Gluten-Free Events Calendar
If it’s gluten free and happening in Victoria, Vancouver Island or the Gulf Islands, you’ll find it listed here! From tastings to contests, farmer’s markets to food trucks – this is your calendar to Gluten-Free Paradise! Join Victoria’s Gluten-Free Foodies and add a new restaurant – and possibly a new gluten-free friend – to your repertoire!
🍎 Pomme Natural Market Customer Appreciation Day! 🍎
Pomme Natural Market in Nanaimo!
6560 Metral Drive – 8:30am to 8pm – 7 days a week – 250-390-1955
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Pomme Natural Market in Coquitlam!
2755 Lougheed Highway – 8am to 10pm – 7 days a week – 604-475-2505
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Our Vancouver Island location, Pomme Nanaimo, has been selected in Nanaimo News Bulletin’s Best of the City vote for six years running! We’re proud to offer Nanaimo and the surrounding region the most healthy and ethically sourced groceries, supplements and vitamins we can find. We’re constantly inspired by our local community, and we jump at every opportunity to work with our awesome Vancouver and Gulf Island growers and producers!
Pomme Natural Market has been voted voted Nanaimo’s Best Health Food Store in the
Nanaimo News Bulletin’s Best of the City for FIVE years running!
Pomme strives to provide gluten-free shoppers with as many options — and as much support — as possible to help them make the best choices for their lives, sticking to fundamental ethical and nutritional values when deciding what makes it to their shelves. Never hesitate to ask for information or advice while you shop!
Pomme researches every company they work with. Starting off with some simple no’s: no artificial colours, flavours or sweeteners are allowed in our markets, beyond that a focus on local and Canadian vendors, the uniqueness of products, the quality of ingredients, and the ethics of the companies. They listen to customers’ recommendations — to make sure we’re getting the best of the best!
Pomme Natural Market in Coquitlam
Pomme PoCo is our first and biggest Pomme! We offer the Tri-Cities a huge selection of ethically selected, super healthy groceries, certified organic produce, and excellent vitamins and supplements—as well as a wide range of natural home and kitchenware! We have a natural deli packed full of fresh, ready-to-eat meals, snacks and treats. We use the same top quality, organic and grass fed ingredients you’ll find in our aisles for our made-in-house deli foods.
Be Amazed! The Gluten Free are Included in Belmont M&M’s Taste of Summer Event!
3005 Merchant Way in Langford
- 11am to 6pm: Gluten-Free Blueberry Bliss Cheezecake
- 1pm to 5pm: Gluten-Free Gourmet Chicken Burgers
- 11am to 6pm: Gluten-Free Too Tall Cake
- 1pm to 5pm: Gluten-Free Turkey Sausages
- 1pm to 5pm: Gluten-Free Angus Beef Burgers & Gourmet Gluten-Free Buns!
Sales – May 18 to May 24th
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May 8th to August 9th – click here for to view
Download M&M’s Certified Gluten-Free Product List
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Belmont M&M Food Market
3005 Merchant Way, Unit 107 • Directions
250-708-1010
store343@mmfoodmarket.com
IN STORE SHOPPING M-F 9-8 • Sat 9-7 • Sun 9-6 • Stats 10-5
Tuesday is Seniors Day in-store & ordering! Enjoy 10% off regular priced items!
The friendly staff at Belmont M&M are pleased to direct you to their Certified Gluten-Free Freezer. Ask for a tour of the rest of their store for even more no-gluten items!
Understanding M&M 3-Tier Gluten-Free Labeling Policy
Facebook • Instagram • Twitter
Download their Mobile App Apple Store | Google Play
Rewards Account – SIGN UP NOW!
- Shop Online
- Receive notices of Flyer Deals
- What’s on sale now!
- New Arrival Notices
- Tuesday is Seniors Day in-store & ordering! Enjoy 10% off regular priced items!
- Bonus Digital Flyer Offers
- In-Store Pick Up, Curb-Side Pick Up & Door Dash Delivery
- Soon-to-expire Deals
- Dietary considerations
- Meal suggestions
- Store events
- More about M&M Food Market Rewards
M&M has partnered with the Canadian Celiac Association (CCA) to provide gluten-free options with every meal. Look for the CCA logo on specially marked packaging and when browsing through their products online.
