Picture Perfect – Buddha Bowl
How to create the picture perfect Buddha Bowls to help you maintain a healthy lifestyle....
Gluten & Allergen Free Wellness Event – Austin, TX
I know it's Superbowl Sunday but for those of you not into football this Sunday Austin, TX is home to the Gluten & Allergen Free Wellness Event, being held out at the Travis County Expo Center from 10am-3pm. What's important about events like these for the...
New Year’s Resolutions
It's that time again - New Year's Resolutions! We're 22 days into the new year and the diet commercials are on every major network, popping up in Facebook ads, magazines, you name it there is a diet out there for you (or so they say). I don't...
Alone in a Gluten-Free Lifestyle?
Sometimes even today, I feel alone in my gluten-free lifestyle. I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease in December 2008, and at that time I was the only one in my family and of my friends who had been diagnosed. Having just moved from San Francisco to...
Roasted Butternut Squash, Golden Beets & Fennel
Meatless Monday's used to leave me in such a quandary. After having met Michael Natkin last year, author of Herbivoracious and recent James Beard Foundation Finalist, thanks to his publisher Harvard Common Press, I really have a few found love for vegetables. Michael and a few other...
Gluten & Allergen Free Expo
Come join me at this weekends premiere gluten-free event in San Francisco! I had the pleasure of being exposed for the 1st time to the Gluten & Allergen Free Expo last year in Chicago at the Nourished Food Blogger Conference in April. I had never been...
Guest Blog Post: Notes from Maggie’s Farm on an Evening with Michael Pollan
It was with honor that I got to hold a giveaway for tickets to a "Meet & Greet with Michael Pollan" at HausBar Farms, as well as giveaway two tickets to "An Evening with Michael Pollan" at The Paramount Theatre. This was a rare opportunity to...
Wordless Wednesday – Tis the Season
I found this salt shaker with the Christmas Tree inside at Anthropology while treating myself to some retail therapy & just couldn't resist!...
Gluten-Free Malaysian Rendang Pulled Pork
I am always up for cooking ethnics dishes, as it allows me to expand my cooking skills and palette. I love attempting new Asian dishes in particular, as I got so spoiled living in San Francisco with being exposed to some of the most amazing...
Blinded by the Bite! Ticket Giveaway: Michael Pollan at HausBar Farms
Post Update: We have a winner for the "Meet & Greet" but I have two (2) tickets to Thursday nights event at the Paramount Theater to giveaway as well at the end of today! Same rules apply - If you've already commented on post your automatically...
Blinded by the Bite! Launches New Website
Big news for Blinded by the Bite! I've officially launched my new website blindedbythebite.com and I want to thank you for you're readership of my blog and I hope you'll visit the new website and subscribe to the blog. I've spent a lot of time thinking about...
Gluten-Free: It’s a Lifestyle not a Diet
I am repeatedly asked how to start a gluten-free diet and with the recent buzz surrounding hidden sources of gluten, I thought it might be a good time to write another blog post on outlining how to get started and things to keep in mind...
National Celiac Disease Awareness Day 2012
Do you remember when you were 1st diagnosed with Celiac Disease? I most certainly do, as it was almost five years ago just as I was getting settled in Austin, TX. My rheumatologist in San Francisco changed my life, she figured out what so many...
Gluten-Free: The Gluten-Free Asian Kitchen Cookbook Review
Earlier this year, my good friend and cookbook author Karen Morgan of Blackbird Bakery had me over for dinner one night, as she was testing out a chocolate mayonnaise cake and I noticed Laura B. Russell's cookbook "The Gluten-Free Asian Kitchen" on her kitchen counter...
Blinded By The Bite! Giveaway – Celiac Awareness Month 2012
I got to know Simone Shifnadel of Zenbelly Catering over the last month via Twitter, as she was raising funds for a shared gluten-free kitchen in San Francisco through Kickstarter. Having been a former San Franciscan (yes you do leave your heart in San Francisco,...
Celiac Disease: Life In Pictures Series – Celiac Awareness Month 2012
May is Celiac Awareness Month and I am always intrigued and delighted at how I can participate with other bloggers during the month of May to help bring more awareness to Celiac's Disease. I was fortunate to join-in with several other bloggers in "Life In Pictures"...
Blinded By The Bite Giveaway – Pair of Passes to WholeFoods “Do Something Reel” Film Fest
I was delighted when approached by Whole Foods about giving away two passes to this Sunday's "Do Something Reel" Film Festival, featuring the movie "The Apple Pushers." If you can tell me what year the Sustainable Food Center was founded you're the winner of a pair of...
Gluten-Free: Health Matters
One thing I've been struggling with since being diagnosed with Celiac's Disease is my weight fluctuates up and down. I grew up playing sports through college and was always very health, ate right and never really had to watch what I ate. Now with Celiac's Disease,...
Gluten-Free: IACP Recap & Blinded by the Bite! turns 1 year old!
Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of Blinded by the Bite! It's been an amazing journey, albeit a difficult one at times, but I awoke this morning with a sense of accomplishment, gratitude and still on such a high from my experience at the International...
Gluten-Free: Celiac Safe Wheat Coming to Market?
