046: Summer Barbecue Guide, Toddler Meal Ideas, All About Quinoa

June 2025

Jun 30, 2025

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Gluten Free Barbecue Guide: Tips for Staying Safe at a Summer Party

Family, friends, food, drinks, sunshine, and warm weather. What could be more perfect?

If you have celiac disease you might have just got a little knot in your stomach. We enjoy socializing as much as the next person, but staying safely gluten free at a barbecue is hard.

Here are tons of tips and a few things to watch for to make the summer party season enjoyable and easy on the tummy.

Featured Recipe

Is Quinoa Gluten-Free? How to Buy, Cook and Enjoy Quinoa Safely

This month’s recipe section is a bit of a bonus. Not just one recipe, but a complete guide to incorporating quinoa into your diet and five fantastic recipes to go along with it.

Are you worried that you’re not getting enough grains in your diet since you’ve eliminated wheat, rye and barley? Or are you bored with the common replacements? One can only eat so much rice.

Are you wondering “is quinoa gluten-free?”

My Complete Guide to Quinoa will give you all the facts, point out the pitfalls and provide a few delicious recipes.

Raising a Family

Simple Gluten-Free Toddler Meal Ideas: Feed Your Child with Confidence

I’ve replaced the book club section this month with a “Raising a Family” feature.

Okay, here’s the confession part, I’ve not been reading much lately, but if you want to check out my archive of recommendations, you’ll find a link a little further down the page.

This guide to feeding your gluten-free toddler comes on the heels of a couple of sweet additions to my own family. My grandson Henry is almost 18 months old so is smack in that toddler stage, and my step-daughter just had a new baby girl. We are so blessed.

We’re also blessed that none of our little ones have celiac, at least not so far. But I’ve brought my years of experience with gluten-free cooking and with raising children ones to this brand new article. Simple Gluten-Free Toddler Meal Ideas: Feed Your Child with Confidence

Gluten-Free Themed Mugs

I’ve designed a line of gluten-free themed mugs!

These fun and stylish mugs will be a warm addition to your gluten free mornings. So fill one up and start the day off right.

Choose from 3 unique and fun designs, then with just a few keystrokes, order yours.

Here is the Gluten-Free Themed Mugs order page. I hope you enjoy wearing your t-shirt as much as I enjoyed designing them.

That’s All For This Month

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