Flagstaff Celiac Support Group

Meetings: The third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m.Meetings are usually held at the Flagstaff Medical Center (east campus) cafeteria on the first floor of the main hospital. Go in the entrance next to the cafeteria and look for the group in the seating area to the left.

Meeting Recap: In January we discussed options for a mother whose 18-year-old son has just been diagnosed with celiac disease. It was suggested that she look at the gluten-free cookbooks at the public library to get an idea of what might be most useful to her. Cynthia mentioned two iphone apps that she found helpful: "Is That Gluten Free?" ($7.99) and the companion, "Is That Gluten Free Eating Out" ($3.99). With the first app you can search products by category and brand and you can look up ingredients to see if they are gluten-free. The second app includes fast food restaurants. Speaking of fast food restaurants, two members mentioned that the 5 Guys restaurant was now open. They reports that the burgers, which could be wrapped in lettuce, were greasy and expensive. The fries also were greasy and not hand-cut as the newspaper article led one to believe.

Buster's and Brandy's were mentioned as good places for a high school senior to take his date for dinner before the winter dance along with Picazzo's. The gluten-free Go-Picnic boxes from Amazon.com were mentioned as something that might be a good snack food for a new college student.

Jeanette said that she had made some mini sandwich rolls using the Gluten Free Pantry French Bread mix and small (6 oz) round Pyrex dishes. The mix made 12 rolls - just what she needed. However, she thought the French bread was a little dense for the rolls so she plans to try again and use the Gluten Free Pantry Sandwich Bread mix.

Next Meeting: The next meeting will be February 16.