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Spice Blends

By Merlene Paynter

I've told you to go through your kitchen and toss everything that potentially contains gluten including things like pre-mixed spice packets for chili, tacos, etc. Now let's talk about making your own spice blends that are gluten free and safe from cross contamination. Spices ...

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But.. What CAN I Eat? (Before Your Buy that part 2)

By Merlene Paynter

Carrots. You can eat carrots. Actually you can eat any fresh, unprocessed fruit, vegetable, seed, nut, egg, fish and meat. You can eat beans, rice, wild rice, quinoa. *You might also be able to eat dairy. There's a whole world of food and flavour options that don't involve ...

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STOP! Before Your Buy that “Gluten Free” Item Read This – part 1

By Merlene Paynter

So you've gotten your Celiac or NCGS (non celiac gluten sensitivity) diagnosis and all you can think about is all the things you can never eat again. No more pizza, no more bread, no more cake, pie, biscuits, cookies, etc. Then you see that your favourite pizza joint has a ...

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Toss It All and Start Over

By Merlene Paynter

One of the first things you learn about Celiac Disease is that you must avoid wheat, barley, rye and maybe oats. The next thing you learn is that wheat and barley are often hiding in products you'd never expect them to be in. For example - soup. A few weeks after I was diagnosed ...

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New Beginnings; Old Stories

By Merlene Paynter

I originally started Fridge Foragers a number of years ago as a place to include quick, inexpensive family friendly recipes and tips for grocery shopping on a budget but due to some life changes I stopped blogging for a while then launched it again as a Paleo food blog... and ...

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Filed Under: Health

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  • Toss It All and Start Over
  • New Beginnings; Old Stories

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