Bars & Squares • Bite Sized • Breaded & Battered fish • Breaded Chicken • Bread • Burgers • Cakes • Cheese & vegetable • Classic Entrées • Fish Fillets • Ice cream & Novelties • International Entrées • Kabobs • Meat & Poultry • Meal Kits • Meat & Poultry • Meatballs • Mini Skewers • Potato • Seasoned & Marinated Chicken
MAIN INGREDIENT: Beef • Chicken • Fish • Noodles • Pork • Potato • Pasta • Rice • Shrimp • Turkey • Vegetable
ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS TO AVOID: No egg • No fish • No milk • No mustard • No peanuts • No sesame seeds • No shellfish • No soy • No sulfites • No treenuts
ADDITIONAL DIETARY CHOICES: Kosher • Vegetarian • Vegan
OCCASIONS: BBQ • Family Dinner • Game Day • Holiday • Kid Friendly • Party • Solo Meals • Weeknight Meals
COOKING METHODS: Air fryer • Barbecue • Fry Pan • Oven • Microwave • Stove Top • Thaw and Serve
COOKING TIMES: 10 mins or less • 20 mins or less • 30 mins or less • 40 mins or less
• Three Special (Easy!) Gluten-Free Menus
• Luscious Dessert Boards for any Diet
• Gluten-Free Grills and Desserts
M&M Real Food Promise – absolutely no artificial flavours, colours or sweeteners are used in M&M Foods.
Shopping Options
In Store – 3005 Merchant Way, Unit 107 Get Directions
M-F 9-8 • Sat 9-7 • Sun 10-5 • Stat 10-5 – 250-708-1010
Seniors enjoy 10% off regular-priced in-store shopping on Tuesdays!
Every Day is Seniors Day Online! Enjoy 10% off regular priced items!
In-Store Pickup – Create your order online and pick it up at M&M Food Market.
Curbside Pickup – Just park near the front door, open your trunk and wait for a meal advisor to place your order directly into your vehicle.
LIMITED TIME OFFER! Free Delivery on all orders!
Delivery – M&M has partnered with DoorDash to bring you fast, reliable same-day delivery service. Can b scheduled 7 days in advance. Choose delivery at checkout and enter your address to check availability. The normal delivery fee is $9.99, regardless of order amount. More about delivery
Be Amazed! The Gluten Free are Included in Belmont M&M’s Taste of Summer Event!
3005 Merchant Way in Langford
- 11am to 6pm: Gluten-Free Blueberry Bliss Cheezecake
- 1pm to 5pm: Gluten-Free Gourmet Chicken Burgers
- 11am to 6pm: Gluten-Free Too Tall Cake
- 1pm to 5pm: Gluten-Free Turkey Sausages
- 1pm to 5pm: Gluten-Free Angus Beef Burgers & Gourmet Gluten-Free Buns!
Sales – May 18 to May 24th
Click here for printer-friendly version
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May 8th to August 9th – click here for to view
Download M&M’s Certified Gluten-Free Product List
Click on image to enlarge
Belmont M&M Food Market
3005 Merchant Way, Unit 107 • Directions
250-708-1010
store343@mmfoodmarket.com
IN STORE SHOPPING M-F 9-8 • Sat 9-7 • Sun 9-6 • Stats 10-5
Tuesday is Seniors Day in-store & ordering! Enjoy 10% off regular priced items!
The friendly staff at Belmont M&M are pleased to direct you to their Certified Gluten-Free Freezer. Ask for a tour of the rest of their store for even more no-gluten items!
Understanding M&M 3-Tier Gluten-Free Labeling Policy
Facebook • Instagram • Twitter
Download their Mobile App Apple Store | Google Play
Rewards Account – SIGN UP NOW!
- Shop Online
- Receive notices of Flyer Deals
- What’s on sale now!
- New Arrival Notices
- Tuesday is Seniors Day in-store & ordering! Enjoy 10% off regular priced items!
- Bonus Digital Flyer Offers
- In-Store Pick Up, Curb-Side Pick Up & Door Dash Delivery
- Soon-to-expire Deals
- Dietary considerations
- Meal suggestions
- Store events
- More about M&M Food Market Rewards
M&M has partnered with the Canadian Celiac Association (CCA) to provide gluten-free options with every meal. Look for the CCA logo on specially marked packaging and when browsing through their products online.
