Tag: gluten free

Urban Gardening Vegetables in our Organic Nanofarm

Does springtime have you considering trying your hand at urban gardening vegetables? (Mmmm…fresh, home-grown yummy veggies!)  Guess what? You don’t need a large yard. It’s important to realize (and embrace!) that even a teensy space can become your nanofarm!  So here’s our experiences on urban vegetable gardening for beginners. 🙂 Our urban gardening for Beginners …

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Missing Hot Pockets? I tried Snow Days Pizza Bites

Remember Hot Pockets, those toaster oven/microwave quick snacks? The ones that you’d grab when you were starving, had no desire to eat a nutritious, balanced meal, or were just too lazy or broke to order pizza? I spotted Snow Days Pizza Bites and thought immediately of them. Only smaller. And gluten-free. Feeling sentimental 90s Gen …

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How to Eat Gluten Free at Restaurants – Sysco Foods

Figuring out how to eat gluten free at restaurants can be challenging when you have celiac disease. You’re never quite sure what you’ll be able to have! Always ask the server about their food service supplier if they’re unsure what’s safe for you to order. If you find out that it’s Sysco Foods, you’re in …

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Learning how to eat gluten-free is still necessary :(

Well, my last post from 2018 aged like a carton of milk left on the counter! It’s now 6 years later, and we STILL don’t have a cure or therapy for Celiac Disease. ImmusantT was a bust. And we still need to master how to eat gluten-free, especially when we eat out. I was completely …

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Are McDonald’s Fries Gluten-Free? 

are McDonald's fries gluten-free

If you need to eat on the go, I’m sure at some point you might have typed into Google’s search bar, “Are Mcdonald’s fries gluten-free?” or perhaps “Are McDonald’s french fries safe for Celiacs?” I mean, they’re potatoes. And potatoes don’t have gluten, right? Nevertheless, there could be something more going on, and you’ll need …

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LipSense: A Test-Drive & Honest Review of this Gluten-free Lip System

 It felt weird putting on lipgloss before I went to bed, but I did it anyway.  No, I wasn’t in seduction mode (too bad for my poor husband!):  I was testing a product that fellow Instagrammer  Sandra Hudson @lifewithlipgloss asked me to try and opine on, no holds barred.  I love opining.  It’s what I do …

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Oh MyFries Edmonton: gluten-free goodness!

If you’re traveling to Edmonton, Alberta, and trying to find french fries that are gluten free, there’s a hidden gem of a place that creates inanely good fries that are both gluten-free and are not fattening! Like we died and went to French fry heaven! (It’s a mystery to me as to why this place …

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Protein Crepes – Nutritious and Delicious!

I see a lot of recipes for gluten-free protein pancake stacks, but I’ve not seen many a gluten-free protein crepes recipe. Remember crepes? Soft and tender, rolled up with simultaneously delicious crispy edges?  Yeah, neither do I. Well, barely.  Stupid celiac disease.   Making the decision to indeed be crepeless no longer My mother used …

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Scary Ingredients: Is Glucose made from Wheat Gluten-free? (Shudder)

“Is glucose made from wheat gluten-free?” Sometimes, you just want to eat your presumed safe candy and pop a piece into your mouth, chewing happily. Then suddenly, you get that sinking feeling as you spot a terrifying ingredient on the label and are furiously Googling…again! Ok…honesty time here: I FREAKED OUT when I saw “gluten …

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Urban Gardening Vegetables – The Balcony Nanofarm

My massage therapist and I discussed the Grow Your Own Food movement (it seems to be a popular topic.) He shared that he loves balcony gardening vegetables!  In general (and compared to the average grocery store veggies), we both emphatically agreed: Yes, we preferred the flavor of our own fresh-picked ones better. As I lay on …

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