Add a festive touch to you holiday by serving one of these festive gluten free desserts: ~~~> Tiramisu ~~~> Fruit Cake ~~~> Cheesecake ~~~> Baked Alaska is not nearly as tricky as it sounds IF you split the job into two parts. (1) Read one or both of these articles to see exactly what needs

Here are links to meet your needs for gifts for the people who living gluten free. Hopefully, they will make your last-minute holiday shopping easier: ~~~> a rice cooker / a big help for preparing many gluten free dishes (rice and all grains) ~~~> a bread machine / saves time and money, improves taste and

The traditional family Christmas feast will be coming in a few days. A few details need to be considered. By this time, hopefully ~~~> You have made sure that no-one will surprise the family by announcing for the first time that he or she is now living gluten free. Otherwise, the family will be in

These recipes enable gluten free cooks to recreate the traditional taste and appearance of traditional candy canes. (The recipes call for ‘corn syrup'. This is not the same as ‘high fructose corn syrup.) Click here?and/or here to read the articles. These two article contain more than 150 gluten free candy recipes, all beautifully photog...

People who live gluten free can travel by air but — as is so often —- a few special preparations make things more comfortable. First of all, consult this article "What Can You Take Through Airport Security?". ?Not much, actually, and very little gluten free food will be available in the secure area of the

Here are 62 Recipes for Gluten Free Dishes to round out your holiday meals. If that is not enough, click here and/or here for more ideas. You will, of course, need desserts. Click here for 109 gluten free options. TMI — two much information — ?life was a lot simpler during the years when people

A rice cooker will do much more than simply cook rice. Check out this article "21 Things You can do with a Rice Maker" which instructs you to "put the ingredients in, turn on the rice cooker, come back fifteen minutes later and you have a meal". (Obviously, you will need to check to be

The Huffington Post recently its readers to determine which brands of gluten free bread. Here are the results, listed in order of popularity: Udi's Whole Grain Bread kinnikinnick Foods Brown Sandwich Bread Udi's White Sandwich Bread Whole Foods/Gluten Free Bakehouse All-natural Sandwich Bread Food for Life Brown Rice Fruit Juice Sweetened Bread Ene...

A bread machine is a wonderful holiday gift that will help insure that a family has an on-going supply of relatively inexpensive, totally fresh, and good tasting gluten free bread. To ‘do the job right', you need a machine that has a ‘gluten free' setting or an ‘adjustable' setting — gluten free bread never needs...

I began blogging in 2003, and have listed celiac disease as something I was thankful for every November since then. Some years and some articles were harder than others. In the early years as a celiac, I felt humbled by the fact my family and friends loved me enough to eat food-that-tasted-like-cardboard and then wish

Your Thanksgiving feast will have leftovers! Hopefully, your celebration is now fully planned and only this one task remains: deciding what should happen to the leftovers. Here are some suggestions: Try these recipes for "Nachos Fabuloso", ?"Turkey Stew with Gluten Free Dumplings" and/ or ?"Turkey Tetrazzini". This article offers 25 recipes using l...

America is about to observe Thanksgiving, usually with a huge meal (often the most elaborate of the year) and an equally huge gathering of family and friends, many of whom have not seen each other during the past year and may or may not be aware of the dietary needs of everyone gathered at the

Hummus is a?dip made freom ground chickpeas and sesame paste (often called tanini). It is usually enhanced by flavorings and spices. The only possible issue is the result of cross-contamination or the flavorings and spices that may be added. You can control both problems by preparing the dish in your safe kitchen and being aware

Here are five recipes for gluten free cheesecake. All are well-photographed, clearly-explained, and totally gluten free. FYI: there is much discussion about the correct spelling of this word, but the single-word spelling seems to be preferred. New York style gluten free cheesecake Cheesecake with a gluten free almond crust. Cheesecake with chocolat...

I love to enjoy fine gluten free meal and then top off the evening by presenting a gift card emblazoned with a picture of my grandchildren. ?The Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba's Italian Grill, and The Bonefish Grill make events like this possible. There is a slight extra charge for customizing the gift card but that is

Finding gluten free seasoned salt for your holiday meals should not be a problem. The McCormick website (which include Lawrey's) posts 535 gluten free recipes most of who require seasoned salt of some sort. Morton's lists dozens of gluten free products in its FAQ section. Walmart does the same with its Great Value brand products.

To use this website effectively, you'd ?need to ?wade through 1814 different article and heaven-knows-how-many statements of fact. That's a lot simpler than mastering the 130 MILLION articles indexed as gluten free on the web search engines but is definitely not very practical. Most websites (including this one) use a system of categories and subca...

People who live gluten free lose or gain weight for exactly the same reason as wheat eaters — people gain weight when they consume food containing more calories than they burn by exercising. The rules are the same for everyone, people who live gluten free and wheat eaters. During the season, it is best to

Is biscotti gluten free? Should I include it my plans for holiday hospitality? ?Yes to both questions — if you use an appropriate recipe. I found so many options on-line that I decided to limit myself to recipes that were exquisitely photographed and feature ingredients that put me in a holiday mood. Click here to

I've had great success cooking gluten free meals described in these cookbooks.It is a pleasure to recommend them to you: Gluten Free Cooking Made Simple gluten free cookbooks (this article describes six different cook books) Gluten Free Cooking for Dummies Wheat-Free Gluten-Free Cooking for Kids and Busy Adults The Cake Mix Doctor Bakes Gluten Free...