Bars & Squares • Bite Sized • Breaded & Battered fish • Breaded Chicken • Bread • Burgers • Cakes • Cheese & vegetable • Classic Entrées • Fish Fillets • Ice cream & Novelties • International Entrées • Kabobs • Meat & Poultry • Meal Kits • Meat & Poultry • Meatballs • Mini Skewers • Potato • Seasoned & Marinated Chicken
MAIN INGREDIENT: Beef • Chicken • Fish • Noodles • Pork • Potato • Pasta • Rice • Shrimp • Turkey • Vegetable
ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS TO AVOID: No egg • No fish • No milk • No mustard • No peanuts • No sesame seeds • No shellfish • No soy • No sulfites • No treenuts
ADDITIONAL DIETARY CHOICES: Kosher • Vegetarian • Vegan
OCCASIONS: BBQ • Family Dinner • Game Day • Holiday • Kid Friendly • Party • Solo Meals • Weeknight Meals
COOKING METHODS: Air fryer • Barbecue • Fry Pan • Oven • Microwave • Stove Top • Thaw and Serve
COOKING TIMES: 10 mins or less • 20 mins or less • 30 mins or less • 40 mins or less
• Three Special (Easy!) Gluten-Free Menus
• Luscious Dessert Boards for any Diet
• Gluten-Free Grills and Desserts
M&M Real Food Promise – absolutely no artificial flavours, colours or sweeteners are used in M&M Foods.
Shopping Options
In Store – 3005 Merchant Way, Unit 107 Get Directions
M-F 9-8 • Sat 9-7 • Sun 10-5 • Stat 10-5 – 250-708-1010
Seniors enjoy 10% off regular-priced in-store shopping on Tuesdays!
Every Day is Seniors Day Online! Enjoy 10% off regular priced items!
In-Store Pickup – Create your order online and pick it up at M&M Food Market.
Curbside Pickup – Just park near the front door, open your trunk and wait for a meal advisor to place your order directly into your vehicle.
LIMITED TIME OFFER! Free Delivery on all orders!
Delivery – M&M has partnered with DoorDash to bring you fast, reliable same-day delivery service. Can b scheduled 7 days in advance. Choose delivery at checkout and enter your address to check availability. The normal delivery fee is $9.99, regardless of order amount. More about delivery
Be Amazed! The Gluten Free are Included in Belmont M&M’s Taste of Summer Event!
3005 Merchant Way in Langford
- 11am to 6pm: Gluten-Free Blueberry Bliss Cheezecake
- 1pm to 5pm: Gluten-Free Gourmet Chicken Burgers
- 11am to 6pm: Gluten-Free Too Tall Cake
- 1pm to 5pm: Gluten-Free Turkey Sausages
- 1pm to 5pm: Gluten-Free Angus Beef Burgers & Gourmet Gluten-Free Buns!
Sales – May 18 to May 24th
Click here for printer-friendly version
Click on image to enlarge
May 8th to August 9th – click here for to view
Download M&M’s Certified Gluten-Free Product List
Click on image to enlarge
Belmont M&M Food Market
3005 Merchant Way, Unit 107 • Directions
250-708-1010
store343@mmfoodmarket.com
IN STORE SHOPPING M-F 9-8 • Sat 9-7 • Sun 9-6 • Stats 10-5
Tuesday is Seniors Day in-store & ordering! Enjoy 10% off regular priced items!
The friendly staff at Belmont M&M are pleased to direct you to their Certified Gluten-Free Freezer. Ask for a tour of the rest of their store for even more no-gluten items!
Understanding M&M 3-Tier Gluten-Free Labeling Policy
Facebook • Instagram • Twitter
Download their Mobile App Apple Store | Google Play
Rewards Account – SIGN UP NOW!
- Shop Online
- Receive notices of Flyer Deals
- What’s on sale now!
- New Arrival Notices
- Tuesday is Seniors Day in-store & ordering! Enjoy 10% off regular priced items!
- Bonus Digital Flyer Offers
- In-Store Pick Up, Curb-Side Pick Up & Door Dash Delivery
- Soon-to-expire Deals
- Dietary considerations
- Meal suggestions
- Store events
- More about M&M Food Market Rewards
M&M has partnered with the Canadian Celiac Association (CCA) to provide gluten-free options with every meal. Look for the CCA logo on specially marked packaging and when browsing through their products online.
