Author Archives: Caroline Hanley

‘Tis the Season for (gluten-free) Pumpkin!

By Caroline Hanley | Published September 28, 2012

With the start of fall, it’s time to embrace all things pumpkin, and you shouldn’t have to miss out because of your gluten sensitivity! Beth at Tasty Yummies has rolled out an entire post dedicated to pumpkin goodies just in time! You can check out her post here to see her recipes for pumpkin oatmeal [...]

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Udi’s Gluten-Free Unveils New Products

By Caroline Hanley | Published September 21, 2012

At the Natural Products Expo in Baltimore this Thursday Udi’s, the #1 gluten-free brand in America, announced five new additions to its vast range of gluten-free products that will be available in grocery stores starting in November and can also be purchased through their website. These new items are: Plain tortillas: These soft tortillas were [...]

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Gluten-Free Makeup: What’s it all about?

By Caroline Hanley | Published September 14, 2012

When living with a gluten allergy, it is second nature to check and double check the foods that you are eating. However, few people second guess the ingredients in their cosmetics, shampoos, toothpaste, and body lotions, when the reality is that many of these things contain gluten and can trigger reactions in some people the [...]

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Allergy Friendly Lunch Ideas From Lexie’s Kitchen

By Caroline Hanley | Published September 7, 2012

Happy Friday! As we wind down the first week of the new school year, it’s time to start thinking about getting into a routine for the rest of the year. One of the biggest challenges of living with food allergies, especially with children, is finding tasty food that will travel well and meets your restrictions. [...]

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Gluten-Free Beer Round Up

By Caroline Hanley | Published August 24, 2012

We know that sometimes the hardest parts of having a gluten allergy are not the big things, but the simple things – like enjoying a cold beer after a hot summer’s day. Fortunately, there are many breweries that are catering to those who can’t consume the gluten that is found in the wheat and barley [...]

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Quality Assurance International Helps Boost Consumer Confidence

By Caroline Hanley | Published August 17, 2012

We all know how nerve-wracking it can be to find food that is good for you and your family to eat while also meeting your allergen requirements. Last month we looked into some of the gluten-free smart phone apps that are available to help find safe gluten-free foods at the super market, find restaurants to [...]

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Vegan Banana French Toast from Cook It Allergy Free

By Caroline Hanley | Published August 10, 2012

Doesn’t this French Toast from CookItAllergyFree.com look delicious?! And it’s egg, gluten, and dairy free – you can make it 100% vegan by using egg-free, dairy-free bread (Kim at CookItAllergyFree suggests this recipe from Carrie of Ginger Lemon Girl, for her Gluten-Free Vegan Crusty Bread, or this one from Sea, of Book of Yum, for [...]

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Blogger Spotlight: Avoiding Milk Blog

By Caroline Hanley | Published August 3, 2012

At Tasterie, we love finding new blogs that help us explore the allergy-free world with cool recipes and helpful tips. Here, in our first blogger spotlight, we talked to Karen of Avoiding Milk Blog and discussed blogging, food allergies, and more! Tasterie: How did you get started blogging? Karen: When my eldest child developed a [...]

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Gluten-Free at the Summer Olympics

By Caroline Hanley | Published July 27, 2012

With the Opening Ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics happening today, we were interested to find out that one of the many Olympic hopefuls has a gluten allergy. Dana Vollmer, the 24 year old swimmer who will be going for the gold in London this August, is not only a world champion – she is [...]

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Mamabelly SnackBox Review

By Caroline Hanley | Published July 25, 2012

We recently read this awesome review of our SnackBox from Nina of Mamabelly’s Lunches With Love – we love how she took products from the box and incorporated them into a healthy, delicious lunch for her kids! Overall, I love the choice between the Signature and SnackBox, the variety of different allergy-free snacks and foods [...]

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