Celiac Scene E-News | September 2024
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• What You Can do if a Restaurant Says Gluten-Free but NOT Celiac Safe
• Famished Foodie’s August Gluten-Free Food Truck Video Tour
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- Confessions of a Celiac Dietitian
- Helpful & Unhelpful Celiac Conversations
- How to Fix Constipation & Bloat
- Ordering from a ‘Gluten-Free Menu’ & Getting Glutened
- Can a Celiac Have Just a Little Bit of Gluten?
- Do Celiacs Need a Dedicated Pasta Strainer?
- Persistent Symptoms & Celiac Disease
- 3 Strategies that Do NOT Prevent Bloating
- Celiac Disease Treatment: What We Need. What We Get.
- Celiac Dietitian at Your Finger Tips – Tuesday Q & A
- Work with Selena
Love & Peas Gluten-Free, Vegan Meal Delivery
Introducing Pele’s Gluten-Free, Vegan Kitchen
Introducing ‘The Trotter Gluten-Free Bakes’
- Alkeme Artisan Bakery • Art of Slow Food • Bake My Day • B-glutenfreevictoria • CORN THINS by Real Foods • Country Prime Meat Snacks • El Faro Gluten Free Flour • Glutenull • Grimm’s Fine Foods • Hertel Meats • Love & Peas Meal Delivery • M&M Food Market • MAiiZ Nixtamal Tortillas • Millstone Farm & Organics • Mizu Real Fruit Ice Cream • O’Doughs • Off the Hook Grab & Go • Pure Lovin’ Chocolate • Royal Nuts • Selena, The Celiac Dietitian • Stella’s Perogies • Taco Revolution Mexican Foods • ulivit superfood inc. • TOTAL PREPARE • Wendel’s True Foods • Wescana Purity Protocol Oats • What the Flour Mixes • Wild Poppy Market Ladysmith
• Famished Foodie’s Gluten-Free Food Truck Video Tour for Vancouver Island
• CLOSED! El Faro Fusion 100% Gluten Free Restaurant
- 900˚ BiSTRO Sidney • 900˚ Wood-Fired Pizzeria Langford • Art of Slow Food 100% Gluten-Free Cafe & Bakery • Bare Bones Fish & Chips 100% Gluten-Free Kitchen • Big Wheel Burger • 100% Gluten-Free CHURROS & MOR • CLOSED! El Faro Fusion 100% Gluten Free Restaurant • Floating Fish Store • MAiiZ Nixtamal 100% Gluten-Free Tortillería • Mizu Real Fruit Ice Cream • Off the Hook 100% Gluten-Free Nanaimo • Off the Hook 100% Gluten Free Comox • Poke Fresh • Six Mile Pub • Taco Revolution 100% Gluten-Free Food Truck • Tartan Toque • The Taco Hole • Totchos Family Restaurant • Van Isle Poutinerie 100% Gluten-Free Food Truck
* Questions to Ask When Dining Out Gluten-Free
SPECIAL GLUTEN FREE EVENTS – Check Event Listing Thursdays on Facebook & Instagram!
• September 5 – Last Sidney Street Market – Art of Slow Food, B-glutenfreevictoria, Bake My Day & Ulivit Superfoods
• September 11 – Art Slow Food @ Oak Bay Market
• September 14 – Pomme Natural Markets’ Back-to-School Sale
- Van Isle Poutinerie Food Truck Travels
- Millstone Organics Farm Store – Thurs-Fri-Sat
- Mizu Real Fruit Ice Cream Travels
- Gluten-Free Brunch @ Six Mile Pub – Saturday & Sunday
- Taco Revolution Foods – Saturdays @ Qualicum Beach Farmers Market | @ Duncan Farmer’s Market | Sundays @ Cedar Farmer’s Market
- Art of Slow Food – Saturdays @ Moss Street Market | @ Duncan Farmer’s Market
- B-glutenfreevictoria – Thursdays @ Esquimalt Gorge Market at the Pavilion @ Sidney Street Market | Saturdays @ Moss Street Market
- Burrito Mondays @ The Taco Hole
- 2 for 1 Tuesdays @ Totchos
- Taco Tuesdays @ The Taco Hole
- Tuesday Gluten-Free Pasta Night @ Six Mile Pub
- Tartan Toque Half-Price Wing Nights – Wednesdays
- Floating Fish Store AUTOMATIC 10% Off – Wednesdays
SHOPPING FOR CELIACS
• Love & Peas Gluten-Free, Vegan Meal Delivery
- Art of Slow Food Cafe & Bakery • Country Grocer • El Faro Market • Lifestyle Market & Select Stores • NEW! Love & Peas Delivery Kitchen • M&M Food Market Langford • Royal Oak • Shelbourne • MAiiZ Nixtamal Tortillería • Millstone Farm & Organics • Off the Hook Grab & Go • Pepper’s Foods • Pomme Natural Market Nanaimo • TOTAL PREPARE • Urban Grocer • Wild Poppy Market Ladysmith
DISCOUNT & SALE DAYS
- Every Day – 10% Student Discount – Pepper’s Foods • Tuesdays – Pepper’s Foods Flyer • Tuesday – Wednesday – 10% Senior’s Discount – Pepper’s Foods • Thursdays – M&M Flyer • Thursday – 10% Seniors Discount Urban Grocer • Fridays – Urban Grocer • Fridays – Country Grocer Flyer • Sundays – 10% Storewide Discount Urban Grocer • Monthly Sales – Glutenull • Monthly – Lifestyle Markets Flyer • Monthly – Pomme Natural Market’s Flyer
• Wild Poppy Market Watermelon Feta Salad
• Wescana Foods Oat Cake Recipe
• Wescana Foods Rolled Oats to Go
• Corn Thins Recipe Ideas – Instagram Inspiration!
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2024 GLUTEN-FREE FAST FOOD LIST!
• Vancouver Island Safe Fries, Onion Rings, Poutine, Fish & Chips
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!