Tiramisu is a dessert that will certainly be on my holiday table. This article will show you how to make the gluten free "lady fingers" that are an essential part of the dessert, as well as the topping that transforms them into a marvelous dessert. Try this article for additional information. A simpler way to

Thanksgiving falls on November 28 this year. Hannakah, the Jewish festival of light, begins at sundown the previous day. Since neither occurs on the same day each year, mathematicians tell us that we will have to wait for 77,798 years for this to happen again. Sounds like a great excuse for a party, especially since

Turkey, like all meat, is naturally gluten free. Be aware of things that might have been added in processing. This article lists six companies that have affirmed that their products have not been rendered gluten-toxic in the process of preparing them for market. This article reminds us that gravy packets, etcetera,should be thrown away. These

This website is your path to a successful, well-informed, and joyously gluten free holiday season!!!!! First of all, you need to know that the words in capital letters at the top of the page are CATEGORIES. Click on any of the CATEGORIES to see the related SUB-CATEGORIES. Click on the appropriate sub-category to find the

Thanksgiving and Christmas meal plans are essentially the same, although most articles mention only one of the two holidays. You may have already read five-part article called "Your Gluten Free Holiday Dinner" which featured videos covering each the five major cooking tasks involved. You may wish to review those articles for last-minute Thanksgivin...

The cost of gluten free food can be real strain on the family budget.These three websites may be useful in keeping expenses under control: ~~~> Budget101.com. This not a gluten free web site so some of the recommendations might not apply to us, but everything is presented so clearly that this not be a problem.

People who living gluten free are often concerning about spending several days in a wheat-using home. Their hosts are equally uncomfortable. ?Here are three suggestions that may simplify things: ~~~> These ?four articles that address this question. Since the host-family almost certainly does not read this website regularly, it is will probably ...

If this is your first gluten free holiday season, I wish you well. You will face challenges! Hopefully these ideas will help you meet them successfully. Remember that many of the people at your holiday meal will be hearing about celiac disease and the gluten free diet for the first time. I like to stress

Here are 160 suggestions for desserts to add a finishing touch to your holiday feast. This article ends my series on holiday dining. Have I helped you or confused you by offering too many choices? This series has been an eye-opener for me. I've been a diagnosed celiac since 1999, and in the early years

Ready-to-eat cranberry sauce is available. Ocean Spray states that its cranberry sauce is gluten free but also admits that it accepts the providers statement without doing any further testing. Cranberries are naturally gluten free, of course, and it is easy to do-it-yourself. Your holiday cranberry sauce will be safer and tastier than any sauce fro...

Turkey is most common holiday main course, but your meal might feature ham, duck, or goose. Have a look at these videos before you make your final choice:

The terms ‘gluten free dressing' and ‘gluten free stuffing' are often used interchangeably, but to me there is a great difference. ‘Stuffing' is what we cook inside the bird and ‘dressing' is prepared separately. Sounds obvious to me! I usually prepare ‘dressing' since that way I accommodate my alleged-friends who can'...

Turkey is the traditional holiday feast, so that will be the first article in my series about preparing a holiday feast. Turkey is naturally gluten free as long as you check as you're sure that nothing has been added to make the turkey self-basting (or for any other reason). This ten-minute video — which is

I'll have plenty of occasions to ask questions about ?gluten free food during the upcoming holiday seasons. I can't avoid asking the questions, of course, but I would like to ask them without making people feel like I am giving them the third degree. I recently discovered a "script" that will help me do this

Today, October 24, is National Bologna Day. At least three companies provide gluten free bologna: Boar's Head, Oscar Mayer, and Tyson Foods provide gluten free bologna. Perhaps a more interesting question is ‘how and why did bologna get its own day?' I consulted a site called "Holiday Insights" and found out that " ‘National Baloney...

Despite many requests, I do not attempt to provide information about gluten free living in Canada. The two nations are strikingly similar in so many ways, but just different enough that a one-man operation like mine can't keep up with both countries. Try this link for information from The Canadian Celiac Association. I found one

It is possible to obtain gluten free chewing gum but the process of finding it on-line is cumbersome at best. Trident and Glee are two small companies whose websites promise gluten free chewing gum. Wrigley's, the giant of the industry, publishes this statement on its website: "While some Wrigley products may contain gluten, the majority...

Cottage cheese is probably gluten free. The he Daisy Brands ?website declares that its cottage cheese is ‘safe'. Organic Valley asserts basically the same thing, but does point out one possible problem. This more general article asserts that cottage cheese is "for the most part safe". One point in favor of cottage cheese is that...

Many factors effect our choice of restaurants. Restaurants with gluten free menus are relatively easy to find these days. The ‘trick' is to find not only menus that inspire our confidence, but ?management and food service personnel that make us ?feel safe and comfortable and convinced that we will enjoy great food in a gluten