• Maureen’s gluten-free dining on Montserrat  
• Importance of testing family members
• New Glutino Toaster Pastries
• Response to listener Erin about gluten-free products
• Response to listener Marla about Olive Garden Gluten-Free Menu
• New study about infections in infants causing CD
• Celiac Guidelines Roundtable sponsored by Children’s National to establish guidelines for pediatric celiac disease follow-up (meeting of the minds – 7 celiac centers from USA and Canada
• Gluten-Free Easy Bake Oven Mixes
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• Maureen’s upcoming trip to Montserrat
• Flu shots – yay or nay?
• GF Chicken Nuggets taste test
• Where are Dunkin Donuts new gluten-free goodies?
• Pastariso Mac n’ Cheese
• Go Picnic pre-packaged meals
• Vanessa’s challenge – cooking savory meals with chocolate
• Traveling?  Check out Delight’s Travel site
• 2013 Expos – Maureen will be at the GFAF Expo in San Francisco and Vanessa will be in Canada
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• Maureen & Vanessa’s Holiday recap. 
• Gluten-free options for EZ Bake Ovens!
• Dunkin Donuts tests gluten-free goodies in Florida & Massachusetts.
• Trifle - it’s the new dessert…
• Maureen’s upcoming trip to Montserrat
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Episode 76 “Gluten-Free Holiday Frenzy” Features:

• Hanukkah gluten-free – latkes & brisket!
• Cheers to gluten-free alcoholic bevs
• Wholesome Chow‘s Gluten-Free Vegan Baking Mix
• Mike’s Hard Lemonade now gluten-free
• Maureen’s gluten-free holiday frustrations & pie crust debacle
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Episode 75 “Gluten-Free News, Gifts & Grub” Features:

• Maureen’s 2013 1/2 marathon – whoo hoo!   
• Holiday gift baskets – gluten-free options
• GlutenFreely HUGE website sale
• Maureen’s new fav pizza crust – Udi’s thin & crispy pizza crusts
• Jennifer Espisoto of Blood Bloods
• Dr. Drew video with Jennifer Esposito
• Listener Renee writes in about her husband and his gluten-eating habits
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Episode 74 “Gluten-Free Leftovers” Features:

• Gluten-Free Turkey Day!  
• Leftovers – what to do with them?
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Episode 73 “Gluten-Free Giving Back” Features:

• How you can give back!  
• Dee Valdez (Gluten-Free Dee) created National GF Food Bank movement in 2009
• Dedicated gluten-free food banks
• What gluten-free staples to donate
• Gluten-free companies giving back all year long
• Gluten-free care packages in the military
• Working in a food shelter
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Episode 72 “Beating the Winter Blues” Features:

• Hurricane Sandy – Preparing for Emergency  
• Emma’s 1st gluten-free Halloween
• Celiac disease and depression
• Ways to beat the winter blues & get through the holidays
• Shout out to listeners Sandy & Tzipora
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Episode 71 “Gluten-Free Cookbook Compilation” Features:

• Gluten-Free Cookbooks – Maureen & Vanessa’s favs
• HTG’s own fabulous author Vanessa: Beyond Rice Cakes, Gloriously Gluten-Free  
• How to Cook Gluten-Free – Recipes That Really Work – Elizabeth Barbone
• Lodge Cast Iron Cookbook – The Lodge Company
• Cooking Gluten-Free – Karen Robertson
• 125 Gluten-Free Vegetarian Recipes – Carol Fenster
• The Complete Book of Thai Cooking – Linda Steven
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Since my daughter Emma’s diagnosis with Celiac Disease this year, we’ve worked to keep special events and holidays as “normal” as possible.  A little pre-All Hollows’ Eve planning and communication with your child is all you need!

I Want Candy!

Who doesn’t want candy?  If I could eat candy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner – I certainly would!  Halloween is a free for all of sugary goodness; some safe, some off-limits.  Most importantly, you need to sit down with your child a few days before Halloween to talk about your Halloween game plan:

• Arm yourself with a 2012 Gluten-Free Halloween Candy list.  This can be found online as is an immense resource.
• Reinforce the fact that absolutely no candy can be eaten until an adults checks the ingredients to make sure they are safe.  This means no sneaking treats like I did in the “old days”.
• Talk with your child about how they will get some unsafe treats while Trick or Treating.
• Get your kids involved in baking Halloween treats – do they want cupcakes with icing spiderwebs or spooky brownies for their class party?

