Gluten-Free/Allergen-Free Classes: What Would You Want To Know or Do?

[Guest guest]

I'm putting in a proposal to the new city where I just moved to offer an

affordable set of gluten-free/allergen-free classes focused on cooking and

meal-planning this summer. If you were going to attend or teach a class set

like that, what would you want included? How would you organize the

classes?

 

I'm brainstorming before I start work on my proposal.

 

Thanks for any insights!

 

Sally

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

What city are you in?

 

Reasons why you would want/need a gluten free/allergy free diet?

Advice on baking. This is a big one.

How to handle negative people who try to make this more difficult.

Easy meals to make.

Nutritional advice

Kid friendly meals

 

Karen

 

--- On Tue, 1/5/10, Sally Parrott Ashbrook <sally.parrott wrote:

 

 

Sally Parrott Ashbrook <sally.parrott

Gluten-Free/Allergen-Free Classes: What Would

You Want To Know or Do?

 

Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 1:44 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm putting in a proposal to the new city where I just moved to offer an

affordable set of gluten-free/ allergen- free classes focused on cooking and

meal-planning this summer. If you were going to attend or teach a class set

like that, what would you want included? How would you organize the

classes?

 

I'm brainstorming before I start work on my proposal.

 

Thanks for any insights!

 

Sally

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Karen. Those are all good ideas.

 

I just moved to Santa Monica, CA.

 

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Karen Peeler <peelerk wrote:

 

>

>

> What city are you in?

>

> Reasons why you would want/need a gluten free/allergy free diet?

> Advice on baking. This is a big one.

> How to handle negative people who try to make this more difficult.

> Easy meals to make.

> Nutritional advice

> Kid friendly meals

>

> Karen

>

> --- On Tue, 1/5/10, Sally Parrott Ashbrook

<sally.parrott<sally.parrott%40gmail.com>>

> wrote:

>

> Sally Parrott Ashbrook

<sally.parrott<sally.parrott%40gmail.com>

> >

> Gluten-Free/Allergen-Free Classes: What

> Would You Want To Know or Do?

> To:

<%40>

> Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 1:44 PM

>

>

>

>

> I'm putting in a proposal to the new city where I just moved to offer an

> affordable set of gluten-free/ allergen- free classes focused on cooking

> and

> meal-planning this summer. If you were going to attend or teach a class set

> like that, what would you want included? How would you organize the

> classes?

>

> I'm brainstorming before I start work on my proposal.

>

> Thanks for any insights!

>

> Sally

>

>

[Guest guest]

I think you are a marvel for attempting to do this. I keep thinking about the

mother in the doctors office ( " What Do You Eat? " )who was so overwhelmed with the

need to feed her family with such limitations and not doing a good job because

she did not have the knowledge to do so properly. You would be doing a real

service to provide that insight.

 

This is such a wide ranging topic that you might want to decide if you want to

limit your first set of classes to only wheat gluten sensitivity and celiac

disease and see who shows up.

 

If your agenda is not set out specifically, Your class could dissolve into each

person putting in their 2 cents about how this does not include their particular

family allergy issue and you may lose attendees if they think you cannot cover

what they came to get from the

class because too much is being covered.

 

There could be Egg, Dairy, Wheat, Fish, Shellfish, Tree Nuts, Peanuts, Soy and

others like corn and sugar allergies. 

 

What about animal products? It would be hard to sell a class to the school board

on being an allergy free vegan unless you are located in a town that is really

really vegan friendly. You might need to state that stand alone animal products

are gluten free though their by products, sauces and coatings aren't and steer

more towards eating a plant filled diet while doing the class so that they can

see how health promoting and allergen friendly it can be without actually

professing that as the goal in order to get the class approved in the first

place.

 

It depends on your desires and knowledge of all the subject(s), class time

allowed, and if you could bring in speakers to cover those areas you are not as

familiar with to keep the classes interesting and lively.

 

Your

first class would determine how the remainder of the semester went if you have

them complete a hand back of

(1) What made you want to take this class?

(2)

List what food allergen(s) affect you or a member of your household

(3) How was this determined - by elimination, by testing etc

(4) what do you hope to get from this class? -

 

Discussions would be about Sensitivity vs Allergy vs Life Threatening Reactions

 

If you only cover the one subject:

Wheat Sensitivity vs Celiac Disease

Seriousness of maintaining a 100% gluten free diet for a diagnosed celiac vs

cheating

 

Definitive Testing Alternatives 

 

List of where this can be done locally - clinics, allergy doctors ......... and

Registered Dietitians that are familiar with allergans and can help with setting

up menu items to keep everyone healthy in the household.

