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Contamination Tips

The Parable of a Man who Trusted

My hubby (the one in our family who is a celiac) went on a 263 KM bike ride last weekend.  It was to raise funds for the BC Cancer Foundation, providing money for research into cures and treatments of cancer.  In all there were 1, 701 riders and over 6 million raised!  I’m so proud.
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So you wanna cook for the celiac?

I’m re-posting this for those who are attempting a gluten free Easter dinner for the first time.   Your loved ones with diet restrictions are lucky to have you!  If you have any questions leave me a comment on this post and I’ll do my best to email you as soon as possible.   Happy Easter!
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More Cross-contamination Tips

I had gotten a little slack with my duality* lately.  And read a good reminder post – that, for the life of me, I cannot find!  So, thank you, nameless blogger.  I got your back.
Anywho, here’s some things that need to be tossed into the dishwasher every now and then:
- cutting boards, but we all [...]

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Aluminum Foil & Me

Maybe one day I will find something that is more “green” to use.  I’m sure it is out there.  Right now?  The easier the better.  And since we’ve gone to a dual-mode kitchen, I’ve begun to use up a lot of surface cleaners, food wraps, baking dish liners, and anything that will separate gluten from [...]

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Cross Contamination: condiments

Tip:  Keep the condiment serving utensils in the dish.  e.g. honey spoon in the jar, spoon in mayonnaise jar, butter knife with the butter, etc.  Even better?  Use squeezable condiments! Everyone should know, in a half & half house to use serving utensils as they were intended – place gently on your plate and replace [...]

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Contamination Tip: serving dishes

We used to serve “fancy dinner” on Sunday evening with our three young girls.  We needed an excuse to teach our little orangatangs some manners so that was it.  We put out a table cloth, candles and let them drink juice out of wine glasses.  Mommy kinda enjoyed it too.    And of course [...]

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Contamination Tip: Bulk Food

Unfortunately, the only safe way to buy uncontaminated bulk food is to not do it!  Since anyone can put their little fingers in that bin, and since you can swipe a scooper from one bin to another, it simply isn’t safe.
But we can buy bulk pre-packaged foods.  Nature’s Path for one, sells bulk or family [...]

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Contamination Tip – storage

Have you ever been to Dairy Queen and seen where they store the ice cream cones?  Directly above the ice cream dispenser. Yup.  They do.  I wonder what kind of morsels fall downward when you rip one of those cones out of the dispensing box?  Gravity, friends.  Just can’t escape it.
But when it comes to [...]

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