Post by kickingfrog on Feb 16, 2011 11:45:34 GMT
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Canada
The Stream Bed & Breakfast
Hockley Valley
Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
We specialize in those with restricted or special dietary needs...just tell us in advance.
www.streambb.com/
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Gluten free in Canada
Celiac-Canada
www.penny.ca/Travel.htm
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Toronto
From Momike DHOC
FYI, if anyone is looking for a GF meal in the Toronto area, Molly B's operates a gluten free bakery cafe in the Pickering Flea market.
They are open Sat & Sunday, everything is GF & delicious. The entire family is celiac, 2 have DH also so they are very aware of gluten issues.
They've won a few awards. Lots of their stuff is actually organic as well as GF
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Holiday in Canada
Posted by Ann R -
on 5/8/2004
GF board
Just returned from a trip to Canada.
Flew with Air Transat which supplied gluten free meals for Tom. They weren't that exciting (what airline food is), nor were they veggie which I had also requested (I just took out the chicken and let him eat the rest), but he was happy enough with them. Not all the snacks they provided were gluten free, but a two year old doesn't eat that much anyway. On the trip back he was actually hungry enough for the rice cake which he normally won't touch.
We stayed on Salt Spring Island (between Vancouver and Vancouver Island) where veggies outnumber meat eaters! I had brought some supplies of GF food with me (didn't require a doctor's note, as Canada only has restriction on fruit, eggs etc. being brought in) - pasta, biscuits and bread, but in Ganges there's "Barb's Buns" where they bake fresh GF/WF bread (best to order if you're wanting guaranteed supply) which I got the second week, and "Nature Works" health food shop had GF pasta, flour, biscuits, crackers, although not in the variety that I'm used to in Tescos. They grow buckwheat locally, so buckwheat flour was available generally. If you're wanting convenience foods you're best bringing supplies.
I assumed that Kellogs frosties and rice crispies were ok, but was aware that ingredients might be different in Canadian equivalents of things - Pringles listed wheat starch with no mention of it being Codex so I avoided that and went for basic crisps that just listed potato and sunflower oil.
I mostly cooked from basic ingredients and Tom ate a lot of baked potatoes, scrambled eggs, and his GF spaghetti and shells etc., but was happy once we'd checked out which of the ice creams from "Harlan's Chocolates" were GF (they were knowledgable about the ingredients and just advised avoiding ones with gluten ingredients such as cookies and liquorice).
When it came to sweets I just had to go with what the ingredients said, and hope that was sufficient. Tom's not that sensitive - I know that because he had one accident where he ate some left over toast of his brother's with no outward effect.
Had a great time, and just trying to figure out how long it would take me to save up to go again!
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Canada
Posted by Jill (Kingston) on 12/9/2005
Gf board
Just come back from a fab holiday in Canada. I spent 4 nights (split into 2 lots of 2) in Ripple Rock Retreat in Campbell River, Vancouver Island, BC. This is an excellent, high class B&B. The hosts knew in advance of my needs and had purchased GF bread for toast etc. In the evenings they made gorgeous gf vegetarian meals for my husband and I. Wonderful views and extemely relaxing.
Had 5 nights bear watching in Knights Inlet, mainland BC. This is quite remote (access by float plane only from Campbell River) and so is full board. Excellent catering for me (I notice that 'gluten lady' was on the task list for each meal every day so that I was not forgotten). Excellent grizzly bear viewing. I think they have a website if anyone is interested in bears.
4 nights self catering in Telegraph Cove, north Vancouver Island - no problem to find gf cereal, bread etc in the supermarkets in Campbell River, to take up. Great whale watching.
Last few nights in Vancouver - no one labelled gf but everyone was able to tell me what was okay or not and more than one place said they would adapt or make something special for me if needed. Had indian, tapas (not same as tapas here or in spain but lovely none the less), mexican, etc. Every restaurant is vegetarian aware.
I recommend it to anyone.
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Re: Travelling in Canada
Posted by Jill on 7/1/2006
I went to a remote mainland place in British Columbia (only reached by seaplane), Vancouver Island and Vancouver earlier this year. I am coeliac and vegetarian and had no problems. Some places we had booked ahead - eg the remote place - and told them the restrictions and they had provided very well. Sme of the time we were self catering and we had no trouble finding fresh produce. I personally am not really bothered abotu bread but it was available in the supermarkets (not thatlarge ones) and rice cakes were also around. In various restaurants they understood the issues and told me clearly what was okay and some places offered to cook special stuff too. Lovely places, lovely people and lovely food!
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From Andy
Spent some time in Calgary 5 years ago. Managed reasonably well on the diet, though we were mostly self catering in a house swap. There was GF food available in some supermarkets, and there was one specialist health food shop that carried a good choice. I particularly remember well the buckwheat waffles that were readily available and readily scoffed with maple syrup most breakfasts!