I subscribe to a website called EmpowHer, as they are a great resource for health information and was reading a recent article penned by By Linda Fugate PhD titled "Celiac-Safe Wheat Coming Soon--Maybe" and just became angry! Not at the author Linda Fugate, but...
Gluten-Free: The Perfect Storm
With May being Celiac Awareness Month, there is all of this talk about available gluten-free products, gluten-free news in the media (FDA Labeling - 1in133.org), and how to go gluten-free. But what there isn¬â„¢t always a lot of discussions about is just really how hard...
Gluten Free – Where do I start?
Are you having issues with your stomach every time you go out to eat or even fix meals at home? You've been hearing all of this press and information about gluten and wondering if you have Celiac's Disease or a gluten intolerance? Your asking yourself...
Gluten Free: Macrobiotic & Vegan – Delicious is the word!
One or more of us are on a path to eat better, live a healthier lifestyle (ok I know that can be a painstaking process living in the BBQ Capital ¬ we love our meat here in Texas)! Austin, however, is different . . ....
Living a Gluten-Free Lifestyle (Guest Blog Post for LiveMom.com)
Living a gluten-free lifestyle is becoming more and more mainstream these days, as evidenced by the gluten-free informational insert from Media Planet in the Los Angeles Times during the month of March (via www.Celiac.org), and is not as some may think the latest diet fad. Why...
Gluten-Free: Chef thinks it’s “Bullshit”
Update 4.12.2011: This update is pertaining to Paul Seelig who sold bread at the North Carolina State Fair and the fairgrounds flea market claiming it was gluten-free. Per www.newsobserver.com, Paul Seelig was found guilty Monday of 23 counts of obtaining property by false pretense ...
Come To The Table -You Cooked What? I’ll Swap You!
For my "Come to the Table" series I wanted to feature Austin Food Swappers (#ATXSwappers), an event hosted by Kate (@Hipgirls), Megan (@Stetted) & Sarah (@texpatsabroad). I didn't know what to expect as it was my first food swap, but was excited to make gluten-free...
Blinded By The Bite! featured by National Foundation for Celiac Awareness in Feb. Newsletter
Blinded By The Bite's Rachelle King was featured in this months newsletter from the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness in their "Please to Tweet You" feature. Check it out: Pleased to Tweet You Each month, "Pleased to Tweet You" will highlight an individual who chatted...
Come To The Table: Gluten-Free Quiche
Quiche - It's whats for breakfast, lunch or dinner! I love to eat breakfast for lunch and dinner and Quiche is one of my most favorite gluten-free dishes to make being it's made from "The Incredible Edible Egg!" Additionally, having found a great gluten-free crust...
Blinded By The Bite! featured on Lonley Gourmet Radio Friday Food Feast
I had to opportunity to be interviewed by Laurie of Lonely Gourmet on her Foodie Friday Talk Radio Show featured on Blog Talk Radio. The topic of discussion: gluten-free foods & living. Here is the link so you can have a listen: lonely-gourmet (Episode date 1/14/2011 ...
Know where your food comes from? You should!
Do you know where your food comes from? You should! I had the opportunity to volunteer my time Monday at Johnson's Backyard Garden in Austin, TX. Brenton Johnson is the Owner of this Certified Organic Farm, "home of the largest CSA (community supported agriculture) in...
Come To The Table: Gluten-Free Butternut Squash Soup
With the weather being so cold lately & it also being National Soup Month, I decided I would have my second blog in the "Come to The Table" Gluten-Free Series be a soup recipe. Soups are wonderful, easy to prepare and one of my favorite...
Come To The Table: Gluten-Free Bacon Wrapped Chicken & Shrimp
This is my 1st blog post for my new gluten-free weekly blog series "Come to the Table" and I am serving up a bacon wrapped stuffed chicken with shrimp accompanied by a sweet potato puree (recipe feeds three (3) individuals). When I started cooking dinner,...
Gluten-Free: Is it unhealthy?
Is eating a gluten-free diet unhealthy? That depends - if you have Celiac's Disease, eating gluten-free is healthy and is in most cases a necessity, as Celiac's Disease is a genetic disorder that causes an intolerance to gluten. There has been much hype from Hollywood...
Come To The Table: A Gluten-Free Blog Series
I have posted a few blogs about gluten-free quick and easy meals with a really positive response/request for additional blog posts and recipes. So I have decided to start a weekly series called "Come To The Table" which will feature a gluten-free recipe. The first...
Gluten-Free Meals -Come to the table for a quick meal
Recently I posted a recipe for Gnocchi with a cream sauce in an effort to share quick and easy gluten-free meal ideas, especially with the holiday's upon us. Having some of the ingredients left over from my trip to Con' Olio & Antonelli's Cheese Shop,...
Adventures in Healthy Eating?
You bet! Just had lunch over at Ambrosia (Ambrosia formerly Talkhouse Cafe). Met with the Owner John Wegmann, who was just delightful and he is a true believer in bringing sustainable healthy food here to Austin and to changing people's lives through education on what we are...
Glutenista.net moving over to Blinded By The Bite!
Blinded By The Bite! is up on Facebook/Blogger/WordPress & Twitter! Moving Glutenista.net over to this new site/blog as I wanted to expand upon the topic of healthy/sustainable eating! Please add me as a friend for all the foodie updates you can dream of! I...
