when you get the time to detox... wait get the time? When does that happen?!?! make it happen make it through

Getting "glutened", "dosed", "doused", "spelled by the wheat Gods".... sigh, however creative your description of the toxic time after ingesting gluten.... the timeframe SUCKS ROCKS!!! 
hmmm
speaking of rocks...
This is something to think about.
When not well, how about knowing that you are going to have to be proactive and not just wait it out, but work hard to find health again. Sure, some of it is the waiting game, but truth is, you can assist your body in finding balance sooner. so Work through it with some great self care.
Here is one time honored tip.
Make the time to take the time! 

This post here has a great reflexology tip to help you get on your way....
Best EOs for Swollen Ankles, Legs & Feet

Try it out.. let me know what you think

Bacon - a great christmas gift - Gluten Free, Nightshade free, Dairy free

Who doesn't love bacon? Well that is rhetorical. Be nice!
The guys at the shop loved to share food. I often have to decline. I did joke once I would bring in chocolate covered bacon for food sharing day.
They all said they would devore it!

But to be honest... I may just look into this recipe.
Smoked pork belly

http://www.takepart.com/sites/default/files/styles/tp_content_wide/public/DIYBacon.jpg
Why wouldn't you want a few pounds of this DIY smoked meat in your fridge? (Photo: Ian Knauer)

Celiac Awareness Day. September 13, 2011

did I miss the boat? yeah, I guess with the blog being about dealing with and being a celiac, I should have posted. I was instead, preoccupied with many endeavors, including sewing a new pocket for my BRAND NEW NOOK, and reading and reading and reading.
I battled a headache that was spurred on by the wildfires of Minnesota, and the smell reaching the middle of Wisconsin. WOW, it smelled like smoked fish and sausages being grilled at the house next door. It was wildfires, and barometers going nuts.

So in apologizing for the remiss post, let us read something that made my heart practically cry and seize at the same time. A narrative and story in Living Without Magazine. I love this magazine as it really does make a person with Celiac lifestyles, challenges, and HOPES!

In college, I suffered debilitating dizzy spells, spitting up blood, bloating, passing out, and horrible cramps. But I told people only that I thought I had the flu, AGAIN. Here, here is a story that made me cry... you too might find it useful.
Living Without Magazine article Link

This is a day for "Did you know that? "

Did you know that?
Latex allergy is associated with sensitivity to foods: HIGH - bananas, chestnuts, avocados; MODERATE: apple, carrot, celery, tomato, kiwi, papaya, potato, melon. Others are low or undetermined. Reference: Greer Laboratories, Inc. TM Allergy Update, Fall 1995. (credited website)

My new thing I am discovering that DETOX is what makes my recovery easier from an accidental Glutening. So I have eliminated Dairy and ALL NIGHTSHADES from the diet for 30 days.
I am on Day 6 and feeling absolutely GREAT.
Brain fog is lifting... This is like a whole second set of curtains that were infront of me. like the backdrop and stage "curtain call" layers of fog are lifting!

Nightshade: Brinjal, Cayenne, Capsicum, Eggplant, Ground Cherry, Banana Pepper, Bell Pepper, Chili Pepper, Green Pepper, Red Pepper, Sweet Pepper, Paprika, Pimento, Potato, Tabasco, Thorn Apple, Tobacco, Tomato.

"When Gluten Free Isn't Gluten FREE!" - reposted article

Here's the catch. Gluten Free is becoming a profitable buzz word, and profit makes people make new products, but doesn't always include the total research.
Gluten Free is a fad diet for some, which then it will suffice if they get trace cross contamination, but ONLY if they are doing it as going gluten free for "I would like to loose weight", but if they are allergic to Wheat, or are a true Celiac, then trace is still ALLERGY inducing, and gluten free, just isn't gluten free.
So here is another place that just doesn't get it...
California Pizza Kitchen is not willing to make the switch to avoid cross contamination. Here is the article to show you... some companies only want profit, they aren't really interested in Gluten Free.
Facebook Group article of

Jennifer Frank

by Celiac Support Group at Children's Hospital Boston on Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 6:53am

Could it be Celiac Sprue related?

Depending on what you are reading or sourcing you will find hat 1:250 1:150 , 1:133 American have some level of gluten intolerance or Celiac Sprue.
That being said, there are so many things that people suffer and find a gluten free diet puts their symptoms into remission or better, they find they could no longer get diagnosis if they were tested today.
Epilepsy is one that has common links with Celiac Disease.
You might find this article interesting.
http://epilepsyfoundation.ning.com/forum/topics/celiac-disease-gluten

A Celiac at a rummage sale

What is more exciting than finding a great antique chaffing dish fo $1.00 at a garage/rummage sale? The disappointment of realizing that gluten free really does mean for me, that dish will never serve my food. I can't stress enough that gluten free risk is usually a betting man's upper hand. It is simple, thee was stuffing or sauce or something vital gluten put in that dish, and the healthier and more long-term gluten free you become, the less you tolerate gluten. So I don't use Grandma's China, or Great Aunt Elizabeth's gravy boat for food. I found ways to store things in them that assure me the joy of the memories of childhood dinners, such as a wrapped candy dish for the gravy boat, or floating candles in the water of a chaffing dish, an awesome use for a tea cup that was handed down? I planted miniature Thyme plants in two, and they are loved often.

