Banana Bread to try?

Recipe

Fiber Experiments

Some tips:
Substitute 1/3 cup rice flour for 1/3 ground flax seed into GF bread recipe. Adds 40 grams of fiber to the loaf and it makes it tastier and more flavorful.

To do: try this recipe:

Quinoa Risotto

Gluten free drugs

Gluten Free Drugs

Quaker and gluten

We understand that individuals sensitive to gluten cannot digest even trace amounts of gluten. Since so many of our products contain grain ingredients and many products are made in the same facility, we cannot guarantee that any particular product is entirely free of gluten.

Pirogies and Potstickers

Recipe to try

Cost of GF food

The Expense of Eating With Celiac Disease

Gluten Free?

Article about the fad Gluten-Free vs. Celiac from Eating Well Magazine. I thought it was well done.

School and cross contamination

Gluten free foods

Some tips for avoiding cross-contamination

Avoiding Hidden Sources of Gluten Through Food Handling Skills

Preparing a gluten-free meal for a person with celiac disease
What is cross contamination? from living without magazine

Useful information for teachers

Gluten free Dulles Airport

Five Guys

Gluten free in Western Massachusetts on the farm

http://butternutsonline.com/ in Hadley - haven't tried it yet.

Hillside Pizza in Deerfield : GLUTEN FREE: small only add $2.50 - Haven't tried this either. Menu


View Larger Map and directions

Ice cream at the cook Farm

Inda House 45 State Street Northampton, MA

The Green Bean, in Northampton

Things that are better now

We eat at home more and as a family
I am getting to be a better cook
Z. is feeling better and is behaving better
We eat better foods - lots more fruits, vegetables,
She looks better and is losing that too skinny look
She is learning to cook
She is very mature about it and strong
I made my own naan and it was really good

Frozen Yogurt at Carol's house yum.

Carol made us frozen yogurt because we live next to Berryline which makes frozen yogurt that may contain gluten, however, they are secretive about the ingredients which means we can't have it.

Carol's frozen yogurt
3 cups greek yogurt (GF!)
1/2 Cup sugar (maybe less)
1 tsp. vanilla

Put in an ice cream maker for 15 minutes.
It's delicious!

Anyways Carol thinks Berryline may have some relationship to the scandalous Pinkberry frozen yogurt which is why they are so secretive about their ingredients. Emulsifiers and stabilizers! and flavors that may contain gluten? I asked them both in writing and via email to let me know what is in it and they ignored the request. The owner sort of looked at me blankly and went into the back shrugging his shoulders. JP Licks just has a book with their ingredients as does TCBY.

FDA and Gluten

Information on FDA food labeling : No current rule in place but one in the works.

Nutella YES

Is Nutella Gluten Free? YES

From their website:

Is Nutella® gluten free?

Nutella® does not contain any ingredients derived from gluten containing cereals: wheat, barley, rye, oats or triticale...

Interesting article in Scientific American

Link : About how studying celiac leads to clues about autoimmune diseases.

French crepes

Yum:

1.25 cups all purpose GF flour
1/3 Cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup milk
1 tsp. Vanilla

Yum.

Delicious with strawberries and chocolate.

Gluten Free bakeries

http://www.glutenusminimus.com/Site/Muffins.html : run by Natalie McCeachran

Indian Food

Made this tonight it is delicious:

Chicken Tikka Masala : drop the extra salt though

Naan : used a teeny bit of extra rice flour

Thai Kitchen

List of allergens

Whole Foods GF bakery cupcakes saga...

We had GF cupcakes from Whole Foods in Minneapolis and they are delicious. Tried to get them here and was told it was impossible by local customer service. Don't take NO for an answer. : )

s

____________________________

Sarah,

I have just contacted customer service, the bakery department, and leadership at the Cambridge store with specific directions on how to order in the cupcakes. Our products are sent to suppliers throughout the country and the stores order from them directly. It seems they were not aware that the cupcakes were available for ordering.

We apologize for the inconvenience and confusing. Someone from the Cambridge store should be contacting you shortly with additional information on when they will have the cupcakes in.

Thanks Again,
Kelly Brown

Whole Foods Market
Gluten Free Bakehouse
glutenfree.bakehouse@wholefoods.com
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/products/gluten-free.php

From: s
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 11:05 AM
To: Glutenfree Bakehouse (SO NCB)
Subject: Re: Spacial Ordering items?

