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Archive for October, 2009

October is Celiac Disease Awareness Month

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

In honor of Celiac Disease Awareness Month, I was asked to be the narrator for a video segment explaining what Celiac disease is.  For anyone who wants to help their friends and family better understand Celiac disease and why they shouldn’t ask “You can’t even eat just a small serving of stuffing?” at Thanksgiving this [...]

Gluten Free Halloween Candy

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Those of us in the gluten free world spend a lot of time reading food labels!  But who wants to spend all that time looking at the tiny print ingredients on the fun size Halloween candy in your child’s Halloween loot bag?  And most of the time the ingredients are listed on the bulk candy [...]

Quinoa Flakes Can Replace Oatmeal in Gluten Free Apple Crumble Recipe

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Most people who can not eat gluten are safe to eat oats….however, a small percentage of people still develop intolerance symptoms when consuming oats because the protein in oats is similar in structure to gluten.  (See my previous post on this subject).  But when simple recipes like apple crumble call for old-fashioned rolled oats as [...]