Posts tagged: news

Snyder’s Gluten Free Pretzels

A large reason why the Raleigh Cel-Kids helps parents is the sharing of information.  At our most recent event, I talked with some parents, discussing various products.  One mentioned finding Snyder’s gluten free pretzels at Whole Foods.  Yes, the mainstream pretzel/chip manufacturer.  For a Celiac family, this represented huge news.  While we love the Glutino [...]

Saturday August 28th, 2010 in , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Free JulesGlutenFree Back to School Guide

Yup, it’s that time.  Time parents love and kids don’t.  Back to school.  With a Celiac, that can pose difficult, but with some planning, you can make it through smoothly.  Recently, Jules Shepard from JulesGlutenFree.com sent a free Back to School Guide offer.  The guide contains lots of great information including how to approach teachers, [...]

Saturday August 14th, 2010 in , , , , , , | No Comments »

Reminder: Cel Kids Event Tomorrow!

We hope to see you tomorrow at our Raleigh Cel-Kids Family Event at PlayNation in Morrisville.  Come out from 3-5 to enjoy some jumping, bouncing fun, and sample pizza from Happy Tummy Baking Company. Please remember to bring SOCKS and you will sign a waiver at PlayNation No entry fees, but please plan to buy [...]

Friday August 13th, 2010 in , , , , , , | No Comments »

Budddah…Or Parkay??

So often, we take many things for granted in the gluten free lifestyle.  You just assume, as long as you keep your butter away from any knives with regular bread crumbs, you’ll be fine.  But as many of us can attest to, wheat and gluten sneaks their way into many common foods. We recently needed [...]

Wednesday August 4th, 2010 in , , , , | No Comments »

Rita’s Italian Ice & Other Treats

Rounding out our tour of gluten free summer frozen treats, we come to Rita’s Italian Ice.  Nothing says summer like one of those frozen, icy cups that you need a jackhammer to chisel away at.  Lemonade was always my favorite when going to an amusement park or at the beach. So what is gluten free, [...]

Monday August 2nd, 2010 in , , , , , | No Comments »

FlavorIce, Otter Pops, and Pop Ice

If you visit a grocery store in the summer, chances are you pass by Flavor-Ice, Otter Pops, or Pop Ice.  Or if you ever attended a summer camp, vacation bible school, or summer school, you probably snacked on one of them for a treat.  You would think they contain water, flavoring, and sugar, but with [...]

Saturday July 31st, 2010 in , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Our Favorite Summer Treats!

The dog days, or melty days, of summer are on us in Raleigh.  What type of gluten free treats do you like in the summer?  Do you struggle to find great, quick treats, that also contain no gluten?  Here are some of ours from the past: Summer Time Means Dairy Queen (June 1, 2010)–nothing but [...]

Thursday July 29th, 2010 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Popsicles

While many brands of popsicles exist, usually we refer to the Popsicle brand when discussing Popsicles.  For the longest time, we were unsure about the gluten status of Popsicle brand pops.  Of course, reading those labels and understanding the ingredients takes a doctoral degree in Chemistry.  Recently, however, we became more confident about their labeling. [...]

Tuesday July 27th, 2010 in , , , , , , , | No Comments »

DeBoles Gluten Free Pasta Recall

Thanks to Rebecca F. and the AllergyEats website for this heads-up.  Seems the FDA reports DeBoles, maker of many varieties of GF pasta, will voluntarily recall one of their gluten free pasta lines. According to the press release (http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm219994.htm): July 21, 2010 – DeBoles Nutritional Foods, Inc. announced that it is recalling one lot code [...]

Sunday July 25th, 2010 in , , , , | No Comments »

School Starts Now and Later!

Now for Year Round and Later (just a month) for Traditional schedules here in Wake County.  With our oldest starting kindergarten, we wanted to share our experiences so far.  We definitely came a long way with Celiac since she was diagnosed four years ago.  Celiac Disease definitely entered the main stream in that time, with [...]

Tuesday July 20th, 2010 in , , , , , | No Comments »