Pamela’s Products NO COOK & SIMPLE COOKIES . These are delicious and fast and fun to make. Even kids enjoy these as they can get a “result” quickly and munch away. I made these for a wonderful cookie exchange in Tampa at the Celiac Group’s meeting. These were all eaten up and the plate was empty.

My Orange-Iced Lemon-Shortbread Delights. Another extremely delicious and easy adaptation of Pamela’s already make cookies and whipping up a frosting that is sweet, easy fun and absolutely scrumptious

You will need:

Two Boxes of Pamela’s Lemon Shortbread Cookies (Frozen)

½ bag of Pamela’s Vanilla Frosting

1 large orange

Water

4TBL Butter

Directions:

Add  room temp. butter and water to half the bag of frosting

Mix well so no lumps.

Finely grate the orange rind to make orange zest (about 1-1/2-2 tsp. full)

Add to frosting and mix well and let sit about 15 minutes to “marinade”

Frost your cookies and set out for everyone to eat. (You may decorate them at this point too)

NOTE:  I prefer to lightly frost my cookies as the flavor of both the lemon and orange come though this way. They are delicious!

You may store in refrig. or freezer covered.

Tina Turbin

I’m very pleased to announce the 10 winners of my  Bio-K+ Giveaway of February.  Indeed they will all be receiving some of the best probiotics products on the market:

Kelly Meyersfield-Wecksell, Colleen Cole, Rosie Newman, Carole Bellini, Mara Rouse, PJ Sedgwick, Dr. Steve Lund, Ashlie Delshad, Janet Heitler, Pamala Payne

Congratulations to everyone!  And click on the following link to read my own personal success story with using the Bio-K+ products.

After receiving the winning announcement, here’s what Ashlie Delshad said:

“Oh my goodness!!!! I am so excited. I have been fighting a battle with candida
overgrowth and I’ve tried a ton of different probiotics – I’m really excited to
try this one out! Also, thanks for all the wonderful advice and tips you
provide on your website. I went gluten free about 3 months ago and if it wasn’t
for your site and a few others I’m not sure what I would have done!” 

There are many ways we with celiac or gluten intolerance can help others. One way is to head a group. Jane is an exceptional woman with her story and running a group for many years now. Here is her story and a link to a news article about her and her experiences. Really worth reading. Janet has recently attended my GF taste testing party to assist in my Reviews. She is FUN!

Janet Heitler joined a pre-existing group (Tampa Bay celiac Support Group) in 1995 two weeks after she was discharged from the hospital with her celiac diagnosis. She had a long time of misdiagnosis and no diagnosis. Things did not look good up to that final day of being correctly diagnosed.

Two women initially founded the group and Janet ended up in the group after they resigned from being Co-chairs. A husband and wife team took it over and I wanted to contribute because everyone was so wonderful – so Janet said she would be the Treasurer, easy to do. Everything was fine until two months into their “reign” I got a call that they were moving to Nevada.  Bam – she got in 1998 and I has had it ever since.

The meeting calendar was all over the chart and the first thing she did was announce to meet on the second Saturday of every other month – Feb/Apr/Jun/Aug/Oct and Dec.  We meet at 1 – 3 PM at the Jimmy Keel Library on Bears Avenue in Tampa, unless a luncheon is arranged.

They have done 2 GF Beer and Pizza Parties, when Pei Wei first opened they had a luncheon, and a luncheon at Trang’s Viet-Nam Cuisine — 90% of the menu is GF – it is not a GF restaurant it just works out like that, she says.

There are 200 people on her mailing list, but the most she has ever had at meeting (Beer/Pizza luncheon) was 70 people yet normally there are 20-25 people attending.

According to Janet, a lot of times newbie’s come once and think they know everything there is then fall aside. Then she gets a call and they talk as they are in trouble. She reminds them of the meetings and she tells them the new things that are out there and having the emails has helped people to reconnect and stay connected.

Janet’s email –  jchtbc42@tampabay.rr.com

Janet’s latest article: http://www2.newsadvance.com/lna/lifestyles/food_cooking/article/sifting_through_the_options/4033/

Thank you Janet!       Tina Turbin