Happy Gluten FreeI am so happy with these easy peanut butter cookies that I just had to share! Often with gluten free cooking, one finds recipes that call for some lengthy combination of rice, tapioca, soy or potato flours plus corn starch, potato starch or arrowroot starch and guar gum xanthan gum and… so on and so […]
Halloween can be an unhappy time for those trying to avoid gluten. We just learned of a great new site that makes it easy to check whether candy has gluten in it or not, go to www.myglutenfacts.com
It makes us very happy that the Gluten Intolerance Group has lots of wonderful “handouts” available relating to celiac disease and gluten intolerance. From the Quick Start Diet Guide to Hospital Stays Made Safe and Understanding Your Student, these guides help individuals and families navigate life with celiac disease from the initial diagnosis to starting school. For […]
I went with some friends to the Rockies / Cardinals game on September 25 and the Rockies won a close and exciting game 2 – 1. The game was my first chance to try out the relatively new Gluten Free concession stand at Coors Field. First impressions were very good. There were more than 48,000 […]
We just returned from a wonderful weekend in Crested Butte, Colorado enjoying the fall aspens and last few days of summer. We also found some wonderful gluten free options we thought we would share for those thinking of heading that direction. Donita’s Cantina: 330 Elk Ave (970) 349-6674 This tasty Mexican restaurant on Elk Ave. has been […]
Before going on a gluten-free diet, I must admit I rarely read the ingredient labels on food I ate. Maybe once in awhile when I would look at the number of calories or the amount of fat. And when I was pregnant with my daughter, I did begin to pay attention to sugars and serving […]
It is tough to find a gluten free flour that you can subsitute easily in place of “regular” flour. Usually the taste, look and texture change with the change(s) in flour. We have finally happily settled in with Eating Gluten Free’s All Purpose Flour Mix. We have used it mostly in breakfast dishes, like dutch babies and roll-up […]
The shop itself is tastefully designed with a welcoming yester-year kitchen feel. With colorful aprons and charming books for sale in addition to the bundt cakes, it was very appealing. I learned just yesterday that the Bundt Shoppe, a gourmet cake shop off Castle Pine Parkway, was offering gluten free bundt cakes from a […]
There are a number of wonderful children’s books available on celiac. We have found that these are helpful not just for the child with the disease but a good way for the range of adults in the child’s life, as well as the child’s friends, to learn about celiac disease at a basic level. Those […]
Betty Crocker recently introduced a set of four gluten free mixes – brownie, chocolate chip cookie, chocolate devil’s food cake, and yellow cake. MyBlogSpark, in connection with Betty Crocker, sent the set of four mixes to us so we could review them. Note that we made these on separate occasions and in both cases, we chose to do […]
