The first time you go shopping after starting a strict gluten-free diet can be a little terrifying. Turning over your favorite packaged foods becomes an exercise in confusion and disappointment. ‘Not made with gluten ingredients’? ‘Made in a facility that also processes wheat’? What does it all mean? Reading food labels is an important part […]
Anyone who has been ‘glutened’ knows it only takes a teeny tiny bit of the stuff to make you feel absolutely miserable. I experienced my first ‘glutening’ on a family vacationing to Disney World. Our waiter seemed receptive to the explanation of my disease – please use all gluten-free ingredients and prepare my food in […]
Happy New Year! We’re so happy you’re with us in 2014. I hope you had a wonderful year, and are looking forward to another one. To celebrate this time of new beginnings, we’ve asked several gluten-free bloggers to share their gluten free resolutions for 2014. We’ll be posting a couple every week until the end […]
Being gluten-free, you get used to eating a lot of small sandwiches. The truth is, gluten-free baking ingredients are expensive. Take a look at these statistics: Regular flour – $1.00 per pound Gluten-free flour substitute – $2.00 – $3.00 per pound Amaranth flour – $3.00 – $4.00 per pound Rice flour – $3.00 – $4.00 […]
You’re driving home from the doctor’s office with this new label. You have celiac disease.You’re a celiac. You’re gluten-free. And, frankly, you don’t have much of a clue what that means. You may feel scared, panicky. What am I going to do? What am I going to eat?! Ahh! You may feel angry. This sucks! Why me? Why […]