tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48806775777226554632026-08-03T09:41:18.379-04:00Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04748879967804620349noreply@blogger.comBlogger462125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880677577722655463.post-30534327824128476082026-08-03T09:20:06.447-04:002026-08-03T09:41:18.379-04:00

I made a tiktok that got a little bit of traction about how a tool I created for going to the vet, has helped shape my doctors appointments... and I realized I should create a higher contrast version and share it everywhere. I stutter, and its not something I talk about, but it is something that has ebbed and flowed for me. There are periods of time when I don't and most people who have

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If you are looking for information about food recalls, drug shortages, and/or disease outbreaks in the US, there is an allergist (Dr. Rubin) who is collecting and sharing this information via a free substack collecting and sharing this information while the CDC is barred from publishing their weekly reports. Please share especial with life threatening food allergies and those loving and

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Chicken egg replacements for gluten free sweet baking* This isn't an exhaustive list, there are lots of other options but a lot of them rely on gluten doing some of the work of holding/binding a baked good together. Here are the ones I have used and recommend with lil notes.  Flax1tbsp ground flax + 3 tbsp + 10 minutes = 1 egg Too much flax seed can sometimes have a mineral/fishy taste

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These take a few extra steps to make, but are worth it. Seriously browning the butter is a great way to almost always improve your baking. The other extra step is soaking the coconut in sweetened condensed coconut milk for added flavor and soft-cookie texture. You must use a parchment sling to get these dudes out of the pan. You are making basically one giant cookie that will want to stick to the

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Fermented Mustard 1 1/2 cups whole mustard seeds, pulsed a few times in a spice grinder 4 tsp sea salt 1 cup raw apple cider vinegar (the bottles that says "with mother") 1/2 cup filtered water (no chlorine is key) 2 tbsp raw sauerkraut juice 1/4 cup verjus* Mix all ingredients in a glass jar. Leave slightly covered at room temp for 1-3 weeks. Store in refrigerator. I was watching It's Alive

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On New Year's Day, I said aloud: "every time I have gained weight, my body has been protecting me." This is a realization I came to a while ago, but voicing it has changed so many things. 2018 was the year that I decided to love my body, exactly as it is. For most humans, this is radical self love, for those managing chronic disease and pain... it is something I don't have the words to

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This is a recipe that I forget where it came from. I think it happened after I "discovered" kale chips last year and decided to try to oven roast/fry nearly everything. These chick peas have become the single-most popular (and requested) party snack I make. The recipe is really easy to modify or adapt to your particular tastes - I often omit the cayenne if I am bringing it to a

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This is the closest I have come to a dairy-free brioche! I modified my brioche recipe to make a Greek Easter Bread and Hot Cross Buns. It worked well and my only complaint is that the buns/bread deflated a bit post-cooling. I would add a bit of psyllium husk next time and see if that helped create a more robust crumb.  The buns were stellar, the Greek Bread had too much lemon

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My 11 year gluten-free anniversary came and went without any fanfare. There is something pleasant about it being a non-event. I remember when everything felt, so ick. My body felt awful, going out to eat was not fun (Can't have wheat?! Just get the white bread instead!), gluten-free packaged replacement foods were very expensive and only available at specialty shops. It is a lot easier now.

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If you ever wondered why this blog was never turned into a cookbook, I talk about that and food activism in the The New England Unsettler's latest episode: Feel Your Eatings. I was trepidatious to do a radio show, but I had a wonderful time and every once in a while it is really great to have to explain one's feelings, morals, ethics and push into the contradictions.

