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Hi everyone

I know I haven’t been posting nearly enough and I do apologize.

Here’s the thing.

When I was first diagnosed, I was afraid to try anything too complex until I learned to cook and bake with gluten free ingredients.  So I started with things like corn bread and other breads.

Since then, I have learned that some of these ingredients are as harmful, or more harmful than gluten!

Corn, for instance.  Unless you buy non-GMO corn, you are ingesting an insecticide that is built into the corn itself! Thanks to Monsanto. Look at this article http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_26111.cfm

Soy is bad enough with the roundup built in but when it is processed, it becomes more toxic with the introduction of hexane.  Check out this link http://www.naturalnews.com/027880_soy_products_milk.html

You can, however purchase safe soy, as explained in the above article.

Processed sugar is really bad for you.  I have now started using palm sugar.

Check this link http://www.puregoodness.net/health/146-reasons-why-sugar-is-ruining-your-health/

Splenda, equal, and all those other artificial sweeteners are bad too as you will see when you read this article http://www.peertrainer.com/health/complete-guide-to-sweeteners.aspx

So, over the next few months, I will be revising many of my recipes.  I will be replacing the bad products with good and posting warnings with the recipes to encourage people to use organic non-GMO ingredients.

“Organic is expensive” you might say.  Poor health is more expensive.

This blog was designed to help those who need to be gluten free to have access to healthy, safe recipes (with a little junk food thrown in for fun) I want you all to look at the information I have given you, then do your own research and make a conscious effort to feed yourselves and your loved ones healthy (real) food.

Let’s not support Monsanto in their quest to thin out the population by poisoning us.

Please feel free to express your views on this subject too!  I welcome all comments.

With love,

Aunt Jayne

Aunt Jayne’s Gluten Free Honey BBQ Sauce

INGREDIENTS

1 ½ tbs olive oil

1 cup ketchup (check the ingredients)

1 cup white vinegar

¼ cup molasses

¾ cup honey

¼ cup GF Worcestershire sauce ( See recipe  http://wp.me/prAld-aJ)

1 medium onion, minced

½ tsp paprika

1 tsp minced garlic

½ tsp dried marjoram

½ tsp cumin.

DIRECTIONS

In a large saucepan, over medium high heat, warm the oil.

Add the minced onion and garlic cook until lightly browned.

Add remaining ingredients, stir well  and bring to a boil.

Reduce heat and simmer until thickened.

Remove from heat and cool.

Store in the refrigerator in a container with a lid.

Gluten: ZERO Global | Dr Rodney Ford’s Allergies / Food Intolerance eClinic

Although I have never met Dr. Rodney Ford in person, I have known him through the internet for several years now.

Dr. Ford is working toward making the entire planet gluten free – I am doing my small part to help him.

Go to this website:

Gluten: ZERO Global | Dr Rodney Ford’s Allergies / Food Intolerance eClinic.

Check him out on Facebook in the “Gluten Free Planet” group and find him on twitter.

Then jump on the bandwagon and help him improve the lives of everyone in the world!

Gluten Free Too Busy to Cook Soup

INGREDIENTS

1 can diced tomatoes with herbs

2 cups frozen mixed veggies + ¼ cup diced onion

11/2 cups GF vegetable broth

¼ tsp basil

¼ tsp ground rosemary

¼ tsp fresh ground pepper

 

 

DIRECTIONS

In a large pot, bring the veggies to a boil in the vegetable broth.

Toss the tomatoes into a blender and liquefy.

Add the tomatoes and spices to the veggies and simmer about 10 minutes.

DONE!

 

Variation:

Add left-over chicken breast cut into cubes.

Use GF chicken broth instead of veggie broth.

 

NOTE:  I don’t normally like to use canned or prepackaged foods but as long as they are organic and GMO free, I will make an exception once in a while.

