Monthly Archives: December 2011

Help Send Children To A Gluten-Free Summer Camp. Hurry Fundraiser Ends December 25th!

John Libonati Gluten Free Works

In the spirit of the giving season, Gluten Free Works is excited to bring to your attention a special fundraiser we are helping promote this week for a great gluten-free cause!

This week only, your gift of just $2 will provide $4 toward scholarships for children to attend a gluten-free summer camp hosted by the Celiac Disease Foundation (CDF) next summer in Southern California.

Gluten-Free Saver has partnered with Van’s Natural Foods to raise money to send children to next summer’s CDF-sponsored summer camp. The summer camp will be held in San Bernardino in Southern California from July 30 to August 3, 2012, and it’s open to all 7-15 year old gluten intolerant and gluten-sensitive children – not just those diagnosed with celiac disease. Read More »

Easy Crushed Gluten Free Candy Cane Cake Recipe

gluten free candy cane cakesCandy canes can make any cake or cupcake turn into a magical winter treat. All you need to do is take some gluten-free candy canes (click here to see my favorite brand) and crush them up.  Sprinkle them on top of your favorite frosted treat and you will end up with a beautiful creation that looks like it is from a bakery.

Some of my favorite ways to use the candy canes:

1.  Make a vanilla cake from your favorite mix.  Add 1 teaspoon of peppermint extract to the batter.  Bake and allow to cool.  Frost with frosting (I like the Betty Crocker canned frostings).  Sprinkle with crushed candy canes. Read More »

Gluten Free Christmas Fruit Cake Recipe

Erin Emms gluten free works

Fruit Cake seems to be one of those things that you either love, or you hate. Personally I also find them really hard to bake and not have them dry out, so this year was a double challenge to make the perfect gluten free fruit cake without it drying out. Like most recipes it’s a personal taste on what you’d like to add, obviously if you have a nut allergy you can exclude those. If you like your cake frosted with frosting you can also do that too.

Enjoy!

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Surviving the Holidays Gluten-Free

 

 

It’s a season of love, joy, peace. . . and stress? For those us with restricted diets, the holidays can be a struggle, especially when we are sharing meals with those who don’t adhere to the same eating style as we do.    So how do we survive the holidays without sacrificing good times or our well-being?

It’s sad, but true, that many people who follow a specific diet (out of need or choice) opt to “check out” of holiday gatherings. Relationships are of such central importance in our lives, however, that we really shouldn’t let our dietary choices limit our interactions with others.  I’m happy to share that our family has successfully hosted holiday meals in our home for years and we’ve attended family gatherings and Read More »

Do You Think Your Life Would Have Been Different If You Had Known About Gluten at an Early Age???

John Libonati Gluten Free Works

We asked people on on the Glutenfreeworks Twitter account how they felt about whether finding out earlier about their gluten sensitivity or celiac disease would have affected their lives.

Here is what they said.

Do you think your life would have been different if you had known about gluten at an early age???

 

@Glutenfreeworks incredibly. My senior year of high school probably wouldn’t be going so poorly if I had…. Read More »

Kinnikinnick Begins Offering New Mixes in Time for Holidays

Kim Bouldin Gluten Free Works

Welcome to Monday, December 12, 2011.  Only 13 days until Christmas!  For all of you out there (this includes me) who haven’t finished your shopping, it is time to get busy!   Right now I am out running 8-10 miles to help motivate myself to knock out the rest of my shopping later on today.  Not sure yet if that will include in person or online shopping – it depends on how I feel.

With Hannah home sick with the stomach flu, I had plenty of time to catch up on all things online.   I found some great gluten-free tidbits and plan to share one of them now with you guys! Are you ready? Ta-da….

gluten free gingerbread man

 

Kinnikinnick is now offering some new mixes just in time for the holiday season.  These mixes include: Read More »

Easy and Amazing Holiday Classics List

Cheryl Harris Gluten Free Works

gluten free candy canesWe’re lucky that there are more and more recipes out there that taste just like the real thing. But for many people, it s easier to make some desserts that happen to be gluten-free, rather than gluten-free adaptations of “normal” foods.

Foods that are naturally gluten free avoid the expensive specialty flours. Personally, I am not a fan of spending a lot for specialty flours when I’m sharing with many non-GF folks. This avoids the inevitable complaints of friends or family who won’t even try GF foods just because they’ve decided they won’t like it.

There are a lot of treats which just happen to be GF, or mostly GF. You can find recipes in normal cookbooks, or maybe you have Read More »

Amy’s Is Adding New Gluten-Free Products to Their Line-up

Gluten Free Works Jennifer Harris

amys broccoli and cheddar bake gluten freThis Examiner has been a fan of the gluten-free products from Amy’s Kitchen for more than a decade. Their line of gluten-free convenience foods, prepared meals, pizzas, wraps and desserts can always be found in my freezer.

We like knowing we are eating quality food that is made with organic ingredients that are GMO free and contain zero trans fats.  We also love that they don’t just stick to one type of cuisine and include Indian, Italian and Asian dishes.

