Posts Tagged ‘Wheat-free’

Review: Pane Riso’s Ready-made Gluten-free Pizza Crust

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Pane Riso Ready-made Gluten-free Pizza CrustMarcie at Lil’s Dietary shop in Chicago, IL recently gave me a crust from Pane Riso Foods to try out. Our neighboring Canadians will recognize this crust as the famous Kingsmill Foods crust sold online, in stores, and at select pizzerias across their country for years. The spokesperson I chatted with informed me that Kingsmill Foods was the pioneer supplier of gluten free foods in Canada. Two years ago Kingsmill Foods sold their gluten free line to Canbrands Specialty Foods and the brand name is now in the process of changing to Pane Riso Foods. The new products will have the same brown and white name label, only the name has changed. (more…)

Gluten and Casein-free Old-Fashioned Irish Soda Bread

Friday, October 19th, 2007

Irish Soda Bread

The title itself is a mouthful, but every word of it is true. I am so proud of this bread. It comes after a few unsuccessful attempts to imitate my Irish mother-in-law’s famous traditional soda bread. I have finally come so close to the real thing that even she will question whether or not it is really gluten, corn, and milk-free. (more…)

Gluten-free and Corn-free Products We Use

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

Snack foods

Nana's Cookies - Vegan Cookies with No Refined Sugar

Nana’s Cookies offers a wide variety of products to choose from. They claim all of their gluten-free products are also corn-free. Their no-wheat cookies are corn-free as well but contain gluten from barley and oats. Nana’s has confirmed via email message that their aluminum-free baking powder ingredients are not made with cornstarch.


Enjoy Life ProductsEnjoy Life products are made in a dedicated nut- and gluten-free bakery. They are specially formulated and tested (based on product) to ensure that they are free of corn protein. Some of their products do contain xanthan gum, which may cause reactions in some corn-allergic people. Please read the labels before you buy.

Larabar ProductsLÄRABAR® is a blend of unsweetened fruits, nuts and spices. Made from 100% whole food, each flavor contains no more than 2-6 ingredients. They’re made from non-GMO ingredients, are kosher, vegan, gluten, & corn free. Larabar is currently offering a free gift box to the 1st 100 bloggers that post a comment about their product and link a picture to their site.

Mrs. May’s ProductsMrs. May’s nut products are vegan, non-GMO, cholesterol free, Dairy-free, Wheat-free, Gluten-free, Corn-Free, and contain no artificial colors or flavors. Some of their products are sweetened with evaporated cane-juice; others are naturally sweetened by their added fruit.

ATTENTION:

Enjoy Life has notified me that their Trail Mix and Chocolate Chips are both made without xantham gum and are completely free of wheat and corn derivatives.

I was just informed by Jonathan at Mrs. May’s that any visitor from our site can receive a 10% discount on their products by using the following coupon code: Nutty10. Please take advantage of the savings!

Book mark this page and check back often for updates and changes to products featured here. I will be updating on a regular basis.

*If you have a product you would like to suggest, please contact me at: caryn at healthy-family.org

*Please note that this list of prepared foods are things that we regularly eat and do not react to. Our list of safe foods will be different from someone else’s due to the varying levels of sensitivity and reactions we all experience.

Check out our list of favorite commercial baking mixes too at: Our Top 5 Favorite Gluten and Corn-free Baking Mixes

Shopping Tips for the Gluten and Corn-free (GF-CF) Diet

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

Gluten-free Corn-free

If you have found this page through a search engine then you have probably already learned that you are allergic to both wheat and maize. You have undoubtedly been suffering with some type of extreme allergic reaction, chronic illness, or auto-immune disorder for months, if not years. It is quite a shock when you discover that you or a loved one has an intolerance to both wheat gluten and maize, as these two ingredients are a staple in the modern American diet.

As a multiple allergy sufferer this poses quite a challenge for you when it comes to ingredient purchases and meal preparation.

I have devoted a special section of this website for people allergic to both wheat and corn, hoping to spawn a community of readers that will interact together with tips and recipes to share. (more…)

Homemade Corn-Free Baking Powder

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

Baking Soda

This recipe is from Suzanne:

This baking powder works perfectly in all my recipes. I also make it up in a larger quantity ahead of time even though some sources tell you to only use it freshly mixed. (more…)