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Red Robin Gluten-Free Restaurant Menu

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Are you a Celiac who is thinking about visiting a Red Robin restaurant in the near future? After being in contact with the restaurant, I was able to collect the following information. I’ve also read somewhere to be careful with fries, as this may vary per location:

Below is a current list of gluten-free food item options from the Red Robin menu; however this changes regularly so you’ll want to check out the Red Robin gluten-free menu on our website. Red Robin will do its best to customize orders to meet dietary needs. Hopefully, there’s something on this list you’ll enjoy.

  • Steak Fries
  • Cheese

Produce Items:

  • Guacamole
  • Salsa
  • Black Beans
  • Turkey Breast Meat
  • Beef patty
  • Lettuce Wrap Burger
  • Carnitas meat
  • Grilled Chicken Breast Fillet
  • Egg
  • Turkey patty
  • Grilled Salmon
  • Rice
  • Side of cooked vegetables

Current Entrees Revised:

  • Cobb Salad
  • Crispy Chicken Salad, substitute crispy chicken with grilled chicken
  • Fajita Pollo, minus corn strips.

General Information:

  • Red Robin will customize orders to meet dietary needs.
  • Salad Dressings and mayo do contain vinegar in the ingredients list. The vinegar is not malt vinegar.
  • The Red Robin Seasoning is sprinkled on the beef patty and steak fries after cooking. The Seasoning does not contain wheat, barley, oat, or rye glutens. It may contain naturally occurring glutamates. These items can be ordered without Red Robin Seasoning. Please inform your server if you desire no seasoning.
  • Corn strips may be fried in a common fryer.
  • Steak fries are fried in a designated fryer.

Please inform your server so that he/she can help meet your dietary needs.

Recipe: Gluten-Free Flour Mix

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There are many gluten-free flours available in stores; however, I often find I prefer homemade flour. For anyone interested, here is how to make your own homemade gluten-free flour at home. You can keep this mix on hand and use it in place of white wheat flour in your favorite recipes.

Gluten-Free Flour Mix Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups white rice flour
  • 1/3 cup tapioca flour
  • 2/3 cup potato starch flour (not plain potato flour)

Directions:

  1. Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and mix thoroughly.
  2. Sift the mixture into a large airtight container.
  3. Store in a container tightly closed.

This recipe yields 3 cups, but you can easily increase it if you need more.

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

The History of Celiac Disease

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Between 9,000 and 4,000 BC, in the age when glaciers melted and the earth warmed, nomadic hunter-gatherers settled down to more agrarian pursuits and began to cultivate wheat as a source of food. The establishment of this behavior, as it spread from Southeast Asia throughout Europe, is considered to have contributed greatly to mankind’s early success.

The adoption of these new foods, however, was difficult for some. For these individuals and their descendants, genetic susceptibility and the presence of wheat in the diet caused an inflammatory response in the intestines that lead to malnutrition that would prove fatal for some.

In the second century AD, a Greek physician known as Aretaeus of Cappadocia wrote what is thought to be an early description of this illness.  In this account, he referred to a condition involving a number of signs and symptoms, including bellyache that afflicted some children of his time. Some 1,700 years later, these writings were translated into English, and the Greek word for “bellyache” was anglicized to “Celiac,” which has since been used to describe the condition. Today, we know that Celiac Disease is an intestinal disorder that affects susceptible individuals when they are exposed to certain cereal grains in their diet.

Celiac Disease has long since been considered a relatively rare disease. Through the use of improved testing methods and increased awareness, however, it is now considered to be one of the most common lifelong diseases.  It is estimated that up to 1% of individuals who are of European descent have an intolerance to the grains of wheat, barley, and rye, and as many as 3 million people in the United States may be affected, or 1 in every 133 Americans.

For more information about Celiac Disease, check out our Celiac Disease FAQ.

Does Celiac Disease Cause Miscarriages?

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Does Celiac Disease cause miscarriages? 10 or more years ago that would have been a difficult question to answer, but in the last decade the internet has become much more mainstream and people are able to share their experiences. I think this is especially true in situations related to how Celiac Disease affects pregnancy and the infant years of a child.

So can Celiac Disease cause a miscarriage? It seems there has been information to support both yes and no, but there are a large number of testimonials all over the internet who had a number of miscarriages and later found out they have been suffering from Celiac Disease.

One recent example I found was over at Gluten-Free Help, where Celiac Disease and Reproductive Problems were discussed.

After the loss of her daughter, Bast suffered several early miscarriages before she succeeded in carrying another child without apparent complications until the sixth month. Then the diarrhea began again. A few weeks later, when she again felt very little fetal movement, her new, high-risk obstetrician performed an emergency caesarian section. Her premature, 3-pound baby—another girl—survived and eventually thrived.

Several years and many doctors later, Bast was diagnosed with celiac disease. Could the disease be responsible for her miscarriages and stillborn baby? According to what she learned during a lecture at the 9th International Symposium on Celiac Disease in 2000, the answer was yes. The discovery prompted Bast to form the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA).

The post then gives additional examples and covers the connection between Celiac Disease and miscarriages, making for a great resource if you have some concerns about miscarriages.

Recipe: Gluten-Free Chocolate Thousand Layer Cake

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Having trouble finding a good gluten-free dessert to enjoy? Unlikely of course, but here is a gluten-free recipe that I recommend everyone check out. It is a chocolate thousand-layer cake that is gluten-free. Give it a try and let us know how it works out.

Gluten-Free Chocolate Thousand Layer Cake Recipe

Cake Ingredients:

  • 1/3 cup butter, softened
  • 1 heaped tbsp leatherwood honey
  • 1 tbsp golden caster sugar
  • 5 large eggs, separated
  • Pinch of salt
  • ¼ cup potato starch
  • ¼ cup rice flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp matcha powder, mixed with 1 tbsp water to form a paste
  • 1 tsp cocoa powder, mixed with 1 tbsp water to form a paste

Matcha Butter Icing Ingredients:

  • ½ cup icing sugar
  • 1 ½ tbsp margarine or unsalted butter
  • ½ tsp matcha

Cake Directions:

  1. Cream the butter and sugar together. Beat in the egg yolks.
  2. In a clean bowl, beat the egg whites with the salt until stiff. Fold into the yolk mixture, then fold in the flour & baking powder.
  3. Divide the batter between two bowls.
  4. Add the matcha paste to one bowl and the cocoa paste to the other.  Stir well.
  5. Line the bottom of a buttered 9” round cake tin with baking paper & grease.
  6. Pour about ¼ cup of the chocolate batter into the tin, spreading to form a thin layer.
  7. Place the tin in a steamer & steam for about 5-8mins, or until the layer is firm.
  8. Spread ¼ cup of the matcha patter over this, tilting the pan to ensure even coverage. Steam until firm.
  9. Repeat layering and steaming until all batter is used.
  10. When you are finished with the last layer, steam the whole cake for another 30-40 minutes.
  11. Let the cake cool, then remove it from the tin.
  12. Meanwhile, make the butter icing by combining all the ingredients together.
  13. When the cake has completely cooled, slice it in two & spread butter icing on one half.
  14. Place the remaining half on top, and dust with cocoa powder & icing sugar.

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