Posts Tagged “ Gluten-Free ”

Making a loaf of gluten-free bread

I got a bread machine for Christmas. Woot! I asked for it because store bought gluten-free bread is not only expensive, it’s pretty gross tasting (at least by what I’ve tried so far). The consistency is cardboard.  I picked out the Breadman because it has a gluten-free setting. I also like that it has a little bit of a space pod feel to it. What I’ve discovered though is that making bread is more like an alchemist »

Thanksgiving at the new place

I hope you all are having a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! Yesterday I went to a friend’s house to celebrate her birthday. Today I cooked my first gluten-free Thanksgiving style meal. Yay! I can’t remember the last time I made a turkey. My last apartment had a doll sized kitchen so no turkey would fit inside it. Luckily I had a friend who would cook me my free ShopRite turkey so it wouldn’t go to waste. My new »

Betty Crocker Gluten Free Desserts!

Look what I found at the grocery store tonight!! I got the yellow and chocolate cake mixes. They didn’t have the other two but had spots for them so I’ll have to check back! I so need to bake one tonight. Hmm. Not sure which yet. Oh and looks like they’ll be labeling all their ready-to-spread frostings gluten-free this Fall. Ooh, and look, recipes! Happy find indeed! ……………………… Update: I made the chocolate cake and topped it »

A ramble on gluten

Until recently, I hadn’t been posting all that regularly on this blog. Life got in the way. You know how it goes with that. The thing is, I felt like hell for a long time. Since I got diagnosed with PCOS I’d been getting progressively worse. Sounds backwards doesn’t it? And that’s why I mention it. I did what my doctors told me to do. I changed my diet to stop eating white flour and watched my »

Directory of gluten-free resources

A few handy sites: Celiac.com (Their forum is great. I use it a lot to track down what foods are gluten-free.) Cooking Gluten Free (Recipes!) Gluten-Free Girl (Fantastic blog chock full of recipes and gluten-free information) A lot of companies list gluten info on their websites: Amy’s Betty Crocker Chex Fage Heinz Kraft Newman’s Own Trader Joe’s Whole Foods Vans Yoplait Gluten-free brands: EnviroKidz Glutino Kinnikinnick Pamela’s Products Perdue Pirate’s Booty Misc products: Breyers yogurts all except »