I found this recipe on the side of a Bob’s Red Mill package, and it is soooooo good!
Chocolate Macaroons
2 egg whites
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 tsp almond extract
1 cup shredded coconut
3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted and cooled
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Beat egg whites and salt until almost stiff. Add sugar, slowly beating [...]
The posts for this December will all focus on gluten free christmas cookies and treats, one posted every few days between now and Christmas. This first recipe for Peanut Butter Balls has been in my family for a long time….I can remember my brother and I sneaking into the freezer to eat these when my [...]
It’s that time of year to be thankful again….and we are particularly thankful that most of the traditional Thanksgiving foods are already gluten free, except for the stuffing and pumpkin pie (ok yes, you will have to skip the breadrolls). Below are recipes & links for modifications to make for your own gluten free Thanksgiving: [...]
I just got back from attending an inspiring two-day event with the Bellingham Gluten Intolerance Group ~ what a fantastic group of people who are truly passionate about getting out life-changing information to anyone who needs to know more about how gluten is impacting their bodies and what to do about it.
Attendees ranged from those [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Every meatball recipe I ever come across calls for breadcrumbs as an ingredient. And apart from Fairway, a grocery store in New York City, I have never seen gluten free breadcrumbs for sale. Nor do I want to spend time drying out my precious gluten free bread loaves to later pulverize into breadcrumbs. “There has [...]
Here is a sampling of Melissa’s published work:
An Insider’s Perspective of Gluten-Free Eating
Featured Dietitian Recipe: Broccoli Bean Quesadillas
Stay tuned for more “On the Gluten Free Hunt” installments as I continue to explore gluten free eating options around the country!
Amazing, not even ten years ago, a gluten intolerant person had to kiss Miss Betty Crocker goodbye. But lo and behold, I was in QFC last night looking for something to go with our soy vanilla ice cream for dessert and what do I pass by in the aisle? Betty Crocker’s new boxed mix line [...]