’m using “tags” to deal with that problem. To use the tags, scroll down this article (past the ads) and you will see a set of red tags. Click on a tag that interests you. You will be taken to a page that will include the first few sentences of all the article to which I have assigned this tag. Click on a fragment that interest you to read the entire article.
Gift Cards for a Gluten Free Christmas
Gift certificates are part of everyone’s Christmas and are particularly appropriate for people who live gluten free. The most versatile card is one from Amazon.com. The recipient may use to his or her gift for gluten free food or for literally thousands of other items. Click the icon at the top of this post to order and/or get more information.
Olive Nation is a great place for wonderful gourmet food and interesting gifts. The term “Olive Nation” refers to Italy, and this site features products from Dr. Schar, producer of some of the best gluten free pasta in the world. Click here for information about their gift cards.
My favorite restaurant gift card comes from The Outback Steakhouse. For other suggestions, check out this outstanding list from About Celiac Disease dot Com.
Gluten Free Food, Gluten Free Shopping
The Gift of a Celiac Friendly Breadmaker
Home baked gluten free bread!!!!! What a wonderful holiday gift for people who live gluten free. Since baking gluten free is significantly different from baking wheat based bread, it is important to have the right kind of of machine — one optimized for gluten free bread but capable of doing “regular” baking.
The Gluten Free Pantry recommends the Zojirushi Model 959067. Click here for more information and/or to order the machine from them.
Books on gluten free baking are a welcome “accent” for this gift. Click on the icons below to see some of what Amazon.com has to offer. The first two books give specifics about the use of bread machines for gluten free baking and the third is a more general book by Betty Hagman, one of the principle “inventors” of gluten free cooking.
{{This is one of dozens (maybe hundreds) of articles designed to assist you with your Christmas plans. For a complete summary, visit my power page“Gluten Free Christmas}}
A Gluten Free Kindle
This year, I am asking Santa Claus for a gluten free Kindle. As you probably know, the Kindle is a wonderful gadget that you allows you to download books at less-than-half the normal cost and carry them with you at all times, and read them from a tool about the size of a 5×8 index card.
A Kindle becomes gluten free when it is packed with gluten free books, at least 65 of which are available for the Kindle. Consumer Reports has rated the Kindle the best e-book reader available. It weighs about eight ounces, and fits easily into the typical purse or carry-on bag.
The Kindle is available in two forms which are identical accept that the $139 only record books when the Kindle is connected to a wi-fi network. Use the green icon below. If you need to be able to download any book almost anywhere in the world, pay an extra $50 and use the yellow icon.
UPDATE: I was delighted to find out that Amazon makes it possible to read kindle books on your windows computer. Click here to download the free software. After installing and using this “app” I have decided to defer my request for a Kindle until I have tried many of the books and decided that I need to spend money for a “real” Kindle.
Ten of my favorite Kindle books are displayed in the carousel below. Use the arrows to see different books. Click on a specific book for more information.
To see the complete list of 65 items, click on any of the books in the carousel. (Don’t worry, it will not start to download.) Scroll up to the top of the page, you’ll see the words KINDLE STORE followed by an empty box. Type the words “gluten free books” into that box to move to the complete list.
What to do with Thanksgiving Leftovers?
Planning a gluten friendly Thanksgiving dinner was last week’s problem. Now, we must deal with the leftovers. Try this recipe for turkey stew with gluten free dumplings; it will provide with a good dinner and help clear the clutter in the refrigerator.
If leftovers are still an issue, browse through this article from Recipe Gold Mine.
I have written several articles about handling gluten free holiday leftovers. To browse through them, scroll down to the bottom of this page and find the tag that says “gluten free leftovers”. Your computer will create a special page including excepts from each of the articles that have a similar tag. Click on the excerpt to read the entire article.
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Gluten Free Cornbread
Cornbread may or may not be gluten free. The word “corn” only indicates that corn is the main ingredient. My favorite cornbread comes from a mix that is produced by Bob’s Red Mill and available at many “mainstream” stores. If you wish to purchase it on-line, click on the graphic at the top of the article. Note that the price quoted is for four bags.
Bubba Gump Shrimp Company
Bubba Gump Shrimp Company is a great place to relax and enjoy yourself. It’s not a place for a gourmet meal and I could probably make a better margarita. But that is not the point — the atmosphere is a combination of a totally drug-free San Francisco in the early sixty’s and the world in which Forrest Gump lived his remarkable life. You’ll love, for example, the unique system for summoning your server. You’ll enjoy the shop that sells Forrest Gump memorabilia. You’ll have a great experience.
