Re: HAPPY HAPPY (which topic keywords should this be???)

[Guest guest]

I think the keywords for this post should be " GF success "

Maureen

>

> Ask and you shall receive.

>

> I emailed the HQ for my favorite grocery in town and asked if

> they'd PLEASE get me Kinnikinnick donuts and DeBolles GF lasagna

> noodles.

>

> I got an email today. As of next week, BOTH will be in my local

> store!!

>

> HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!

>

[Guest guest]

Fantastic! That is happy news! I am still grumpy because my local

store completely ignored my request for Amy's rice crust pizza, even

though they already carry her other's pizzas.. Always nice to hear a

reason to do a GF happy dance

>

> >

> > Ask and you shall receive.

> >

> > I emailed the HQ for my favorite grocery in town and asked if

> > they'd PLEASE get me Kinnikinnick donuts and DeBolles GF lasagna

> > noodles.

> >

> > I got an email today. As of next week, BOTH will be in my local

> > store!!

> >

> > HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Bump up your request to the next level.

My local store manager kept saying " I'll look into it " . (I think

he didn't want the hassle.) Finally I decided to go up a level.

And then... SUCCESS!!

Hey, this isn't the Army. This is life. Pulling rank doesn't hurt

in life. If your local store manager won't get you the pizza,

ask the store manager's boss, and the boss above that, etc.

I do consider myself VERY lucky, though. The regional manager's

very best buddy (and next door neighbor) is a GI doc of good

repute in the next town, AND a celiac. My local grocery had a

good selection of GF products before I even had a clue what

GF meant.

> > >

> > > Ask and you shall receive.

> > >

> > > I emailed the HQ for my favorite grocery in town and asked if

> > > they'd PLEASE get me Kinnikinnick donuts and DeBolles GF lasagna

> > > noodles.

> > >

> > > I got an email today. As of next week, BOTH will be in my local

> > > store!!

> > >

> > > HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

That's wonderful!! I just did that same happy dance in the Wild Oats

in Andover, MA when I was there on Sunday. They're stocking all sorts

of new GF foods including a bunch of Kinnikinnick products plus

they're even carrying Follow Your Heart cheese (the only good casein

free cheese I've ever found). I know I had mentioned FYH to somebody

in the grocery department about a month ago, but I never thought

they'd start carrying it. I no longer have to take the extra half

hour drive to the nearest Whole Foods market to get it now. Woo

Hoo!! It's the only product I've found that works well on pizzas.

They're even carrying Perky-O's. I've never seen them in a store

before. Major happy dance going on here.

Trudy in NH

>

> Ask and you shall receive.

>

> I emailed the HQ for my favorite grocery in town and asked if

> they'd PLEASE get me Kinnikinnick donuts and DeBolles GF lasagna

> noodles.

>

> I got an email today. As of next week, BOTH will be in my local

> store!!

>

> HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!

>

[Guest guest]

I had better luck this last time at Bread and Honey in Plaistow then I did

at Wild Oats in Andover Ma............if you haven't tried Bread and Honey

it is worth the trip and I also found them cheaper the Wild Oats!

Mimi

clanmcculloch wrote:

That's wonderful!!

I just did that same happy dance in the Wild Oats

in Andover, MA when I was there on Sunday. They're stocking all sorts

of new GF foods including a bunch of Kinnikinnick products plus

they're even carrying Follow Your Heart cheese (the only good casein

free cheese I've ever found). I know I had mentioned FYH to somebody

in the grocery department about a month ago, but I never thought

they'd start carrying it. I no longer have to take the extra half

hour drive to the nearest Whole Foods market to get it now. Woo

Hoo!! It's the only product I've found that works well on pizzas.

They're even carrying Perky-O's. I've never seen them in a store

before. Major happy dance going on here.

Trudy in NH

>

> Ask and you shall receive.

>

> I emailed the HQ for my favorite grocery in town and asked if

> they'd PLEASE get me Kinnikinnick donuts and DeBolles GF lasagna

> noodles.

>

> I got an email today. As of next week, BOTH will be in my local

> store!!

>

> HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!

>

[Guest guest]

In <e09i74+5ge8eGroups>, on 03/27/06

at 08:33 PM, " esther_p210 " typed:

>I do consider myself VERY lucky, though. The regional manager's very best

>buddy (and next door neighbor) is a GI doc of good repute in the next

>town, AND a celiac.

I'd call that " well connected " <gg>.

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[Guest guest]

In , on 03/28/06

at 05:44 PM, Ian's Mimi typed:

>I had better luck this last time at Bread and Honey in Plaistow then I

>did at Wild Oats in Andover Ma............if you haven't tried Bread and

>Honey it is worth the trip and I also found them cheaper the Wild

>Oats!

Sigh - I grew up in Exeter (a short haul from Plaistow) but now that's 200

+ miles away:-(

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In the beautiful Finger Lakes Wine Country of New York State!

