Without Wheat

Guelph Student Cookbook

Dawn Wentzell — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:35:25 +0000

Apparently this has been available for some time, but I recently found out about the Guelph Student Cookbook, created by the University of Guelph’s Central Student Association. The cookbook supports the CSA foodbank, which is operated by and for students at the university. From the introduction, The goal of this cookbook is to provide food [...]

Caesar’s Gluten Free Vegetable Lasagna

Dawn Wentzell — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:30:53 +0000

One of the things I miss is the convenience of frozen meals. I know they’re typically not the best nutritionally, and they often cost a lot, but on days when you just don’t feel like cooking they’re better than fast food. But they’re filled with additives that contain gluten. While gluten-free frozen meals do exist, [...]

Bountiful Pantry Country Corn Chowder

Dawn Wentzell — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:05:05 +0000

On a trip to Vermont this past winter, I came across Bountiful Pantry soups at several shops. Several of their soups are labeled gluten-free. I love corn chowder and decided to try it. All of Bountiful Pantry soups are packaged, dried ingredients, and preparation is merely adding liquid like stock, milk or water. Ingredients are [...]

San Zenone Organic Corn Pasta

Dawn Wentzell — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 01:00:12 +0000

I normally eat brown rice pasta, but decided to try a new brand of corn pasta I saw on the shelves at my grocery store – San Zenone’s 100% organic corn pasta from Prairie Harvest. Corn pasta tends to be a bit more expensive than brown rice pasta, but it tastes less “nutty” than rice [...]

Wendy’s Joins the Ranks

Dawn Wentzell — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:27:41 +0000

Yup, that’s right, Wendy’s has now joined the ranks of fast food restaurants publishing gluten information on their websites. As of February 2011, they published a list of regular menu items that contain no wheat, barley, oats or rye. You can see the complete list in this PDF: Canadian Menu Items without Gluten. Some surprises [...]

Taco Bell: Not so gluten-free

Dawn Wentzell — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 02:46:08 +0000

Being unable to eat gluten makes eating fast food difficult. Those types of restaurants only succeed by serving a limited variety of foods to the largest number of people; they simply can’t deal with food sensitivities or allergies. The one fast food restaurant I usually felt comfortable with was Taco Bell, because afterall – tortillas [...]

Boulder Canyon Rice & Adzuki Bean Chips

Dawn Wentzell — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 02:35:09 +0000

I’ve always loved tortilla chips, but since going gluten-free they’ve become my go-to snack. But plain ol’ tortillas can get a little boring sometimes, so I decided to give these chips by Boulder Canyon Natural Foods a try. I had no idea what an adzuki bean was – turns out it’s common in China and [...]

Irresistibles Gluten Free Macaroni & Cheese

Dawn Wentzell — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:14:47 +0000

I recently discovered that Irresistibles, one of the private brands sold in Metro and Food Basics stores, has a gluten-free, boxed macaroni and cheese – yes, a gluten-free “kraft dinner”. Obviously, with being totally in love with all things mac & cheese, I had to try it out. Sadly, it didn’t live up to my [...]

Pizza Crust Comparison: Pizza Pizza vs. Pizza Nova

Dawn Wentzell — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:54:57 +0000

If you’ve been eating gluten-free for any amount of time, you’ve no doubt tried some of the gluten-free pizza crusts that are available. After having only tried Pizza Pizza’s gluten-free crust, I recently got the chance to try some others, including Pizza Nova’s gluten-free mulitgrain crust. Here’s what I thought. Pizza Pizza’s Gluten-free Crust From [...]

Pizza Pizza Fail

Dawn Wentzell — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:36:01 +0000

This was sent to me the other day on Twitter, and I found it too hilarious not to share. Read that again. Yes, Pizza Pizza is apparently now offering gluten free “douches”. Dear designers: Please check your proofs for typos before going to print. While the gluten free community appreciates the thought, I doubt any [...]