angel-jd1

Last week Dad had made supper. Cooked a roast. He went to check the roast and set the lid down on a area that had chunks of cracker crumbs (from his salad ). He then put the contaminated lid back onto the roast. I refused to eat the roast then.........he was very mad. Would you have eaten it??

Last night was again visiting my parents. Dad was cutting a large steak for everyone. He had just eating a salad with crackers. He cut a bite of meat stuck it into his cracker contaminated mouth and continued cutting the steak with that fork.........I again refused to eat the contaminated meat. He was again very mad. Would you have eaten it?

He just isn't understanding why I am refusing to eat the foods that he has contaminated.

Would you have done the same thing in these situations or would you have done something different?

-Jessica

Has anyone found my top secret spy recipe for the garlic mashed taters yet? They never taste the same as outback when I make them at home

-Jessica

I had lunch delivered at work today from Subway. I went out on there website and they have several items that are gluten free. I ordered the tuna fish salad with some extra veggies, and I don't seem to be having any problems. I want to try their grilled chicken breast and baby spinach salad. I am so excited about finding a new place that I can eat a couple things, I'm just very excited.

Daisy Duke

For me, that place would be too high on the list of "possibility of cross contamination" to even think about eating there.

-Jessica

Any updates? Did they make the cut. They should be hearing back by now I would think. This was all done forever ago

-Jessica

If you contact them they will give you a list. It is supposedly updated monthly with gluten-free products. With that said........I contacted them, got the list, told the manager about my diet etc etc.....and still got TERRIBLY sick eating with them. I won't ever go back there. So be very careful.

-Jessica

Namaste is awesome.......mmmmmmm

-Jessica

If you are talking about the Kraft south beach diet bars... Kraft will list any gluten containing ingredients on the labels. All you have to do is read. I have eaten the peanutbutter and also the cinnamon with no troubles. They are good when you are in a rush or no food nearby. Enjoy.

-Jessica

Yeah, "MAY BE SUITABLE FOR A GLUTEN-FREE DIET"...not very reassuring. I did read that, and thought it was pretty ridiculous. I mean, is it gluten-free or not? Thank you for all those numbers, Jessica. I will call them up. Actually, I will search for a Canadian number. I forget which country has questionable maltodextrin...is it the States or the UK where there's no guarantee of it being gluten-free?

Sorry didn't even look to see where you were from. Here are some Canadian numbers.

-Jessica

Boucherville, Quebec

Business Unit: Generics

Address: Sandoz Canada Inc.

145, rue Jules-Leger

Boucherville, Quebec J4B 7K8

CANADA

Phone: +1 4506414903

Fax: +1 5145961460

Charlottetown, P.E.I.

Business Unit: Animal Health

Address: Novartis Animal Health Canada Inc.,

Charlottetown Site

37 McCarville Street

West Royalty Industrial Park

CDN- Charlottetown, P.E.I. C1E 2A7

CANADA

Phone: +1 902 5664966

Fax: +1 902 5663573

Dorval, Quebec

Business Unit: Pharmaceuticals

Address: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.

385, boulev. Bouchard

CDN- Dorval, Quebec H9S 1A9

CANADA

Phone: +1 514 6316775

Fax: +1 514 6311867

Site Address: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.

385, boulev. Bouchard

CDN- Dorval, Quebec H9S 1A9

URL: Open Original Shared Link

Mississauga, Ontario

Business Unit: Animal Health

Address: Novartis Animal Health Canada Inc.

2000 Argentia Road

Suite 400, Plaza 3

CDN- Mississauga, Ontario L5N 1V9

CANADA

Phone: +1 905 8140840

Fax: +1 905 5670221

URL: Open Original Shared Link

Mississauga, Ontario

Business Unit: Consumer Health

Address: Novartis Consumer Health Canada Inc.

2233 Argentia Road

Floor 2, Suite 205, West Tower

CDN- Mississauga, Ontario L5N 2X7

CANADA

Phone: +1 905 8124100

Fax: +1 905 8214936

URL: Open Original Shared Link

Mississauga, Ontario

Business Unit: CIBA Vision

Address: CIBA Vision Canada Inc.

2150 Torquay Mews

CDN- Mississauga, Ontario L5N 2M6

CANADA

Phone: +1 905 8214774

Fax: +1 905 8218106

URL: Open Original Shared Link

Mississauga, Ontario

Business Unit: Generics

Address: Alphora Research Inc.