Bubba Gump’s operates restaurants in nine states and several foreign countries. First, choose your location and then you have the opportunity to download that restaurant’s gluten free menu.
Gluten Free Restaurants, Living Gluten Free
Gluten Free Dinner Theatre
Yes, it is possible! On my recent vacation, I enjoyed a great gluten free dinner plus a two-hour medieval horse show and jousting tournament at the Medieval Times “castle” in Myrtle, Beach, South Carolina. This company also has outlets in Toronto, Chicago, Lindenhurst New Jersey, Baltimore, Orlando, Buena Park California, and Atlanta.
My meal consisted of chicken, spare ribs, and potatoes and — according to the custom of the Middle Ages — was eaten with the fingers. My dinner was served separately, although I don’t know how it was different from my wife’s meal. I was told not to eat the soup and decided not to eat the bread. The dinner was delicious!
The gluten free option is not mentioned on the Medieval Time’s website. I learned about this great opportunity from a posting on another site which specified that the gluten free option was not available on-line and gave me a phone number to call.
Triumph Dining’s Gluten Free Restaurant Guide
Triumph Dining recently launched an expanded an updated version of its Gluten Free Restaurant Guide and has authorized me to celebrate this happy event by giving away copies of this wonderfully useful book. I have already sent a copy to the fourth person to submit a brief article on how to ensure an enjoyable, relaxing, and ‘safe’ restaurant experience. Ill be awarding books to the eighth, twelfth, and sixteenth person to submit their ideas. Here is what my fifth contributor had to say:
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“Many people who are celiacs will avoid restaurants quite often because the experience is just too complicated for themselves and the servers, but it doesn’t have to be this way.
“However as more and more of us get diagnosed with celiac disease and learn that we have gluten intolerance I am finding that many restaurants are starting to offer gluten-free options on the menu as well as doing a better job of teaching their service staff about our special requirements. There’s still a long road ahead of us, because many restaurants are not hip to the gluten-free way of life-so until that happens I want you to be aware that the learning curve can feel straight up for both you and your server.
“Occasionally, you’ll come across a restaurant and server who is up on this situation, but that is the exception and not the rule.
“The reality is with some planning and the right strategies you will feel confident walking into any restaurant and know that you are getting a wheat and gluten-free meal.
“The first rule that I always follow when eating out is to try and learn as much as I can about the restaurant in advance. For example if somebody wants to go to an Italian restaurant I know right away that my options are going to be severely limited because Italian cuisine is based heavily around pasta and breads. But that doesn’t mean I can’t go it just means I’m going to be eating salads, potatoes, and have to order other side dishes like rice and vegetables.
“In addition I want to keep in mind that some of the Italian menu items are often breaded such as veal parmigiana, which is made often with a combination of bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese. If they have a website – usually a quick scan of the appetizers and entrees will reveal if they have enough options to assemble a gluten free meal for me.
“The second rule that I always follow if I am at all unsure my server might mess up is to explain the reasons why I have these special dietary requirements. And I’m going to give you some power phrases in a minute to help get their attention and drive the point home. If you’re thinking that your server isn’t taking your requests seriously I recommend you use sentences and words like I have a severe allergy to wheat and gluten, it is extremely important that I do not eat that in your restaurant tonight. Statements like that always get the point across.
“The reality is celiac disease and gluten intolerance does not produce the same violent reactions that food allergies do with things like shellfish and peanuts. However most restaurant staff understand the ramifications and consequences of an allergic reaction in a restaurant-so I always play on that fear instead of trying to explain the complexities of a food intolerance or celiac disease.
“I’m finding with increasing frequency that when I explain my need to avoid wheat and gluten, that a common response from the server is are you a celiac?, To which I always reply [even though I am not] yes, and I really appreciate you taking care of me tonight. This usually, in fact almost always gets the point across and confirms in my mind that the server understands my needs.
The third and final thing that I always ask when the food arrives is asking “you double checked and there is no wheat or gluten in anything I am eating right?”
“It is extremely rare that this last question fails to confirm that my meal is safe if I’ve taken the appropriate measures in advance.
