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Collection of Gluten-Free Beers

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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

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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.

Subway’s Gluten-Free Menu

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These days it seems like a Subway restaurant is about as difficult to find as a McDonald’s restaurant! I seriously have 4 Subway restaurants within one mile of my workplace (not joking!).

Wouldn’t it be great if Subway offered gluten-free foods? Unfortunately, as their focus is on bread and the insane amount of cross-contamination possibilities, we are pretty much out of luck.

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

A quick browsing over the most current version of the document shows that many of the salads appear to be gluten-free. With the exceptions of the Seafood Sensation, Meatball Marinara, and Sweet Onion Teriyaki Chicken, all the other salads are safe (assuming they care to avoid cross-contamination).

If you decide to try a Subway salad, you’ll want to make sure you tell them to hold the croutons.  Oh, and as for the salad dressings, the only one which appears to contain gluten is the “Atkins Sweet as Honey Mustard,” so you’ll want to avoid that as well!

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.

Have you ever tried eating at a Subway since being diagnosed with Celiac Disease?

Does Gluten Trigger Eczema?

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No matter how much we talk about eczema, it seems that there is a lot of interest within the Celiac community regarding it, so I try to cover stuff about eczema as I come across it. What we do know is that one of the most common symptoms that is relieved once adhering to a strict gluten-free diet is eczema (or the more bothersome Dermatitis Herpetiformis). So, does consuming gluten actually cause the eczema problems?

According to gluten-free Health, gluten is in fact a trigger of eczema.  They also mention the following:

Some children and adults also react adversely to certain seafoods, sesame, soy (about which I will say more in a future blog), chocolate, cabbage, curry, chilli, salicylates (naturally occurring in some foods and in aspirin), tree nuts, some fruits (citrus and others, particularly if not ripe) and vegetables, food colourings and additives including sulphites, tatrazine and M.S.G.. Animal hair etc and some plants also contribute to eczema problems. Eggs, peanuts, sesame and shellfish have also been implicated in anaphylaxis.

Removing the offending foods from the breastfeeding mother’s and a young child’s diets often quickly reverses the condition.

Eczema is usually more prevalent in children where one or both of the parents have suffered from asthma, eczema and other chronic conditions: i.e. there is genetic or hereditary predisposition.

So, what are your experiences with either eczema or Dermatitis Herpetiformis?

Recipe: Gluten-Free Chocolate Chunk Peanut Butter Cookies

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Are you looking to fill that chocolate craving, gluten-free style? Here is a gluten-free recipe I tried for double chocolate chunk peanut butter cookies! Give it a try and let us know how they turn out in the comments below.

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

Gluten-Free Chocolate Chunk Peanut Butter Cookies

Cookie Ingredients:

  • 2 sticks softened, unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 3 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 1/5 cups gluten-free flour (I used Bob’s Red Mill All Purpose GF Baking Flour)
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 cup pure cocoa powder
  • 3 cups chocolate chunks or chips (make sure they’re GF!)
  • 1 cup natural peanut butter

Cookie Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the butter, peanut butter, sugars, salt and vanilla until well combined. Beat in the egg. Scrape the bowl using a spatula as it mixes.
  3. In a small bowl, whisk together the GF flour, cocoa and baking soda. Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and mix on low speed until just absorbed. Remove the mixture from the electric mixer and incorporate the chocolate chunks with a strong spoon or spatula.
  4. Using a 1-inch ice cream scooper, drop dough balls about 3 inches apart onto non-greased baking sheets. Bake for 9-12 minutes, or until centers no longer appear moist. Let the cookies sit for 5 minutes before transferring them to wire racks to cool completely.
  5. Grab a tall glass of milk (or soy milk), kick back, and chow down!