6-2400 Dundas Street West

Suite 661

CDN- Mississauga, Ontario L5K 2R8

CANADA

Phone: +1 905 4030477

Fax: +1 905 4038744

Thanks so much for all your thoughts and prayers! Amazing how it can all help so much...

The nutrtional feed that John is getting is called Resource 2.0, by Novartis. I have heard that it is, in fact, gluten-free, but I cannot help but suspect...If it really is gluten-free, then we know for sure that John is not gluten-intolerant, as this is the only thing he is consuming. Can't imagine any way it could be cross-contaminated (although you never know in our less-than-perfect medical settings of today)! I visited him yesterday, and it makes me so sad to see him for all kinds of obvious reasons, but mainly due to his great discomfort from the acid reflux, the diahrrea, the low haemoglobin...and he cannot complain or speak clearly to us anymore. If I find out that his liquid food is gluten-free, then I can move on to other concerns. I know very little about casein intolerance, but I suspect that the symptoms are similar to gluten intolerance. And I DO know that the supplement is FULL of milk...

Here are some numbers for the USA Novartis company sites. Call and as for their pharmacist or their Chemist and ask about the gluten free status of the product. They should easily be able to help you.

-Jessica

Annandale, NJ

Business Unit: Chiron

Address: Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics,

Inc., Annandale Site

P.O. Box 990

Annandale, NJ 08801

USA

Phone: +1 908 7301200

Fax: +1 908 7301217

Site Address: Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics,

Inc., Annandale Site

1545 Route 22 East

Annandale, NJ 08801

Broomfield, CO

Business Unit: Generics

Address: Sandoz Inc., Broomfield Manufact.

P.O. Box 446

Broomfield, CO 80038-0446

USA

Phone: +1 303 4662400

Fax: +1 303 4384474

Site Address: Sandoz Inc., Broomfield Manufact.

2555 West Midway Boulevard

Broomfield, CO 80020

URL: Open Original Shared Link

Cambridge, MA

Business Unit: Pharmaceuticals

Address: Novartis Institutes for BioMedical

Research, Inc.

250 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02139

USA

Phone: +1 6178718000

Fax: +1 N.A.

Cambridge, MA

Business Unit: Pharmaceuticals

Address: Novartis Institutes for BioMedical

Research, Inc.

220 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02139

USA

Phone: +1 6178718000

Fax: +1 N.A.

Cambridge, MA

Business Unit: Pharmaceuticals

Address: Novartis Institutes for BioMedical

Research, Inc.

500 Technology Square

Cambridge, MA 02139

USA

Phone: +1 6178718000

Fax: +1 N.A.

Cambridge, MA

Business Unit: Pharmaceuticals

Address: Novartis Institutes for BioMedical

Research, Inc.

400 Technology Square

Cambridge, MA 02139

USA

Phone: +1 6178718000

Fax: +1 N.A.

Dayton, NJ

Business Unit: Generics

Address: Sandoz Inc., Dayton Site

2400 Route 130 North

Dayton, NJ 08810-1519

USA

Phone: +1 732 2742400

Fax: +1 732 2748989

URL: Open Original Shared Link

Duluth, GA

Business Unit: CIBA Vision

Address: CIBA Vision Corporation

11460 Johns Creek Parkway

Duluth, GA 30097

USA

Phone: +1 7704763937

Fax: +1 N.A.

URL: Open Original Shared Link

East Hanover, NJ

Business Unit: Pharmaceuticals

Address: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

One Health Plaza

East Hanover, NJ 07936-1080

USA

Phone: +1 8627788300

Fax: +1 9737818265

URL: Open Original Shared Link

Emeryville, CA

Business Unit: Chiron

Address: Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc.

4560 Horton Street

Emeryville, CA 94608-2916

USA

Phone: +1 510 6558730

Fax: +1 510 6013343

URL: http:/www.chiron.com

Emeryville, CA

Business Unit: Chiron

Address: BioCent Insurance Company, Inc.

4560 Horton Street

Emeryville, CA CA 94608-2916

USA

Phone: +1 808 5853530

Fax: +1 808 NA

Emeryville, CA

Business Unit: Chiron

Address: MemRx Corporation

4560 Horton Street

Emeryville, CA 94608-2916

USA

Phone: +1 510 6558730

Fax: +1 510 6013343

Emeryville, CA

Business Unit: Chiron

Address: Sagres Discovery, Inc.

