Your Gluten Free Life

The last few weeks we have been busy sampling new products. As you will see in our new products section, our list continues to grow! Thank you to those people who have told us about new gluten free foods they have also discovered. We always like to hear about new products and we try to get them in where we can. It is amazing how many manufacturers are producing such delicious gluten free foods these days.

Next month we celebrate our first birthday! We are getting quite excited about reaching this important milestone. Keep an eye out for our newsletter next month for a special offer we are planning to celebrate it.

Keep reading below for our monthly recipes and specials.

First of all it is important to remember that many foods are naturally gluten free including all fresh meat, fish, vegetables and fruit, rice, potatoes, herbs and spices, legumes (beans, chickpeas, lentils) and polenta.  This means that you can create numerous dishes based on these foods that taste great and are already gluten free. 
Then there [...]

Want to make your own fruit bread?
Just add 1 cup of your favourite dried fruit or mixed fruit, 3 teaspoons of mixed spice and 1 teaspoon castor sugar to a bread mix - Basco, Orgran, Well and Good – and bake in the oven as per the mix instructions.
Slicing gluten free bread
We all know that [...]

A common question we get asked is ‘are all gluten free foods also wheat free?’. Well, the simple answer is YES. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye, barley and oats. So any food that is labelled gluten free will automatically not contain wheat. The only exception to this is glucose syrup derived from [...]

We are very excited to announce that you can now order fresh bread from our website! We have sourced some fantastic gluten free bread from a small bakery in Melbourne, Knead Bakers. The bread is lovingly hand-made in true artisan style. Each loaf weighs 750g, so is larger than most brands of gluten free [...]

Surely a little bit of gluten won’t hurt? Well, that depends. If you have coeliac disease, then yes, even a small amount can do damage. However, if you are gluten intolerant your body may be able to cope with small amounts. This article explains why.
Coeliac disease
Coeliac disease is an abnormal immune response to ingested gluten. [...]

Don’t want to miss out on hot cross buns at Easter?
Gluten free buns from Simply Better Biscuit Co were given a score of 8/10 by The Age hot cross bun taste test - this was a much higher score than many hot cross buns made with wheat flour! Other brands that are gluten free include [...]

I have been looking at a few great websites lately that have gluten free recipes. If you are like me and don’t follow recipes to the letter, it’s always good to at least get some inspiration. Here are a few sites that are worth having a look at:

Gluten-Free Girl does a lot of blogging about [...]

If you need to maintain a gluten free diet, eating out can be daunting experience, particularly initially. Often dishes on restaurant menus contain gluten. Many are obvious, such as dishes with pasta, pastry or bread, other uses of gluten may be more hidden, eg if stock powder is used in risotto and sauces, or flour [...]

So you are having someone over for dinner who needs to eat gluten free. What do you cook? What does gluten free mean? This article provides some of the answers for you.
Most importantly, gluten is in all foods and products containing wheat, barley, rye or oats, so these foods need to be avoided. This obviously [...]