Life can seem a bit unfair when everyone around you is enjoying berry cobbler and ice cream…and you are on a gluten-free and dairy-free diet. Summer desserts during my childhood and young adult life were based around homemade berry cobblers and pies, and many times homemade ice cream. Wonderful memories! But with celiac you don’t…
How do you find good snacks that are gluten-free and dairy free…and your friends will like them? When you have celiac disease, it can be a bit of a challenge to find snacks that aren’t based around cheese and crackers. This nut mix is usually a hit with my dinner guests, plus it is nice…
How this recipe was able to fly under the radar for so long, I do not know. It’s so simple, and it was right under my nose. I have experimented with making gluten-free cookies with all types of flours. All the measuring, plus making sure that I had all the ingredients, made cookie-making into a…
Learning to thrive with celiac disease requires that you learn to be on guard for foods and other products that contain gluten. As you help your body heal by eliminating gluten from your diet, there are foods and products that contain gluten where it is not obvious. What becomes essential is that you look at…
If you haven’t gotten your guide on eating out with celiac, I invite you to do so now. In this guide I share hard-won tips on how to navigate restaurants and dinner parties while remaining gluten-free. Use the link below to get your guide, Eating Out With Celiac Disease. Get Your Celiac Doctor’s Guide Here.…
For me, one of the keys to thriving with celiac disease is having tasty condiments that also pack a lot of nutritional punch. Chimichurri, a traditional Argentinian accompaniment for beef, full of parsley, garlic and olive oil offers a great way to get key healing nutrients. Chimichurri goes well with beef, lamb, fish, eggs, or…
How many times did I tell myself that I’d start eating better…later. When you have celiac disease, eating better, and avoiding gluten, though, does not wait for later. If you’ve been telling yourself that you’ll get the gluten out of your kitchen…later, I invite you to join me on a bit of a journey. If…
The amount of flour in this picture is enough to make many folks with celiac disease sick for a week. Or more. Most people wouldn’t even consider that a significant amount of gluten and dismiss it. Maybe even say, there’s not enough flour in there to hurt you. This January is Clean Out The Gluten…
What am I going to eat? When you have a celiac diagnosis, figuring out what is safe to eat can be overwhelming. For many of us, our lives have been full of wonderful pasta dishes, breads, desserts and more. Take all that away, and it is hard to imagine what to eat. I invite you…
With the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, there doesn’t seem to be time for everything you wish you could do. You say, gluten-free kitchen? When would I have time for that? Well, I’ve declared this January Clean Out The Gluten Month! I’ve designed a complimentary five-day challenge to help you create the kitchen…
