Archive for November, 2009
Product Review-Jessica’s Natural Foods Gluten Free Granola
Jay at the Gluten Free Post was kind enough to refer Jessica to me. As a lover of food and health, they thought it would be appropriate to give this a go. Jessica sent me samples of all 3 flavors to try. And they are GOOD! But allow me to step back a bit… Jessica’s [...]
Top 10 Gluten Free Healthy and Portable Snacks
Ah, snack foods. The land of high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated fats and excessive packaging. The land of oversized bags, tempting you to stick your hand in just one more time, for one more handful. STEP AWAY FROM THE BAG!! There are lots of better options out there. It does take a little pre-planning, but [...]
Gratitude, Awareness and Prevention-Living a Healthy Gluten Free Bountiful Life
This is going to be a bit of a one-off blog post-consider this my “op-ed” section. We all as individuals have developed our own opinions and outlooks that are shaped by our own unique experiences. I hope some of you will share your outlook in the comments. I like to think I live my life, [...]
Tips for a Healthy Gluten Free Holiday Season
Yes, here it is-the top five six tips for having a healthy gluten free holiday season. Enjoy! If attending a party or gathering with food, ask the host if you can bring something. Choose to bring something that is both healthful and gluten free so you are guaranteed an excellent eating option. My fail-safe is [...]
Blog Award? Who me?!?
Imagine my delight and shock when I read the post on my friend Kim’s blog at Gluten Free Is Life where she presented me with this award! Here are the rules: This award is bestowed upon blogs that are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in [...]
Gluten Free in Washington DC!
This past weekend we took a trip to Washington DC-and what an awesome trip it was! We did a lot of sightseeing and walking, had phenomenal weather, stayed in a lovely hotel just off Dupont Circle-and I had some excellent gluten free eats thanks to some help from my celiac friends on Twitter. Special shouts [...]
Recipe Alert! Very Lemony Chicken
As a follow up to my last post with tips for making your food more flavorful while keeping it healthy and gluten free, here is a very simple recipe that incorporates some of those ideas. (I know I need to work on my food-photo skills. They are not very good. I promise I will get [...]
Eating Healthfully and Flavorfully (is that a word?) Gluten Free
There are many wonderful gluten free food and recipe blogs that you can take a look at for ideas, and I’m going to list a few for you at the end of this post. But barring a specific recipe-what if you just want to cook, not follow a recipe per se? Here are 6 tips [...]
Gluten Free Sports Supplements-Labrada Nutrition
I contacted Labrada Nutrition to about their gluten free products. Now I will say that this means, in this context, that the products are not certified gluten free, but that there are no gluten containing ingredients, and that best manufacturing principles have been followed. This does not mean that dedicated equipment has been used. So-as [...]
Calorie Intake and You-How do You Stack Up? Expenditure vs. Intake-Calories Do Count Part 2
In Part 1 I talked about how important movement, any movement, is in overally daily caloric expenditure. (Now everyone-get up, walk around the house, and come back. Seriously. Or prop up your computer and stand, that’ll work.) (You guys are going to think I’m lying, but I seriously got up and took the dog for [...]