 

hand outs -Gluten containing grains you should avoid

 

hand outs -Huge Variety of Acceptable Grains you Can Eat!!

 

hand outs -Common hidden sources for wheat and the names like modified food

starch, textured vegetable protein, binders and extenders .........

 

Hand outs to give to other satellite family members to show that this is not

just a phase we are going through and adherence could be life altering if

" .....just a little bit wont hurt ..... " creaps into the language.

 

List to help in eliminating all gluten containing food and personal items from

their home - like certain toothpaste, vitamins, spices, canned boxed and jarred

goods etc

 

possible removal of all porous bowls, food coated baking trays, wooden spoons,

etc

 

Resources for purchasing for everyday - covering the need for an initial

expensive replacement journey and then weekly shopping trips - local markets,

specialty stores, on line

stores

 

Emphasizing Family staples and kid friendly items are a must so that dissension

in the household over change is kept to a minimum.

 

Professional GF and Celiac organizations on line resources

 

- subscribing to gluten free living and living without magazine for recipes, new

products, good up to date articles ----like envelope glue is NOT full of gluten.

 

Making up various flour combinations - either pre-packaged or made from scratch

and the need for xantham gum or arrowroot powder.

 

Resources for recipes - adapting their favorites to trying new tastes with

gluten free blog and web sites.

 

Cover the need for supplementing GF low fiber baking with GF high fiber cooking

with nutritional greens, beans, vegetables, fruits etc.

 

Gosh - I am sure you have lots of ideas also. Good Luck.

 

Patricia Squyres

Marion Nestle's cardinal rules for eating better:

Never buy anything with a health claim.

Never buy anything with a cartoon on its face

Never buy anything with more than 5 ingredients.

 

--- On Tue, 1/5/10, Sally Parrott Ashbrook <sally.parrott wrote:

 

Sally Parrott Ashbrook <sally.parrott

Gluten-Free/Allergen-Free Classes: What Would

You Want To Know or Do?

 

Tuesday, January

5, 2010, 11:44 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm putting in a proposal to the new city where I just moved to offer an

 

affordable set of gluten-free/ allergen- free classes focused on cooking and

 

meal-planning this summer. If you were going to attend or teach a class set

 

like that, what would you want included? How would you organize the

 

classes?

 

 

 

I'm brainstorming before I start work on my proposal.

 

 

 

Thanks for any insights!

 

 

 

Sally

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

http://glutenfreeinla.blogspot.com/

 

check this one out -

 

Patricia Squyres

Marion Nestle's cardinal rules for eating better:

Never buy anything with a health claim.

Never buy anything with a cartoon on its face

Never buy anything with more than 5 ingredients.

 

--- On Tue, 1/5/10, Sally Parrott Ashbrook <sally.parrott wrote:

 

Sally Parrott Ashbrook <sally.parrott

Re: Gluten-Free/Allergen-Free Classes: What

Would You Want To Know or Do?

 

Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 12:57 PM

 

Thanks, Karen.  Those are all good ideas.

 

I just moved to Santa Monica, CA.

 

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Karen Peeler <peelerk wrote:

 

>

>

> What city are you in?

>

> Reasons why you would want/need a gluten free/allergy free diet?

> Advice on baking. This is a big one.

> How to handle negative people who try to make this more difficult.

> Easy meals to make.

> Nutritional advice

> Kid friendly meals

>

> Karen

>

> --- On Tue, 1/5/10, Sally Parrott Ashbrook

<sally.parrott<sally..parrott%40gmail.com>>

> wrote:

>

> Sally Parrott Ashbrook

<sally.parrott<sally.parrott%40gmail.com>

> >

> Gluten-Free/Allergen-Free Classes: What

> Would You Want To Know or Do?

> To:

<%40>

> Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 1:44 PM

>

>

>

>

> I'm putting in a proposal to the new city where I just moved to offer an

> affordable set of gluten-free/ allergen- free classes focused on cooking

> and

> meal-planning this summer. If you were going to attend or teach a class set

> like that, what would you want included? How would you organize the

> classes?

>

> I'm brainstorming before I start work on my proposal.

>

> Thanks for any insights!

>

> Sally

>

>

[Guest guest]

Those are great thoughts. Thanks!

 

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Patricia A Squyres <p.squyreswrote:

 

>

>

> I think you are a marvel for attempting to do this. I keep thinking about

> the mother in the doctors office ( " What Do You Eat? " )who was so overwhelmed

> with the need to feed her family with such limitations and not doing a good

> job because she did not have the knowledge to do so properly. You would be

> doing a real service to provide that insight.

