Delightfully Gluten Free (TM)

Month: May 2013

  • Ginnybakes

    When I bake, I bake with love.  Why else would we do it? Well, Ginnybakes feels the same way.  Ginny has created her cookies with love (some of them even have love in the name).  Her cookies are certified organic and certified gluten-free.  On the package, it reads “ginnybakes are preservative free so eat them…

  • Dr. Praeger’s and a Giveaway

    “You won’t believe it.  The grocery store down the street has gluten-free fish sticks on sale.”  It must have been about 7 years ago I received this strange phone call from my sister-in-law.  I didn’t even know there were such things as manufactured fish sticks back then.  Luckily, she lived in an area near Dallas…

  • Restaurant Fined for Giving Wheat-Based Pasta to Celiac

    According to an article on Grub Street New York this morning, a restaurant in England was recently fined $12,000 (settling out of court) for serving a woman with Celiac Disease a wheat-based pasta after she had specifically ordered gluten-free (they have a gluten-free menu).  For those of you thinking this is just another person frivolously…

  • “Cooking for Your Gluten-Free Teen”

    Teen.  Teenage.  Adolescence.  These are words that strike fear into many parents’ hearts, perhaps especially those with Celiac Disease or Gluten Intolerance.  Most teenagers want desperately to fit in with their peers, and many of them will “cheat” on their gluten-free diet, often making themselves ill, in order to feel they are part of the…

  • Food Allergy Awareness Week

    May 12-18 marks Food Allergy Awareness Week, created by the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (now called FARE – Food Allergy Research & Education).  This year’s focus is on a growing problem: food allergy bullying. One-third of children with food allergies are bullied because of it (with the food they are allergic to).  I have…