Diagnosed with celiac (can't eat wheat)

[KnottedYet]

From the Web site, there are only 2 Larabars that are labeled as gluten-free: lemon and cinammon.

i eat all of them. no wheat, oats, barley, or rye and i'm there! I know they are ok for me, but you might want to call them. Could be a processing plant that shares with wheat products, rather than an ingredient issue.

[LBTC]

My recollection is that the cocoa molet (spelled wrong, but my favourite flavour - spicy chocolate! mmmmmmm) is that it was called gluten free, dairy free.....

I haven't had one in months, though, since I haven't been riding so haven't needed an energy bar....so my memory may be incorrect. I really wanted to try the ginger snap flavour *sigh* can't tolerate ginger though.

Enjoy what you can get offthegrid! How are you feeling health-wize now that you are gluten free??

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[Offthegrid]

i eat all of them. no wheat, oats, barley, or rye and i'm there! I know they are ok for me, but you might want to call them. Could be a processing plant that shares with wheat products, rather than an ingredient issue.

But why would they specifically label *only* two of them as gluten-free? Makes me think the others aren't, even though nothing suspicious is listed in the ingredients.

[KnottedYet]

Call or email them and ask. I think it's likely a processing plant issue: if any ingredients in the bars are processed at a plant that also processes wheat products, they have to comply with labelling as though there were a possibility of cross-contamination.

There is also just a lot of lag-time in packaging, if something never had gluten in the first place it might not be labelled "gluten free". The yogurt I'm eating right now for b'fast isn't labelled "gluten free", but I'm betting I'm safe. It does have "modified food starch" in it, but notes that it is from corn. (sometimes it's wheat or potato, so keep an eye out for m.f.s. that doesn't specify what it is)

Of course, one can buy an entire bunch of bananas for the price of a Lara Bar. I've been doing that, cuz SKnot *devours* my Lara Bars and it's just too expensive to feed his habit. When biking season picks up I'll have to hide my Lara Bars somewhere. I get bored with bananas though, and they seem to always get smooshed. (someone posted a pic of a banana holder, which was eerily reminiscent of the things you find in certain specialty adult-only shops... )

[Offthegrid]

I can't buy them regularly, so I'm not too worried about it. But under the FAQ section of the Larabar Web site, it says they are gluten free. But only two of the bars are specifically labeled as gluten-free under the nutrition info. *sigh* Which again just raises the point that many food manufacturers do not make gluten friendly labels.

On a good note, I went to Wegmans yesterday and they must have just gotten a shipment in because they had a ton of GF food they didn't have the other weeks -- including frozen brownies and muffins. I didn't buy those, but did buy some "English muffins" which actually worked pretty well as hamburger buns (which Wegmans didn't have).

[Offthegrid]

Enjoy what you can get offthegrid! How are you feeling health-wize now that you are gluten free??

That is coming slowly but surely. Some days I feel good, but other days I am still having problems. It apparently can take quite some time to get healed and feeling better. I also need to be tested for vitamin deficiencies, but am taking supplements in the meantime.

[KnottedYet]

Two wheat and gluten free recipes:

Peanut butter cookies

1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla

Mix together. Drop by teaspoonfuls or make into small balls onto cookie sheet. Bake at 325* for 15 minutes.


Green Dip

15 oz canned white beans (canelli) drained
1/4 cup fresh parsely leaves
2 tblspns fresh lemon juice
1 garlic clove
1/3 cup olive oil

Blend it all up and pour into a bowl. Garnish with some parsely. Serve with rice crackers and sliced veges for dipping.


The cookies are great, magic! My mom made up a big batch of them. Yum! And the dip I just had at a party this evening. Good stuff!

[KnottedYet]

Hey, OTG, have you seen this chickie's blog yet? She's got some good stuff.

http://glutenfreegirl.blogspot.com/

And she's here in Seattle.

Hot-diggity, no more sick days for a beer!
http://www.celiaccentral.org/Other/Anheuser_Busch/332/

Do you get bald spots on your tongue after a gluten encounter? I imagine that's what's also happening to all the little villi in my small intestine... poor lil' critters all sloughing away... sigh. Just for a beer, or a mousse-filled chocolate.

http://www.cafepress.com/chickcouture I like the "Seitan is Evil" shirt, cuz seitan is pure gluten, so it's... y'know, eeeeevil!