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How to Cook Quinoa

June 23, 2012

What is Quinoa? How to Rinse Quinoa Can you Cook Quinoa in a Rice Cooker? Ever since I mentioned quinoa when I wrote about gluten free breakfasts, I’ve gotten a lot of questions about how to cook it and what is it exactly, anyway. Preparing quinoa is easy- if you can cook rice, you can [...]

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Are Oats Gluten Free?

June 16, 2012

Oats themselves are considered to be gluten free these days. Although some people do have a food allergy to them, this is a separate issue. Oats do not contain gluten. But the problem is that this only holds true for pure, uncontaminated oats. Most commercial oat products are cross-contaminated with barley, wheat and/or rye sometime [...]

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Foods with Gluten

June 11, 2012

Most everyone is aware that the following foods contain gluten, (as long as they know that wheat contains gluten) but for completeness sake: Bagels Bread- wheat, rye, pumpernickel etc Breakfast Cereal Cake Cookies Doughnuts Gravy Muffins Pie Crust and Pastry Pancakes Pasta Pizza Dough Waffles Commonly Overlooked Gluten Containing Foods For the gluten avoidance diet, [...]

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Gluten-Free Breakfast Recipes

February 11, 2012

Breakfast, probably the most important meal of the day ( at least for me) can be healthy and nutritous for gluten intolerant people.  Here are a few of my favorite breakfast recipes. Porridge Ingredients One part brown rice flakes One part quinoa flakes One part chia Two parts millet cereal Preparation Step One: First you [...]

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Gluten Free Diet for Travelers

February 11, 2012

Travelling can be a frustrating experience for a person on a gluten free diet. At home you have established where you can buy gluten free foods, you probably have a few favourite restaurants where you know you can eat a delicious gluten free meal and at home you have a cupboard full of gluten-free treats. [...]

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