Warpstock X - October 12-15 2006; Windsor, Ont. I'll be there - will you?

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[Guest guest]

>

> >I do consider myself VERY lucky, though. The regional manager's

> >very best

> >buddy (and next door neighbor) is a GI doc of good repute in the next

> >town, AND a celiac.

>

> I'd call that " well connected " <gg>.

>

:-)

I guess it is " well connected " .

I only found out about the regional manager's next door

neighbor because the regional manager found me crying in the

aisle one day when I was newly GF.

" Can I help you find anything, miss? " asked he, innocently enough.

I guess he didn't know what he was in for, as I let loose a

long stream of " woe is me, gluten-free shopping is SO HARD! "

whines.

But he was well prepared for THAT problem! He took me all through

the store and showed me all kinds of GF goodies.

And shortly thereafter, there was GF bread in the store. At that

time there was none, and I had to drive a half hour or so to

get GF bread.

Lesson to the newbies - don't be too afraid to cry in the grocery

store. Being newly GF is HARD!!!! And sometimes we melt down,

ESPECIALLY if we're shopping with one or more short, impatient

people who are sick and tired of being in carts while mama reads

YET ANOTHER LABEL to look for hidden glutens. (Sometimes, even

giving them " good kid cookies " from the bakery isn't enough to

get them through a whole shopping trip.) If you meltdown in the

grocery store, you may just find out that the store's manager's

mother's second cousin's third wife's best friend's next door

neighbor is also a celiac. :-) And you'll say " small world, ain't

it? "

[Guest guest]

>

> Lesson to the newbies - don't be too afraid to cry in the grocery

> store. Being newly GF is HARD!!!!

=========

without minimizing your woes, I just want to point out that not all

celiacs find the diet hard. I am a celiac and am allergic to dairy

(and probably soy). I keep my diet GFCFSF. it only becomes tough if

you try to eat a typical American diet that is full of processed foods.

however, if you eat a natural, low processed diet, the GF diet is a

piece of cake.

My advice to anyone on the diet is to skip the baked goods as much as

you can and to make most of your food from scratch.

You do not need to make fancy food. Some eggs for breakfast (for my

DH who leaves early in the am I just boil eggs the night before and

leave them in the fridge for him. He grabs some eggs on his way out

of the house plus some fruit).

Snacks during the day are carrots with hummus or salsa (both homemade

and easy peezey to make) or fresh fruit.

My kids and I eat smoothies and eggs for breakfast. I buy fruit in

bulk when it is cheap and freeze it one smoothie baggies. I toss

one bag of chopped fruit, some rice/almond milk/water and some agave

nectar into the blender and voila, one really good fruit smoothie.

Lunch in our home is left over protein from the night before and

salad or fresh veggies and fruit. If I made a casserole or soup the

night before then we either have that or we have a protein that is in

the fridge. Every friday I cook a large salmon for Shabbos and then

we have cold salmon in the fridge for a few days. When I grill

chicken I do a lot and then we eat the left over chicken for lunches

for a few days.

you don't have to be a fancy cook to be able to cook simple,

nutritious food every day.

It makes the diet so much easier and IMHO is much healthier for you.

Just my 2 cents

Shez

[Guest guest]

I agree Shez—simple and so so healthy.

What I love about your description is that you have a very simple system

figured out. That’s my goal—a kind of pattern of cooking for the

week that means there’s always something healthy and yummy ready to go. GF

and simple does push us toward a more natural, low processed diet and that’s

a very good thing.

I was ok going gf—when I realized

very recently that we both have to be cf also I felt more disoriented.

Laurie

lbilyeu@...

From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On Behalf Of Sherene Silverberg

Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006

6:24 AM

To: SillyYaks

Subject: Re: Re: HAPPY

HAPPY (which topic keywords should this be???)

>

> Lesson to the newbies - don't be too afraid

to cry in the grocery

> store. Being newly GF is HARD!!!!

=========

without minimizing your woes, I just want to point

out that not all

celiacs find the diet hard. I am a celiac and am

allergic to dairy

(and probably soy). I keep my diet

GFCFSF. it only becomes tough if

you try to eat a typical American diet that is

full of processed foods.

however, if you eat a natural, low processed diet,

the GF diet is a

piece of cake.

My advice to anyone on the diet is to skip the

baked goods as much as

you can and to make most of your food from

scratch.

You do not need to make fancy food. Some

eggs for breakfast (for my

DH who leaves early in the am I just boil eggs the

night before and

leave them in the fridge for him. He grabs

some eggs on his way out

of the house plus some fruit).

Snacks during the day are carrots with hummus or

salsa (both homemade

and easy peezey to make) or fresh fruit.

My kids and I eat smoothies and eggs for

breakfast. I buy fruit in

bulk when it is cheap and freeze it one smoothie

baggies. I toss

one bag of chopped fruit, some rice/almond

milk/water and some agave

nectar into the blender and voila, one really good

fruit smoothie.