I go to the whole foods in Cambridge at Fresh Pond and spoke to two people in customer service and two different people in the bakery all seemed to have no clue how to do this. The baker kept telling me it was too hard for them to bake GF cupcakes. We had the GF cupcakes in Minneapolis and they are delicious and would be a great thing to keep in my freezer so my daughter can bring them to parties etc.

This is the store:
FRESH POND


Less than a mile northwest200 Alewife Brook Pkwy
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617.491.0040
Fax: 617.497.9469

map & directions| Store web page
If you could follow up with them I would really appreciate it.


s




On Jul 31, 2009, at 7:31 AM, Glutenfree Bakehouse (SO NCB) wrote:


Hi Sarah,

Your local store can add items to their existing orders for customers. They order from a supplying warehouse, not directly from us. Stores typically order bakery products bi-weekly and if there is a product of ours they don't typically carry they can add it to their next order. The bakery department (specifically the buyer or team leader) should be familiar with this practice. Did you speak to someone in the bakery? Can you tell me store location you frequent so I can follow up with them? Sorry for the confusion and inconvenience.

Thanks,
Kelly Brown



Whole Foods Market
Gluten Free Bakehouse
glutenfree.bakehouse@wholefoods.com
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/products/gluten-free.php

-----Original Message-----
From: S
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 3:19 PM
To: Glutenfree Bakehouse (SO NCB)
Subject: Spacial Ordering items?

On your FAQ page it says:

Can I order your products and get them shipped to me directly?

Our product line is sold exclusively at Whole Foods Market store
locations. If you do not live near a store but know you are traveling
to an area near one you can call ahead and place a special order for
the products you'd like to purchase. Most store locations require at
least 48 hours notice for special orders, but this may vary by
location in regards to Gluten Free Bakehouse products (ask someone in
the bakery department for details). Our products are shipped to the
stores frozen, so you may wish to request that they remain frozen for
ease of transport and storage. You may wish to ask about case
discounts or other in-store promotions as well. Some customers have
also solved this problem by asking a friend to ship them product
occasionally.

However, when I ask my local Whole Foods they have no idea how to
special order something from the bakehouse.

Can you help?

Thanks,

S

Minneapolis

Madwoman foods : Gluten free shop and bakery, 4747 Nicollet Ave S
http://www.cooqiglutenfree.com/ : looks yummy!
Cooqi Gluten-Free Delights
2186 Marshall Ave., St. Paul, MN 55104

Conveniently located on the St. Paul/Mpls border
to serve the greater Twin Cities Metro area of Minnesota.

Cooqi Gluten-free business hours:
Tuesday through Saturday 9 am – 6 pm
Sunday 10 am – 4 pm

http://www.bittersweetgf.com/
http://www.pizzaluce.com/glutenfree/luceglutenfreeweb.pdf
Locations
Grocery stores
Dining

Red River Celiacs Lakes Area (Elbow Lake, MN)
Susan Frykman, Contact
phone: 320-528-2404
email: papabear@runestone.net

recommends Cattle Club cafe in Elbow Lake : will label and leave some gluten free items at the church.

Chains found in airports and malls

Jamba Juice : everything except Pomegranite Heart Happy
Wendy's : List of gluten free items on their menu. Some stuff, not that we ever go to Wendy's but who knows when you just might be stuck in a mall?
Taco Bell : Everything on the menu has gluten except rice. and we never ever go there
Chilis : mostly just grilled meat and vegetables
Panda Express : Nothing!
Fresh City : Some stuff is cool. Offers some gluten free menu items.

Hood Icecream

Gluten free flavors : Most of them!

Answer to inquiry about GF Hood softserve:

Hood Soft Serve:

The following Hood Mixes are gluten free... from Hood

2% Vanilla Soft Serve Mix
2% Chocolate Soft Serve Mix
5% Vanilla Soft Serve Mix
5% Chocolate Soft Serve Mix
10% Vanilla Ice Cream Mix
10% Chocolate Ice Cream Mix
14% Ice Cream Mix
16% Ice Cream Mix

Seafood

Woodman's grill

Yogurt

Yoplait : all products are gluten free
Stonyfield

List of 'safe' ingredients

Safe Ingredients

Unsafe Ingredients

Gluten or Gluten Free : flash game on label reading

Beware of food labeling

Chicago Tribune : Children at risk in food roulette: Mislabeling, lax oversight threaten people with allergies Article about how labels can be incorrect and how hard it is to do something about. Also contains a database of products that have been found to be mislabeled.