“A couple of other ideas that I have found to be helpful, include asking to speak to the manager of the restaurant when you arrive. The idea here being that the restaurant manager is more accountable to the operation and the safety of his or her customers, then servers are. In addition servers might be new, or managing multiple tables-so if the manager is involved in your dining experience you further minimize the risks of winding up with wheat or gluten in your meal.
“Many people find that over time they develop a list of their favorite restaurants and cuisines in their area, and if they travel a lot, restaurants and restaurant chains that will go out of their way to accommodate you or have gluten-free foods on the menu.
“Many restaurants and restaurant chains especially, will provide information about their menus, and gluten-free details that you can study online.
“Remember that the onus is on you to tell your servers as much information as necessary to make sure that you have a safe meal.
“And lastly planning and learning as much as you can, before going to any restaurant will help you tremendously. If you can’t do any research before you get there, these tips should help you enjoy a gluten and wheat-free meal.”
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I hope many more of you will submit your ideas on this vital issue. My e-mail address is gfceliac@gmail.com. To learn more about Triumph Dining and the many resources it has to offer, click on the icon in the right sidebar. To read all the letters that have been submitted, scroll down to the end of this article (past the ads) and click on the red tag that reads “restaurant guide giveaway”.
Thanksgiving is Seven Days Away
Thanksgiving is coming in seven days!!!! You may need gluten free recipes. You may need to review the rules for being a gluten free guest in a wheat-eating home. You may be a host or hostess whose holiday guests live gluten free. Hopefully, these ideas will be useful.
→ Read or reread my power page “Gluten Free Thanksgiving“. It summarizes everything I have written on the subject.
→If you still need recipes, it is probably because you are overwhelmed by the thousands of recipes that are posted on the internet. You need to see gluten free recipes presented in a well-organized in one place and accompanied by photos and simple directions. I recommend Live Gluten Freely dot com.
→ Everyone should read chapter 7 of The Gluten Free Bible entitled “Eight Simple Rules to Ensure that you and Your Host Never Feel Ill at Ease”. Hopefully, you can find this book locally. If not, order it from Amazon. You’ll need as you prepare for Christmas.
Bonefish Grill…a Restaurant Review
My gluten free shrimp and scallops dinner at Bonefish Grill in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was the culinary high-point in my recent vacation — our server was an excellent waiter and totally celiac savvy, the ambiance was great, the price was certainly not inexpensive but was appropriate to the quality of the restaurant and the food it served.
My wheat-eating spouse and I received menus that were identical except that hers included prices and mine included symbols to indicate which items were safe for me. We both would have preferred to see all the information. That is a trivial criticism — otherwise it was a near-perfect evening.
Bonefish Grill is part of a restaurant group called OSI Partners. The Outback Steakhouse, which is part of this group, is probably the best-known and most-widely- respected gluten free restaurant chain in America. All the restaurants in this group are committed to serving America’s gluten free community.
Click here to read Bonefish Grill’s gluten free menu and/or here to find a convenient location.Service is available in 28 states, Enjoy your meal!
Bisquits from Betty Crocker Gluten Free Bisquick
I recently prepared biscuits using the recipe on the box from Betty Crocker’s Gluten Free Bisquick. Since these were the first biscuits I’ve tasted since my diagnosis in 1999, I don’t have much to compare them to. But I can tell you that they were very easy to prepare, that I enjoyed them, and that my wheat-eating wife enjoyed them to and would be very willing to serve them to her wheat-eating friends. They were still fresh after three days in my refrigerator.
Perhaps the best news is that the long wait is over, and gluten free bisquick is relatively easy to find. If you are still having problems, please click here to read my article explaining how to find it on-line.
Gluten Free Cooking, Gluten Free Recipes
Gluten Free Thanksgiving Dinner…The Holiday Pies
Festive pies are the traditional climax of most holiday meals. In the last episode, we talked about crustless pies. Today I present three video demonstrations. The first video deals with preparing a gluten pie crust that can be filled with any gluten free filling.
As you probably know, many YouTube videos are “sponsored” which is a high-tech way of saying that fhe people who made the video hope you will use a specific brand of gluten free flour, gluten free cracker crumbs, etcetera. Be aware that there is no actually requirement that you do so.
Our next video demonstration gives directions for preparing gluten free lemon mirangue pie. Once again, it is a “sponsored video”
Our final demonstration features a pumpkin pie that is both gluten free and soy free.
All the Thanksgiving-related information I have available is summarized here.
