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Outstanding Scientific America Article on Celiac

Celiac Disease Insights: Clues to Solving Autoimmune Disorders This article is a must read for anyone with celiac disease and those who care for them —  perhaps for everyone since autoimmune disease are on the rise in this country.  Dr. Fasano does an excellent job explaining the basics of the disease, the latest research and the […]

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May Contain Gluten Resources

Interesting Information About the Status of "Malt" in Gluten Free Products

If you have questions about how a product can be labeled “gluten free” and yet contains malt or barley malt, this week’s posting by nutricianist Tricia Thompson is helpful.  Understanding and appreciating the differences in how much gluten is allowed in different products as well as what your own tolerance level(s) are to these levels […]

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Cooking & Baking

Gluten Free Cinnamon Coffee Cake A Splendid Treat

So we finally tried the cinnamon coffee cake mix made by Gluten Free Pantry and will be having this delicious treat again!    The consensus was this cake is good enough to serve to guests and they wouldn’t even know if was gluten free. With several options to choose from in added ingredients (buttermilk or yogurt – […]

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Restaurants & Social Eating

Borriello Brothers Makes A Delicious Gluten Free Pizza

On Saturday our entire family enjoyed pizza delivery — one 9 inch gluten free cheese pizza and a 16 inch thin crust glutenous maximous.    We were impressed with both and  for us at Happy Gluten Free, it sure was nice to have Grandpa and grand daughter be able to enjoy hot, tasty pizza delivery without any one […]

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Gluten-Free Foods

Versatile Chebe Cinnamon Roll Mix Makes A Great Saturday Breakfast Treat

This morning we tried Chebe Cinnamon roll mix — and it meets with Happy Gluten Free approval. It was easy to mix up and allows for a diary/casein free option.   It comes with a number of easy alternate suggestions for shapes, filling additions and toppings. I do think that the final baked “rolls” will improve with […]

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Happy Cooking With Carol Fenster

Carol Fenster’s cookbooks make for happy cooking. This is true whether you are following a gluten free diet or not. Her recipes are good and usually fairly easy to make. We also find them easy to modify – for example if we often make dishes with milder “spicy” factor for our daughter and have used […]

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Restaurants & Social Eating

New Gluten Free Pizza Delivery Option in Colorado Springs

I just learned that Borriello Brothers pizza (www.borriellobrothers.com) is making a gluten free option available for delivery. While their website menu does not indicate its availablity or pricing information, I will try to get something from them and upload it after trying the pizza this weekend.

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Gluten-Free Foods

Allergaroo Pastas Make Gluten Free Quick Kid Friendly Meals

It has been about a year and half since our daughter was diagnosised with celiac.   During that time we have had ups and downs in finding kid friendly food, especially quick easy meals.   We just recently discovered Allergaroo’s pastas, which  provide easy, healthy,  gluten free meals in a microwaveable pouch.   (You can cook them on the stove top […]

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Gluten-Free Foods

Happy Gluten Free #1

This is post #1 here in 2009. (It’s 2020 now, and I’m feeling really blessed that this blog has been around so long. GF has come a loooonnnnngggg way since 2009.) So we have decided to start a new blog about being gluten free.    It is amazing just in the past few years the increase […]

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