Diesel Cafe in Davis Square

Has lots of really delicious gluten free treats wrapped in plastic bags. Must try later included whoopee pies and m+m cookies. They came from Strawberry Moon.

Zagat article on Gluten free menus

Link to article

Zagat list of gluten free restaurants in Boston

NPR story

Link :
4 - minute radio broadcast about a 13-year old with celiac

Ice cream in harvard square

Lizzies: List of gluten free flavors from Lizzie's ice cream

Most not obviously containing cookies... like Apple Pie, Oreo, CC cookie dough

For z - PB Cup is fine

Zand I went there. They were really nice and wash their scoops between flavors and have the chart there with allergy list. 

Haagen Daz - all flavors except the cookie and granola ones.

Baskin robbins Looks fine except obvious cookie flavors

Natural food exchange and other stores

The Natural Food Exchange : store in Reading highly recommended by another parent at zee's school who has two celiac children

Reviews

A New Leaf

recommended by another mom from the support group

Restaurant card

Link

Gluten free treats

Junior Mints - plus lots of others - wonderful, clear website

Hersheys - not as clear

Gluten free in Newport

Full list: of all the restaurants including a bunch that have gluten free items. 

Unilever products gluten labeling information

Hello Sarah,

Unilver brands

Thanks for writing!

Common ingredients that may contain gluten are rye, wheat, oats and barley, and noodles and pasta prepared with any of the previously mentioned grains. HVP, TVP, flavorings, are likely to contribute gluten as well, however, if they contain any gluten, the source would always be listed in the ingredient statements. 

Since product formulations change from time to time, we do not have a printed list of products that identifies those products that contain specific allergens or gluten. The best advice we can give you is to check the ingredient list on the label. Ingredients allergens as defined by FDA: peanuts, tree nuts, soy, fish, seafood, wheat, eggs, and milk or dairy, as well as any ingredient that may contain gluten are always listed on the label 

Therefore, WE SUGGEST READING ALL INGREDIENT LABELS CAREFULLY.

We hope this information is helpful!
  
Kind regards,
Your friends at Unilever 
kb

List of things to look out for on labels...

American Dietetic Association : very short list of ingredients to avoid

Alice's Diner in Fall River

Gluten free in fall river.... where David's parents live. We went there and the food was great and they are really nice too.

Gluten Free Bakery/ Deli in Harvard MA

Peaches : http://www.peachesbakery.com/

NY Times article - A Debilitating Disease That Is Often Unknown

A Debilitating Disease That Is Often Unknown 

Caramel Sauce Recipe

Sauce Recipe : I couldn't figure out the labels and this is super easy to make and delicious

Betty Crocker Gluten Free cakes

Cake information : Now available through amazon.com

Children's hospital list of safe and unsafe ingredients

Detailed List : A sorted list of ingredients and foods which are safe and which to question.

Dairy Queen

Gluten free dairy queen : Gluten free treats at dairy queen - 

Restuarant information from Children's hospital

Local Restaurants : A list of restaurants around Boston that have gluten free items.

Children's Hospital Boston Celiac Support group information

CHB Celiac : Summary this is a website with a variety of resources for kids with celiac disease.

TCBY Frozen yogurt

Link to ingredients: Summary customer service rep told me most are gluten free provided they aren't cookie style flavors.

Pamphlet from Celiac Disease foundation

link to pdf pamphlet : A brief two page pamphlet from celiac disease foundation

Mayo Clinic Video explaining about celiac

Video link: Two minute video from the Mayo clinic that briefly explains about what celiac is. 

McDonald's

McDonald's Ingredients and allergen information: Summary french fries contain wheat. Ice cream without a cone and Sundaes are ok. 

Art supplies / paper mache

Hi,  Ross Art Paste (and possibly Elmer's Art paste, and cellulose based wall paper paste) is pure Methyl Cellulose with a little bicarbonate of soda and works really well for mache.  The following site has lots of other art supplies for Celliac's people.  I use both Ross and Metylan cellulose wall paper paste.  If I can find my stash of Ross, I'll bring some when I come.  I'm hoping to get over for a visit in June sometime.  You can also get methyl cellulose from book and paper maker suppliers but it's really pricey.  Hope this helps.  I have a collectible doll for Zaida's collection-- I have a friend who has a toy shop who presented me with a collectible bear when I admired it.  Hope I'll see you soon! C.

 

http://www.celiac.com/gluten-free/lofiversion/index.php/t7904.html

www.oiseauxsisters.com

Kraft Foods

Kraft : Summary, labels clearly indicate potential allergens.