Enjoy Canada - we were there in the summer months and would love to see it in the winter
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From Glenda
.....I have just e-mailed the Canandian Coeliac Society at customerservice@celiac.ca to ask them for advice
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From Alex
GF board :
Went to Whistler in the summer with my 7 year old coeliac daughter and the rest of the family. We were self catering and had no problems. There was a supermarket just out of town that I found on the kinnikinnick website, I'm racking my brains as to what it was called, but couldn't find a link to it today. But the main supermarket in Whistler also was one of the few places we found in Canada with fresh bread and also some fabulous gf shortbread. It is also worth having a good look through the frozen section to find other gf stuff. Also in flour sections they had pancake mix and other stuff if you have a kitchen. I took scales and loaf tins which I found useful. There is a make of packaged meat and sausages and pate with a dark green label which was marked gf. We did find shopping out there more expensive than at home and most things came in extremely large packs. Hope you have a great time
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..GF skiing?
Posted by Suzi on 5/2/2007
GF board
....I live in Whistler, Canada. At our ski mountain Whistler Blackcomb all the on mountain restaurants have ingredients lists available for each meal (such as chilli, soup, asian noodle sauces etc) plus they offer Gluten Free Chicken Club burgers (on my favourite GF bread rolls by Kinnikinnick). There are also microwaves available to use so that if you want to heat a packed lunch you can.
We have 4 grocery stores in the village all of which offer a variety of Gluten Free breads, cakes, biscuits, pasta etc. Plus I have a list of Gluten Free friendly restaurants in the village on the Canada page of my website www.gluten-free-living.net/countries/canada.php
As for the kids being beginner skiers, Whistler Blackcombs main beginner areas are at the top of the mountain (around 1600 - 2000m) and we generally have good snow conditions in April.
I have been to many other ski resorts, but so far I have found Whistler the easiest for Gluten Free.
A few tips for Gluten Free Skiing - carry some mixed nuts, carry a Gluten Free bread roll & have them make you a sandwich, take a packed lunch in your backpack. Lately I have been skiing out in the backcountry so I have toasted my bread & made a sandwhich to take with me (cold toast is better than untoasted GF bread) it is not the best lunch but it gets me by in times of need. ....
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Canada
The Stream Bed & Breakfast
Hockley Valley
Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
We specialize in those with restricted or special dietary needs...just tell us in advance.
www.streambb.com/
*****************
Gluten free in Canada
Celiac-Canada
www.penny.ca/Travel.htm
**********
Toronto
From Momike DHOC
FYI, if anyone is looking for a GF meal in the Toronto area, Molly B's operates a gluten free bakery cafe in the Pickering Flea market.
They are open Sat & Sunday, everything is GF & delicious. The entire family is celiac, 2 have DH also so they are very aware of gluten issues.
They've won a few awards. Lots of their stuff is actually organic as well as GF
**********************
Holiday in Canada
Posted by Ann R -
on 5/8/2004
GF board
Just returned from a trip to Canada.
Flew with Air Transat which supplied gluten free meals for Tom. They weren't that exciting (what airline food is), nor were they veggie which I had also requested (I just took out the chicken and let him eat the rest), but he was happy enough with them. Not all the snacks they provided were gluten free, but a two year old doesn't eat that much anyway. On the trip back he was actually hungry enough for the rice cake which he normally won't touch.
We stayed on Salt Spring Island (between Vancouver and Vancouver Island) where veggies outnumber meat eaters! I had brought some supplies of GF food with me (didn't require a doctor's note, as Canada only has restriction on fruit, eggs etc. being brought in) - pasta, biscuits and bread, but in Ganges there's "Barb's Buns" where they bake fresh GF/WF bread (best to order if you're wanting guaranteed supply) which I got the second week, and "Nature Works" health food shop had GF pasta, flour, biscuits, crackers, although not in the variety that I'm used to in Tescos. They grow buckwheat locally, so buckwheat flour was available generally. If you're wanting convenience foods you're best bringing supplies.
I assumed that Kellogs frosties and rice crispies were ok, but was aware that ingredients might be different in Canadian equivalents of things - Pringles listed wheat starch with no mention of it being Codex so I avoided that and went for basic crisps that just listed potato and sunflower oil.
I mostly cooked from basic ingredients and Tom ate a lot of baked potatoes, scrambled eggs, and his GF spaghetti and shells etc., but was happy once we'd checked out which of the ice creams from "Harlan's Chocolates" were GF (they were knowledgable about the ingredients and just advised avoiding ones with gluten ingredients such as cookies and liquorice).
