The Celiac Scene E-News | March 2022
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NEWS FROM THE CELIAC SCENE
• 🇺🇦 Support Your Favourite Ukrainian Business 🇺🇦 Stella’s Perogies
• Earlier Diagnoses & Better Gluten-Free Diet Reducing Cancer Risks
• Restaurant Cross-Contact Concerns Common to Celiacs World Wide
• Standards Evolving for Diagnosing Celiac Disease in Children, Without Biopsy
• Is Gluten-Free Tennis Superstar Novak Djokovic Undermining our Credibility?
• Low FODMAP Diet Found to Improve GI Symptoms in Celiacs
A CANADIAN CELIAC PODCAST
• Food Bullying |Help from the CCA
• Gluten-Free Pizzas | How to Order? How to Make?
• Nairn’s Gluten-Free Products
• Celiac Scene News Round Up
GLUTEN-FREE WEIGH IN PODCAST*
• Mourning ‘Gluten’ Food When Transitioning to Gluten Free
• Learning How to Navigating Restaurant Meals
SELENA’S CORNER
• Tuesdays Instagram Questions & Answers
• Selena’s Symptom Relief Facebook Group
GLUTEN FREE RECIPES & ONLINE CLASSES
• Real Food Corn Thins March Recipe Ideas
• El Faro Gluten Free Flour | Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Everyday Gluten Free Gourmet Zoom Class Calendar
- $30/kitchen for most classes. Invite friends & family
- March 2 | Thai Curry & Salad Rolls
- March 5 | Yeast Bread Series: Soft Dinner Rolls
- March 23 | Beautiful Buttermilk Biscuits
- April 2| Yeast Bread Series – Pizza
- April 9 | Understanding Gluten Free Flour
CELIAC-FRIENDLY RESTAURANTS
• Pirate Chips Nanaimo Expands Take-Out Hours
• Poke Fresh Sauces Now Available for Purchase | Breadmead & Cook Street
• Taco Revolution Food Truck | Cowichan Valley Dine & Sip Festival to March 6th
• Joint Pizzeria Has Been Doing Gluten-Free Right for Years!
• 900 Degrees Pizza Launches Full Gluten Free Menu
900˚ Wood-Fired Pizzeria • Art of Slow Food 100% Gluten-Free Cafe & Bakery • Bare Bones Fish & Chips 100% Gluten-Free Restaurant • Big Wheel Burger • El Faro Fusion 100% Gluten Free Restaurant • Floating Fish Store • Joint Pizzeria • MAiiZ Nixtamal Tortillería • Noodlebox • Pirate Chips Nanaimo • Poke Fresh • Six Mile Pub • Taco Revolution 100% Gluten-Free Food Truck
* Questions to Ask When Dining Out Gluten-Free
GLUTEN-FREE PRODUCTS & SERVICES!
• Bake My Day is Coming to Town | March 26th
• GluteNull Introduces Meringues , Keto Chocolate Almond Spread, Falafel Squares
• Tortillas, Seasonings, Salsas & More, Made by Taco Revolution Food Truck – Where to Buy
Art of Slow Food • Bake My Day • Celiac Kid Stuff • Chef Pola Culinary • Cloud 9 Gluten Free Mixes • Cocoabeans Flour Mixes • CORN THINS by Real Foods • Country Prime Meat Snacks • El Faro Gluten Free Flour • Everyday Gluten Free Gourmet • Forno De Minas Cheese Rolls • Glutenull • Gnu Santé gnubees • Grimm’s Fine Foods • Healthbean Nutrition • Hertel Meats • Honeycomb.ai Restaurant App • House of Yee Premium Dumplings • Jenny’s Smoke Shack • MAiiZ Nixtamal Tortillas • O’Doughs • Royal Nuts • Stella’s Perogies • Taco Revolution Mexican Foods • Tilly’s Galley Gourmet Meals • TOTAL PREPARE • Wendel’s True Foods • Wild Poppy Market Ladysmith • Wise Bites
GLUTEN-FREE EVENTS RETURN
• Taco Revolution Food Truck | Cowichan Valley Dine & Sip Festival to March 6th
• Pomme Natural Markets’ March 12th Birthday Party
• Bake My Day is Coming to Town | March 26th
• Mon-Tues – Taco Revolution Food Truck at Red Arrow Brewing
• Wed-Thurs-Fri – Taco Revolution Food Truck in Mill Bay
• Weds – Mention The Celiac Scene for 10% off at Floating Fish Store
• Saturdays – Art of Slow Food @ Duncan Farmer’s Market
• Saturdays – Taco Revolution Foods @ Qualicum Beach Farmer’s Market
• Saturdays – Taco Revolution Foods & Food Truck @ Duncan Farmer’s Market
• NEW! Art of Slow Food is Coming to Salt Spring Farmer’s Market April 2nd!
• Note: Art of Slow Food resumes Moss Street Market May 7, 2022
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GLUTEN-FREE SHOPPING
• Deep Cove Market in North Saanich – Shop for Something Different!
• Mother Nature’s Now Delivers to Sidney
• Saturday, March 12 – Pomme Natural Market Birthday Party | 10% Off Store-Wide
Art of Slow Food Cafe & Bakery • Country Grocer • Deep Cove Market • El Faro Market • Lifestyle Market & Select Stores • MAiiZ Nixtamal Tortillería • Mother Nature’s Market & Deli • Pepper’s Foods • Pomme Natural Market Nanaimo • The Market Stores • TOTAL PREPARE • Wild Poppy Market Ladysmith
DISCOUNT & SALE DAYS
• Every Day is Senior & Student Discount Day at Mother Nature’s
• Every Day – 10% Student Discount – Pepper’s Foods
• Tuesdays – Pepper’s Foods Flyer
• Tuesday – Wednesday – 10% Senior’s Discount – Pepper’s Foods
• Thursdays – The Market Stores Flyer
• Fridays – Country Grocer Flyer
• Monthly – Lifestyle Markets Flyer
• Monthly – Mother Nature’s Market & Deli Flyer
• Monthly – Pomme Natural Market’s Flyer
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2022 GLUTEN-FREE FAST FOOD LIST!
Vancouver Island Safe Fries, Onion Rings, Fish & Chips & Deep-Fried S’mores
Did you know that more than 60 gluten-free fast-food restaurants in Canada and a whopping 250 restaurants across the United States make an online commitment to meeting the needs of the gluten free. Note that gluten-free ingredients and offerings vary by country.
• Gluten-Free Guide to Fast Food Dining – Canada
• Gluten-Free Guide to Fast Food Dining – USA
Remember – these listings are a guide, NOT a guarantee. ALWAYS Ask Gluten-Free Questions and determine for yourself whether any given location, chef or server can deliver on their gluten-free promise.
