The Gluten Free Diet

This past weekend I was SO EXCITED to attend the annual Gluten Free Expo hosted by Ingles Markets and the Asheville and Hendersonville Gluten Free Support Groups at the Renaissance Asheville Hotel. I had originally heard about the expo through my friends at Gluten Free in NC. I had already been registered for a yoga [...]

Cravings. I try to ignore them. Like, just 5 minutes ago when I was having a staring contest with a display of blueberry muffins, croissants, and sugar-coated pastries. I won…this time. But I don’t think it would be so easy to turn and walk away from these crispy, gooey, doughy treats if there weren’t lots [...]

When you first stop eating gluten, it takes a while to learn what most likely contains gluten and what doesn’t. Of course, I knew that beer contained gluten, but what about hard cider? Or mixed drinks? Were there other options for me to still enjoy one of my all-time favorite past times: drinking. Because I [...]

It happens. It happens again. TEMPTATION. Beer, bread, pizza, pretzels, COOKIES. I honestly don’t know how these things end up in my mouth. I really TRY to stay away from them, but every once in a while I let my guard down. And I always regret it. My stomach gets very angry with me. And [...]

Talking to my mother last night on the phone, I got a hankering for some beef stew, which she had made for dinner. Since my mother lives a two hours drive away, there’s no way I could make it to her house in time for stew. So, instead I decided to stop at Trader Joe’s [...]