Think again!

Just look at all the delicious options you have right now …

Talk about delicious! How’d you fancy adding some of that to your pizza shells?

OK, so maybe not the cauliflower but have you tried corn and fresh tomatoes on top of a square pizza? (Because it’s hip to be square!) If not, you really should!

What’s your favourite pizza topping?

Tell me in the comments or even better, why not share a photo on our Facebook wall?

P.S. We took our pizzas to Toronto. Here’s what happened …

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For every person that advocates gluten-free as transformation for their life, you can collect another three who roll their eyes and declare it to be a fad.

Take tennis superstar Novak Djokovic as a recent example.

The guy has put himself (and even his dog!) on a gluten-free diet and found the results to be so astonishing, he wrote a book about them.

“I am not trying, through the book, to influence anybody’s life or to tell people how they should eat or live or maybe treat their food.

I’m just sharing my own experience and hoping that people who are reading it can actually take some valuable examples and experiences to implement in their own life.” Novak Djokovic

He’s feeling better and claims his new diet has had an impact on his game but that didn’t stop the press from finding some of his colleagues to poke fun at him.

“Now it seems like the gluten-free diet is great. After three or four years we will find another thing that will be great, too. Then the gluten-free diet will not work any more.” Rafael Nadal

He’s a big guy. I’m sure he can cope. When he chose to go public about his dietary choices, he probably prepared himself for the usual backlash.

However, for a (conservatively) estimated 1% of the population who has Celiac Disease, this isn’t about choice. It’s not about weight loss. It’s not about being trendy or trying the latest fad.

It’s about waking up and not feeling sick each day, crippled with symptoms that just aren’t talked about in polite conversation.

It’s about the freedom to live each day, knowing that you’re not poisoning yours or your child system with food stuffs that are literally destroying your insides.

So the next time someone rolls their eyes at you for checking with the server if the sauce has any added gluten in it or if you’re tempted to feel like you have to explain that no, you’re not just jumping on the gluten-free band wagon, remember this …

You are not alone.

We understand that for some people, there is no choice around eating gluten-free and if you really could choose, you’d be digging into those regular gluten-heavy baked goods along with the best of them.

But because you can’t choose, we ask one question with every product we create:

If we were hosting a family get together, would we be happy to offer these products to everyone without apologizing for their unique properties?

It’s not enough to create gluten-free products. 

It’s not enough to create gluten-free products that ensure someone doesn’t go hungry.

We want to create happy, satiated and united dining experiences.

We create delicious food that just happens to be gluten-free.

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Seriously, never in foodie history have we been more proud to be displaying the beautiful maple leaf on our baking mixes.

If you’ve missed the news, after 6 long years of consideration, the US food regulators have finally set a standard for all foods labelled ‘gluten-free’.

Any product labelled gluten-free must contain less than 20 parts per million of gluten. Low enough that ‘most people’ with Celiac Disease won’t get sick.

This conversation started during the Bush administration so it is with a big sigh of relief that the some 3 million US citizens with Celiac Disease must welcome this latest ruling.

But what does this mean for the United States neighbours?

Absolutely nothing!

Here in Canada, we’ve been subject to a concise definition of what constitutes gluten-free since February 2011 with the new regulations in force since August last year.

Go Canada!

So what do you need to do about the regulations?

If you’re Canadian, the best thing you can do is go about business as normal.

Remain vigilant. Check your labels.

Eat fresh fruit and vegetables in season and enjoy your favourite home-baked treats, safe in the knowledge that we’ve got your back.

And remember, there’s still time for you to play in The Great Comensoli Gluten Free Treasure Hunt and win all eight of our baking mixes for free.

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Our mission: muffins!

Yes, we could have done one big cake but we love filling the little paper cases. Could you say no to these two?

Now originally we were going to add some fruit to the mix (cherries – yum!) because I thought it would be fun to experiment a little but one of us thought they made the mixture look lumpy so we had a change of plan!

I decided to use oil instead of melted butter (either works just great!) to help keep the saturated fat down and the results were wonderful!

We didn’t get chance to decorate them (you know what they say about hot cakes!) before some of us decided to do a little taste test. Nice!

And now it’s over to you.

You’ve seen how easy it is for your little ones to help make our delicious cakes and muffins so it’s time to pull on your aprons, wash your hands and get baking.

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Or is it?

If I had a two bite brownie for every time I heard someone say that they ate a little gluten and suffered terrible effects, I’d have enough sweet treats to keep the population of Port Coquitlam smiling for a month! One of our lovely friends on Facebook felt it in her joints right away.

That doesn’t sound like kicking back and relaxing to me!

What if there was another way? The good news is, we believe there is.

Why not combine quick and easy, ‘done for you’ options with delicious seasonal fruit and veg?

Whether it be pancakes for breakfast or pizza for dinner, there’s really never any need to eat gluten if you don’t want to.

You can tell your knees to thank me later!

Grab yourself a gluten free pizza shell and let’s get cooking!

And then tell me … what’s your favourite topping? If you love being inventive you’re going to love what we’re cooking up! Get your name on our email list and you’ll be the first to know.

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The first of course was to read her blog. I can’t argue with that!

This was swiftly followed by another piece of canny thinking:

“Focus on all the great safe foods they can eat instead of what they can’t.” – Laura, @gf_traveller

Great advice of course. And this got me thinking …

It’s nearly summer. (Hooray!)

What are some of the most yummy things we can be eating right now that are in season (because mamma knows it’s best for the earth to eat in season, right?)

And the short answer is … loads!

The longer answer started to look like a big long list so I made it into a pretty picture instead. Are you ready? Brace yourself …

OK, so maybe not the onions and beans but have you ever tried steamed rhubarb on pancakes? If not, you really should!

What’s your favourite pancake topping?

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