Gluten Free Cooking, Gluten Free Food, Gluten Free Recipes
Gluten Free Thanksgiving Dinner…Pecan Side Dishes
Delicious side dishes are important in any holiday feast. Here are two choices — both involving pecans, one of my favorite holiday tastes.
This pecan-topped sweet potato casserole is a wonderful addition to any holiday meal. It’s gluten free if you used gluten free bisquick instead of regular flour (I know that from personal experience) and double-check to make sure that the vanilla you use is celiac-safe.
Our second demonstration is labeled “gluten free pecan pie”. It tastes great! But why alienate some of gluten-free-phobics by presenting them a crustless pie. Just cook the same recipe in a brownie pan or muffin tins or anything else that does not suggest “pie”.
The final “episode” of this series will talk about holiday pies — the final event in most Thanksgiving or Christmas feasts. Before the big day arrives, you may wish to view (or review) all these episodes in this series. To do so, scroll down to the end of this article (past all the ads) and click on the red tag that says “holiday dinner”. You will be taken to a page that will show the first paragraph of each episode and link you to the complete article.
Published 11/12/10
Gluten Free Restaurant Guide…our First Winner
Triumph Dining has authorized me to give away copies of its newly updated and expanded Gluten Free Restaurant Guide. I will be awarding copies of the new guide to the fourth, eighth, twelfth, and sixteenth person persons who submits a brief essay on “Ways to Insure an Enjoyable, Relaxing, and ‘Safe’ Restaurant Experience”. I will not announce our first winner’s name until I have his or her permission to do so, but here is our winning essay:
I usually have a few standards that I eat at my regular restaurants that I know I can eat, but when going to a new restaurant or eating a new dish, I do the following:
2. Check the Menu online. This especially helps if the menu includes the main ingredients in different dishes.
3) Be Seen by a Waiter with Allergies. I went to a birthday dinner a few months ago, and it was a revelation having a waiter who had allergies herself. She was amazing about helping me to navigate the menu so I felt confident being a little more adventurous with my food choices.
4) Go to restaurants that serve Healthy Alternatives. I went to a restaurant that had many gluten free sugar free items on the menu for health reasons. The pancakes were delicious! The first pancakes I’d had in more than 6 months!
5) Ask you waiter for the list of the ingredients in the dish. There are often hidden components in cooking ingredients. For instance, I have a corn allergy and servers don’t always know that baking powder is often made with corn starch. If they go through the ingredients list, I can let them know if I can have the dish or not.
Hope this list helps someone else!
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Yes, this list will help! And when this project is finished, we will each have twenty or more lists to consider. I am sure that we will want to see them side-by-side. I’ll use “tags” to make this possible. Scroll down to the bottom of this article (after the ads) and click on the red tag that says “safe restaurants”. You will be taken to a page that will show the beginning of all the articles containing your lists. Click on any list that you want to read in full.
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Gluten Free Thanksgiving Dinner…the Dressing
The terms “gluten free dressing” and “gluten free stuffing” are generally used interchangeably but to me there is an important difference: “stuffing” is stuffed into the turkey and “dressing” is cooked outside the bird. This makes it easier to feed a group that includes both celiacs and wheat-eaters. A turkey stuffed with gluten-toxic substances is no longer gluten free.
“Safe” stuffing is easy to prepare. Just select a favorite stuffing recipe and “simply make substitutions for the wheat-based bread”. Our first demonstration for today provides more details. Gluten free bread cubes are easy to find. We are used to seeing gluten bread that is “past its prime” but can be cut into the cubes needed for the dressing. Gluten free bread cubes are available in stores. Click here to purchase your cubes from The Gluten Free Pantry.
In the first three parts of this series, I have talked about roasting the turkey, as well as the gravy that is traditionally made from the juices from the bird, and the stuffing that is so important to the holiday feast.
Tomorrow, I’ll report on my favorite Thanksgiving dinner side dishes, both of which include the wonderful taste of pecans, The last “episode” will deal with the always-popular holiday pies.
To view the full series of cooking demonstrations, scroll down to the end of this article (past the ads) and click on the red tag saying “holiday dinner”. All the Thanksgiving-related information offered at this site is summarized in my power page “Gluten Free Thanksgiving”.
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Gluten Free Thanksgiving Dinner…the Gravy
On Saturday, I posted an article about preparing a Thanksgiving (or any holiday) roast turkey. I was writing for inexperienced cooks using some of America’s best demonstrators — the people over at YouTube. Today we’ll talk about turkey gravy and will continue this series until we have covered all the essentials.
