tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20584924646406248732012-02-16T22:09:52.430-05:00the art of gluten freethe Gluten Free Damozelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06548355219963207468noreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058492464640624873.post-63945682217796024662010-04-01T15:37:00.002-04:002010-04-01T16:05:03.812-04:00

Life hasn't been very conducive to blogging lately. Between job hunting (which is consuming most of my time), going away to visit my family, and all those little things that crop up that must be done, I haven't had a chance to post. I'm still baking and cooking up a gluten free storm, though - that part of life doesn't change. Usually I'm in too much of a hurry to take pictures of what I make, so

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Hm, just discovered a post I started several weeks ago and never got a chance to finish. Here goes: Yesterday was a gorgeous, glorious, sunny, warm spring day. I went for a 5 mile walk to the grocery store and back and got a whole bunch of strawberries. I was in the mood for some strawberry shortcake, so using a basic cake recipe* and the strawberries I had gotten along with some whipped cream

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Something wonderful has happened in the past few days. For a whole month after I finished the gluten challenge I was exhausted all the time. I felt lots better than I had felt while on it, and the brain fog was absent, as was the whole body aching, but I just couldn't shake being tired. I was very worried about this: I thought it might never change, I wasn't sure it had been induced by the gluten

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 (see this lasagna? It's gluten free. And I made it myself.) When I was growing up, my Mom made the most *wonderful* lasagna. Moist and saucy and full of melted cheese. None of this dry stuff with a little sauce and a trace of cheese scraped between the gooey noodles. The other thing that I loved about my mom's recipe: no boiling the lasagna pasta before making the lasagna! There's plenty of of

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I can't even count anymore the number of times people have said to me or about me, "oh, she's so skinny because there's nothing she can eat, with this gluten free diet..."  NOT TRUE! Quite the opposite, in fact. Back when I was very sick from eating gluten, I was losing weight like crazy no matter what I ate. My roommates and I joked about the pizza diet where you could eat pizza three times a

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 My breakfast this morning: waffle with butter & apricot jam, cottage cheese, scrambled eggs sprinkled with parmesan. Waffles courtesy of Trader Joe's. Their Wheat Free/Gluten Free waffles are delicious.  I don't remember what Eggos taste like exactly, but I'm pretty sure these aren't far off. And no, all gluten free meals do not have to involve eggs. I've just been enjoying eggs a lot recently.

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So I made granola bars last night because I've been craving something easy to make for breakfast, and cereal doesn't agree with me too much these days (well, the milk really doesn't agree with me). I was vaguely hoping for something healthy... but convenience won out once I found this recipe, and they *are* semi-healthy (I put flax seeds in them ;). I thought, "this is good, the recipe makes a

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Just a few weeks ago Hubs asked me if King Arthur flour had any gluten free baking mixes and I said no, but I wouldn't be suprised if they were working on it. Imagine my delight when I discovered that, lo and behold, as of March 1, they are launching a whole line of gluten free flours and mixes! Thanks, King Arthur! In case you can't read that super-fine print, the forthcoming lineup includes

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I found a new kind of flour through some internet browsing that I want to try: Tom Sawyer's Gluten-free blend. It looks similar to another mix I like, Jules Gluten Free All-Purpose Flour.  Have any of you tried the Tom Sawyer's? Would you recommend it? I haven't been around as much lately, and it's been harder to blog since I'm looking for a job. It's more fun to blog than hunt a job, of course.

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Yesterday I got the results back from my biopsies and blood tests that were done at the beginning of February.  All of them are negative for Celiac Disease. And I am not sure how I feel about this. It is good if I don't have celiac disease. It means that my accidental ingestion of gluten may have less severe long-term impacts for my body. It means that if I slip up now and then, it's not

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An article in the WSJ Market Watch today caught my attention: Apparently there is a company in California, Arcadia Biosciences, that is working on developing wheat with less gluten in it, with the goal that it can be tolerated by people who have celiac disease and gluten intolerance. That sounds amazing! I'm a little bit skeptical since from what I understand, Celiacs can't tolerate even the

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Tonight I'm baking a loaf of gluten free bread. It's been a while since I've had a fresh loaf, and it always tastes better fresh than pre-packaged from the store. I haven't had much time lately (with so many other things I've needed to make), so I'm making it from a mix. The best mix I've found for gluten free bread is from the company Schar. They advertise themselves as the #1 gluten free brand

