Archive | April, 2012

Weekly News Roundup, April 21st-April 28th

Weekly Roundup

It’s time for the weekly news roundup of what’s happening in Glutenland — Glutonia — Celiacville — Glutenopolis.. um, you get it.   ey there! Hope you don’t mind, this roundup’s a day late this week. I attended the Celiac Awareness Tour yesterday and it was fun sampling all those gluten-free treats and listening to [...]

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The Importance of Community

Outreach

I already touched on this topic a bit in my Guide to Gluten Free but this has been on my mind quite a bit recently. When you were first diagnosed with Celiac Disease, didn’t you feel alone? I know I did. I’m not sure how to say this without appearing to minimize other illnesses, but [...]

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Review: GoPicnic’s Hummus + Crackers Meal

Don’t forget to check out an important update at the bottom of this post! I hadn’t really heard of GoPicnic until I heard them mentioned on Twitter a couple weeks ago. When I checked out their website I thought, “Cool, I’d like to try those sometime” and then promptly forgot all about it. That is, [...]

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Weekly Roundup, April 15th-21st

It’s time for the weekly roundup of what’s happening in Glutenland — Glutonia — Celiacville — Glutenopolis.. um, you get it.   Have you discovered anything new this week?

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Eating Gluten Free on a Budget

Sad empty wallet :(

Gluten free specialty food is freaking expensive. This is why most newly diagnosed Celiacs’ jaws drop when they stand in the gluten free aisle of the grocery store. Many gluten free prepared foods like bread, snacks, and pasta are easily double the cost of their gluteny counterparts. It’s so easy to feel overwhelmed by this! [...]

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Introducing: My Favorite Things

This weekend I had some fun and murdered wordpress put together a list of some of my favorite gluten free products. You can check it out here, and it has a home on the right sidebar. Only products I have tried and enjoyed are on this list, and I’m hoping to add to it over [...]

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Weekly Roundup, April 7th-14th

It’s time for the weekly news roundup of what’s happening in Glutenland — Glutonia — Celiacville — Glutenopolis.. um, you get it.   The Gluten Dude writes about the recent buzz around Miley Cyrus’s new gluten-free lifestyle. Dr. Clark uncovers something I am in denial about until I hear science: coffee as a potential cross-reactor [...]

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Review: Betty Crocker’s Gluten-Free Cookie Mix, Chocolate Chip

I’ve been meaning to try Betty Crocker’s new line of gluten-free mixes, so while I was busy working on the grocery shopping guide I picked up a box of their chocolate chip cookies. The front of the box   The back of the box The recipe requires an egg, a tsp of vanilla, and 1 [...]

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My current favorite gluten-free recipes

Gluten-free Recipes

I thought I would share some of my current favorite gluten-free recipes with you — they’re all fairly healthy and easy to do. Trust me: if it wasn’t easy, I would be doing it. I’ll add these over to my links section, too.         Gluten-free Pumpkin Pie Roasted Turkey Legs (in a [...]

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Recipe: Homemade Chicken Stock

Raw Chicken

One of the things that not only soothes the stomach but is also very nutritious is homemade chicken stock. I didn’t start making mine until recently and now I can’t imagine ever buying it from the grocery store again. It’s so easy and cheap to do. When I make chicken stock I always use the [...]

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Recipe: Stuffed Acorn Squash

Acorn Squash

I’m not really sure if I would call it a recipe, since there are so many variations on how you can do this and basically it comes down to putting whatever you think tastes good inside the squash. But, here is what I do:       First, I preheat the oven to about 350F [...]

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My Celiac Story

Hi, I’m Jessica and I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease in November of 2010. Just in time for Thanksgiving ;) I had stomach problems all my life, but eventually I got used to them and considered them just a normal part of living. Typically I would chalk it up to nerves, stress, or maybe eating [...]

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