Bars & Squares • Bite Sized • Breaded & Battered fish • Breaded Chicken • Bread • Burgers • Cakes • Cheese & vegetable • Classic Entrées • Fish Fillets • Ice cream & Novelties • International Entrées • Kabobs • Meat & Poultry • Meal Kits • Meat & Poultry • Meatballs • Mini Skewers • Potato • Seasoned & Marinated Chicken
MAIN INGREDIENT: Beef • Chicken • Fish • Noodles • Pork • Potato • Pasta • Rice • Shrimp • Turkey • Vegetable
ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS TO AVOID: No egg • No fish • No milk • No mustard • No peanuts • No sesame seeds • No shellfish • No soy • No sulfites • No treenuts
ADDITIONAL DIETARY CHOICES: Kosher • Vegetarian • Vegan
OCCASIONS: BBQ • Family Dinner • Game Day • Holiday • Kid Friendly • Party • Solo Meals • Weeknight Meals
COOKING METHODS: Air fryer • Barbecue • Fry Pan • Oven • Microwave • Stove Top • Thaw and Serve
COOKING TIMES: 10 mins or less • 20 mins or less • 30 mins or less • 40 mins or less
• Three Special (Easy!) Gluten-Free Menus
• Luscious Dessert Boards for any Diet
• Gluten-Free Grills and Desserts
M&M Real Food Promise – absolutely no artificial flavours, colours or sweeteners are used in M&M Foods.
Shopping Options
In Store – 3005 Merchant Way, Unit 107 Get Directions
M-F 9-8 • Sat 9-7 • Sun 10-5 • Stat 10-5 – 250-708-1010
Seniors enjoy 10% off regular-priced in-store shopping on Tuesdays!
Every Day is Seniors Day Online! Enjoy 10% off regular priced items!
In-Store Pickup – Create your order online and pick it up at M&M Food Market.
Curbside Pickup – Just park near the front door, open your trunk and wait for a meal advisor to place your order directly into your vehicle.
LIMITED TIME OFFER! Free Delivery on all orders!
Delivery – M&M has partnered with DoorDash to bring you fast, reliable same-day delivery service. Can b scheduled 7 days in advance. Choose delivery at checkout and enter your address to check availability. The normal delivery fee is $9.99, regardless of order amount. More about delivery
Find B-glutenfreevictoria 100% Gluten-Free European Style Desserts and Artisan Breads at Sidney Thursday Night Street Market on Beacon Avenue form 5:30 to 8:30!
Also on Thursdays 5:30 to 8:30 at Westcoast Outdoor Market at the Mary Winspear Centre!
How to order!
• bglutenfreevictoria.square.site
• Instagram via DM
• bglutenfreevictoria@gmail.com
• 250-208-3646
• Pick up or delivery arranged when ordering.
Enjoy a selection of baguettes, bars , biscuits, bread, buns, cinnamon buns, coffee cakes, cookies, croissants, filled pastries, loaves (banana bread & orange cranberry,) muffins, pies & sourdough! Best of all! MINI DONUTS!
B-glutenfreevictoria appears throughout greater Victoria, including Goldstream Market, Moss Street Market, Esquimalt Farmers Markets, Westcoast Outdoor Markets, Metchosin Farmers Market and seasonal events!
About Tanja!
Listen to Tanja on ‘A Canadian Celiac Podcast!’
Tanja Blondin, Owner / Operator of B-glutenfreevictoria, has been baking for as long as she can remember. Her German heritage continues to inform the food that she creates.
With hospitality in her DNA, Tanja has done it all from baking to catering, always with the best in presentation.
When her daughter was born, Tanja started a cake business that allowed her to work from home. The business was so successful that it grew into a full catering and pastry shop in Ontario. From there, she went on to manage restaurants, including the Starbucks that she transferred to in Sidney, to be closer to family.
Seeking a change from the coffee business, Tanja assumed a position in the bakery department of Sidney Thrifty Foods. It was around this time that she began experiencing health problems that lead her, and her daughter, to be diagnosed with celiac disease. Her employer tried to accommodate her condition with a move to the cake decorating department, but the proximity to airborne gluten flour was too much for her. Tanja had to resign, but that does not mean she stopped baking. Their loss was our gain!