4560 Horton Street

Emeryville, CA 94608-2916

USA

Phone: +1 510 6558730

Fax: +1 510 6013343

Fremont, MI

Business Unit: Consumer Health

Address: Gerber Products Company, Fremont Site

445 State Street

Fremont, MI 49413

USA

Phone: +1 231 9282000

Fax: +1 231 9282723

URL: Open Original Shared Link

Greensboro, NC

Business Unit: Animal Health

Address: Novartis Animal Health US, Inc.

3200 Northline Ave.

Suite 300

Greensboro, NC 27408

USA

Phone: +1 336 3871000

Fax: +1 336 3871066

URL: Open Original Shared Link

Greensboro, NC

Business Unit: Animal Health

Address: Novartis Animal Health US, Inc.,

Farm Animal Business

3200 Nothline Ave.

Suite 300

Greensboro, NC 27408

USA

Phone: +1 336 3871000

Fax: +1 336 3871066

URL: Open Original Shared Link

Holly Springs, NC

Business Unit: Chiron

Address: Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics,

Inc., Holly Springs Site

Rosewood Business Center

2500 N. Main Street

Holly Springs, NC 27540

USA

Phone: +1 919 3032196

Fax: +1 919 NA

Lake Success, NY

Business Unit: Generics

Address: Eon Labs, Inc.

1999 Marcus Avenue

Lake Success, NY 11042

USA

Phone: +1 516 4789700

Fax: +1 516 4789810

URL: Open Original Shared Link

Laurelton, NY

Business Unit: Generics

Address: Eon Labs, Inc., Laurelton Site

227-15 N. Conduit Avenue

Laurelton, NY 11413

USA

Phone: +1 718 2768600

Fax: +1 718 7238041

New York, NY

Business Unit:

Address: Novartis Corporation

608 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10020

USA

Phone: +1 2123071122

Fax: +1 2122460185

Newark, DE

Business Unit: Generics

Address: Forte Pharma, Inc.

227-15 N. Conduit Avenue

Laurelton, NY 11413

USA

Phone: +1 718 2768600

Fax: +1 718 7238041

Site Address: Forte Pharma, Inc.

UPS Logistics Warehouse

Newark, DE

Parsippany, NJ

Business Unit: Consumer Health

Address: Novartis Consumer Health, Inc.

200 Kimball Drive

Parsippany, NJ 07054-0622

USA

Phone: +1 973 5038000

Fax: +1 973 5038400

Parsippany, NJ

Business Unit: Consumer Health

Address: Gerber Products Company

200 Kimball Drive

Parsippany, NJ 07054-0622

USA

Phone: +1 973 5038000

Fax: +1 973 5038430

URL: Open Original Shared Link

Philadelphia, PA

Business Unit: Chiron

Address: Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics,

Inc., Philadelphia Site

1717 Arch Street

28th Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19103

USA

Phone: +1 215 2554200

Fax: +1 215 255-4222

Princeton, NJ

Business Unit: Generics

Address: Sandoz Inc.

506 Carnegie Center, Suite 400

Princeton, NJ 08540

USA

Phone: +1 609 6278500

Fax: +1 609 6278659

URL: Open Original Shared Link

Reno, NV

Business Unit: Chiron

Address: Chiron Overseas Holding Co.