The second demonstration from the last session talked briefly about preparing gluten free gravy. She pointed out that the only thing different about “gluten free gravy” is that it is thickened by something other than wheat flour.
Today’s first demonstration expresses the same point-of-view and gives specifics about what to use as a thickener.
Our second demonstrator prefers a more “flavorful” gravy.
Our next session will deal with preparing holiday turkey dressing.
Publish 11/01/10
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Thanksgiving Dinner for Everyone
Cooking a Thanksgiving dinner that provides gluten free options can be a challenging task, particularly for a cook who has little experience with a “mixed group” — one with both wheat-eaters and people who live gluten free. The challenge is even worse for the person who has little cooking experience of any sort.
I’ll be using You Tube videos to help you meet this challenge comfortably and competently. Some You Tube demonstrations are excellent — the recipes have been carefully selected and the presentations have been planned with equal care. (Let’s face it, some of the demonstrators and their videos are absolutely worthless, but I will not be referring you to them). Today, I invite you to relax and enjoy two demonstrations on how to roast and carve your holiday turkey.
This is the first in a series of articles. Today I invite you to relax and enjoy two demonstrations that teach you how to roast and carve a turkey. Keep in mind that your turkey is naturally gluten free unless it has been injected with gluten toxic material to make it self-basting, more moist, or simply more expensive. Check into this carefully when you are shopping.
The second demonstration shows you how to roast and carve a turkey and how to prepare gravy to serve with it. The demonstrator mentions “just plain flour” but I can tell you from person experience that cornstarch works equally well. Serve the same gravy to everyone. No one will know or care that it is gluten free.
In the next session, we will talk more about preparing gluten free gravy. Click here for a summary of all the Thanksgiving-related information that is available at this site.
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Still Searching for Gluten Free Bisquick?
I recently discovered that gluten free Bisquick is at Amazon.com. Click on the icon at the top if you are interested in ordering this wonderful product on-line. Keep in mind that the price quoted is the cost for three boxes.
I’ve also included an icon that will enable you to purchase a cookbook called “Betty Crocker Bisquick: Impossibly Easy Pies”. Click on the icon at the bottom of the article.
I’ve written several articles about gluten free Bisquick. If you are interested in reading them, scroll down to the bottom of this article (past the advertisements) and click on the red tag that reads “Gluten Free Bisquick”.
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More Restaurants Serving Gluten Free Meals
People living gluten free must be able to find “safe meals” in chain restaurants. My Power Page “Restaurants Serving Gluten Free Meals” is among the top-five most visited pages on this site. I have not added these resources to the old list because that older version needs to be reformatted and updated. I am experimenting with the idea of using this format and would appreciate your feedback.
Chain restaurant meals are very important when celiacs travel:
There are literally thousands of locations which are carefully mapped out on the chains’ websites.
The chains employ lawyers whose duties include being sure that individual restaurants don’t promises they can’t keep. If a chain restaurant promises gluten free food , you can be reasonably sure that they will be served.
Travelers may find that their chain restaurant meal is exactly like one they have eaten in their home town. This helps control the feelings of apprehension that we all have when we visit a “strange”
I have arbitrarily defined a “chain restaurant” as one owned by a company that operates restaurants in six or more. This has nothing to do with the quality of the food or the service.
BUBBA GUMP SHRIMP COMPANY
Cuisine: seafood, shrimp, nostalgia for Forrest Gump
Gluten Free Menu: Choose a location first and then click on gluten free menu. (This click will enable you to view the menu for the restaurant in Anaheim, California. All restaurants have similar menus.)
JASON’S DELI
Cuisine: typical deli food
Gluten Free Menu: Menu posted on site states that visitors should “ask for our gluten free menu”. No specifics are given.
VILLAGE TAVERN
Cuisine: steak, fish, burgers, pizza
Gluten Free Menu: The Village Inn has a gluten free lunch menu and a gluten free dinner menu
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Have a Great Gluten Free Experience
Triumph Dining has authorized me to give away four copies of its news revised and vastly expanded Gluten Free Restaurant Guide. I’m doing this by awarding a guide to the fourth, eighth, twelfth, and sixteenth person son send me a list of tips using the title Ways to Insure an Enjoyable, Relaxing, and ‘Safe’ Restaurant Experience.
