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  • Gluten Free Pasta Skillet Recipe

    Gluten Free Pasta Skillet Recipe

    Another gluten free favorite at our house is something we call “gluten free pasta skillet.” I picked this up on another gluten free blog and it’s been a solid addition to our dinner rotation. Ingredients for Gluten Free Pasta Skillet – 1 pound of ground beef – Italian seasoning –…

  • Gluten Free Recipe: Delicious Coffee Cake

    I’ve passed the two and a half year mark in being gluten free and I’m just now experimenting with recipes. It’s taken awhile to get comfortable with the basics … but recently I wanted to make a coffee cake. A moist, delicious, insane coffee cake. Guess what!? It worked. At…

  • Review: Gluten Free Pizza Dough by French Meadow Bakery

    Last time I was in Safeway (our grocery store) I noticed a special freezer section with several new gluten free items in it. All of them were by French Meadow Bakery, and I’d never tried any of their food before. I picked up a blueberry muffin and some of their…

  • Gluten Intolerance Discussed in the Wall Street Journal

    Some of of you who have been reading for awhile may recall that I am gluten free. I cut all wheat out of my diet about two years ago after having an myriad of strange health issues which included migraines, severe bloating, intestinal distress (along with very loud stomach noises,…

  • Gluten Free Reviews: Pasta, Mac and Cheese, and Pretzels

    Some of you all know that I’ve been gluten-free for about a year now. I have fructose malabsorption, which means I don’t have the enzymes required to break down fructose. It’s a little like lactose intolerance, if only in some of the ways it affects digestion (both result from a…

  • Let’s Talk About Migraines

    Let’s Talk About Migraines

    Or, let’s not. But I feel like I’ve been avoiding this post for oh so long, so OK. Here we go. In June of 2007, I was diagnosed as having migraines. I went to urgent care because I’d had a cold that seemed to find its way to my sinuses…