>

> This is such a wide ranging topic that you might want to decide if you want

> to limit your first set of classes to only wheat gluten sensitivity and

> celiac disease and see who shows up.

>

> If your agenda is not set out specifically, Your class could dissolve into

> each person putting in their 2 cents about how this does not include their

> particular family allergy issue and you may lose attendees if they think you

> cannot cover what they came to get from the

> class because too much is being covered.

>

> There could be Egg, Dairy, Wheat, Fish, Shellfish, Tree Nuts, Peanuts, Soy

> and others like corn and sugar allergies.

>

> What about animal products? It would be hard to sell a class to the school

> board on being an allergy free vegan unless you are located in a town that

> is really really vegan friendly. You might need to state that stand alone

> animal products are gluten free though their by products, sauces and

> coatings aren't and steer more towards eating a plant filled diet while

> doing the class so that they can see how health promoting and allergen

> friendly it can be without actually professing that as the goal in order to

> get the class approved in the first place.

>

> It depends on your desires and knowledge of all the subject(s), class time

> allowed, and if you could bring in speakers to cover those areas you are not

> as familiar with to keep the classes interesting and lively.

>

> Your

> first class would determine how the remainder of the semester went if you

> have them complete a hand back of

> (1) What made you want to take this class?

> (2)

> List what food allergen(s) affect you or a member of your household

> (3) How was this determined - by elimination, by testing etc

> (4) what do you hope to get from this class? -

>

> Discussions would be about Sensitivity vs Allergy vs Life Threatening

> Reactions

>

> If you only cover the one subject:

> Wheat Sensitivity vs Celiac Disease

> Seriousness of maintaining a 100% gluten free diet for a diagnosed celiac

> vs cheating

>

> Definitive Testing Alternatives

>

> List of where this can be done locally - clinics, allergy doctors .........

> and Registered Dietitians that are familiar with allergans and can help with

> setting up menu items to keep everyone healthy in the household.

>

> hand outs -Gluten containing grains you should avoid

>

> hand outs -Huge Variety of Acceptable Grains you Can Eat!!

>

> hand outs -Common hidden sources for wheat and the names like modified food

> starch, textured vegetable protein, binders and extenders .........

>

> Hand outs to give to other satellite family members to show that this is

> not just a phase we are going through and adherence could be life altering

> if " .....just a little bit wont hurt ..... " creaps into the language.

>

> List to help in eliminating all gluten containing food and personal items

> from their home - like certain toothpaste, vitamins, spices, canned boxed

> and jarred goods etc

>

> possible removal of all porous bowls, food coated baking trays, wooden

> spoons, etc

>

> Resources for purchasing for everyday - covering the need for an initial

> expensive replacement journey and then weekly shopping trips - local

> markets, specialty stores, on line

> stores

>

> Emphasizing Family staples and kid friendly items are a must so that

> dissension in the household over change is kept to a minimum.

>

> Professional GF and Celiac organizations on line resources

>

> - subscribing to gluten free living and living without magazine for

> recipes, new products, good up to date articles ----like envelope glue is

> NOT full of gluten.

>

> Making up various flour combinations - either pre-packaged or made from

> scratch and the need for xantham gum or arrowroot powder.

>

> Resources for recipes - adapting their favorites to trying new tastes with

> gluten free blog and web sites.

>

> Cover the need for supplementing GF low fiber baking with GF high fiber

> cooking with nutritional greens, beans, vegetables, fruits etc.

>

> Gosh - I am sure you have lots of ideas also. Good Luck.

>

> Patricia Squyres

> Marion Nestle's cardinal rules for eating better:

> Never buy anything with a health claim.

> Never buy anything with a cartoon on its face

> Never buy anything with more than 5 ingredients.

>

>

> --- On Tue, 1/5/10, Sally Parrott Ashbrook

<sally.parrott<sally.parrott%40gmail.com>>

> wrote:

>

> Sally Parrott Ashbrook

<sally.parrott<sally.parrott%40gmail.com>

> >

> Gluten-Free/Allergen-Free Classes: What

> Would You Want To Know or Do?

> To:

<%40>

> Tuesday, January

> 5, 2010, 11:44 AM

>

>

>

>

> I'm putting in a proposal to the new city where I just moved to offer an

>

> affordable set of gluten-free/ allergen- free classes focused on cooking

> and

>

> meal-planning this summer. If you were going to attend or teach a class set

>

> like that, what would you want included? How would you organize the

>

> classes?

>

> I'm brainstorming before I start work on my proposal.

>

> Thanks for any insights!

>

> Sally

>

>