What to do with decades of experience baking European pastries? Tanja reimagined them using gluten-free, organic ingredients, freshly milled at the dedicated gluten-free Millstone Farm Organics in North Saanich:
- almond flour • baking powder • brown rice flour • buckwheat flour • chia • buckwheat flour • eggs (fresh!) • flax seeds • millet flour • potato starch • psyllium husk • oats (pure) • quinoa • sorghum flour • sliced almonds • tapioca starch • teff flour • xanthan gum • white rice flour
Tanja adapted her favourite recipes to gluten free in her dedicated kitchen, and set up a booth on Sunday’s Mary Winspear Centre to test the market. The response has been so positive that she has gone on to create a ‘B-glutenfreevictoria Food Trailer’ – a first for Vancouver Island and beyond!
View the possibilities and order online through bglutenfreevictoria.square.site, or stop by her trailer during her busy market schedule this summer.
Bake My Day is back at Sidney Farmer’s Market. Thursday evenings from 5:30-8:30pm – June 15 to September 14th. Find them across the street from Serious Coffee.
Requests & pre-orders always welcome: 250-748-8450 • office@bakemyday.ca • PM via Facebook
Sidney Street Market • Facebook • Instagram
Fabulous fresh, ready-to-eat or ready-to-bake tarts, pies, turnovers and sausage rolls gluten-free tarts, turnovers, pies, hand pies and sausage rolls are created in a dedicated gluten-free facility from documented to be gluten-free ingredients.
Enjoy these sumptuous delicacies on the spot and / or purchase ready-to-bake versions to take home and savor, warm from your own oven. Dale’s pie shells and groundbreaking, ready-to-roll puff pastry dough let you become the gluten-free chef you’ve always wanted to be. Ask about their dairy-free options.
Facebook • Twitter • Instagram • Victoria Deliveries
- Outlet Store at 3030 Dogwood Road, Duncan (Tuesday to Saturday 7am to 3pm)
- Carrying retailers, restaurants and cafés …
- Product Tips
Ready to Eat!
Ready to Bake!
- 2nd Wednesdays – Oak Bay Night Market July, August & September
- Thursdays – Sidney Street Market
- Saturdays – Duncan’s Farmer’s Market
- Saturdays – Moss Street Market
Art of Slow Food 100% Gluten-Free Cafe & Bakery opens on Fisgard!
To order in advance of market days – questions, custom orders or dietary information. contact Kaitlin via Contact form • thebaker@theartofslowfood.com • 902.476.7732
The Art of Slow Food meets dietary limitations or preferences of all kinds – gluten-free, lactose-free, vegan & sugar-free – food that isn’t complicated or unpronounceable.
Where to Find Art of Slow! Retailers, Coffee Shops, Farmer’s Markets & More!
• Contact form • thebaker@theartofslowfood.com • 902.476.7732
• theartofslowfood.com • Facebook • Instagram
• View The Art of Slow Food Photo Gallery
You asked for it! The Art of Slow Food is now selling their raw, sourdough pizza dough. Each dough ball makes a 14″-16″ sized pizzas. Find them in the refrigerator or freezers sections of carrying retailers and farmers markets.
About the Dough
- Made with spring water, psyllium husk, ground flax, sorghum flour, tapioca flour, natural levain (wild yeast) and sea salt
- Good for 21 days in the fridge, 3 months in the freezer
- Remove dough from fridge and let it reach room temperature
- Dough will be workable, easy to roll but a bit more sensitive to tearing than gluten dough
- Roll out with a dusting of gluten-free flour or between two pieces of parchment paper
- Crust can be par-baked for 3-5 minutes at 450˚F or for 7-10 minutes all dressed, until cheese browns
- Par-baked crusts can be frozen until needed.
This is extra-special gluten free bread: fresh baked, rustic, soft, chewy and easily digestible sourdough! Using natural wild levain and a base of psyllium husk, flax and water, the dough is fermented for 12-18 hours to allow phytic acid breakdown and real flavor development. The bread is then baked on a stone to create rustic loaves with appealing crust.
The Art of Slow Food does not use common gluten-free ingredients such as xanthan gum, agar agar, potato starch, rice flour or other high-starch ingredients. The bread is made with only 7 simple, organic ingredients, in order of predominance: Spring water, psyllium husk, ground flax, sorghum flour, tapioca flour, natural levain (wild yeast) and sea salt.
As a result of slow fermentation, the carbohydrates and starches in the bread are broken down, creating a light, soft digestible bread. The psyllium husk and ground flax act as a digestive aid and provide a soft, chewy texture without gluten or added starches.
