Joan's now has GF Bialys!

Ever had a Bialy?

Before I was GF -- I used to love going to to get either a "real" bagel or a bialy whenever I was visiting NYC. My Mom used to talk about when she was commuting to Manhattan and smelling all of the people eating bialy's on the train in the morning - STINKY!

Joan's GF Great Bakes has developed a gluten free bialy! A bialy is a soft, chewy yeast roll that has a compression in the center with cut up onion, salt and poppy seeds (and garlic usually, but Joan's has no garlic).

Pardon the terribly dark iPhone pic - but I snapped it quick before I ate obe! I didn't wait for them to fully defrost, so they may have been puffier if I followed the instructions better, but I really wanted to eat them right away, and I thought they were delicious! I put a little whipped cream cheese on one and thought it was delicious.

I LOVE Joans! It's too bad her products are just so darn expensive!

Awesome day.

I officially own a home!!!!!!!! My husband & I closed last night. yay.

OK, life can start getting back to normal soon! Moving this weekend, can't wait to have a kitchen to myself (been living with family for 7 months!).... I have really missed being able to cook all the time. I have a gigantic list of recipes I've been saving from all you fab bloggers out that there I need to try out!

Julie’s Organic Gluten-Free Ice Cream Sandwich Cookies

Umm, YUM.... Where can I find these?!?! Just saw that Julie's Organic Ice Cream partnered with GlutenFreeda to make these delicious-looking ice cream sandwiches.

They are made with a combination of vanilla ice cream and dark chocolate cookies (made with rice flour), and it is listed that it will be $5 for 4 sandwiches... they also say "available at supermakets" but I haven't seen them anywhere, and I will definitely start looking! I bet I can find these at Whole Foods. I will update after I find & try them!

Just in time for summer!

Are Kix gluten free???

Hi everyone!

I just saw that the Kix box was re-designed and went to their site to check 'em out and notice there appear to be no gluten in the ingredients!!! Could it be?

But why are they not labeled gluten free??

According to someone from General Mills: "Kix has been reformulated so that it no longer contains oats. However, the company has decided not to specifically label Kix gluten free nor claim it to be so, as cross-contamination is still a possibility".

Soooo.... they removed oat flour from the recipe, but they're not making them in a dedicated facility, why don't they just manufacture Kix with Chex & the GF Bisquick?! Problem solved!

Anyway - i'm rushing to go to a meeting -- but anyone heard anything about Kix or eaten them? They (along with cheerios) were my favorite cereal growing up!


**UPDATE: I ate the kix & did not feel any effects of glutening (be aware though, that I am not as sensitive as some and am not sure many times that I have been accidentally glutened) anyway - they don't taste as amazing as I remember, but they're definitely good.

Vita Coco - naturally gluten free

So, I decided to give coconut water another shot. Mostly because I had a lot of people comment about my previous experience with O.N.E. Coconut water, telling me I was nuts because I didn't think it was that great. I had found it thick & it didn't taste good - but now, having tried this one, I'm pretty sure I had a bad one.

I bought a little box of Vita Coco with Passion Fruit and thought it was DELICIOUS! It was light and super refreshing, and I loved the passion fruit flavor in this one! I had it the morning after a long night with my girlfriends and multiple bottles of wine, and found that this really hydrated me quickly.

Again, I found this little box (just larger than a juice box) to be pretty expensive, but probably on par with buying a bottle of Gatorade which has a ton of sugar & chemicals. Don't get me wrong, I like gatorade, but I'm really trying to eat/drink/live better, less fake stuff.

Myers + Chang

This past weekend I finally got to check out Myers + Chang in the South End for dinner with another GF gal and our husbands.... We had a blast - they place is really cool, love the setting and atmosphere, very hip. The real draw for us though, was their gluten free menu!

It's not super extensive, but there definitely some good choices -- we opted to share the edamame & celery slaw, the thai ginger chicken salad served over rice vermicelli, the spicy silky tofu with peppered pork & scallions, and the indonesian fried rice.

The guys got a lot of spicy meat & other things and they were really happy with - they like spice.

We liked ours, but thought it was a little TOO spicy. The edamame & celery slaw was awesome - so was the thai ginger chicken salad. The spicy tofu was just that, spicy. Like, really spicy. And so was the fried rice. We had also asked the server if we could modify one of the other dishes & get it without sauce, but he said it really wouldn't be good, so we didn't get it - although, I wish we had gotten it anyway. Oh well...

We also had some delicious & really strong mai tai's!


So -- if you like really spicy food and are looking for a really cool atmosphere to go out for dinner or lunch, check this place out!

Peace o' Pie

Hope everyone had a nice weekend! Mine was good, got a lot done, had to work a bit, but also relaxed!

Just found a new place that is serving gluten free pizza in the Brighton/Brookline area! OF COURSE - I move far away, and this opens up about 5 minutes away, typical.

I haven't been there yet, but plan on it, have any of Boston folk heard of it/been? They are only serving gluten free pizza on Thursdays right now, not sure why -- I guess they're just trying it out. They mention that they prepare it separately and seem to be aware of cross contamination issues.

Anyway - it's called Peace o' Pie - gourmet vegan pizza... Let me know if you've been!! If it's good, I'll have to take a drive out there one of these upcoming Thursdays!

Have a great week!