Lunch in our home is left over protein from the

night before and

salad or fresh veggies and fruit. If I made

a casserole or soup the

night before then we either have that or we have a

protein that is in

the fridge. Every friday I cook a large salmon for

Shabbos and then

we have cold salmon in the fridge for a few days.

When I grill

chicken I do a lot and then we eat the left over

chicken for lunches

for a few days.

you don't have to be a fancy cook to be able to

cook simple,

nutritious food every day.

It makes the diet so much easier and IMHO is much

healthier for you.

Just my 2 cents

Shez

[Guest guest]

> >

> > Lesson to the newbies - don't be too afraid to cry in the grocery

> > store. Being newly GF is HARD!!!!

> =========

>

> without minimizing your woes, I just want to point out that not all

> celiacs find the diet hard. I am a celiac and am allergic to dairy

> (and probably soy). I keep my diet GFCFSF. it only becomes tough if

> you try to eat a typical American diet that is full of processed foods.

>

>

And that was the heart of my problem. Going GF turned my world

upside down. Everything I knew how to make was NOT simple and NOT

from scratch.

I've had to learn all over again.

And I had to learn how to cook all over again and make things

that four kids and my hubby would eat. My hubby is a good sport,

but my children are not.

It has profoundly impacted ALL of us.

Some nights I just throw in the towel, cook them a gluten-glutton's

dinner, and go to bed. Some nights I let them order from the deli

and I just have a fried egg and go to bed. There are days when I

can't deal with it at all.

Other days are better.

But I'm happy that I cried in the grocery store, 6 months AFTER

the fact. At the time I was mortified that my sheer level of

frustration and overwhelmed got the best of me in public. I was

drowning in my own inabilitity to put together a meal. I was

overwhelmed by that hugely long list of forbidden foods.

I believe it was the soup aisle where I was crying.

I could not believe (and STILL cannot believe) that SO MANY

SOUPS are gluten infested.

Why, oh why, does tomato soup have WHEAT in it? Mushroom soup?

CHICKEN BROTH???!!!!!

Tell me - does the world REALLY need wheat in the tomato soup,

the mushroom soup, the chicken BROTH?

Yes, NOW I know I can make my own. But the first few weeks of

GF? My world was Mayhem. Mayhem I tell you.

[Guest guest]

I think I cried for over two weeks................crying is natural!

Mimi

Sherene Silverberg wrote:

>

> Lesson to the newbies - don't be too afraid to cry in the grocery

> store. Being newly GF is HARD!!!!

=========

without minimizing your woes, I just want to point out that not all

celiacs find the diet hard. I am a celiac and am allergic to dairy

(and probably soy). I keep my diet GFCFSF. it only becomes tough if

you try to eat a typical American diet that is full of processed foods.

however, if you eat a natural, low processed diet, the GF diet is a

piece of cake.

My advice to anyone on the diet is to skip the baked goods as much as

you can and to make most of your food from scratch.

You do not need to make fancy food. Some eggs for breakfast (for my

DH who leaves early in the am I just boil eggs the night before and

leave them in the fridge for him. He grabs some eggs on his way out

of the house plus some fruit).

Snacks during the day are carrots with hummus or salsa (both homemade

and easy peezey to make) or fresh fruit.

My kids and I eat smoothies and eggs for breakfast. I buy fruit in

bulk when it is cheap and freeze it one smoothie baggies. I toss

one bag of chopped fruit, some rice/almond milk/water and some agave

nectar into the blender and voila, one really good fruit smoothie.

Lunch in our home is left over protein from the night before and

salad or fresh veggies and fruit. If I made a casserole or soup the

night before then we either have that or we have a protein that is in

the fridge. Every friday I cook a large salmon for Shabbos and then

we have cold salmon in the fridge for a few days. When I grill

chicken I do a lot and then we eat the left over chicken for lunches

for a few days.

you don't have to be a fancy cook to be able to cook simple,

nutritious food every day.

It makes the diet so much easier and IMHO is much healthier for you.

Just my 2 cents

Shez

[Guest guest]

>>

>

> And that was the heart of my problem. Going GF turned my world

> upside down. Everything I knew how to make was NOT simple and NOT

> from scratch.

>

> I've had to learn all over again.

==========

I can see how tough that must have been. I grew up in a home that

scratch cooked (my mother and grandmother pickled, made jams and

preserves, baked up a storm etc, etc, etc), so cooking from natural

ingredients was what I was used to.

I am no where as good as my mom and grandmother were because I don't

have green thumbs. My mom still has a huge orchard and veggie patch

that they live off.

now that my children are nearly 5 I realize how lucky I was that I

was so crunchy when they were born (think " Super Baby food " book

crazy). I wasn't ready for how set in their ways children are. I'd

hate to have to make changes to their diets right now so I can quite

see how tough it must be for you.

Shez