Sourdough selection includes Toasted Sesame, Plain, Kalamata Olive, Rosemary Poppyseed and on occasion, Cranberry Walnut!
About the Ferments
Their sauerkraut is made the traditional way – fermented for a minimum of 3 weeks in traditional German crocks and never pasteurized. Enjoy a number of varieties that are versatile and go well with any meal – sandwiches, salads, stir fries, soups, eggs or sausages. Sauerkraut is a highly probiotic food, and is best used to accompany meals to aid in digestion.
Sauerkraut selection includes Dilly Kraut, Cortido Kraut and Chimichurri Kraut.
About the Baker / Fermentor / Creator
Kaitlin is a whole foods chef and baker and has been fermenting for 7 years. She works exclusively with artisan-style traditional foods, using local and organic ingredients to create simple, accessible nourishment. She strives to teach sustainability and self-sufficiency through the art of slow food. Kaitlin has extensive experience working with dietary restrictions and nutritional deficiencies and will work with any specifications by request.
Workshops
Kaitlin Chamberlin
Learn the ancient tradition of preserving foods and maximizing nutrition with simple tools and local foods. Bring your own jar and take home a ferment. Learn more here.
Find B-glutenfreevictoria 100% Gluten-Free European Style Desserts and Artisan Breads at Sidney Thursday Night Street Market on Beacon Avenue form 5:30 to 8:30!
Also on Thursdays 5:30 to 8:30 at Westcoast Outdoor Market at the Mary Winspear Centre!
How to order!
• bglutenfreevictoria.square.site
• Instagram via DM
• bglutenfreevictoria@gmail.com
• 250-208-3646
• Pick up or delivery arranged when ordering.
Enjoy a selection of baguettes, bars , biscuits, bread, buns, cinnamon buns, coffee cakes, cookies, croissants, filled pastries, loaves (banana bread & orange cranberry,) muffins, pies & sourdough! Best of all! MINI DONUTS!
B-glutenfreevictoria appears throughout greater Victoria, including Goldstream Market, Moss Street Market, Esquimalt Farmers Markets, Westcoast Outdoor Markets, Metchosin Farmers Market and seasonal events!
About Tanja!
Listen to Tanja on ‘A Canadian Celiac Podcast!’
Tanja Blondin, Owner / Operator of B-glutenfreevictoria, has been baking for as long as she can remember. Her German heritage continues to inform the food that she creates.
With hospitality in her DNA, Tanja has done it all from baking to catering, always with the best in presentation.
When her daughter was born, Tanja started a cake business that allowed her to work from home. The business was so successful that it grew into a full catering and pastry shop in Ontario. From there, she went on to manage restaurants, including the Starbucks that she transferred to in Sidney, to be closer to family.
Seeking a change from the coffee business, Tanja assumed a position in the bakery department of Sidney Thrifty Foods. It was around this time that she began experiencing health problems that lead her, and her daughter, to be diagnosed with celiac disease. Her employer tried to accommodate her condition with a move to the cake decorating department, but the proximity to airborne gluten flour was too much for her. Tanja had to resign, but that does not mean she stopped baking. Their loss was our gain!
What to do with decades of experience baking European pastries? Tanja reimagined them using gluten-free, organic ingredients, freshly milled at the dedicated gluten-free Millstone Farm Organics in North Saanich:
- almond flour • baking powder • brown rice flour • buckwheat flour • chia • buckwheat flour • eggs (fresh!) • flax seeds • millet flour • potato starch • psyllium husk • oats (pure) • quinoa • sorghum flour • sliced almonds • tapioca starch • teff flour • xanthan gum • white rice flour
Tanja adapted her favourite recipes to gluten free in her dedicated kitchen, and set up a booth on Sunday’s Mary Winspear Centre to test the market. The response has been so positive that she has gone on to create a ‘B-glutenfreevictoria Food Trailer’ – a first for Vancouver Island and beyond!
View the possibilities and order online through bglutenfreevictoria.square.site, or stop by her trailer during her busy market schedule this summer.
Bake My Day is back at Sidney Farmer’s Market. Thursday evenings from 5:30-8:30pm – June 15 to September 14th. Find them across the street from Serious Coffee.