Here are two more entries:
“Here is my favorite tip for “Ways to Insure an Enjoyable, Relaxing, and ‘Safe’ Restaurant Experience. Gluten isn’t the only thing I have to avoid, and dining out had become almost impossible until I came up with this strategy:
“I give the server a “cheat sheet” that I made. It briefly explains what I call a gluten allergy (I know that isn’t technically right, but as you said, everyone understands allergies) and a list of foods that I must avoid (e.g., bread, pasta, gravy or sauce thickened with flour, etc.). My list also includes the other foods besides gluten that I have to avoid.
Following my “MUST AVOID” list I made a list of what I CAN have, including rice, rice pasta, rice crackers, quinoa, sauces/gravies thickened with cornstarch or arrowroot, etc., and a list of substitutions for my other allergies.
“There are restaurants that simply can’t accommodate me, but at other establishments the chef has taken my list into the kitchen and created a safe meal for me. I’m a return customer when they do that!
I have asked the writer to send me a copy of his “cheat sheet”, omitting any details that are too private to publish and assuring him that I would not use his name without permission.
1) Have a friendly disposition and be agreeable. Complaining will not get you far. Attitude is everything and a smile is contagious. Corny but true.
2) Educate, Educate Educate! Yourself, your server and everyone you are dining with. You are not a leper- don’t hide your needs, it will only make you sick! Literally!
3) Do your homework. Look at the menu online. Call the restaurant in advance and ask questions.
4) Try to eat out at a non-peak time of day. The chef may be able to attend to your needs and give you more individualized attention at a non peak hours: better at 5pm rather than 7pm on busy Saturday night.
5) Take a piece of bread with you. When the waiter brings rolls to the table you can break out your own. Its nice to be able to “break bread” with your friends and you wont feel left out.
6) If you get good service thank your waiter, the manager and even the chef if you can. They really appreciate it!
7) You may want to eat a little something before you leave home just in case so you wont be starving in a worst case scenario.
MY RESPONSE: This writer has lived gluten free, dairy free, and soy free for the past seventeen years.Congratulations!
If you would like to learn more about Triumph Dining’s wonderful new guide, click on the graphic in the right sidebar of this page. Click here to learn more about our contest. This article also includes my list of strategies for finding gluten free meals. Click here to read the first list that was submitted.
FYI, the next article on this subject will be our fourth entry and lucky winner will receive a copy of this new guide 65000 restaurants that serve our gluten free community. There will be three more winners.
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Gluten Free Pasta…The Basics
Gluten free pasta belongs on every celiac’s dinner table. It costs roughly the same as wheat pasta, tastes “normal” enough to be totally acceptable in any situation, and popular enough to be available in mainstream stores.
There are some differences in cooking methods. We can’t expect pasta made from other grains to behave like those made from wheat. Here is an article about basic cooking methods. Check out this information from e-How dot com.
Most gluten free pastas are made from corn and rice. The most popular brands are Tinkyada, DeBoles, Glutino, Orgran, Mrs. Leeper’s, and Dr. Schar. If you can’t find them locally, they are available on-line at The Gluten Free Pantry.
Gluten free pasta recipes are similar to the ones designed for their wheat-based cousins. Have a look at this collection from gluten free mommy dot com, or this set of recipes from group recipes dot com.
Olive Nation is a gourmet (or at least very up-scale) cooking site. The term “Olive Nation” refers to Italy, home of heavenly cooking and wonderful pasta. This site features pasta from Dr, Schar, one of the most respected names in the gluten free world. Click here to browse their recipe collection and/or to purchase Dr. Schar pasta from them, click on the graphic below.
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A Gluten Free Thanksgiving
I love Thanksgiving but — for people who live gluten free — it can be a real challenge. Several cooks working closely together in a relatively small kitchen that makes cross contamination very difficult to avoid. Some of those cooks have no knowledge of the gluten free diet and others know just enough to feel really uncomfortable trying to cook a meal that I can eat. I can’t do what most people do on holidays. If I deviate from my diet I’ll “pay the price” — and I’ll pay that price in a house full of people long before the holiday celebration is over.
Despite what you have just read, I enjoy Thanksgiving and all other holidays very much, and have learned to successfully deal with them defensively. Today I launched my newest Power Page “Gluten Free Thanksgiving” to share some ideas about how to this. ENJOY!