 

If you have the time, you can make this soup from scratch:

INGREDIENTS

6 large ripe plum tomatoes, blanched, skinned and put through the blender

1 ½ cups GF vegetable broth

½ cup green beans cut into ¼ inch pieces

½ cup fresh diced carrots

½ cup chopped celery

½ cup chopped onion

1 tbs minced garlic

¼ tsp basil

¼ tsp ground rosemary

¼ tsp fresh ground pepper

 

DIRECTIONS

In a large pot, combine all of the ingredients except the tomatoes.

Bring to a boil and drop heat to low.

Add the tomatoes.

Simmer for about 30 minutes.

Serve while hot

Simply G Free – Support For A Gluten Free Lifestyle

I recently acquired some very handy items for living gluten free from a company called Simply G Free.  The name really says it all.

The products are all meant to help you live gluten free more simply and help avoid cross-contamination.

The metal kitchen tags are clearly marked “gluten free” and can be affixed to any pot handle or cooking implement that has a small hole.  I have put mine on my pasta claw, my favourite pot and my measuring spoons.

The rectangle stickers are great for the fridge or freezer for left-overs and make-aheads. They don’t come off in the freezer, like some stickers and you can easily put them on your plastic or glass containers or storage bags.

I use the oversized star shaped stickers when I go to the bulk store, so that my gluten free items are easily recognized and there is room on them if you want to write what the item is.

I also got a simplygfree bracelet which has not left my wrist since I put it on. It is a great reminder to friends, family and wait staff that I must eat gluten free and it also helps to raise awareness.

You can get all of the above-mentioned items in a kit or you can purchase them separately.

Simply go to www.simplygfree.com and order these reasonably priced items.  Check out the entire website while you are there and you will find valuable information on cross-contamination and so much more.

Cuisine Soleil – Review of a Canadian Gluten Free Company

First, a little history lesson:
At first, products were sold in various local public markets in North-West Québec and in the Montreal area. Today, Cuisine Soleil still attends the public market in Rouyn-Noranda – the home town of the company. Customers can enjoy Cuisine Soleil’s products and give direct feedback on new organic and gluten free products waiting to be commercially launched. The company owns a certified organic vegetable garden and sell their fresh produce at the market and some local restaurants.
2007 – The year 2007 marked the beginning of the distribution of Cuisine Soleil’s products in independent natural health food stores of different regions in the province of Québec.
2009 – Cuisine Soleil’s products are distributed all over the province of Quebec by Aux Mille et Une Saisons, a division of UNFI. Our Brown rice and buckwheat flour can be found at Sobey’s under the IGA banner in Québec.
2010 – Cuisine Soleil expands its product line and introduces an organic gluten free all-purpose mix. Later the company adds to its list of products, an organic chickpeas flour and a tapioca flour.
2011 – Cuisine Soleil expands the distribution of its products to Ontario and across Canada with Ontario Natural Food Co-op and Puresource. We are planning a new line of healthy and organic products for the end of the year.

I recently was given the opportunity to try out the flours of Cuisine Soleil.
If you look back through my recipes, you will notice the name Cuisine Soleil on many of them.
I have really enjoyed using these high quality, certified organic, gluten free flours. I have used them in many of my old favourite recipes and trust them enough to use while developing some new.
It is a great feeling to know that the flour I am using is pure and safe for celiacs and that my recipes will turn out every time.

Check out their cool new website http://cuisinesoleil.com and say hello to Marc Paquin and Blandine Arseneault .
Tell them Aunt Jayne sent you

Gluten Free Peanut Butter Chewy Squares

 

INGREDIENTS

2 cups peanut butter

2 cups sugar

2 eggs

1 ½ cups unsalted peanuts

1 ½ cups butterscotch chips

1 ½ cups unsweetened coconut

1 can sweetened condensed milk

 

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350ºF

Lightly grease an 8” X 10” glass pan.

In a medium bowl, beat the eggs.

Add the sugar and beat well.

Mix in the peanut butter.  Mix well.

Press into prepared pan.

Sprinkle the peanuts evenly over the bottom layer.

Sprinkle the butterscotch chips, then the coconut.

