Kaia Foods

Kaia Foods

Hearty, nutritious, earthy, and unique are words I’d use to describe all of Kaia Foods’ products. Kaia (rhymes with “papaya”) is from the Sanskrit word for “body,” kaya, yet the owners spelled it like Gaia, for the Greek goddess of the earth. Hence, body and earth come together to depict the essence of Kaia Foods. […]

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Very Lucky Recipients of the Liz Lovely Cookie Sampler

Very Lucky Recipients of the Liz Lovely Cookie Sampler

It was such an honor to partner up with Liz Lovely and offer their 8-pack Gluten-Free sampler to 3 lucky GlutenFreeHelp.info readers. The lucky winners: Ashley Garcia, Mandy Lopez and 9 year old Panther Roman were all equally thrilled to find out they would each be receiving the sampler. Ashley was so excited that she […]

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Chocolate Caramels

Chocolate Caramels

Mmmm…delicious cubes of caramel make a yummy gift or a perfect sweet treat at a party. But don’t forget your protein dish before you get all sugared out! INGREDIENTS 2 tbsp unsalted butter 4 oz. unsweetened chocolate, chopped 1 ½ c heavy cream 2 c sugar ½ c light corn syrup Pinch of salt 1 […]

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How Good is Legal Sea Foods at Handling Food Allergies? Part 2

How Good is Legal Sea Foods at Handling Food Allergies? Part 2

[The following AllergyEats Blog post was written by Adrienne Walkowiak] Legal Sea Foods, a popular restaurant chain, gets high praise when it comes to serving food-allergic guests.  For years, their restaurants have been doing all the right things – training their staff, implementing specific allergy protocols and offering a gluten-free menu.  According to Corporate Chef […]

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Listen to My NABBW (National Association of Baby Boomer Women) Teleseminar on Celiac Disease

Listen to My NABBW (National Association of Baby Boomer Women) Teleseminar on Celiac Disease

I had the honor and pleasure of being featured in a NABBW (National Association of Baby Boomer Women) teleseminar on celiac disease with Anne Holmes, the “Boomer-in-Chief” of the NABBW, National Association of Baby Boomer Women. Follow the link below to have a listen or download the teleseminar as an MP3: http://attendthisevent.com/?eventid=14823489 Enjoy! Tina Turbin […]

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Strawberry Muffins or Bundt Cake

Strawberry Muffins or Bundt Cake

Phyllis Chinn sent this in and said this was an adaptation which she made from a “normal” recipe and she said it is truly a delicious gluten-free treat for anyone, celiac or not.

 Click here for more delicious gluten free recipes. My friends all love the chocolate sauce listed at  my recipe page. It’s to […]

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Cereal Vit- Gluten Free Cereal

Cereal Vit- Gluten Free Cereal

Today we were testing and comparing notes of four flavors of cereal simultaneously at my Florida and L.A. studios. We had Cereal Vit’s Organic Corn Flakes, Organic Benevit Multi Grain Flakes, Organic Coffee Flakes (yes, coffee), and their just-released Choco Stars (yes, chocolate). The combined notes are really the only way to do a summary […]

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LABELING REGULATIONS IN JEOPARDY NOW- URGENT ALERT

LABELING REGULATIONS IN JEOPARDY NOW- URGENT ALERT

URGENT ALERT… PROPOSED FOOD ALLERGEN/GLUTEN LABELING REGULATIONS IN JEOPARDY Celiac and allergy groups have joined together in response to the strong opposition of the beer industry over the proposed regulatory changes by Health Canada. Below are some of the press releases in the news: http://www.prweb.com/releases/Celiac-Disease-Allergens/Food-Beverage-Labelling/prweb4999184.htm Please pass this along to your colleagues and friends in […]

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The Gluten Free Bistro- Fresh Gluten-Free Pizza Crust For You

The Gluten Free Bistro- Fresh Gluten-Free Pizza Crust For You

Terrific gluten-free recipe using the GF Bistro crust is at your fingertips now! I think we just died and went to “Pizza Heaven.” Take a look at these pictures, and you’ll see the kitchen at work testing The Gluten Free Bistro’s GF pizza crust. The taste of this crust is light in texture yet hearty […]