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Our Gluten Free Restaurant Contest
Triumph Dining” just released its guide to 6500 restaurants that offer gluten free meals throughout the nation. To celebrate this great event, they have authorized me to give away four copies of this awesome guide.
I decided to award a copy of this guide to the 4th, 8th, 12th, and 16th person to submit lists of “Ways to Ensure an Enjoyable, Relaxing, and ‘Safe’ Gluten Free Restaurant Experience”. We have already received our first entry:
1) try to research the restaurant ahead of time for gluten free menu options and safety of food preparation
2) notify your server of your “allergy” / severe reaction to gluten/wheat
3) show server and/or chef your restaurant card explaining what items are harmful
4) carefully study menu
5) ask lots of questions of server and cooks
6) try to find out if they are aware of cross contamination
7) bring my own salad dressing or bun, if necessary
mention my food allergy several times to make sure they are clear about my concerns
9) order off their gluten free menu, if available
10) only eat at reputable restaurants who are aware and understanding of celiac disease or gluten allergies
11) knowing it is risky to go out to eat, rest assured that i did everything in my power through research, preparation and communication to ensure a safe, enjoyable meal
I originally thought of judging each entry and trying to identify the four best. But that is neither possible nor necessary. Everything everyone has to say on this subject is worthy of publication. Please e-mail your thoughts to me at gfceliac@gmail.com. Click on my first article on this subject to see my list and review the rules of the contest.
Click on the graphic to get more information and/or grab your copy of this new guide.
Planning my Gluten Free Vacation
My gluten free vacations are especially challenging since I leave my computer at home. I need a break from that addiction. I also take vacations in the winter. Summers in Oregon are great. Why should I leave?
Our vacation begins soon. Before we leave, I intend to identify at least 25 gluten free restaurants and bakeries. I won’t actually use all the information — we’ll only be gone for a week. But a great vacation requires spontaneity and a huge variety of choices.
I’ll print out directions to each restaurant. I’ll be driving a car that I’m not used to in a new and unfamiliar area. Wandering around aimlessly does not make for a good vacation.
I’ll pinpoint the locations of Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, and any other stores that we might need. The only food I will purchase in advance is “airplane food”. I eat excessively when I am bored, and I am always bored on a long plane flight. Therefore, I’ll leave home with a case of gluten free food bars. Since that diet will be monotonous, I’ll eat when I’m hungry but not otherwise.
I’ll write extensively about this gluten free vacation. One of the joys of operating this website is that I get to enjoy gluten free meals and then write them off as business expenses. The site will be available while I am gone. My web software is capable of publishing material that I have written ahead of time and scheduled for a future date.
The New Gluten Free Restaurant Guide
As I announced last week, Triumph Dining recently updated its guide to gluten free restaurants. The new guide gives us many more choices and all these options have been checked out recently. To celebrate this event, Triumph Dining has authorized me to award four copies of their new guide. I have decided to sponsor a contest in which people are invited to submit a list of “Ways to Insure an Enjoyable, Relaxing, and ‘Safe’ Restaurant Experience.”
But…how do I judge such a contest? I’ve decided to honor everyone’s contribution by awarding a prize to the fourth, eighth, twelfth, and sixteenth person to submit a list. Please e-mail your list to gfceliac@gmail.com. I’ll publish everything I receive and compile the information into a complete master list.
To help get things started, here is my list:
“Ways to Insure an Enjoyable, Relaxing,
and ‘Safe’ Gluten Free Restaurant Experience“
1. When you make a reservation, state that you are allergic to wheat, barley, and rye. Many restaurant employees have been trained to alert a chef or supervisor when they hear these words.
2. Always use the word “allergy” even though this is technically incorrect. Everyone (even people whose first language is not English) knows what that word means. Avoid the word “gluten”. Many have never heard the term. Others may think that you are also talking about rice or corn gluten.
3. Do your homework carefully. Find out as much as you can about the restaurant you will be visiting. Decide what you will order. BUT
4. Don’t reveal your knowledge to your server. Ask questions! That’s the best way to find out what your serving knows about gluten free food, how willing he or she is to get the information you need (or are pretending to need).
5. Ask to speak to a manager or chef if you need to. If worse-comes-to-worst, walk out. After all, there are worse things to be called than a “fussy eater”.
Gluten Free Pizza and Pasta
Pizza and pasta are important factors in the gluten free diet. The gluten free versions are equally tasty if not better than their gluten toxic equivalents. Avoiding cross contamination of gluten free pasta is relatively easy and involves nothing more complicated than using a dedicated cooking pot of water.