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It is that time of year again, moving season. If you are just graduating and heading out on your own, or dealing with having to shuffle your life into boxes again, setting up a kitchen can be daunting. It also can be a money pit. After tackling 14 home kitchens I have whittled down my must-haves significantly. (cough, if you have moved it 2x and not used it, you don't need it, cough.) Items in

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I was invited to a party where the host cannot eat dairy or cane sugar. Not wanting to disappoint - and knowing the crowd was a pretty open-minded bunch of heck-yeah-I-will-try-a-new-weird-food people, I thought I would attempt a dessert. No gluten, no grains, no sugar, no butter, no problem. These cookies were a giant hit.  I basically made a modified version of The

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May is Celiac awareness month and GlutenAway started a great campaign focusing on the good. In thinking about what I am thankful for, or what good has come of my diagnosis, I am more and more aware of who-got-it-wrong and the grudges I am holding on to. I can recall the name of every server and establishment who has mis-served me, companies with false/inaccurate packaging, medical

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A few people have been asking me my thoughts on the new search study out of Australia. (And subsequent articles with inflammatory titles.) All of my responses have started with an audible sigh. Bacteria existed before we had microscopes to see them. Just because we don't have a western medical test to "prove" someone has a disease/intolerance doesn't negate the illness, nor should it prevent

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I tried Celia beer a little over a year ago and really didn't like it. Maybe it was an off-batch, maybe I have grown and my tastes have changed... it doesn't much matter because it is great. It is hands-down the best gluten-free beer I have tasted. It is actually the only gluten-free beer I have come across that actually has pronounced hops. That's right folks, this isn't a weird cloying-ly

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Yesterday's food section included "With more patrons with food allergies, restaurants cater to every need". I was excited to hear about chefs taking food allergies and sensitivities seriously. I was grateful for the inclusion of a famous chef being denied service because of his son's food allergies. This is stuff we deal with all the time. But I was still left with a bad taste in my mouth. It

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#21 feels a bit too real. Someone at buzzfeed really gets medically-required gluten free living. 

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I love pistachios so much that when a friend offered me a sip of Dumante, a pistachio liqueur, I nearly tackled someone as I lunged towards the cup. Sadly, I was left a little wanting. It had pistachio flavor, but it was really light and gentle. (Pistachios are the most aggressive nut, but this didn't sing to me.) I found a recipe online for pistachio liqueur, but I wondered how it would turn

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I saw this comic and shouted "yes yes yes!" at the screen. Shing Yin Khor does a beautiful job of walking the reader through her character's experience of her foodways and how other people view them. She gently and then strongly forces the other character searching for the ability to label something authentic (and the reader), to acknowledge what that means and what it erases. Her work toes

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I tried Omission beer and really fell in love with it. Heck it is a gluten-removed beer, so real beer. The problem was, shortly after I was polishing a post about it, I read that the ELISA tests that Omission uses is not sensitive to be less than 20ppm accurate. I decided hold off on blogging and to email Omission directly about their testing policies. One of their reps said they would look into

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Hey humans stop using the word "glutard". It is offensive, crude, and inappropriate. Still not convinced... "Glutard" is a co-opting of language. It is glutenizing of the word retard. The word "retard" or "retarded" has been used to systematically take away the rights, power, agency, and humanity from those with different physical appearances and different perceived capabilities. It is used

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It is my favorite time of year - THANKSGIVING It is a great holiday for eating, being grateful, while surrounded by friends and family. It is truly the best!  Here is my annual round out of tips and recipes. I hope you have a fantastic Thursday and fun cooking your way to it.  Planning ahead tips - for the newly gf or new-to-hosting-someone-gluten-freeBrining a

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Jennifer Esposito's recent interview got a few wheels turning. Is it actually harder now than it was 4 years ago to be gluten free? Are there really no resources "out there" for Jennifer (and the millions of other humans who need to live gluten free)?  When people are first diagnosed I cut them a lot of slack. I offer them advice. I tell others to be care, generous, and above all

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It is really hard to find good gluten-free pasta. So much of it tastes like shoes or disintegrates a millisecond after it reaches al dente. And now it is a bit harder. Barilla's CEO's bigoted comments means it is off the table. I implore you to add your voice and tell Barilla that an apology isn't enough. They need to include all types of families in their ads. A boycott is not enough. Leave

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I am not one for gloating, but hear me people when I say that I have made the most delicious pumpkin thing ever! (The picture doesn't do it justice - these treats survived the worst public transit could throw at them this morning and still provided joy to others.) Do you remember when I totally tried to pull of a failed pumpkin bread recipe and call it a "brownie"? We can laugh at that now,

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