If you are practicing a gluten and maize-free diet (GF-MF) and are still struggling with allergy symptoms it may be due to your condiments. It is a little known fact that condiments often contain hidden corn or gluten components that only the experienced allergy sufferer may be aware exist. Condiments are usually made with vinegar. White vinegar can be made from any fruit, or any material containing sugar, including and especially corn. So if you tend to use a lot of ketchup you may want evaluate whether or not the kind you use is safe from allergens. Ketchup is a favorite condiment for just about any meal, so let’s look at some familiar and harder to find brands…. (more…)

Perhaps the hardest part of a gluten-free, corn-free diet is the inability to find ketchups and barbecue sauces on the grocer’s shelves that are safe to use. Here are two recipes that will take less than 1/2 hour to prepare and will keep in the refrigerator for several months. These recipes are idiot-proof, I promise, and they taste good too. In no time at all you will once again be able to enjoy ketchup with your home fries and barbecued ribs on the grill. (more…)