I have quite a busy week ahead of me, my little one is getting ready to turn 4 (sniff) at the end of this month and I have some gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, refined sugar-free (and synthetic dye-free) Batman cupcakes to try and figure out how to make! Where’s that magic wand when I need it?? […]
Q & A with Dr. Vikki: How Can I Determine if I’m Celiac or Gluten Sensitive?
posted on July 15, 2011 by
Dr. Vikki Petersen, a Doctor of Chiropractic and Certified Clinical Nutritionist, is founder of the renowned HealthNOW Medical Center in Sunnyvale, California. She is co-author of “The Gluten Effect,” a bestselling book that has been celebrated by leading experts as an epic leap forward in gluten sensitivity diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Vikki herself is acknowledged […]
Five Star Marinade, Review and Giveaway!
posted on July 12, 2011 by
This year is quickly becoming my year of all things marinades, rubs, sauces and dressings. Growing up, we relied on salt and condensed soup “gravy” to add flavor and moisture to our meats and veggies (which were often dry and/or mushy and therefore required something to help them go down). Sadly, I was fine with […]
Ethel’s Edibles Gluten Free Desserts
posted on July 11, 2011 by
I recently received two beautifully wrapped (and complimentary) packages of gluten free Blondies and Pecan Dandys from Ethel’s Edibles to sample and review. Ethel’s Edibles is a gluten free bakery in Michigan, founded by Jill Bommarito and inspired by her grandmother, Ethel (hence the name of the bakery). Unfortunately, we could not personally try the […]
Weekly Menu Plan – Week of July 11
posted on July 11, 2011 by
Before I get to my menu plan for the week, I want to share some rather exciting news from Sam’s appointment with his pediatric GI on Friday. We got the first “real” evidence that everything we’ve been doing over the past 5 months (since going to see Dr. Vikki Petersen and the amazing team at […]
Top Shelf Premium Cocktail Mixers (and a Giveaway!)
posted on July 7, 2011 by
Let me first start off saying that there are some parts of my “job” as a blogger that are just down right difficult to do and the perfect examples are yesterday’s gluten free beer showdown and today’s review of Top Shelf Ultra Premium Cocktail Mixers. Sometimes, ya just gotta take one (or two) for the […]
Weekly Menu Plan – Week of July 4th
posted on July 5, 2011 by
I was so busy prepping for our gluten free 4th of July party yesterday, I forgot to post my menu plan! Well, better later than never, I say! 😀 We had a wonderful time and nothing feels better than knowing all the food at the party is 100% gluten free…no risk for cross contamination and […]
My Favorite Things – Gluten Free Style
posted on July 1, 2011 by
I have two newly gluten free sisters and they have been asking me a lot of questions over the past month about what they can safely eat…and still tastes good. Given that I had an incredibly difficult time adjusting to the gluten free diet when I was first diagnosed with celiac disease in 2005 (and […]
Weekly Menu Plan – Week of June 27
posted on June 26, 2011 by
I am so happy that last week is finally over, I’m just not used to being THAT busy anymore! Typically, we are much more laid back with our schedule, I don’t put my boys in too many activities, simply because the commute can interfere with making dinner (not to mention all the snacks that are […]
Gluten Sensitivity Causes Autoimmune Disease
posted on June 24, 2011 by
I want to share a couple videos from Dr. Vikki Petersen of HealthNOW Medical Center that I think are extremely important for people who have any autoimmune disease to understand (click here for a comprehensive list of autoimmune diseases from the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association). I will also link to some important research at […]
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