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Tina’s Use of the GF Bistro Pizza Crust

Tina’s Use of the GF Bistro Pizza Crust

I have been known to not be one to follow directions so this is my version of the GF Bistro Pizza Crust which suited the testers quite well. We did try out the instructions included yet we feel the recipe turned out a slight bit better in the “crust department” when we made s light […]

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O’Doughs

O’Doughs

O’Doughs may be a newer name to those in the States, but they’ve established themselves quite well in Canada among the gluten-free community. Owner, Ari Weinberg, and his current product development team have an array of loaves, rolls, cakes, and pizza kits that are not only delicious but have the texture we’ve all been yearning […]

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Cook-in-the-Kitchen

Cook-in-the-Kitchen

Cook-in-the-Kitchen has 4 gluten-free soups which we tested and really enjoyed. We did add a few touches, more in the area of protein and an occasional chopped fresh vegetable, but it was not a necessity to add anything to their full flavor soups. We used their Welsh Potato soup as a base for our Clam […]

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My Personal Story with Bio-K Plus

My Personal Story with Bio-K Plus

While on a three-week book tour last fall in New England, I spent many meals dodging gluten, often driving away still hungry. Many days I know I ingested gluten from hidden sources or even an unclean grill, due to the effects I experienced soon after; the gluten was taking its toll. My intestines and joints […]

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Andean Dream- ONLY Gluten Free

Andean Dream- ONLY Gluten Free

Andean Dream’s Organic Quinoa-Rice Pasta cooks and tastes more like the “real” pasta I was used to eating before being diagnosed with celiac disease. I had seven people test the pasta with me. We all agreed. We introduced the pasta to those not on a GF diet, and they couldn’t tell it was GF pasta—that’s […]

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Gluten-Free Fudge

Gluten-Free Fudge

Now you can make this delicious gluten free treat at home! If you are trying to stay off of sugar use my sugar to agave conversion. INGREDIENTS 2 ½ c sugar 4 oz. unsweetened chocolate 3 tbsp butter 1 c half-and-half 1 tbsp corn syrup Vanilla Nuts, if desired   DIRECTIONS 1. Cook 2 ½ […]

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Deerfields Gluten-Free Bakery- WOW!

Deerfields Gluten-Free Bakery- WOW!

Deerfields Gluten-Free Bakery, located in Schaumburg, Illinois, is open to everyone at their location and via the internet. Lucky for us as well as their gluten-free line is in a dedicated GF facility! Open since 1886, it is now a five-generation bakery. I’m telling you, folks, if you want some tasty treats and delicious baked […]

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Gluten-Free Baking Question

Gluten-Free Baking Question

Tina, I have a baking question for you…. How do you get the muffins to (basically) explode above the muffin cups? All of the muffins I have ever baked (GF or otherwise) just kinda go flat once they bake…making a hockey-puck shape…how do you get “THE muffin-top”??? I’ve tried ALL different kinds of things to […]

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Help Your Celiac Child Get Enough Fiber in His Gluten-Free Diet

Help Your Celiac Child Get Enough Fiber in His Gluten-Free Diet

It’s important to realize and meet the challenge of getting enough fiber in your child’s new diet, and it’s easy, too. Why is that it’s more difficult to get enough fiber in a gluten-free diet? Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye, grains which are high in fiber. Rice flours and the […]

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Karmic Krunch – a Gluten Free TREAT!

Karmic Krunch – a Gluten Free TREAT!

Karmic Krunch is a little granola meets trail mix, meets healthy, meets moist, meets lightly crunchy. It has a slight caramel flavor from just the right about of agave. If anyone is looking for a gluten-free snack that’s truly healthy and satisfying, here’s your purchase. Sandi Star is a certified Clinical Nutritionist and founder of […]

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Liz Lovely

Liz Lovely

I need to start out by letting you know that what I share with you in this review may just change your life! The subject at hand is cookies. Yes, cookies. Those delectable little (or large) morsels of “yum.” When it comes to gluten-free cookies, we celiacs tend to compromise and like our newfound cookies. […]

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