Corporation Trust Co. of Nevada

6100 Neil Road

Suite 500

Reno, NV 89511

USA

Phone: +1 NA

Fax: +1 NA

Seattle, WA

Business Unit: Chiron

Address: Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics,

Inc., Seattle Site

201 Elliott Ave. West

Suite 150

Seattle, WA 98119

USA

Phone: +1 206 4678100

Fax: +1 206 2703313

St. Louis Park, MN

Business Unit: Consumer Health

Address: Novartis Nutrition Corporation,

St.Louis Park Site

5320 West 23rd Street

St. Louis Park, MN 55416

USA

Phone: +1 952 8486000

Fax: +1 952 8486050

St. Louis Park, MN

Business Unit: Consumer Health

Address: Novartis Nutrition Corporation

1600 Utica Avenue South

#600

St. Louis Park, MN 55416

USA

Phone: +1 952 8486000

Fax: +1 952 8486050

URL: Open Original Shared Link

Vacaville, CA

Business Unit: Chiron

Address: Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics,

Inc., Vacaville Site

2010 Cessna Drive

Vacaville, CA 95688

USA

Phone: +1 707 4532200

Fax: +1 707 4532222

Washington, DC

Business Unit: Chiron

Address: Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics,

Inc., Washington, DC Site

1300 I Street NW

Suite 1090

Washington, DC 20005

USA

Phone: +1 202 3936540

Fax: +1 202 6398910

White Plains, NY

Business Unit: Consumer Health

Address: Gerber Life Insurance Company

1311 Mamaroneck Avenue

White Plains, NY 10605

USA

Phone: +1 914 2724000

Fax: +1 914 2724099

URL: Open Original Shared Link

Wilmington, DE

Business Unit: Chiron

Address: Chiron Holding, LLC

2711 Centerville Road

Suite 400

Wilmington, DE 19808

USA

Phone: +1 NA

Fax: +1 NA

Wilmington, DE

Business Unit: Chiron

Address: Chiron Vaccines, LLC

2711 Centerville Road

Suite 400

Wilmington, DE 19808

USA

Phone: +1 NA

Fax: +1 NA

Wilson, NC

Business Unit: Generics

Address: Sandoz Inc., Wilson Site

4700 Sandoz Drive

Wilson, NC 27893

USA

Phone: +1 252 2342222

Fax: +1 252 2362600

Wilson, NC

Business Unit: Generics

Address: Lek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

4700 Sandoz Drive

Wilson, NC 27893

USA

Phone: +1 252 2342222

Fax: +1 252 2342600

Quick question is dextrose from maize ok?

Maize is just corn. Corn isn't a grain that is a problem for people on the gluten free diet. As long as corn is the only ingredient you are safe

-Jessica

Kari-

That is great that you are wanting to learn more to help your Dad. I am sure he is very grateful for your understanding and willingness to learn.

You have come to the right place. Reading the posts on this site is the perfect place to learn more about celiac. You can also post if you have questions on ingredients or products. We are all here to help.

As you may or may not know, Celiac is genetic. Have you been tested yet? It is a good idea for all first degree relatives to be tested for celiac.

Keep posting and reading. Soon you will be an "old pro" at Celiac info.

-Jessica

I was just looking back at my old posts and found my 1 year post. Yesterday I celebrated my 4 year anniversary. Hard to believe it has been 4 years now. On my way to makin it 5 years gluten-free WooT!!

-Jessica

i called and the ppl were very friendly. they asked what i liked to drink and told me if is was or was not gluten-free. i was advised to stay away from ALL fraps (as they do not clean the blenders after every drink) so if i want a cold drink i ask for it over ice. carmel machiattos are my fave!!!

Katie618-

They are asking about the bottled frapps that you can buy in grocery and convenience stores. The bottled ARE safe. I have no clue about the things you buy in the regular starbucks coffee stores. I think they have an ingredient listing online (I can't remember for sure).

Anyways just wanted to make sure that there wasn't mis-information due to not understanding the question. Origional question was about the bottled drinks............which ARE safe Enjoy.

-Jessica

Bob's gluten-free mix already has tapioca and potato in it. I would just use the mix (unless you are needing more than 3/4 cup) In that case add in some of the tapioca and potato to make up to the amount you are needing. Hope your brunch turns out great!!

-Jessica

I hope someone is on here who can give me a quick answer. I'm out of my normal flour mixture (br. rice, potato starch, tapioca starch) and want to make one of Nikkiuk's sausage rolls for brunch. I have about 3/4 C of Bob's Red Mill G F Flour Mix, some potato starch and tapioca starch. I'm thinking that a mixture of the Bob's and potato starch would work best for the pastry crust. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Santa brought me cashola..........I have been wanting a Kitchenaid mixer and I also want/need a new couch. Sooo I'll be getting one or the other.

He also brought me a radar gun. Yes a hotwheels radar gun. I clocked the cat doing 2mph this morning. HAHA This thing is going to be a blast!!

-Jessica

There are a couple of ways you could handle this.

#1: Pass the food off to someone who can eat/use it. Say thank you to whoever it came from. Show that you are grateful and move on.

