Progresso Creamy Mushroom Soup Locator

27 10 2008

Progress Creamy Mushroom Soup (their version of the Cream Of Mushroom soup, not condensed) is often searched for around the holidays, especially by Celiacs who want to make gluten-free green bean casserole! But it is hard to find this flavor of progresso soup, until now! You can search for gluten-free Creamy Mushroom Soup on their website (see the link at the bottom of this post).

Here is the Progresso Creamy Mushroom Soup Label (always read the label at the store too).

http://www.generalmills.com/corporate/brands/product_image.aspx?catID=24587&itemID=3848

And here is a handy-dandy product locator on their website!! I LOVE this tool! Just plug in your zipcode, type in Creamy Mushroom in the Search field, and then select Veg Soup Classics from the product list, and find local stores that carry it!

http://consumercontacts.generalmills.com/CrunchProdAvailability/ProductAvailability.aspx?m=39


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Wendys info posted at counter!

13 10 2008

I went to my local Wendys and saw their nutritional and allergy info posted on the wall by the ordering counter! That makes it so much easier to check things (like salad dressing or grilled chicken) on the spot! Look for it at your local Wendys! And if you are looking for gluten free food at wendys check out their website.


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I “heart” Outback

4 10 2008

I love Outback :) There has been recent discussion in the Celiac community about their brown sugar (some locations use a loaf of the brown bread in the cinnamon sugar to keep it from drying out). I checked with my local Outback and they DO do that, BUT they put some cinnamon sugar in a seperate container BEFORE that, so it is kept seperate! Ask your local Outback about their practices!


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Categories : Celiac, Cross-contact, Cross-contamination, Eating Out, Family, Food, Friends, Gluten, Gluten Free, Great Food, Outback, Outback Steakhouse

Healthy Villi Support Group in Boston breaks ties with CSA

20 09 2008

See attached page from their newsletter.


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Mancino’s, Ft. Collins, CO

20 09 2008

I just had the best birthday meal in years at Mancino’s in Ft Collins at Lemay and Drakes. I had the chicken parm grinder (sub) with thin sliced grilled chicken. We also got cheese bread, which was seasoned perfectly and tasted better than I remember the Dominios or Pizza Hut bread tasting. We also got a pizza to go for dinner.

And for my birthday cake I got the Black Beast chocolate flourless cake from Sweet Escape Pastries. It is like a chocolate cheesecake. So good!!!


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Categories : Celiac, Colorado, Cross-contact, Cross-contamination, Denver, Eating Out, Family, Food, Friends, Gluten, Gluten Free, Gluten Free Bread, Gluten Free Pizza, Great Food

Gluten Free at Elitch Gardens, Denver, CO

2 09 2008

Hello Tiffany,

Thank you for contacting Elitch Gardens.  Since you have a medical condition, you will be able to bring some food into our park.  Just tell our security guards the reason.  You can also leave food in a cooler in your car, as we have a re-entry policy.  The only food we have in the park that is gluten-free is our hotdogs, ice cream, and salads.  Please feel free to email again with any further questions. We look forward to seeing you this year at Elitch Gardens!

Christina Trujillo
Community Relations Representative
Elitch Gardens
299 Walnut St.
Denver, CO 80204
303-595-4386 ext.335
info@elitchgardens.com

________________________________

From: Tiffany J [mailto:****************]
Sent: Tue 8/12/2008 10:12 PM
To: info
Subject: Question about Food

Hello, I have a question about bringing in food to Elitch Gardens. I have Celiac Disease and have to eat a strict gluten-free diet. I have a doctors note. May I bring gluten-free food into the park if I present my note at the gate? If not, do you have a list of gluten-free food options at the park?

Thank You!
~Tiffany ***************


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Casa Alvarez, Boulder, CO

1 09 2008

I had a wonderful meal at Casa Alvaraz in Boulder at 30th and Walnut. I forgot to take a pic until I was done :( Sorry! But, as you can see, it was good! I got the chicken enchillidas with rice. Yum!


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A note about cross contamination…

25 08 2008

It has been 3 days and I am still suffering from the glutening I got at Luc’s Pizza in Longmont. This has been a pretty bad reaction, which has got me talking with other Celiacs, bakers, support group leaders, and friends, about cross contamination.

