Dear Friends:

I have been horribly remiss in updating this blog. I've been traveling, promoting the book, and last week, was at EXPO West, a huge natural products expo in Anaheim, CA, where allergen-free, and gluten-free is truly all the rage. Look for some really exciting products at your local health food stores in the next few months: Soy Whipped Cream (for those who can't eat dairy but can eat soy), Good Karma Rice Milk Ice Cream in flavors like Carrot Cake, with chunks of Carrot Cake, that rocked my socks off, and thankfully was nut-free too! Ener-G is coming out with a new bread called Seattle Brown Bread, which is gluten-free, allergen-free, and actually edible, unlike many of their other bread products. I really like this new bread and would eat it on a daily basis. It's made with some highly nutritive ancient native american grain, that they bought the entire crop of this year, so only they will be making bread with it. There are lots of new gluten-free and allergen free cookies on the market as well, some that use agave as a sweetener, which also has the added benefit of being low on the glycemic index, and thus good for diabetics.

Other updates:

Martha Stewart tapes April 13th and airs April 20th. They have switched the dates on me repeatedly, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed I actually make it to the finish line.

New fun recipe idea:

Melt Enjoy Life Dairy-free/Soy-free Chocolate Chips in a heavy saucepan over very low heat, stirring constantly. Once melted, dip Ener-G allergen-free gluten free Wylde Pretzels in and swirl, pulling out individually with a fork. Lay out on wax paper on a cookie try. Once finished, refridgerate for a couple of hours. Soooooo yummy. Also, try with Gorilla Munch cereal or raisins. The kids will LOVE this one.

Please come back! I promise not to go so long without writing again.

be well.
cybele