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Personal blog of a celiac following a gluten free diet. Product reviews, gluten free and celiac news, restaurant reviews, and upcoming events are discussed.

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Jun 24

Site news and whatnot

A little delayed "spring cleaning" as the first day of summer was earlier this week. If you view my site in Google Reader or through RSS feed, you may want to pop on over to the actual site so you can see the lovely changes I've made. :)For those of (read full article)

events, fellow bloggers

May 16

Chicago's Gluten Free Gala Review

Friday night was The University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center's Annual Benefit. It was the 10th anniversary of the event, which raises money for celiac disease research, and the night was filled with live and silent auctions, a raffle, and gluten (read full article)

Chicago, events, fellow bloggers, Marcello's Pizza, menus, review, Swirlz, University of Chicago

May 13

Two Guys, Polenta, and My Mom

Me and Babs at the Mother's Day Breast Cancer WalkA belated Happy Mother's Day to all you mamas out there. I've been terribly behind on posting due to the bug that's been floating around my office. Starts with a sore throat, grows into a hacking co (read full article)

Dinners, fellow bloggers, polenta, review, Two Guys Foods

Mar 30

Buyer Beware! False "gluten free" products!

Thanks to the Gluten Free Mom post on the alarming discovery by Jules Shepard, Synder's Pretzels is slapping a gluten free label on their bags of pretzels "because Glutino is making a killing" Rrrrrrrrpppp (takes the needle off the record)Excuse me?W (read full article)

celiac, fellow bloggers, snacks

Mar 09

Gluten Free Girl Scout Cookies - Samoas

Ohhh...I'm so happy to hear the comments about the Thin Mints, for those of you that plan on making them, please let me know how they turn out! As I said, I made mine just a tad too thick, so they weren't just like a girl scout cookie, but pretty da (read full article)

baking, cookies, fellow bloggers, Recipes

Mar 02

I'm Being Featured on Gluten Free Frenzy!

Chandice at Gluten Free Frenzy highlights fellow gluten free bloggers in a new series she's dubbed "Tell All Tuesday". Today I am featured! Go check out my mini interview with her here! (read full article)

fellow bloggers

Feb 19

Crazy for Cupcakes!

Last week was filled with cupcakes. Starting on Tuesday at the Safe & Sound dinner at the Landmark Grille, Swirlz Cupcakes provided the dessert, Vegan German Chocolate Cupcakes. They were perfect ending to an amazing dinner! There were a few e (read full article)

cupcakes, fellow bloggers, Recipes, Safe and Sound Dinners, Swirlz

Dec 22

Boring and Bold: A Tale of Two Barks

I love making peppermint bark around Christmas time. The ingredients are super cheap, it makes for a great hostess gift, and tastes delicious! A few years ago at an office holiday party, one of my co-workers brought peppermint bark and the most ama (read full article)

Chocolate, fellow bloggers, Holidays, Recipes

Dec 15

Gluten Free Christmas Cookies - Part I

I am way behind! Everyone in blog world is going great guns with the Christmas cookie posts and I have YET to crank one out. Baking cookies at Christmas time is one of my favorite traditions. When I was a little girl, my mom would make the most be (read full article)

baking, cookies, fellow bloggers, Holidays

Dec 03

Chicago Gluten Free December Events

Happy Holidays! I can't believe it's December already, where did the time go? Once again, I'm a little late in posting the December events. I already missed a support group that was held yesterday. My New Year's resolution is to get better at tha (read full article)

Chicago, cookies, events, fellow bloggers, support groups

Nov 27

Betsy's "Not from a Can" Pumpkin Pie

My chocolate turkey place setting and a photo of my great-grandmother basting a turkey.Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful and delicious meal with their loved ones. I sure did. My side dishes turned out beautifully. The (read full article)

baking, Chocolate, fellow bloggers, GF Companies, Holidays, Recipes

Nov 25

Turkey Cookies and Rainbow Smores

Not too long ago, I took advantage of the Jules Gluten Free flour Thanksgiving sale. I downloaded the Thanksgiving eBook and bought a 5 pound bag of all purpose flour and a 1.5ish pound bag of my favorite Graham Cracker/Gingersnap flour.About a week (read full article)

baking, cookbooks, cookies, cooking, fellow bloggers, GF Companies, Holidays, Lisa Cooks Allergen Free

Oct 31

Happy Halloween and a Belated Flashback Friday

Happy Halloween, everyone! One of my favorite things about Halloween is the costumes. It's so fun to see all the creative costumes and just have fun - anything goes! Over the years I've been everything from a witch to the Bride of Frankenstein. T (read full article)

desserts, fellow bloggers, Flashback Friday, GF Companies

Oct 23

boom CHOCO boom Winner!

Thanks to everyone who entered the Enjoy Life giveaway. I loved your Halloween costume ideas...too cute! I'm still deciding what to dress up as, but I'm sure I'll figure it out soon...I have to, Halloween is now a week away!Back to business though... (read full article)

Chocolate, fellow bloggers, GF Companies, Giveaways, winner

Oct 22

Wouldn't It Be Loverly

One of my very favorite gluten free blogs is Gluten Hates Me but I'm Surviving created by the brilliant Marlow. (holla!) Not only does her blog share awesome gluten free worthy finds, but she delves into her personal life quite a bit too. I love her (read full article)

bakery, cookies, fellow bloggers, FREE FOOD, Liz Lovely

Oct 06

Bayless Fest and Margarita Cupcakes

This weekend I had the pleasure of being a part of Bayless Fest. Hosted by the amazing, Jenn of The Whole Kitchen, we dedicated the evening to Rick Bayless. Our Mexican fiesta featured Bayless inspired dishes, some actually his recipes and products (read full article)

baking, cupcakes, fellow bloggers, mexican food