Pour the milk evenly over top.

Bake 20 minutes.

Place a larger glass pan under the 8” X 10”

Bake another 10 minutes.

 

El’s Gluten-Free Snacks Deliver

I was fortunate enough to have been asked to do a review of El’s products. Of course I am under no obligation to give a good review.  These are my thoughts.

I tried the Bagel Snaps first. These crunchy, satisfying little snaps have a fabulous “bagel” flavour.  They were a perfect mid-afternoon snack.

Then I tried the Medleys. Oh my gosh!  I could not stop eating them!  They are crunchy and zesty.  Medleys and a movie – what more could you want. A great way to spend a rainy  evening.

El’s products contain:

 

No gluten

No preservatives

No trans fats

No cholesterol

No fake colors

No fake flavors

No hydrogenated oil

No GMOs

No eggs

No nuts
(well, corn nuts, but we’re pretty sure they don’t count)

No dairy

Are you ready to try them?  Go here: http://www.elskitchen.com

BAKERY ON MAIN ANNOUNCES A NEW BAKESHOP BREAKFAST TREAT

Gluten Free Instant Oatmeal

EAST HARTFORD, CONN., August 8, 2011- Bakery On Main recently introduced its new instant oatmeal. This multigrain hot cereal comes in three delicious bakeshop flavors that will jumpstart your mornings.

This is good news for anyone who follows a gluten free diet, and that’s a growing population. Now it’s not only individuals with Celiac Disease (who must adhere to a lifelong gluten-free diet), but also:

• ·         People with gluten intolerances
• ·         Those with Autism who eat a gluten free casein free (GFCF) diet in an attempt to reduce symptoms
• ·         A growing number of athletes who have adopted a gluten free diet to improve performance
• ·         People who have tried it and stuck with it because they report feeling better eating less or no gluten

Bakery On Main Gluten Free Instant Oatmeal is made with whole grains including certified gluten free oats, amaranth and quinoa plus chia and flax. This healthy comfort food is high in fiber, non GMO, dairy and casein free, low sodium, GFCO certified gluten free and Kosher OU Parve with no transfat or cholesterol.

The three delectable bakeshop flavors are Apple Pie, Strawberry Shortcake and Maple Multigrain Muffin.

Gluten Free Instant Oatmeal is currently available for purchase on www.bakeryonmain.com with free shipping. It will begin appearing on store shelves in the fall. Suggested retail price is $5.99/10.5oz box which contains 6 individual packets.

ABOUT BAKERY ON MAIN

Bakery On Main was founded in 2003 with a simple philosophy: food that’s good for you should taste good too. It all started in the small bakery of a natural foods market on Main Street in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Founder Michael Smulders listened to his Celiac customers complain about the taste of

many of the gluten free options available to them. He thought that no one should have to suffer because of a food allergy or other special dietary needs, and made it his mission to create products that were good for them but taste like they aren’t. 

Today, the company’s premium gluten free products are made in a 34,000 square foot manufacturing facility with state of the art quality controls and in-house gluten testing on every batch. Located just a few miles down the road from the original bakery, the plant maintains the same small bakery quality by continuing to bake in small batches. For more information, visit www.bakeryonmain.com .

9 Bar – Nutritious Energy Bars – A Review

I had the great pleasure of sampling 9 Bars and let me tell you that you are in for a treat if you buy these!

These bars are free from wheat, gluten, dairy, lactose, yeast and egg! You also won’t find any transfats, artificial additives, preservatives or colours.

Each flavour is jam-packed full of a wonderful blend of seeds topped with carob. Not overly sweet, these chewy bars are the perfect snack for camping, the beach, hiking, work or school!

I would like to tell you which one is my favourite, but I can’t decide.  I loved them all.

Check them out for yourself – I guarantee you won’t be disappointed!

www.9-bar.co.uk

Disclaimer: Although 9 Bar sent me these samples, I am under no obligation to give a positive review. The preceding comments were my own thoughts and opinions.