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We are snowed in again, which has resulted in more hanging out with our neighbors downstairs. It's wonderful when you have friends as your neighbors (and in this case, tenants). We've had so many snowbound days this winter that it's become a tradition for us to get together on them. Early in the day, T&B (downstairs neighbors) knocked on the door and invited us to dinner, along with R, our

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I've learned a lot since beginning the gluten free diet, and what I've learned has made me enjoy it more and more. I started it with some of the same misconceptions that many others have: "everything" has gluten in it you'll never be able to eat bread and all those other things you love again it's hard cooking gluten free gluten free food tastes gross But cutting gluten out of my diet made me

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It's snowing again, and work is cancelled, so Hubs and I got up late and had breakfast even later. I made us scrambled eggs, melting butter in the frying pan, and whisking the eggs with a little milk, garlic salt, oregano and pepper before cooking them in the nicely browning butter. Then I melted a slice of provolone cheese over the top before serving, along with a (very juicy) clementine. Why

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This weekend it snowed in Philly. A lot. It was a good excuse for a little baking. I'd planned to make this scrumptious-looking poppy seed lemon cake from smitten kitchen. But the ONE thing I'd forgotten to stock up on before the snow storm (well actually, I only stocked up on one thing: ice cream, naturally) was lemons. But I always have a lemon or two withering away in my refrigerator fruit

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So yesterday was my big celiac testing day! Hubs was a darling and took the day off of work to drive me back and forth from the procedure. There was anesthesia involved, so I wasn't allowed to drive myself home. Besides, it was just comforting to me to have him there. We got there plenty early (9:30am for the 10:15 procedure) to fill out any remaining paperwork. Then I was taken back into one

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Well, today's the day - blood test and endoscopy at 10:15. I really want a cup of coffee right now. But I can't. Fasting for the test - not allowed to eat or drink since midnight.  I hope this was all worth it!

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Genetic Testing for Celiac Disease - Consults Blog - NYTimes.com I thought this was interesting, since I've been thinking about gene testing lately.

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What?! Wow - who would have thought! I can understand this happening as an accident out of ignorance, but not intentionally. I guess someone figured out there's money in lying about whether a product is gluten free.  Bread seller charged after gluten-free claims It doesn't sound that serious, but really it is VERY serious for people who have celiac disease. For them, ingesting even the smallest

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                                                (pssst.... this is what I've been eating lately) So normally Hubs and I eat home cooked foods, and very very little pre-packaged processed foods. Well, that has majorly gone down the tubes since I started on the gluten challenge.  I've lost my will to bake from scratch, for at least two reasons: 1) I am so tired I don't feel like doing anything

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So why another blog about living gluten-free? There are already plenty of them out there. Many very fine ones, each with their own niche and points of interest. Often they focus on recipes, or where to find gluten free foods, or how to live gluten free on a budget. This blog is the story of my continued journey into learning and loving the gluten free life, and the discoveries I make along the

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A delicious looking bread recipe to try, courtesy of Living Without. I love oat bread and maple syrup, and this looks wonderful in the picture (but doesn't food usually ;). Oatmeal Maple Gluten-Free BreadMAKES 2 LOAVESIngredients     2  cups brown rice flour, preferably super-fine grind     1  cup gluten-free oat flour     1½  cups sorghum flour or millet flour     1  cup tapioca starch/flour

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This gluten challenge hasn't been entirely what I expected. Anticipating it, I assumed I would be exhausted, miserable and sick in my stomach right from day 1. And that over time that would get worse until I was pretty much bedridden. This assumption was based on my memory of how I felt before I went gluten free. Turns out, it didn't happen quite like that. It started off fine (i.e. as

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In my post about how it's necessary for me to do a gluten challenge to get a celiac diagnosis, I didn't mention anything about another form of celiac disease testing I had originally considered: gene testing. Genetic testing for celiac disease determines if you are genetically predisposed to contract it. It will never tell you if you actually have it - just that you could some day get it. It

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Let no one tell you that when you are Gluten Free you can no longer eat cake. Au Contraire! As long as you make it without Wheat, Barley, Rye (yeck! in a cake?), and in some cases Oat flour, you can have all the cake you want and your waistline will allow. Once I am back (sweet relief) eating a Gluten Free diet, I intend to make a gf version of this poppy seed lemon cake from smitten kitchen.

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Perhaps it seems strange to begin a blog about living gluten free during a time when I'm doing a Gluten Challege, and thus not following the diet. However, in less than 2 weeks I will finally be back full time, hard core on the gluten free diet. And I find that I can't wait. Even Hubs can't wait. He doesn't have any gluten issues himself, but he is so used to my gluten free cooking that he told

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