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Recipe: Gluten-Free Cornbread

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Here is a nice gluten-free recipe for a sweet cornbread that anyone should enjoy, including those without Celiac Disease.

If you’d like to check out other recipe ideas, check out our gluten-free recipes page!

Gluten-Free Sweet Cornbread Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cups unsweetened soy milk
  • 1 1/2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tablespoon canola oil
  • 1 egg (or equivalent)
  • 1 cup cornmeal
  • 1 cup millet
  • 3-4 tablespoon ground turbinado sugar (a coffee grinder works great)
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon powdered ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

Directions:

  1. Mix soymilk and vinegar and let sit.
  2. In separate bowls mix EnerG egg replacer.  Set aside.
  3. Mix all dry ingredients in a separate bowl.
  4. Add the 2 tablespoons of canola oil to the soymilk mixture, and add the egg replacer as well.
  5. Fold the wet ingredients into the dry mixture. Stir well.
  6. Pour batter into well-oiled muffin tins (will make 6 large or 12 regular-size muffins).
  7. Bake at 425 degrees F for 20-25 minutes.

Recipe: Gluten-Free Shortbread Cookies

Last Updated on by the Celiac-Disease.com Staff

Now that the holiday season is here, we’ve really been trying to focus on holiday treats. Here is a gluten-free recipe for a shortbread cookie that I wanted to pass along to our readers. If you give it a try let us know what you think in the comments.

If you’d like to check out other recipe ideas, check out our gluten-free recipes page!

gluten-free Shortbread Cookies Recipe

Cookie Ingredients:

  • 1 1/4 cups gluten-free flour (I used 3/4 cup almond meal and 1/2 cup sorghum flour)
  • 1/2 cup white rice flour
  • finely grated rind of 1 lemon or orange
  • 6 tablespoons butter (at room temperature)
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 3/4 teaspoon xanthan gum
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 teaspoons water

Cookie Directions:

  1. Put the gluten-free flour, rice flour, citrus rind and butter in a food processor, and blend until it has combined. Add the sugar, xanthan gum, egg yolk and water and mix to a dough.
  2. Plop the dough out of the bowl onto a cutting board, covered with a dusting of rice flour. Knead. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
  3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a baking sheet.
  4. Roll out the dough on the cutting board or other floured surface to about 1/4 inch thick. Using your favorite cookie cutter, cut out shapes and use a spatula to move to the baking sheet.
  5. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly golden. Watch them carefully, as they can over bake easily. Remove from oven, leaving on baking sheet for 2 minutes. Move to wire rack.
  6. Dust lightly with powdered sugar, or the gluten-free frosting of your choice.

Panera Bread’s Gluten-Free Menu

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Being someone who makes much of his living from home on the internet, I’ve always found that going out and working in public can be satisfying at times. In order to do this, I simply need my laptop and a wireless internet connection (WiFi).

Probably my favorite place to “work” while out in public has to be Panera Bread. They offer a very relaxing atmosphere, and they have a number of great gluten-free items on their menu, making for an affordable and productive work environment.

While researching what Panera menu items are gluten-free, I was able to confirm the following should be okay to consume (though I still recommend making sure they are aware of your dietary needs to avoid cross-contamination!):

Official Website Menu Information: Panera Bread Gluten-Free Menu
Location Finder: Find a Panera Bread Location Near You

Below we’ve collected what foods are currently safe to eat at Panera Bread for your convenience:

Panera’s Gluten-Free Menu

**Note: Although we do our very best to meet your special requirements, we cannot rule out the possibility of cross-contact between these items and gluten-containing foods in our bakery cafe.**

**Note: Gorgonzola and bleu cheeses are commonly made with mold incubated on wheat. Some may choose to avoid these cheeses for this reason and you may substitute another cheese if you prefer. Items containing these ingredients are indicated below with (G) or (BC).**

Salads including the Salad Dressing (source of modified food starch is corn):