So, second hand tupperware is not such a deal anymore, maybe start a Target Wishlist, or amazon account for the new stuff that you will want. Make sure to pass on the dinnerware set to someone in need, I put mine up to freecycle and requested any social workers that were dealing with a displaced family, contact me. After the floods I go to give a family dishes, pots and pans. HOW COOL IS THAT?

So remember as much as I love Freecycle.org, and rummage and reduce, reuse, recycle, I have to go with the 4th R, respecting my body over my emotions of a cute dinner setting I go a great deal on.

Memorial Day - Remembering those before us, cooking out/BBQ/grilling

Memorial Day weekend. A 3 day weekend where the cassarole dishes come out, the family salad recipes flourish, and the Grill gets lovingly shined up for the Grill or slower BBQ tasty family meals.
Gluten free can be a challenge and let me tell you, it has been a while since I stepped onto someone's patio and felt safe to eat off the grill. I always brought two dishes and a few tupperware dishes of each for myself. I just knew someone would loose the spoon and "just take a dollop" with the asian noodle spoon, or stick the mustard/ketchup nozzle right into that gluteny bun, so the ketchup istelf was gluten free, but the bottle nozzle is now GLUTENED.
bring your own picnic basket and know the grill isn't safe. Buns are grilled, sauces aren't scraped off, and simply put, if you make nummy food early for yourself, or bring your own little smokey joe, you can share with everyone else.
Here is a recipe that helped me remember the simplicity of grilling is a joy, and you too can do this on a baby grill, enough for you and a few. http://www.pbs.org/parents/kitchenexplorers/2011/05/26/how-to-grill-corn-on-the-cob-quickly/

gluten free soup Progresso Soup figured it out

It isn't suprising that one of the things I missed when going gluten free, was the ease of going to the grocery store, picking up some hearty heart warming soup and then stocking the pantry for the hard days that needed soup to finish them off.
Soup... it is for the soup, the brain to melt from the cold, and the heart to warm from whatever roughness the person had to take from the day.

So progresso does a great job of making a great soup. But they just weren't gluten free, so I passed them in the aisle and never looked back for fear of turning into a pillar of salt, or some such thing.

Last week, my boyfriend so kindly brought to me Cream of Mushroom, New England Clam chowder, corn chowder, and a lovely cheesy broccoli and potato soup. When he pulled the cans out of the bag, I sighed in envy knowing he was stocking my pantry, and these were probably for him. Much to my surprise, these were all purchased for me to taste test, and grade on if we would be return customers.
Well doggone if these weren't the real deal, as I remember them growing up. Delicious, nutritious and again soup is easy to have a serving size, or "cook with a can of cream of mushroom soup".

What a gift.
So there you have it, a can of Progresso is back on the menu at the Quincidence Kitchen Gluten Free household.

Southwestern Style Chicken Chowder	Chicken Rice with Vegetables
Chicken Cheese Enchilada Flavor	Manhattan Clam Chowder
New England Clam Chowder	Potato Broccoli & Cheese Chowder
99% Fat Free New England Clam Chowder

http://www.progressosoup.com/soup.aspx

premeditated glutening by professional chef

criminal intent chef. link

Celiac Expo in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Gluten Free Expo 2010

The gluten free journey can be a struggle, confusing and overwhelming in the beginning. Living gluten free does not mean that you need to give up everything you love. Let's travel the right path where you will live a gluten free life with less struggles. The goal is to help those within the community gain knowledge, research, and resources while providing opportunities for families with allergies to bond with one another. This is an expo for the general public, food industry, and health professionals.

Saturday, September 18th, 2010

Lakeland Union High School

9573 State Highway 70

Minocqua, WI 54548

11:00am - 3:00pm

This expo is generously sponsored by:

Trig's Grocery

Additional Sponsors Include:

Madison Top

Great Lakes Carpentry

The Outdoorsman Restaurant

Celiac Resource Guide - Helping to Navigate Life's Detour

Ministry Healthcare System

Lisanatti Cheese

source for this information http://bit.ly/cqi5lH

Celiac Disease - The social ramifications of a flat mate or roommate

Have you separated the silverware, divided the cooking utensils and dissolved yourself of sharing the kitchen cutting boards? Good, because if they are using them for gluten products, the item is no longer worth using. BLEACH does not break down or lay gluten innert. So even if the cutting board or "bread knife" is used once... how sure are you that you got it clean.
Consider that the butter tub, (margarine), jams, jellies, may not be so selfish of you to claim personal and not communal.
The problem is often that you are trying to share in order to germinate a better and more sharing living environment, also refrigerator space is a hot commodity and two tubs of margarine, especially if you use the same kind, seems to lack sense. Think twice about labeling yourself selfish, but thrifty in that you won't have to only use it, if you opened it for the first time, and then hope or trust the other person didn't double-dip, or let a guest use it, which then really leaves things uncertain.

