Stephanie Life of Determination

The owner, Steven Pollard, from Guido's Premuim Pizza are working on making the best gluten-free pizza in all of Michigan. He owns the franchise location in Okemos/Haslett, MI.  He has a personal connection to this cause. Steven is very passionate and committed to provideing safe and exceptional dining experience for people with Celiac Disease, gluten intolerence, and food allergies. He wants to make sure that the gluten-free community can have wonderful tasty pizzas.            “I started my gluten free business by making a gluten-free pizza for my mom. After a year of failed        attempts and hundreds of hours of research, I finally created the best gluten-free pizza that I sell to the public.” Guido’s Pizza of Okemos/Haslett, MI a gluten-free menu that features pizzas, pastas, salads, and even gluten-free garlic breadsticks! Guido’s Pizza also completed NFCA’s GREAT training in an effort to safeguard their gluten-free options by adopting safe serving practices. By the man

http://www.glutenfreeda.com/ Ingredients 3 sticks butter, sliced 24 ounces semisweet gf chocolate 6 eggs 2-1/4 cups sugar 1 Tablespoon gf vanilla 3/4 cup gf flour 3 cups walnuts, roasted & chopped Powdered sugar as needed Directions: Preheat oven to 400ºF. Bring a large pan of water to boil and reduce heat to low. Place butter in a large bowl. Put the bowl over the hot water but do not allow it to touch the water. Add the chocolate chips to the butter. Heat the chocolate until it begins to look glossy. Work the mixture with a rubber spatula. Remove the bowl from the hot water when the mixture is about half-way melted. Continue to work the chocolate while off the heat until smooth and glossy. In the large bowl, beat the eggs at high speed until slightly thickened. Gradually add the sugar to the eggs and beat until mixture is pale and thick, about 5 minutes. On medium speed, add the cooled chocolate and vanilla to the eggs. Reduce mixture speed to low and g

Baking with gluten-free flours is another matter – a bit more complicated. There are some good basic gluten-free flour mixes on the market (Bob’s Red Mill, Hodson Mills,). In order to substitute gluten-free flours for the wheat flour, you will need to have a good mix or variety of flours, such as Bette Hagman’s flour mix or any premixed Gluten Free All Purpose Mixes. This would be a mix consisting of perhaps rice flour, tapioca flour, potato starch flour as a basic mix. Then you can expand on that depending on what type of item you are making. Millet flour: can make breads lighter, sorghum flour: can add a bit of sweetness, amaranth: holds moisture – which is good for quick breads like date bread. Bean flours: add protein. You can purchase Rice flour at your local Oriental Food Market. Orenital Flour is much finer, which makes it better for recipes. It is also a lot cheaper. When you bake (cookies, breads, cakes, etc...) you will always need to put Xanthan Gum. For bak

O’Charley’s now has a gluten-free menu also, and you can check out their website at www.ocharleys.com. They do show their allergen information on their website. O’Charley’s is located at 1600 E. Beltline, N.E. Hungry? Good Food and Good Times. Whether you live in, or are just passing through, one of the twenty states with O'Charley's fun restaurants, your fantastic dining adventure awaits. The steaks that we grill to perfection, seafood, chicken, salads, desserts and more. And on Sundays, O'Charley's is the brunch restaurant that starts your day full of flavor and lets you linger as long as you please. In a hurry? Enjoy brunch, lunch or dinner to-go. Don’t pass by without stopping in, even if it’s just for a few minutes.

This is a new fun site that is like Facebook, but for people who are suffering from Celiac Disease, Gluten Allergy or have just decided to stay away from gluten. Sign up, start your profile on http://www.glutenfreefaces.com/ Join and have fun. I love it.

Gordon Foods has come out with a list of their foods that are gluten free (brownies, pizza crust). If you shop at Gordon Foods, you can ask the manager about it, or go online to (and this is a long address!): mpappsrvp.mps.gfs.com:8022/productInquuiry/app/search/productSearch.do

It time for Grand Rapids Gluten Free Food Fair. Saturday May 8, 2010 10:00am-3:00pm Location: Kuyper College 3333 East Beltline NE Grand Rapids, MI More information will be posted. Anchor Baptist Church sponsors the fourth annual Gluten Free Food Fair for people with Celiac Disease and those following a gluten free diet.

Most Zoup restaurants have training they go through to handle all types of dietary issues, gluten-free, dairy-free, nut allergies, preventing cross-contamination, etc.. They use designated areas, knives, cutting boards, new gloves etc.. They make hundreds of soups, usually twelve a day. They have several that are gluten-free. They can also make gluten-free salad, and the Ranch dressing and Caesar dressing are both gluten-free. They are other soups that are gluten-free, you can go to their website to see other soups they have that are gluten-free. Some locations in Grand Rapids Michigan are Byron Center in Wyoming,, Casacade Road in GR, MI. to one of their locations to try them! They have two locations at the present timA new one will be opening up in Holland Michigan. Couple GF soups are A Fire-Roasted Tomato Bisque, and a Seven Bean. Website : www.zoup.com.

I am not a Superbowl fan. I only like to beer commercials. But I know that there is my readers that like to throw Superbowl parties. I want to give you ideas to make your 2010 Superbowl gluten-free. Here is some recipes that is so good that your guest won't even relize that it is gluten free. What a Superbowl without Bufflo Wing : - 2 ibs chicken wings (about 12 wings)- make sure that the wings don't have any seasoning so check the labels. - 3 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted (if you don't have unslated regular works too) -4 Tablespoons Gluten Free bottled hot pepper sauce Some gf hot peppers that are GF are Franks Original Red Hot Sauce, TABASCO brand pepper sauce. Soland chili sauce, 365 organic hot sauce, Edward and Sons brand The Wizard's Organic Hot Sauce ( Please read labels and call company if you have questions) - 1 Tablespoon of paprika - 1/2 teaspoon salt -1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper -1/4 teaspoon black pepper Direction: 1.Cut the drummet portion of the chi

Cream of Mushroom can sometimes be hard to find Gluten-Free. Progresso's Cream of Muschroom is Gluten-Free,but check the label to make sure they have not changed it. But Progresso can be expensive if not on sale. This recipe gives you a natural perservative free cream of mushroom. You can make a batch up and freeze it in an airtight container. Here is a recipe that is quick and easy: BASE: -1 cup of mushrooms, sliced. - 2 tablespoons onion, chopped - 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter -2 Tablespoons of a Gluten Free glour mix (All purpose Gluten Free mix such as Kinnikinnick mix which is my favorite. Another GF all purpose mix is BOB MILL, Arrowhead Mills) - 2 cups of Gluten Free beef stock. I like to use Swason chicken broth because it is a better taste. - Salt and freshly ground pepper. Add when going to eat: -1/2 cup of cream (Can use fat free milk, 2% milk, whole milk) - can add a teaspon of nutmeg. Direction: 1. Melt butter over medium heat in a medium saucepan 2. add mushrooms, o