Meeting Agenda
Lone Star Celiac GIG Support Group
March 20, 2010

Meeting Agenda 8:50 -   9:00 Sign in, snacks and social time 9:00 -   9:15 Introduction of newcomers 9:15 - 11:00 Main Event: Hope you can join us this month for an informative meeting. Our guest speaker brings personal experience and lots of good tips for us whether you are new to gluten free or have been living the lifestyle for years. Jenny Bair had a vision of creating Living Well Dallas over ten years ago to change the way healthcare is practiced in our nation. She wanted to create a client-centered practice where each person is met where they are ready to do the work based on their goals. She has lived with several chronic conditions that went misdiagnosed for over 20 years and understands how illness affects daily life.   LONE STAR DINING CLUB Stay tuned for our next event Rose Mary Simmons 214-632-1878, cell    rmsimmons0309@yahoo.com Monthly Meeting Directons       map

Print a Meeting Flyer and give it to your Celiac Friends

Mark Your Calendars!  NTXGIG event schedules updated 03/02/2010.

If any of you have any recipes you’d like to share with the newsletter subscribers, have recently eaten out successfully or had a good experience on a recent trip, please send it to me for the newsletter.  Also if you know of a place that carries a new GF product or you’re tried something that might appeal to others that might be new, send me that also.  Send anything that the subscribers might find interesting or helpful.  Thanks.

CENTRAL MARKET Dallas

Check our website, www.centralmarket.com for cooking events.

Stay tuned for more events

Eddie Poston
Central Market Cooking School
214-361-5754

Mark Your Calendars!
MARKET STREET Collyville GLUTEN-FREE COOKING CLASSES:
Market Street Culinary School
5605 Colleyville Blvd (Hwy 26), Colleyville, TX 76034
Call Market Street for details and to register: 817-577-5047  ~$29

UPCOMING CLASSES FOR 2010: 

• Saturday Mar. 27^th,  1:00-3:00P. 
  ”Gluten-Free for Immune Defense”  Claudia Pillow, Chef, Ph.D., Speaker on Gluten Intolerance.  A healthy immune system protects us from inflammation which is the basis for chronic diseases such as arthritis, digestive disorders, allergies, asthma, thyroid problems, and diabetes. Join us for this one of a kind cooking class that blends basic science, medical research and a true love for food and eating- PhD meets Julia Child.  Menu:  Spinach Goat Cheese Pie, Roasted Vegetable Platter, Salmon with Tazaki Sauce, and Multigrain Artisan Bread.

Attached is the list that Market Street has put together that lists their gluten free products and where they're found in the store.  The Food for Life frozen GF breads are not the best offering in the frozen bread department, in my opinion.  They do carry Gillian's frozen gluten free rolls, which are quite good though.  Let United Stores, who owns Market Street,  in Lubbock, TX know that we would like to see more pre-prepared frozen GF breads and other gluten free products in their store.  Only by asking, can we expect for them to carry more products for us.  Contact them at http://www.unitedtexas.com.

Betty Barfield
President, North Texas GIG
817-967-2804 w
817-577-0212 h

Liberty Recreation Center      Plano, TX.

Adjusting to “life without wheat” can be a daunting task.  This informational class will take you through the steps of adapting to the gluten-free lifestyle. Learn about the positive points of celiac Disease, setting up your gluten-free kitchen, mixing up flour mixes, gluten-free products, and much more!

$15 - $19 per person, Register thru Plano Parks and Recreation    972 769-4234

• Fri.  April 16th       6:30-8:00p.m.
  “Gluten – Free 101”    Adjusting to “life without wheat” can be a daunting task.  This informational class will take you through the steps of adapting to the gluten-free lifestyle. Learn about the positive points of Celiac Disease, setting up your gluten-free kitchen, local resources, and much more

Jennifer Cinquepalmi, author of The Complete Book of Gluten-Free Cooking teaches these one and a half hour educational classes to help the newly diagnosed learn about Celiac Disease and adjust to life without wheat, barley, and rye.

Jennifer’s full schedule in pdf format.
 

Class information includes:

• A 14 page resource booklet including information about CD, its symptoms, associated conditions, facts to consider, treatment, common misdiagnosis, etc.  The booklet also includes how to stay informed through websites, subscription publications, support groups, etc.  It offers kitchen tips, lunch-box ideas, and addresses dairy-free concerns.  Bread recipes and tips are included.
• A special booklet entitled “Kids and Celiac Disease” which addresses  some of the special challenges of raising Celiac kids
• Demonstrations of how to mix up flour mixes
• Local resources such as support groups, grocery shopping and rstaurants...and much more!

Jennifer Cinquepalmi also teaches gluten-free cooking classes and speaks to create Celiac Disease awareness.

To order books visit www.aidantbooks.com.
972-429-9810    1025 Santiago Tr. Wylie, TX 75098 

Great Gluten Escape 2010! Children’s GF Summer Camp

Live in a gluten-free world for 5 nights and 6 days, July 11 - 16, 2010. Designed to accommodate kids ages 7 - 14, with siblings also welcome (even if they are not affected).  Camp Gilmont in Gilmer, TX , 2 hrs. east of  Dallas , is a week-long resident camp for kids with dietary restrictions related to Celiac Disease, Dermatitis Herpetiformis, and/or Gluten Sensitivity/Intolerance. Website at: http://www.greatglutenescape.org.

Meeting Place for the Lone Star Celiac Support Group
The support group usually meets in the Southeast Conference Room located on the first floor at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas. From Walnut Hill Lane, enter at the main entrance.  The circular drive veers left to the Valet Parking.  Enter the building an go back to the elevators and turn left.  Take the hall past the cafeteria.  Turn right at the first hallway and the conference room is on the left half way down the hall.

The group meets from 9 a.m. to 11 AM. the third Saturday of every month, except in May when it holds an annual picnic and in December when it holds an annual holiday gathering.

Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas  (map) 
8200 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, TX 75231
214 345-6789