Gluten free

For people with diagnosed celiac disease or autoimmune related gluten intolerance, eating a gluten free diet is not optional. It’s the only medical treatment currently available and requires 100 percent lifelong adherence.

In addition, other conditions frequently occur alongside celiac disease and gluten intolerance. Maintaining health requires attention to lifestyle behaviors and adequate nutrition that will improve quality of life and prevent complications. The following three tips will ensure success eating gluten free. Read More »

Gluten Free Pumpkin Cheesecake – do I really need to convince you to read on??

Here’s what you need to start:

• 1 Janelle, who’s had a stressful week of exams
• A dash of intense desire to eat something pumpkin
• 1 boyfriend that loves cheesecake Read More »

This cake recipe comes from one of my mom’s co-workers and is one of my dad’s favorite cakes! Since my dad was especially busy with work my last week home and took me to my nerve blocks, I decided it would be nice to make him a special treat; plus I really wanted to try this cake, since my parents always talk about how good this recipe is. Read More »

Who doesn’t love fall weather? The colors changing on the leaves, cooler weather (well, maybe we will be a couple degrees less than 100), the beginning of a new football season, the glorious Austin City Limits Music Festival, the list goes on. Some of the best tasting vegetables are also in season in the fall such as the mushrooms, oranges, lemons, cauliflower and fennel. All of the following vegetables have unique flavors and can be used in a variety of dishes. The top five are:

Mushrooms
Mushrooms are known for their immune boosting benefits in the nutrition world. They have been used for thousands of years in helping prevent cancer, boost the immune system and are also known as a great anti-aging food. There are several different types of mushrooms that are fabulous to cook with. Try grilling some beefy Portobello’s with Italian seasonings for a nice vegetarian meal this fall.

Oranges
The beloved orange; it’s one of the most popular fruits in North America. Known for the immune boosting vitamin C, oranges have many other health benefits. Oranges also have a good amount of Potassium (which helps with muscle contraction), fiber and vitamin A. Oranges are very versatile when it comes to cooking. Try this yummy recipe from celiac.com: Orange Chicken. Read More »

Wouldn’t it be great if there was a website were you could review and rate gluten-free companies?

There is! You can!

Now, you can share your experiences with other people in the gluten-free community!

Glutenfreeclassifieds.com is our new online directory where you can review and rate your favorite gluten-free companies.

Here is how you rate and review gluten-free companies.

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You never have to worry about what to make for breakfast, lunch or dinner ever again.

Seriously.

Glutenfreeworks.com did the work for you.

It’s all in our 80 page e-cookbook and nutrition guide…

Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Cooking Made Easy!

There are dozens of recipes that cover Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack, Beverages.

All the recipes are delicious and free of the following:

• No Gluten (No wheat, barley, rye or oats)
• No Cow Dairy (Only goat or sheep dairy are used and substitutions are offered.)
• No Sugar (No cane sugar or beet sugar)
• No Soy

Basic Pancakes and Waffles. So yummy!

The recipes are easy to master and the ingredients are easy to find.

You can get them in your local supermarket.

Sound good?

It gets better.

This is more than a cookbook.

Much more.

It is a nutrition and symptom guide.

Cleo J. Libonati, RN, BSN

Our co-founder, Cleo Libonati, RN, BSN wrote the book.

She happens to be Pennsylvania Dutch and an amazing cook.

She also graduated from University of Pennsylvania when the nursing program included nutrition.

Sections on Gluten and Dairy explain how they cause health problems in detail.

The section on Nutrient Deficiencies includes a chart of Symptoms matched to the deficiency that causes them.

All the recipes include a list of the nutrients the dish contains.

This way you can look up your symptoms, find out which deficiency is causing them and add the meals that will give you the nutrients YOU need.

We should have called it Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Cooking and Nutrition Made Easy!

Most chronic health problems are due to inflammation and nutrient deficiencies.

Buckwheat Brownies

This book will help you decrease inflammation by cutting out gluten, dairy, sugar and soy while improving your nutrient levels.

We don’t just sell the book.

We use it.

Every week and most days.

Especially every time we want pizza. Or waffles. Or cake. Yum.

We use it when the symptom section shows us we need more zinc or calcium or vitamin A.

Did you know you could make a tasty Brazil Nut Risotto that contains Selenium, Vitamin K, Calcium, Copper, Magnesium, Magnanese. Vitamin A, Riboflavin and Iron?

You can. It’s on page 59.

Our Chocolate Coconut Ice Cream Recipe gives you iron and copper. That’s on page 63.

Tender Skillet Meatloaf

Of course we have the mainstays like Tender Skillet Meatloaf (Page 54), Crispy Fried Chicken Tenders (Page 50), Egg Fried Rice (Page 46) and Savory Chip Steak (Page 45), Breakfast Burritos (Page 40)and Peachy Pancakes and Waffles (Page 36).

You’ll also have the best bread recipe at your fingertips.

The book works.

Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Cooking Made Easy was made to give you an entire diet you can take forward for the rest of your life.

You can find it here…along with more details, photos of all the recipes and testimonials.

Best of health,

John

John Libonati, Publisher

Glutenfreeworks.com

Remember when the gluten-free diet was all the rage in the news?

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Gluten-Free Morning Glory Muffins
2010 © Teri Lee Gruss, licensed to About.com, Inc.

The original Morning Glory muffin recipe is said to have originated on Nantucket Island, the creation of Chef Pam McKinstry. I can’t think of a better gluten-free breakfast and snack muffin than Morning Glory muffins with well over a quart of healthy fruits, carrots and nuts added. And these fragrant cinnamon spiced muffins are gluten and dairy free.

This recipe is a gluten-free adaptation of “The Original Morning Glory Muffins” which appears in The Earthbound Farm Organics Cookbook – Food to Live By by Myra Goodman with Linda Holland and Pamela McKinstry.

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 55 minutes

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Don’t let the name fool you. Buckwheat is anything but wheat. It is much more nutritious than wheat and, in spite of the name, is completely gluten-free.

Buckwheat has been grown in America since colonial days. Buckwheat was once very common on farms in the northeastern and northcentral United States. Production of buckwheat reached a peak in 1860s at which time the grain was a common livestock-feed and was in demand for making flour. Buckwheat enjoyed a resurgence of popularity in the mid 1970’s that was brought on by the demand for commercially prepared breakfast cereal and by exports to Japan for making buckwheat noodles. This boom was due to the nutritional excellence of buckwheat.(1)

Buckwheat Dietary Uses

Buckwheat flour has a strong, distinctive flavor and is often mixed with other flours to lend its distinctive taste to many baked goods. Buckwheat comes in a few different forms for dietary consumption: Read More »

Dunkin Donuts has started offering a gluten-free fudge brownie in addition to its new line of under $2 menu items.

This is Dunkin Donuts’ first nationwide foray into the $2 billion gluten-free market. They previously tried gluten-free donuts, but the donuts were only available in a few stores.

The new fudge brownie is individually wrapped and now available at over 8,500 participating stores across the United States.

According to Dunkin’ Donuts’ U.S. Chief Marketing Officer Tony Weisman, “We know that the ‘Dunkin’ Run’ is a daily part of many of our guests’ lives as they keep themselves and their friends running, so we’re excited to launch a new menu offering fresh Read More »