#2 Say thank you, explain to them why you can't eat it but again tell them thank you for thinking of you. Then pass the food on to someone who can use it.

My grandmother gave me some food this year in my christmas sock. It was something I wasn't sure of so I just gave it to my brother. I have tried explaining things to her for the last several years, it isn't sinking in so I gave up. I am just passing the food on and forgetting it lol.

Hope one of those decisions works for you!!

-Jessica

Ok well the pot luck was this morning. I took a ham/mushroom/onion/cheese frittata. It went over GREAT!! Everybody was asking "who made this, it is so good" ha Here is the recipe I used.

2 tablespoons olive oil

3 large russet potatoes, peeled and shredded

1 onion, diced

salt and pepper to taste

1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese or enough to cover top of frittata

12 eggs, beaten

Ham, diced or chunked

1 small can of mushrooms drained

DIRECTIONS

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. When the skillet is hot, add the potatoes, and fry until crispy and golden, about 15 minutes. Reduce heat to medium, and add onions. Cook, stirring, until softened. Season with salt and pepper.Add ham and mushrooms. Pour eggs over the potatoes and onions.

Place the skillet in the oven for about 10 minutes, or until eggs are firm. Remove from the oven, and sprinkle shredded cheese over the top. Return to the oven for about 5 minutes, or until cheese is melted.

OR you can also cook it on the stovetop. This is what I did. Covered the mixture with a lid and cooked until it was set up. Topped with the cheese and let it melt. It turned out great!!

ENJOY!!

-Jessica

I make this one all the time. Hope you like it.

-Jessica

Gluten Free Cornbread

1 Egg

1/2 Cup Liquid (milk, juice, water)

2 T Sugar

2 T Oil

1/2 C White Rice Flour

1/2 C Corn Meal

2tsp Baking Powder

1/2 tsp Salt

Mix well. Bake 425 for 17-20 min. Makes 6 muffins

I doubled this recipe and baked it in a small rectangle pan. The recipe comes from the back of the Bob's Red Mill White Rice Flour Sack.

As you all can see, I changed my user name from Ursula to Ursa Major, because I didn't want to be too easily found on this forum through a Google search.

Anyway, unfortunately, it didn't work. As my profile still comes up as the first result when putting into Google 'Ursula celiac', even with the new name. I guess that once something is linked with certain key words, it will forever link to it, even if you change the key search terms.

Does anybody know how to fix that?

You still have the name Ursula in your signature. Possibly that is what allows it to be linked to you. Ursula isn't too common of a name. I'm sure it would be easy to find you by putting in celiac and ursula.

-Jessica

Jessica, you are so NOT a nerd. I do the exact same thing and I'm sure there are plenty of others on here that do it as well. My hubbie always makes fun of me for it, but it makes me queasy to smell bread, so...

Aww thanks

I use Bob's all the time and have not had any trouble with them. The flours with the gluten-free symbol are produced on dedicated lines in a dedicated facility. Check their website for more info on that. I feel safe using them.

-Jessica

The picture in your avatar of the cookies looks great. I have made the peanutbutter cups using the wonderful 4 ingredient recipe for pb cookies. Put them in mini muffin cups and baked. Put in a hershey kiss when they came out and they were awesome!!

Okay guys, I've been making Christmas cookies all afternoon today. Here are the recipes that worked really well with gluten free flours... I used this flour blend: 3 parts white rice, 2 parts potato starch, 1 part tapioca starch... Then I added 1 teaspoon xantham gum per cup of flour blend. I'll be adding more recipes as I make more. For gluten free cookies, they generally require a lightly greased cookie sheet, so disregard all of the ungreased sheets in the directions.

I'm currently baking Russian Tea Cakes. If they turn out well I will post the recipe. I think I'm also going to try oatmeal cookies with quinoa flakes as well as coconut cookies.

There are times that I even hold my breath going down the bread isle..........lol I'm SUCH a nerd

-Jessica

I've never had any trouble with the Rice or Corn Crunchems

-Jessica

Sounds like a great recipe to make for myself sometime!! I'm just not going to spend the money on the expensive flour for people who don't need it lol I can't wait to try it for ME though

-Jessica

I know you do not want to fuss with flour sbut these are so easy and a huge hit. They dont need frosting because its breakfast... But they make great muffins. You could even eliminate the strawberry.

Strawberry Cr