Gluten Free Goodness

I’ve been a diagnosed celiac for almost 10 years. As I sat in the office of my Gastroenterologist, he asked me if I wanted to see a Nutritionist. Now, I’ve always considered myself an adventurous cook…love to experiment, my first thought, of course, was what the hell was I going to eat? The thought of talking with a professional about food was exciting….I imagined an immediate bonding experience with this new unmet friend. My experience with the Nutritionist was disappointing […]

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Divine Chocolate Cookies…Gluten Free

I’ve been a diagnosed “celiac” for about 7 years now and my philosophy has always been fake food tastes fake….real food tastes better. So packaged food or recipes labeled as “gluten free” are always dubious and never taste even close to whatever they are imitating. I don’t usually subject myself to buying quantities of specialty flour to make cookies, cakes or whatever baked goods I’m trying to recreate. I look for different ways to put things together in order […]

South Beach Diet Meatloaf….So Awesome!

Look, here’s the deal…. Anybody can alter a recipe to become gluten free by substituting one of the many gluten free flours or “packaged” products on the market. I’ve been a celiac for years and I realized very early in this process that the key to my eating happiness was going to be, stay away from “fake” food and focus on creativity using “real” food. The other challenge was going to be, how to simulate some of our favorite comfort […]