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Gluten Free Gift Ideas

Here are a few ideas that make great gifts for your friends and family who follow a gluten free diet.  We use all of these! Kitchen food storage containers Breadmaker – we use the Breadman TR875 which has a gluten free setting.  The Zojirushi Home Bakery Supreme is great for gluten free bread too but […]

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Celiac Disease and Stomach Flu… or was it Gluten?

Question:  When is stomach flu not just stomach flu? Answer:  When you have Celiac Disease! I’m home today with our daughter – she got sick twice this morning.  She most likely has the stomach flu – this is the season for it.  But what if she got gluten?  I just got comfortable that our daughter’s […]

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Katie Chalmers’ Kids Book Focuses on Sunny Side of Celiac

Of the numerous great strides being made for celiac and the gluten free community, none bring us more pleasure than those that help children.  Author Katie Chalmers has done just that with her new book “Mommy, What is Celiac Disease?”   With cheerful sunny illustrations and descriptions that are both accurate and easy to understand, this […]

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Meals

Fall Weather Led Me To Great Gluten Free Soups

As the nights here in Colorado get cooler, I always begin to feel in the mood for soups and chilis.   So I began the hunt for some gluten free options – so far I have found some amazing options from Kettle Cuisine.  (I have founds these soups at Sprouts Market but will update after I […]

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Family Life Kid Friendly

Gluten Free With Grandma: A Few New Tricks

So we went away for the weekend to a friend’s wedding and left our kids with their grandparents.    They live fairly close so are pretty used to accommodating our gluten free diet and stayed at our house so were already surrounded by only gluten free choices.    The neat part worth sharing is the gluten free […]

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Gluten-Free Foods Restaurants & Social Eating

Rudi’s Organic Bakery Launches Gluten Free Bread

We in the gluten free community know most gluten free breads are endured not enjoyed. As chef’s, restaurant owners, and household cooks we want to expand our gluten free menus but lack of quality gluten free bread has limited our ability to do so. However we have all benefited from a race over the past […]

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Meals

Gluten Free Barbecue Ideas

Mention barbecue and I’m sent daydreaming of a warm breeze blowing the smell of sizzling meat and vegetables through the backyard.  In my mind, the barbecue is relaxation – it means time with friends  while enjoying a summer evening. But the barbecue presents challenges since we eat gluten-free.  How do we deal with cross contamination […]

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Gluten-Free Foods Kid Friendly

Gluten Free Infant and Toddler Products

It is harder than you might first think to find packaged infant and toddler foods that are gluten free.   And while there is a great movement towards making your own food (check out this great site for delicious recipes www.homemade-baby-food-recipes.com), in today’s hustle and bustle this isn’t always possible. So here are some of our favorites for when you have passed […]

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Restaurants & Social Eating

Gluten Free Restaurants

Since we are happily finding an ever growing number of restaurants both in Colorado and around the country offering delicious and safe gluten free menus, we have created subpage for our Happy Gluten Free Restaurants. We frequently use the Find me Gluten Free app (iOS and Android) to locate restaurants wherever we are… The app […]

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Gluten Free Favorites

Gluten Free Infant and Toddler Products Gluten Free Restaurants Gluten Free Bakeries  Completely Gluten Free: www.completelyglutenfree.net Owner Chris Fiala adds a personal touch to her gluten free product line based in Crested Butte, CO.   From delicious dumplings and gnocchi to pancake, cookie and biscuit mixes, Completely Gluten Free offers a tasty selection of great gluten free […]

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