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When I was asked to write an endorsement for the brand new Crave Bakery Cookbook, I was flattered and excited! I fell in love with the products from Crave Bakery back in 2010 and can’t wait to get busy making some of the recipes in the new cookbook!
Crave Bakery Brownie
More about the cookbook:
In honor of Celiac Awareness Month, Crave Bakery is giving a 40% discount through May 31, 2013. The book will be just $2.99 in iTunes. Crave Bakery has generously offered to give 5 lucky winners each a free copy of the new cookbook! How cool is that? Simply follow the instructions in the Rafflecopter box below to enter! Continue reading Crave Bakery Gluten-Free Cookbook Giveaway Here we are entering the third week of May. Our weather has changed dramatically over the past week. Last weekend for Mother’s Day, Saturday was cold and raining, Sunday was windy and not very warm and I wore running tights and gloves for my Tuesday morning run. After that chilly morning run, it got hot and humid and it’s stayed that way.
This was Wednesday. When the weather gets hot like this I start thinking of cool drinks…ice cold gluten-free beer, white wine spritzers or frozen margaritas with salt on the rim. Weekly Menu Sunday – Grilled turkey and Swiss cheese sandwiches, baked fries and salad Monday – Easy enchilada bake, corn and salad Tuesday – Dinner time meetings, so leftovers or take-out Wednesday – Grilled chicken, potato packets on the grill, steamed green beans and salad Thursday – Breakfast for dinner and fruit salad Friday – Make your own pizza and salad Saturday – Bourbon chicken, brown rice, snow peas and salad
Weekly Recap Review: Larabar ALT protein bars Jason’s Deli offers full size Udi’s Gluten-Free Bread Celiac Disease Awareness and Pet Peeves KIND Bars debut two new flavors Have a great week! Kim I want to share some exciting news for all of those who live in the Columbus and surrounding areas. It was only a few months back when I first sampled the new gluten-free Sonoma Flatbread Pizzas made by Donato’s.
Today I received an email from a contact at Donato’s with the following information about their Gluten-Free Sonoma Flatbread Pizzas.
If you haven’t tried the flatbread pizzas prior to this, now is your chance! I think the regular price of these pizzas is competitive and fair, seeing as they can feed 4 people (with salads on the side) or 2 without. Don’t feel like you are missing out any longer…give these a try! Have you tried the new Gluten-Free Sonoma Flatbread Pizzas? A friend pointed me to this article from the Huffington Post earlier this week. The article is about pet peeves regarding the gluten-free diet and things people say when they hear you are on the diet. One of my biggest pet peeves is hearing, “Have you heard about that new weight loss diet…the gluten-free diet?", or something along those lines.
If you do have Celiac Disease or gluten intolerance, following the gluten-free diet is not a choice; it is an absolute necessity. Are there people out there who start the gluten-free diet and find that it makes them feel better, even though they don’t have a diagnosis of Celiac Disease or gluten intolerance? Yes, and if they are feeling better, they may have an undiagnosed intolerance or even Celiac Disease. The other possibility is that they are eating less junk (processed foods). Eating whole, unprocessed foods can do wonders for your body, but many people don’t eliminate processed foods unless they are trying to lose weight or aren’t feeling well, and are looking for a source of their pain or illness. Once the person loses weight and/or starts to feel better, the assumption then becomes that the problem was what they eliminated from their diets, though in reality it may be that cutting out higher fat, higher calorie, higher sodium foods were the issue and not the gluten (or other allergen). I am not saying gluten and food intolerances don’t exist; they are very real. I just get tired of hearing the gluten-free diet being touted as the newest weight loss plan or fad diet. What can I do about it? Take action in the form of education. May is Celiac Disease Awareness Month, which gives me a great platform to spread information, share gluten-free knowledge and samples. If you or someone you know is struggling with the gluten-free diet or diagnosis, here are four different resources that offer a plethora of information, including a symptom checklist.:
Do you have a gluten-free pet peeve regarding the reactions of people once you tell them you are on the diet? What is the toughest part for you about sticking to a health & fitness routine? Is it motivation? Is it finding time? Do you wonder how others have time to fit exercise and healthy eating into their hectic schedules? I am not going to lie to you and tell you that it will be easy [...] Saturday, May 4, 2013 marked the third time I have run the Cap City Half Marathon and the 13th Half Marathon I have run over the past 4 years. This year the Cap City course was a little different than it was in years past. This change was made before the Boston Bombings, though there [...] |
  
My son and me, November 2000. This is before we were gluten-free/diagnosed Celiac.    |
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