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I tried this recipe and everybody, including the gluten eaters in the house gobbled it down fast. That's the only downside to the recipe is that now I have to go make more loaves. 

I'm dairy free, so I used powdered soymilk in place of the powdered skim milk in the recipe. I also used medjool date puree instead of the honey and olive oil instead of the canola oil.

It turned out great and the texture was wonderful!

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I really like Udi's hamburger and hot dog buns. My favorite bread for sandwiches and toast is Canyon Bakehouse. I also have baked my own in the past and plan to do some more baking.

Do keep looking around, because this is the rest of your life, so you may as well find some bread that you like, no use suffering with the horrible stuff for the next 50 years. I remember when I first started eliminating wheat (almost 6 years ago, so 2008), the bread options that were around then were horrible! We didn't have Udi's in our area and Canyon Bakehouse probably didn't even exist back then. 

I remember the extremely hard cardboardy unpalatable gluten-free bread. Ew! I'm glad that they have better options today. 

My house is 99% gluten free. (except for the isolated few gluten items that come in for my hubby and that are quarantined carefully, cooked on separate implements and removed from the house in a timely and controlled fashion) My husband and my child that don't have any gluten issues at all, eat the Canyon Bakehouse (or whatever we have at the time) right along with us and they think that it's fine. I got tired of cleaning up bread crumbs and worrying about CC all the time, so this is one way that I can relax a little in my own house.

I hope that you figure out a solution that makes you feel comfortable.

I think that must be because society is so bread centered or something.

There are SO many foods that are safe and delicious! I'm even a gluten free vegetarian and I don't really lack for options. 

By "flunked" serology, do you mean that your antibodies were way higher than a normal person's would be?

Most vegetarian burgers are quite gluten heavy, as they are based on soy and wheat gluten usually. So the burger that I was referring to on their menu was a gluten free veggie burger, not a gluten free conventional hamburger.

That makes it even more extraordinary that they offered the item since it is not a very common item to begin with. As a gluten free vegetarian, I really appreciate it when gluten free vegetarian options pop up.

Hamburgers made of pure beef with no fillers should be fine. Some restaurants put fillers in their hamburgers, though, so never assume anything.

Man, I just studied their menu and they even have a gluten free veggie burger on their hospital menu! Ope's brand organic veggie burger!

I hope to never need to go to the hospital, but if I ever have anything that isn't an absolute deadly emergency that would force me to go to the nearest hospital (Bronson is an hour's drive away from us and my son was transferred there via ambulance, because he needed an orthopedic surgeon), I would definitely pick this one!

Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, MI has a gluten free menu. When I went there with my son when he fractured his femur, I ordered food off the gluten-free menu. I remember them bringing me fresh fruit, gluten-free toast, and soy milk. I also remember their gluten-free cheese quesadilla. I'm not sure what they do about preventing CC, though, at the time when my son had just had a major leg break, honestly I didn't even think to ask.   Being that the celiac support group meets at Bronson, though, I'm guessing that their gluten-free menu really is gluten-free. 

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Cyclinglady, I had to chuckle about your comment about your husband not having to go to jail or to the hospital.  That's about what it boils down to, for most adults. There's very few situations where a DX would make that much difference to my situation. I just politely let people know that I won't touch gluten with a 10 foot pole. 

Even if I did have to go to the hospital, I'm sure they wouldn't make me show proof of celiac in order to eat off of their gluten-free menu. 

Yes, there are many places who specifically work to accomodate celiacs. Places like California Pizza Kitchen, PF Changs, etc.

Nasoya and Mori Nu are both reliably gluten-free. 

Sounds like a good plan to just switch doctors! I surely know where you're coming from as I would not eat gluten for anybody. I won't make myself ill and hospitalized to fulfill anybody's diagnostic criteria.

The great thing about celiac is that the treatment doesn't require your doctor's permission to do.

Could you ask around for a friend's recommendation for a good doctor?

^I agree. If one glutening caused your antibody levels to raise that much, then nobody would need to do a 12 week gluten challenge for diagnosis.

Lots of good points about cross contamination though. That is exactly why the more aware I get, the less I eat out. 

I'm all for biopsies if a person gets them done before going gluten free or shortly thereafter. But it seems a little odd to me to have a doctor recommend that a person who has clearly positive antibody tests and a positive response to the gluten free diet and knows that they get VERY sick from eating gluten, to go purposefully make themselves sick (and possibly even hospitalized) just to prove a point. 

What on earth?!!

Sounds a bit like insurance fraud to me, ordering a test that they KNOW that you have no need for.  What's the point anyway? Do they not believe the lab?

 If the doctor does anything, it should be ordering a biopsy, not making you redo the blood work that is obviously very positive. You want want to just tell him to go to a biopsy or just skip to another doctor altogether. Could he refer you to a GI doctor?

I'm sorry that you're going through this. It's amazing that anyone gets a diagnosis, with as ridiculous as some doctors/insurance companies are. 

I replaced my own boards and I keep a flexible cutting board at my IL's (because they have bread crumbs around their wooden cutting board quite a bit), but I do eat single ingredient foods cut by other people occasionally (watermelon, veggie trays, cut lettuce and tomatoes, etc.)

That's the thing, is that I want the best chance of my daughter being able to finish the gluten challenge. So that's why I don't want to dose her up with any more than I have to. 

This is a newly opened restaurant down in rural Kentucky. Kristina is an old friend of mine.

There are a lot of gluten free items on the menu and they are as careful as they can, not to CC them.

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I'm prepping for my visit with the new doctor that I'll be switching my oldest to in order to pursue celiac testing. 

The one thing that I'm unclear on and have gotten conflicting information on, is how much gluten a day should be consumed for a gluten challenge?  U of Chicago says 1/2 slice of bread or 1 cracker a day for 12 weeks. That doesn't seem like very much.

I've also seen information elsewhere that suggests more like 1-3 slices a bread per day. Is there any actual consensus on this? I don't want to feed my kid any more gluten than necessary, but don't want false negatives either. 

Once you've decided that you like an item and want it on a regular basis, Amazon has a subscribe and save program. I buy a case of coconut milk every month. They automatically deliver it and charge my credit card for it. The price is much better than the store. You can cancel or change your subscription whenever needed. 

I'm also going to subscribe to Bob's Red Mill gluten-free muesli, because we like it and the price on Amazon is substantially cheaper.

I'm an ovo vegetarian, not vegan since I eat eggs regularly and some honey on occasion.

I find that there's a lot of food to eat as a gluten free vegetarian. For a treat, I like the Beyond Meat chicken free strips. They are great on the grill!

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I ended up using the teff millet tortillas for our wraps. They are super yummy!

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Does vitiligo count as an AI issue as far as celiac testing goes? I'm seeking testing for my oldest daughter and she has vitiligo.

I think that I would just bring my wafer to church and consider the prayer of blessing to include it. I'm pretty sure that I would have CC issues if I put it anywhere near the regular ones. 

I ended up buying my kitty Rachel Ray Nutrifish catfood since it's cheaper than the really fancy brands of cat food. It has grains in it, but no gluten ones and clearly says on the front of the bag that it has no wheat. Yay!

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My favorite kitchen appliance, hands down, is my Vitamix blender. After I got that, I rarely found much need for a food processor.