Be aware, know that it is indeed not selfish, but kind to disallow sharing in order to not have to hog the bathroom, or moan and groan of symptoms.
Be kind and rewind... I mean it.. rewind back to.. it is prudent to be safe and caring of yourself. Fly away guilt, for my food is to stay uncontaminated and I feel great knowing it will stay that way.

Celiac Awareness - Resource Link

You might or might not have thought of the Celiac disease scope on your body or...
Mouth.
Have you talked to your dentist about being Celiac?
http://celiac.nih.gov/DentalEnamel.aspx

I think this is good information to recommend you not only read, but print or provide to your dentist. Proactive, you and I make a better world for all, Celiacs and Wheat-eaters. Because the more we are healthy, the more those that we surround ourselves that can eat - don't have to worry but also, can support us.

Grocery Store list vs. cost

I spent time carefully weighing my options.
I picked up the nice little package of my new favorite cookies.
I picked up the organic half&half for the coffee 3.89 for a full liter. I was disappointed the Cream line Dairy non-pasturized half&half was out. That stuff is delightful!
So I compromised for the liter of half&half, but made sure to pick up the blueberry, Vans gluten free waffles.
I picked up some boysenberry jam, since the grocery store carries a local brand, and I know it is safe.
A sweet potato for a lovely casserole later, some raspberries and a bag of apples to make my own stewed fruit, and some zucchinis for the deep dish casserole.
hmmm what else...
Reb bush tea, vine ripened tomotoes, some local makers sold in the store pickles (also super safe but not a national brand), and my one actual indulgence. GF stuffing made by kinnicinic. Man did I miss stuffing for years. I mean a few tines since 1999 I tried, but it was made of mediocre - not-worth-it product.

So when I got to the check out counter with my 12 items that came to $50 dollars. I wasn't surprised, but the woman behind me was. She blurted out. good god are those golden pickles or what? This is why I don't bu organic.
Then she realized how REALLY ruder her outburst had been.
I turned to the lady and smiled. Sure I could pick out less quality food, but in the end i would be sick and unhealthy from your white bread. I have food allergies and eating right doesn't always allow frequent luxury. Sometimes it requires choosing between what is available and what will nourish you.
--She stammered...but you hardly have two bags of groceries.....
Yes maam, but those two bags are all food that I can count on to keep me healthy, and certainly they are going to be delicious.

Her eyes fell to the floor, her scarlet cheeks still burning... "what you must think of me with my generic peanut butter, potato chips, little debbies and chex mix bags"

I gently smiled and laughed... if you were my friend we would shop together and make choices that were good for your budget and your body. But, in the end, you seem like an adult that can make choices for herself, and I assume the kids that those little debbies are for... since there seem to be adult cookies in the cart too?

her eyes lifted...
you know.. I am going to put these back... maybe I can find some real TREATS in the organic section. you are right, I like the food to be good, not just cheap.. Happy new year.

and she walked back to find something for herself... I assume truly FOR herself is the way to say it.

Happy New Year

*^#$^#% HOW MUCH WATER!!@##$%

Spring and then summer are around the corner, I thought I would remind you - hydrate!

The recommended dosage is 1 oz of water per 2 pounds of body weight.
So: weight in pounds /2 = how many ounces you should drink.

if you want a conversion from ounces to liters, type in "##oz in liters" to the google search bar, the calculation will automatically come up.

i.e.
200 pound person would enter: "100 oz in liters"
RESULTS:
100 US fluid ounces = 2.95735296 liters

Measurement reference:
Bottled water that is about the same size (height) as a bottle of soda/pop, a retail fridge for a quick drink is usually 20 oz.

1 1/2 pints	900 ml	3 3/4 cup
1 3/4 pints	1 litre	4 cups (1qt)
2 pints	1 1/4 litres	1 1/4 quarts
2 1/3 pints	1 1/2 litres	3 US pints
3 1/4 pints	2 litres	2 quarts

Tricia tidbits pulled from books and sites.
It is possible to lose a pint of liquid each day just exhaling. (http://www.naturodoc.com/library/nutrition/water.htm)

If you are looking for recipe and other conversations of measurements, please check out this neat site. http://curezone.com/conversions.asp