  • Greek Salad Fandango Salad (G)
  • Caesar Salad (without croutons)
  • Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad (without croutons)
  • Mediterranean Salmon Salad
  • Salmon Caesar Salad (without croutons)
  • Asian Sesame Chicken Salad (without Won Ton noodles)
  • Classic Cafe Salad
  • Strawberry Poppyseed Salad
  • Strawberry Poppyseed Salad with Chicken
  • Fuji Apple Chicken Salad (G)
  • California Mission Chicken Salad
  • Orchard Harvest Chicken Salad (G)
  • Chopped Chicken Cobb Salad (G)
  • BBQ Chopped Chicken Salad

Soups:

  • Low Fat Vegetarian Black Bean
  • Cuban Black Bean and Lentil
  • Vegetarian Roasted Red Pepper & Lentil
  • Vegetarian Butternut Squash
  • Creamy Tomato (without croutons)
  • Low-Fat Vegetarian Southwest
  • Tomato & Roasted Corn
  • Turkey Chickpea Chili
  • Summer Corn Chowder
  • Low-Fat Chicken Tortilla Soup

Salad Dressings:

  • Balsamic Vinaigrette
  • Caesar
  • Greek
  • Poppyseed
  • Raspberry Vinaigrette
  • Asian Sesame Vinaigrette
  • White Balsamic Vinaigrette
  • Roasted Garlic & Meyer’s Lemon Vinaigrette
  • BBQ Ranch

Beverages:

  • Coffee
  • Juice, both apple, and orange
  • Lemonade
  • Milk
  • Soda, fountain, and bottled
  • Tea, regular, and Chai Tea
  • All lattes & Frozen beverages
  • Strawberry Smoothie
  • Hot Chocolate
  • Pumpkin Spice Latte
  • Gingerbread Latte
  • Panera Bread Potato Chips

As always, when dining out gluten-free, do your due diligence and make sure the staff understands your needs. There are very few restaurants that are 100% gluten-free, so cross-contamination is always a risk. If you don’t feel comfortable with what you are hearing from the staff, perhaps it is best to dine elsewhere.

For information about other gluten-free restaurants menus, check out our gluten-free restaurants page.

Collection of Gluten-Free Beers

Last Updated on by the Celiac-Disease.com Staff

These days there are a larger number of gluten-free beers than most people realize, and quite a few can be found without to much effort!  Especially those with internet access.

I’ve talked about a few of these individually int he past here at Celiac Disease, but haven’t ever put them together into one post, so I decided to finally get around to doing so.

Here are the gluten-free beers I’m currently aware of:

  • Bard’s Beer – The founders (Craig and Kevin) were actually both diagnosed with Celiac Disease, prompting this beer to be created.  If you are having troubles finding Bard’s Beer, the Bard’s locator on their official website has a locator at the bottom of the page.
  • Green’s – Green’s is a European flavored brew which is gluten-free and also suitable for Vegans and Vegatarians.  If you’d like to purchase some, I’ve been told it can be ordered from John’s Grocery.
  • New Grist – Having troubles finding New Grist?  Click here to locate liquor stores, restaurants, and/or bars that sell New Grist.
  • O’Brien – Known for being Australia’s first gluten-free beer.  If you’d like to give it a try, you can order it online.
  • Redbridge – Popular gluten-free beer from Anheuser-Busch.

If you know of some others which we haven’t already covered, please let me know so I can update our post!

Recipe: Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Fudge

Last Updated on by the Celiac-Disease.com Staff

Are you interested in making some gluten-free fudge this holiday season?  This was a family favorite prior to our household going gluten-free, so I’ve been on the lookout for a good gluten-free version!  Below is the recipe my family currently uses when attending holiday events that require us to bring a treat.

If you’d like to check out other recipe ideas, check out our gluten-free recipes page!

Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Fudge Recipe

Fudge Ingredients:

  • 13 oz Peanut Butter
  • ½ pound butter
  • 3 TBSP milk
  • 4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Fudge Directions:

  1. Melt the first 3 ingredients over low heat and add vanilla.
  2. Work in powdered sugar.
  3. Press into pan.
  4. Cool in the fridge for several hours before cutting.