What a lot of people don’t know about this family-oriented company is that Read More »

Gluten Free Works December Advertising Promotions

FIVE AWESOME promotions to put YOU and YOUR PRODUCTS in front of the gluten-free market!

 

Here are the Details:

Deal 1: Gigantic Gluten Free Gazette Savings!!!

 

Save $450 When You Advertise 3 months in the Gluten Free Gazette!!!

 

Over 14,000 subscribers! 3,000 dietitians! 350+ gluten-free support group leaders!

 

Our Holiday, Valentines Day and St. Patrick’s Day Issues are HUGE!!!

 

(Respond by December 16th to get into the Holiday issue!!)
Sign up for all three issues for just $350 each month. You save $150 per issue! Ad includes 125×125 square ad banner + 30 words. (Design $35/ad)

Upgrade to PREMIUM placement and a large 125×240 Vertical banner for $400!!

 

See Our Halloween Gluten Free Gazette > Click Here!

Deal 2: Banner Ad Blowout!! Sign up for 6 months ad save $750!!

 

Glutenfreeworks.com banner ads are seen by tens of thousands of people each month. Put YOUR company and products in front of the gluten-free market and SAVE MONEY!!

 

240,000 Unique Visitors. 1,800,000 Impressions!

 

125×125 Pixel Square Banner Ad + Link to YOUR website!

 

Just $350 per month! (You save $750!)

 


Deal 3: Explode YOUR Twitter Account! 1,000s of Targeted Gluten Free Sales Prospects for YOU!

 

Stop spending thousands on print ads and conventions! Build your own social media community on YOUR Twitter page. We generate 1,000s of followers to your Twitter account. We manage your account to target followers, follow them and unfollow those who do not follow back. We send thank you messages to your new followers. We do the hard work, allowing you to develop relationships with your new followers and sell, sell, sell!!!

 

Just $450/ month when you sign up for six months. Free Set Up If
You Sign Up By December 29th! (You save $400!)

 

“We’ve found Gluten Free Works to be a professional, friendly company that really delivers on its promises.”
-Naomi Poe, Better Batter

 

“John and his team did a wonderful job helping us build a Twitter community.  They were collaborative, targeted, and creative.  We are now reaping the rewards of his work by leveraging the community to increase traffic to our client’s website.”
-Cassandra M. Oryl, Slice Communications, 202-309-2263

 

“We were pleased with the results of our project with John and his team at Gluten Free Works.  Our Twitter presence has increased dramatically with the community we were trying to reach.”
-Brian Kovalchuk, Bard’s Tale Beer Company

Deal 4: NEW!!! Gluten Free Works Social Media Public Relations!

We do the work? YOU get the results!!

 

Do you want EVERYONE talking about your gluten-free products???

 

Gluten Free Works will post YOUR messages & link to Twitter, Facebook, Gluten-free Websites, Gluten-free Blogs, Listservs and other high traffic gluten-free locations for 5 hours per week.

 

Just $250 per week for your own gluten-free public relations firm!!

 

We make the messages. We publish them across the internet. YOU get RESULTS!!
(Note: 8 week minimum.)

Deal 5: Gluten-Free Listserv Promotions: Reach Over 25,000 Gluten-Free Consumers!

 

Put YOUR products in front of thousands of gluten-free consumers.

 

Gluten Free Works will create and distribute your message to over 26 national and regional gluten-free listservs. That means every one of their members will receive YOUR message in their e-mail inbox.

 

People across the country could be saying this about YOUR products…

 

DcCeliacs Listserv

 

“I’m a huge fan of these! And the owners are super nice. My non-celiac friends love them. I usually put them out at dinner parties.”
~Jessica

 

Re: [DCCeliac] Gluten-free Product of the Week: Kitchen Table Bakers’ Gourmet Cheese Crisps

 

Love these!!! I have only tried the parmesan and they are delish!

~Pamela

 

RE:[DCCeliac] Gluten-free Product of the Week: Kitchen Table Bakers’ Gourmet Cheese Crisps

 

Ditto they’re great!

~Karen

 

Just $575 to reach over 25,000 gluten-free consumers!!!

 


Don’t Wait! Contact Gluten Free Works Now to Get YOUR Products in Front of the Gluten Free Market!!!

Contact Harry Bambi at 484-995-4979 or info@glutenfreeworks.com TODAY!!

Gluten Free Pumpkin Pie Recipe

This is my first attempt at making any type of pie, but my mom has made this pie recipe dozens of times, so I know it’s good. As with most gluten free pie crusts, you have to press the dough into the pie plate instead of rolling it out. I messed up a bit with this part because I forgot to check the depth on the bottom of the crust. It turned out way too thick… oops. Luckily, the dough tastes like a sugar cookie, so it wasn’t the end of the world. Next time I will remember to check the depth with a fork before baking the crust. Other than that slight misstep, the pie turned out great. Read More »