When it came to sweets I just had to go with what the ingredients said, and hope that was sufficient. Tom's not that sensitive - I know that because he had one accident where he ate some left over toast of his brother's with no outward effect.
Had a great time, and just trying to figure out how long it would take me to save up to go again!
****************
Canada
Posted by Jill (Kingston) on 12/9/2005
Gf board
Just come back from a fab holiday in Canada. I spent 4 nights (split into 2 lots of 2) in Ripple Rock Retreat in Campbell River, Vancouver Island, BC. This is an excellent, high class B&B. The hosts knew in advance of my needs and had purchased GF bread for toast etc. In the evenings they made gorgeous gf vegetarian meals for my husband and I. Wonderful views and extemely relaxing.
Had 5 nights bear watching in Knights Inlet, mainland BC. This is quite remote (access by float plane only from Campbell River) and so is full board. Excellent catering for me (I notice that 'gluten lady' was on the task list for each meal every day so that I was not forgotten). Excellent grizzly bear viewing. I think they have a website if anyone is interested in bears.
4 nights self catering in Telegraph Cove, north Vancouver Island - no problem to find gf cereal, bread etc in the supermarkets in Campbell River, to take up. Great whale watching.
Last few nights in Vancouver - no one labelled gf but everyone was able to tell me what was okay or not and more than one place said they would adapt or make something special for me if needed. Had indian, tapas (not same as tapas here or in spain but lovely none the less), mexican, etc. Every restaurant is vegetarian aware.
I recommend it to anyone.
***********
Re: Travelling in Canada
Posted by Jill on 7/1/2006
I went to a remote mainland place in British Columbia (only reached by seaplane), Vancouver Island and Vancouver earlier this year. I am coeliac and vegetarian and had no problems. Some places we had booked ahead - eg the remote place - and told them the restrictions and they had provided very well. Sme of the time we were self catering and we had no trouble finding fresh produce. I personally am not really bothered abotu bread but it was available in the supermarkets (not thatlarge ones) and rice cakes were also around. In various restaurants they understood the issues and told me clearly what was okay and some places offered to cook special stuff too. Lovely places, lovely people and lovely food!
***************
From Andy
Spent some time in Calgary 5 years ago. Managed reasonably well on the diet, though we were mostly self catering in a house swap. There was GF food available in some supermarkets, and there was one specialist health food shop that carried a good choice. I particularly remember well the buckwheat waffles that were readily available and readily scoffed with maple syrup most breakfasts!
Enjoy Canada - we were there in the summer months and would love to see it in the winter
***********************
From Glenda
.....I have just e-mailed the Canandian Coeliac Society at customerservice@celiac.ca to ask them for advice
****************
From Alex
GF board :
Went to Whistler in the summer with my 7 year old coeliac daughter and the rest of the family. We were self catering and had no problems. There was a supermarket just out of town that I found on the kinnikinnick website, I'm racking my brains as to what it was called, but couldn't find a link to it today. But the main supermarket in Whistler also was one of the few places we found in Canada with fresh bread and also some fabulous gf shortbread. It is also worth having a good look through the frozen section to find other gf stuff. Also in flour sections they had pancake mix and other stuff if you have a kitchen. I took scales and loaf tins which I found useful. There is a make of packaged meat and sausages and pate with a dark green label which was marked gf. We did find shopping out there more expensive than at home and most things came in extremely large packs. Hope you have a great time
*******************
..GF skiing?
Posted by Suzi on 5/2/2007
GF board
....I live in Whistler, Canada. At our ski mountain Whistler Blackcomb all the on mountain restaurants have ingredients lists available for each meal (such as chilli, soup, asian noodle sauces etc) plus they offer Gluten Free Chicken Club burgers (on my favourite GF bread rolls by Kinnikinnick). There are also microwaves available to use so that if you want to heat a packed lunch you can.
We have 4 grocery stores in the village all of which offer a variety of Gluten Free breads, cakes, biscuits, pasta etc. Plus I have a list of Gluten Free friendly restaurants in the village on the Canada page of my website www.gluten-free-living.net/countries/canada.php
As for the kids being beginner skiers, Whistler Blackcombs main beginner areas are at the top of the mountain (around 1600 - 2000m) and we generally have good snow conditions in April.
I have been to many other ski resorts, but so far I have found Whistler the easiest for Gluten Free.
A few tips for Gluten Free Skiing - carry some mixed nuts, carry a Gluten Free bread roll & have them make you a sandwich, take a packed lunch in your backpack. Lately I have been skiing out in the backcountry so I have toasted my bread & made a sandwhich to take with me (cold toast is better than untoasted GF bread) it is not the best lunch but it gets me by in times of need. ....
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