Trick or Trade:  Out with the Gluten – In with the Fun!

It’s inevitable that your child is going to get treats that are not gluten-free in their bag and you’ll need to remove them.   One way to help kids from feeling upset or deprived is what we like to call “Trick or Trade”.   Prior to Halloween night, buy a bag of gluten-free candy that your child likes.  Keep it on hand to trade out the gluten-filled candy.  Another option that your dentist will surely love is to have inexpensive items to trade (think of things that you would put into a birthday “goodie bag”).

Halloween Class Parties – Gluten-Free Style

Schools LOVE to have Halloween parties – especially in elementary and middle school.  Baking up some ghoulishly delicious treats for the entire class is oh-so-easy!  GlutenFreely’s Recipe Section is full of  fun Halloween-themed treats including Creepy Mini Eyeballs cupcakes,  Halloween Buddies aka Halloween Chex mix,  Marshmallow Mummies  made from Fruit Roll-ups and marshmallows.  Other kid-approved options are Meringue Ghosts ,  Peanut Butter Pumpkins (adorable pumpkin shaped candies made using peanut butter chips, pretzel twists and vanilla frosting),  Scary Spiderweb  Cupcakes or Spooky Brownies!  Check out the Gluten & Allergen-Free Expo’s Halloween Pinterest page for more ideas – totally inspiring!

One word of advice, be sure to check with the teachers and room parents on the party activities and if the day will contain any gluten-filled games.  One popular class activity is a “No Hands Donut Eating Contest”.  Picture glutinous donuts tied to strings and the student attempting to eat said donuts with their arms behind their backs.  Yes, gluten will be flying everywhere….  So stay in touch with the school so that you (or your child) don’t encounter a unpleasant party surprise.

Halloween is a fun, creative, and tasty time of the year!  Equipped with these gluten-free tips, you can make this Halloween memorable!

Happy Gluten-Free Halloween from my family to yours!

Episode 70 “Halloween Gluten-Free” Features:

• Prepping for Halloween – Maureen takes on New York Comic Con
• 2012 Gluten-Free Halloween Candy List  
• Prepping for a gluten-free Halloween
• Delight Gluten-Free Mag’s Gluten-Free Trick or Treats
• Trick or Trade:  Out with the Gluten
• Triple check the ingredients - minis or different variations may have gluten
• Gluten-free products – be aware of almost identical packaging
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Episode 69 “Gluten-Free Grocery Store” Features:

• Listener shout outs!
• Thanks to Mel for her Universal Studios Florida gluten-free tips
• Newbie Tracie Louise from Down Under & her fab photography
• P.Diddy & free vodka?  Totally genius Adrienne!
• Vanessa’s gluten-free discovery Cafe Patachou
• HTG guest Emily aka Grocery Store Guru
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Episode 68 “Gluten-Free Roundup” Features:

• Maureen’s upcoming trip to Disney & Universal Studios Florida  
• National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• Listener Marla’s question: Soda Stream – how to make healthy drinks
• Alpina Yogurt with Gluten-Free Granola!
• Pamela’s Products Pizza Crust Mix
• Maureen’s bazillion gluten-free Bisquick pancakes
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Episode 67 “Gluten-Free and Healthy” Features:

• Eating gluten-free and maintaining good health 
• Vanessa’s weight loss & Maureen’s 10k training
• Fortified gluten-free products?
• Natural Products Expo East – Vanessa’s fav products:  Tonya’s Gluten-Free Kitchen, Healthy Pantry, Ginny Bakes, Nantucket Pasta Goddess
• Shut the Front Door!  Bacon Shortage?!
• Doh! Twinkies apparently DON’T last 20 years in a trunk.
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Episode 66 “Bard’s Gluten-Free Beer” Features:

• Welcome Bard’s Beer as part of the Hold the Gluten Family and Sponsor!
• How does the malting process happen?
• Difference between malted sorghum & other malted grains
• Baking with Bard’s & malted sorghum relation
• What exactly is a craft brewery?
• 15,000+ gallons of Bards goodness!
• Adjusting to gluten-free brewing – training staff
• Take a Bard’s Beer Tour!
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