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Leadership Day – Thursday
Thursday was the leadership portion of the conference. We started out the day in a very yummy way. Our breakfast menu: GF breakfast breads (The Craving Place and Gluten Evolutions) Assorted Juices and Fresh Fruit Yogurts Pancakes with Maple Syrup and Strawberry Sauce (Pamela’s Baking and Pancake Mix) Scrambled Eggs (no fillers or milk) Bacon…
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What A Support Group Is Really About
Meetings and food tastings are pretty important to many Celiacs. But yesterday, I found something far more important. In our area, a 2 year old was very recently diagnosed with Celiac Disease. Her mother would have come to the conference, except the little girl was having her 6th surgery on Friday. CD is not her…
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Volunteers Galore
Have you ever read the children’s book Pigs A Plenty, Pigs Galore? There were a lot of pigs in that book. For this conference, we had volunteers a plenty, volunteers galore. That’s one of the main reasons that we were able to pull it off so smoothly, and have such a wonderful conference. Wednesday afternoon,…
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Cranberry Orange Muffins
This morning I had a hankerin’ for muffins. I’d been wanting to try out this Gifts of Nature mix for a few weeks now, and finally got around to it. The recipe says you can also make cookies with the same batter, so of course, we had to do that. The kids just loved having…
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A Delightful Conference
It’s going to take me awhile, and a number of posts, to tell you all about the conference. Let me just first say that it was totally awesome! The DFW Marriott did a fabulous job. Klaus and his crew really worked hard for us, and they were so helpful. The chefs made some fantastic food…
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