Glutino - Spinach and Feta Pizza is delicious

Glutino, which makes a variety of cookies and frozen foods actually worth eating has a Spinach and Feta Pizza that is absolutely scrumptious. I cook all of my frozen pizzas on a pizza stone, so they always come out fairly tasty. This single-serving pizza keeps you honest at about 430 calories. Which is better than getting one of the bigger ones and "accidentally" eating tomorrow's lunch as well. The spinach and feta combo was quite tasty and worth a try. Look for it in the frozen foods section of a specialty store near you!

Gluten-Free, lattice-crust pie idea

This picture by Star-Telegram photographer Joyce Marshall is of a fully-glutinous, lattice-crust pie, but I now have a plan thanks to local chef and founder of the Culinary School of Fort Woth Judie Byrd for a Gluten-Free version. I hope to try this out on a linzer torte that I plan to bake for Valentine's Day, but I thought I'd pass the tip on ahead of time for the rest of you guys.

1. Lay strips of dough across the top of the pie like in a traditional lattice crust.
   
2. Lay strips of dough going the opposite way on top of the first strips instead of trying to weave them.
   
3. Lay another layer of strips in the same direction of the first layer.  This creates an optical illusion that the strips have been woven.
   

Alternatively, you could try a lattice-crust cutter but I'm not sure how successful that would be with GF dough.

Reese's peanut butter Filled hearts have gluten

I've mentioned before that I sometimes grab candy and eat it without thinking, but I'm getting better at this.  I narrowly avoided an encounter with a red-foil-covered Lindt ball that had some malted flavoring in it and yesterday I was dismayed to see the Reese's peanut butter filled hearts for Valentine's Day contain gluten.  So sad!  Still, better safe than sorry.

Nature's Path Gluten Free cereals

There was a recent report circulating that some of Nature's Path EnviroKidz cereals are not gluten free.  This is completely true.  I called their corporate office yesterday and found out that the entire EnviroKidz line was never supposed to be gluten free.  Certain of the products are and are appropriately labelled.

 The confusion came from Celiacs thinking that everything with the EnviroKidz label was gluten free and not realizing that kamut, one of the ingredients in some of the EnviroKidz cereals is a type of wheat.

I was most concerned that there had been some contamination issue, so I called to make sure my precious Nature's Path Organic Cornflakes were still safe - they are.  I eat them every morning, so it would be really upsetting if they had been glutened!

The company spokeswoman I talked to said they will be changing their packaging on products containing kamut and labeling the ingredient as "kamut - wheat" to avoid confusion in the future.

New Starbucks drinks Apple Chai Infusion and Berry Chai Infusion are gluten free

Thanks to my ever-patient barista, I concluded that Starbucks' new line of fruit infused chai teas seem gluten free.  I tried the Apple Chai Infusion yesterday and it was quite scrumptious.  They told me the Berry Chai Infusion was sweeter, but I read the ingredients and it looked safe as well.

Sublime in '09

Sublime Bakery has released their new Gluten-Free lineup for 2009.  Click here to download a PDF of their current menu.  They've done away with their cafe items and are focusing on baked goods.  If you have something specific in mind, please, call ahead to make sure they have it.  (817) 570-9630 They do all their GF baking in the morning when the machines are clean, so when they run out for the day, that's it.

Sublime Bakery
5512 Bellaire Dr South at Bryant Irvin
Fort Worth, TX 76109

Cafe Express - gourmet, gluten-free and fast

My friend suggested we eat at Cafe Express the other day and I readily agreed.  I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed their simple yet tasty food. I ordered my favorite, a piece of grilled chicken with pesto and a plain baked potato, but there are many gluten-free options available including a caesar salad, greek salad and lots more.

You control the condiments and most of their soups and dressings are made from scratch, so they can tell you exactly what's in everything.  Whenever I've had questions, they've done their best to answer them and I've never gotten sick there.  Click here to check out their menu.  They have several locations in the area including one at Mockingbird Station in Dallas and on at Southlake Town Square.