I recently updated my review of Pastini’s Pastaria which has many restaurants in northern Oregon and now serves both “safe” penne and spaghetti. They advertise their gluten free tiramisu as “to die for”. I agree completely and so does my non-celiac wife who said that my gluten free tiramisu was indistinguishable from her wheat-based version of that wonderful and traditional Italian desert. This information is also included in my article Oregon Gluten Free.
I also love family dining at The Old Spaghetti Factory, a restaurant that manages to offer an ambiance that is both classy and child friendly with a great menu (with gluten free options) at a reasonable price. I’ve listed The Spaghetti Factory on my Power Page “Gluten Free Restaurant Meals“.
I’ve added BJ’s Brewhouse to my Power Page “Gluten Free Pizza Restaurants“. As of today, this restaurant chain is serving gluten free pizza in thirteen states.
Gluten Free Shopping at Albertsons and Krogers
A two page “Gluten Free Food Finder” is available at the customer service desk at Albertson’s supermarkets. You can also download the sheet, which Albertson’s refers to as its “convenient” version. This link will also give you access to a much longer and more detailed list.
There is a good chance that you have a Kroger grocery store in your area. You may not realize this since the Kroger chain operates under at least 23 different store names. Click here to read those store names and see the signs that are posted on them. If visiting a Kroger store is an option for you, click here to read general information about gluten free living. The specific lists are at the bottom of the page.
I have included this information in my Power Page entitled “Gluten Free Supermarket Lists” which now features five national supermarket chains and numerous individual stores.
Gluten Free Restaurant Guide
Triumph Dining has just released the fifth edition of its Gluten Free Restaurant Guide. The new guide lists 6500 restaurants, a jump of 1500 from the previous edition. 2800 of these restaurants have published gluten free menus and all the restaurants have been reviewed by the Triumph Dining staff. The guide also publishes gluten free information from 120 restaurant chains.
What all these statistics boil down to is that your chance of finding a “safe” restaurant is greatly improved by this newly-updated guide. Click on the graphic below to visit the Triumph Dining website and order this book. A guide to purchasing gluten free groceries is also available from this website.
A Celiac’s Story
One of the most difficult task facing a person who lives gluten free is finding a physician with the expertise and insight to diagnose celiac disease. This was especially true two decades ago when the writer of this letter began her gluten free journey:
“I was first diagnosed 20 years ago. I was having all the typical symptoms and nothing was helping. The gastroenterologist who did the test called and said “You have Celiac Disease, stop eating gluten. When I asked him what gluten was, he told me to find a nutritionist” and hung up on me. There was very little information available and a lot of mis-information. I guessed at what I could eat and after a few months went back to eating everything. I continued to have problems, but not anything I couldn’t live with for a few years. Finally 15 years ago the problems became severe. It took a year to get a diagnosis even though I told several doctors that I thought I had a malabsorption problem. They told me that Celiac was very rare and never tested me for it. Finally a wonderful doctor, who was treating me for severe anemia, (I had to get a small iron IV every day for 1 month) Asked for all my medical records and made the diagnosis. I was able to purchase several books and get on the road to recovery. It didn’t take long on the Gluten Free diet to feel better. But I am still learning and experimenting with cooking and baking.”
Thank you for your letter and congratulations on your success in thriving twenty years on the gluten free diet. You are an inspiration to all of us.
If you would like to read other celiac stories, scroll down to the end of this article (after the advertisement) and click on the red tag that says celiac stories. This will take you to other celiac stories. If you would like to share your story, please e-mail me at gfceliac@gmail.com.
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I Found Gluten Free Bisquick
Yesterday, I found gluten free Bisquick while I was browsing a shelf looking for a different gluten free product. I used the Bisquick to prepare pancakes. They tasted great to me (especially since they were the first pancakes I had tasted in ten years) and my wife confirmed that it would be OK to serve them to wheat-eaters. She enjoyed them too.
Trying to find the Bisquick on-line was an interesting but frustrating experience. The General Mills website had informed me that there was no gluten free Bisquick available within fifty miles of Portland, Oregon. I tried that link again shortly after I had enjoyed my pancakes. This time I noticed that “the best results are obtained by searching by UPC code”. I tried that and got dozens of results. FYI, the UPC code for gluten free Bisquick is 1600027746.
Published 10/05/10
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