Welcome to our new series “Chronicles in the Kitchen with My College Son”. This is a guest post written by my son who is a college student and will be cooking many of his own meals next year at school. He decided that this summer he would expand his cooking skills and learn how to cook multiple meals, snacks and more. So here he is documenting his cooking adventures and sharing the specific dishes he loves to make. Continue reading “Chronicles in the Kitchen with My College Son”
Karen of Healthy GF Family
What We Bought On Amazon
Holiday Gift Guide 2021
Thanksgiving 2020
Navigating Thanksgiving Gluten-free!
Thanksgiving Countdown!
Behind the Scenes on our Italy trip: all your questions, answered.
Is your Sushi Gluten-Free?
Simple Meal Strategies while “Staying at Home”
We suddenly had to be really strategic about what we cooked and ate, thinking about what food was in the house and what was going to go bad soon. It is a work-in-progress, but after 3 weeks, we have a bit of a routine working for us. So sharing all our best meal strategies for minimizing waste, maximizing pantry items and staying sane while feeding a family of 4 (including 2 teen boys, one with celiac disease), and still eating healthy and delicious food! Continue reading “Simple Meal Strategies while “Staying at Home””
How to plant a Patio Vegetable Garden
The last few years, I’ve shared the journey of growing our garden from planting to harvesting on Instagram stories and after more requests than I can count, I’m finally sharing the how tos and our best tips here! So I hope you join us and grow a patio garden this year!
Finding Restaurants when Traveling Gluten-Free
Gluten-Free in Florence, Italy
I don’t pack lunch: How we worked with the school district to get celiac-safe, gluten-free lunches.
Our Top 5 Tips for Easy Meal Planning
The Young Celiac Chef
My son has always been interested in food and always wanted to try everything. He’s the kid who eats for pure enjoyment, not just fuel. He’s the kid who would rather enjoy 5 bites of his food than scarf down an entire lunchbox during a short school lunch. He’s the kid who even at a young age wanted to sit at the family table and have good conversation over food. Continue reading “The Young Celiac Chef”
Glutened at Day Camp
It was smooth sailing until one day they called to say he had been accidentally given a hamburger on a regular (ie full gluten!) bun. Silence on the end of the phone. Continue reading “Glutened at Day Camp”
Gluten in Medicine
Our favorite Gluten-Free pastas
Our Favorite Gluten-Free Bread
My son doesn’t eat everything I post, and I’m ok with that
The reason I started the Healthy Gluten-Free Family is that my son needs to eat a gluten-free diet (hello Celiac Disease) AND because he’s always loved trying new foods and the dining experience (see The Young Celiac Chef). He’s the kid who always wants to try new foods and flavors or variations of his favorite dishes. But with Celiac Disease, we need to make sure his food is prepared free of cross contamination, so he doesn’t have the option to just walk into any restaurant or deli and try anything he wants. Continue reading “My son doesn’t eat everything I post, and I’m ok with that”
All things Celiac
Those who know me personally know I am passionate about All Things Celiac. I get easily worked up about food labeling, drug labeling, restaurant cross contamination, awareness within the medical community, self-diagnosis, reluctance to be tested, screening and testing, ability for my son to socialize easily… are you getting the picture? Continue reading “All things Celiac”
You can never assume…
Sisters Spin for Celiac
The Stand Juice Company
Pappardella
Dining out in Napa
What we ate while in Marin for 36 hours
Dining out on The Big Island of Hawaii
A gorgeous location with gluten-free options all around
We just returned from an amazing vacation to The Big Island of Hawaii. It wasn’t just that we were traveling with great company (my parents and my brother’s family) or that the weather was perfect, or that the island is absolutely gorgeous. The icing on the cake is that it was really easy to dine out and eat well gluten-free! As anyone with food restrictions knows, dining out on the road can be a real challenge. Menu options are often limited, and many restaurants aren’t able to prepare food safely at all. Continue reading “Dining out on The Big Island of Hawaii”
Nima goes to Hawaii
The joy of dining at a gluten-free restaurant
Worry-free eating out: what a treat!
Papa John’s: Almost gluten-free doesn’t cut it
The Granola Bar
Bar Taco
How we learned our son had Celiac Disease
Seemingly random complaints finally explained
Senza Gluten
What we’ll be eating in January…
Cheers to fresh, flavorful and simple food!
If you’re like me, you ate a lot of food over the last few weeks. While there were definitely some sweets involved, it wasn’t so much that it was “bad” food (I personally don’t believe in deprivation or good and bad foods), it was that it was A LOT of food. After a month of holiday get-togethers, cooking and baking, we sat down to the Feast of the Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve, which, as it sounds, includes many courses. Then we woke up the next morning and after our favorite Christmas morning Cranberry Bread, began the task of setting out appetizers: an antipasto course and a lasagna course for 12 of my favorite family members. Continue reading “What we’ll be eating in January…”
Tips for Dining Out Gluten-Free
My son loves to try out new restaurants, and being almost 13 now, he’s starting to go out on his own with friends. But needing to eat a gluten-free diet, free of cross-contamination, it’s not the carefree experience so many of us associate with dining out. Each and every time he eats out, he needs to determine if the restaurant can accommodate his needs. Continue reading “Tips for Dining Out Gluten-Free”
Why we are the Healthy Gluten-Free Family
How we rally behind our son with Celiac Disease
Celiac is an autoimmune disease whereby the body cannot digest any amount of gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye. In fact, if gluten is ingested, the body responds by attacking the small intestine and inhibiting the absorption of nutrients. The only treatment is to adhere to a strict gluten-free diet. And so our journey began… Continue reading “Why we are the Healthy Gluten-Free Family”
Enjoying the Holidays, Gluten-Free
Holiday Cookies!
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