When we go somewhere like Chipotle, we ask them to change their gloves. When we go to Red Robin, we bring our own bread and ask if the fries are made in a dedicated fryer. What is the deal with pizza places? What is the difference between Luc’s and Beau Jo’s?

These are the only two places that I know of (and have eaten gluten free pizza). I have never been in either of their kitchens. But I have spoken with the employees at both places. Here is the difference; one place makes their own crust, the other does not.

Beau Jo’s gets their pizza crust from Deby’s in Denver (a DEDICATED gluten free facility). Beau Jo’s takes the frozen crust, puts it in a pan, puts on the toppings, and then cooks it (the pan is solid). Then they bring it to you in that pan. There is a chance of cross contamination (CC) through the toppings, and perhaps being touched, but that is about it.

Luc’s makes their own pizza crust in the same small facility that they make everything else. If you have ever made pizza then you know how messy it can be with all of that flour flying around. This is one reason why a dedicated facility is very important. And pizza shops are not making one pizza, like you would at home, but LOTS! That means lots of flour dusting the equipment, tools, bowls, spoons, rollers, everything. Then they bake it on a metal pan with holes on the bottom (you can tell if you look at the bottom of the pizza), this is another chance for CC to take place. Then the toppings. If they have recently made regular pizza, then topped your GF pizza, there is another chance for CC (not just from their hands, that is always a chance, but from the regular flour that may have been floating around).

Thses are just my thoughts. I have eaten at Beau Jo’s at least 10 times and never been sick, but one meal from Luc’s and I am stuck in the bathroom for days. There is something wrong here…..


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Sick as a DOG!

23 08 2008

I decided to give a local place a chance, even though I have heard bad things about cross contamination. I got 2 pizzas from Luc’s Pizza in Longmont and it was REALLY BAD! I have been sick all night, and on top of the normal “glutening” symptoms, I am SO thirsty! Now I can say for myself that I ate there, and it wasn’t worth it!

The pizza crust was bad. It was like one if those frozen pizzas (that you used to eat, with gluten) that was microwaved too long. It was hard, but not a good “crispy” kind of hard….more like a soft cardboard kind of hard. The cheese, sauce, and seasonings were good, but it didn’t make up for the crust. I was really dissapointed. If you enjoy the GF pizza at Luc’s, I think you are really desperate for pizza, which I am not (and if I am, Beau Jos, and made at home pizza is better).

I was also dissapointed that they close at 8:00 every night. I went by Thursday at 7:55 (not realizing that they closed at 8:00) and the owner handed me a menu that said they were open until 9:00 on Fridays. When I went in on Friday, they actually closed at 8:00!  Every night….

And, I was over charged for my pizza :( I called and left a message explaining that when I got home I realized that I was over charged by more that $5.00. Oh well, they can consider it a tip, since I will NEVER be going back.

**I just got a return phone call from Marie there, and man, it was a doozie! She was defensive right off the bat! Very rude and abrasive with me. I didn’t say anything about getting sick, just asked about the total price. She said that the 1/2 veggie pizza is still the full veggie pizza price (?) and said that “you want to blame me for your budget”!! What?? How rude! I tried to explain to her that I was just going by the BLACK AND WHITE printing on the menu, and she replied “well, I cant’t put everything on the menu”…..uh, you can put an important note like “no 1/2 pizza discounts” or something. Wow….I am really blown away by this lack of care or customer service. Doesn’t matter to ME, because I was up until 4 am sick, so I really won’t be going back. (I even apologized to HER at the end of the phone call “incase I sounded mad, I was just confused about the price and what I was charged for” and she said “well, that is not my problem, you should have asked when you ordered and let us know if you couldn’t afford it”……….wow…….so missing the point here.


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Categories : Bad Experience, Celiac, Colorado, Cross-contact, Cross-contamination, Eating Out, Food, Friends, Gluten, Gluten Free, Gluten Free Pizza, Italian Food

5 fav places to eat….

19 08 2008

Outback
PF Changs
Chuys (in Austin, TX)
Casa Alvarez (Boulder, CO)
Steak N Shake


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