Requests & pre-orders always welcome: 250-748-8450 • office@bakemyday.ca • PM via Facebook
Sidney Street Market • Facebook • Instagram
Fabulous fresh, ready-to-eat or ready-to-bake tarts, pies, turnovers and sausage rolls gluten-free tarts, turnovers, pies, hand pies and sausage rolls are created in a dedicated gluten-free facility from documented to be gluten-free ingredients.
Enjoy these sumptuous delicacies on the spot and / or purchase ready-to-bake versions to take home and savor, warm from your own oven. Dale’s pie shells and groundbreaking, ready-to-roll puff pastry dough let you become the gluten-free chef you’ve always wanted to be. Ask about their dairy-free options.
Facebook • Twitter • Instagram • Victoria Deliveries
- Outlet Store at 3030 Dogwood Road, Duncan (Tuesday to Saturday 7am to 3pm)
- Carrying retailers, restaurants and cafés …
- Product Tips
Ready to Eat!
Ready to Bake!
- 2nd Wednesdays – Oak Bay Night Market July, August & September
- Thursdays – Sidney Street Market
- Saturdays – Duncan’s Farmer’s Market
- Saturdays – Moss Street Market
Art of Slow Food 100% Gluten-Free Cafe & Bakery opens on Fisgard!
To order in advance of market days – questions, custom orders or dietary information. contact Kaitlin via Contact form • thebaker@theartofslowfood.com • 902.476.7732
The Art of Slow Food meets dietary limitations or preferences of all kinds – gluten-free, lactose-free, vegan & sugar-free – food that isn’t complicated or unpronounceable.
Where to Find Art of Slow! Retailers, Coffee Shops, Farmer’s Markets & More!
• Contact form • thebaker@theartofslowfood.com • 902.476.7732
• theartofslowfood.com • Facebook • Instagram
• View The Art of Slow Food Photo Gallery
You asked for it! The Art of Slow Food is now selling their raw, sourdough pizza dough. Each dough ball makes a 14″-16″ sized pizzas. Find them in the refrigerator or freezers sections of carrying retailers and farmers markets.
About the Dough
- Made with spring water, psyllium husk, ground flax, sorghum flour, tapioca flour, natural levain (wild yeast) and sea salt
- Good for 21 days in the fridge, 3 months in the freezer
- Remove dough from fridge and let it reach room temperature
- Dough will be workable, easy to roll but a bit more sensitive to tearing than gluten dough
- Roll out with a dusting of gluten-free flour or between two pieces of parchment paper
- Crust can be par-baked for 3-5 minutes at 450˚F or for 7-10 minutes all dressed, until cheese browns
- Par-baked crusts can be frozen until needed.
This is extra-special gluten free bread: fresh baked, rustic, soft, chewy and easily digestible sourdough! Using natural wild levain and a base of psyllium husk, flax and water, the dough is fermented for 12-18 hours to allow phytic acid breakdown and real flavor development. The bread is then baked on a stone to create rustic loaves with appealing crust.
The Art of Slow Food does not use common gluten-free ingredients such as xanthan gum, agar agar, potato starch, rice flour or other high-starch ingredients. The bread is made with only 7 simple, organic ingredients, in order of predominance: Spring water, psyllium husk, ground flax, sorghum flour, tapioca flour, natural levain (wild yeast) and sea salt.
As a result of slow fermentation, the carbohydrates and starches in the bread are broken down, creating a light, soft digestible bread. The psyllium husk and ground flax act as a digestive aid and provide a soft, chewy texture without gluten or added starches.
Sourdough selection includes Toasted Sesame, Plain, Kalamata Olive, Rosemary Poppyseed and on occasion, Cranberry Walnut!
About the Ferments
Their sauerkraut is made the traditional way – fermented for a minimum of 3 weeks in traditional German crocks and never pasteurized. Enjoy a number of varieties that are versatile and go well with any meal – sandwiches, salads, stir fries, soups, eggs or sausages. Sauerkraut is a highly probiotic food, and is best used to accompany meals to aid in digestion.
Sauerkraut selection includes Dilly Kraut, Cortido Kraut and Chimichurri Kraut.
About the Baker / Fermentor / Creator
Kaitlin is a whole foods chef and baker and has been fermenting for 7 years. She works exclusively with artisan-style traditional foods, using local and organic ingredients to create simple, accessible nourishment. She strives to teach sustainability and self-sufficiency through the art of slow food. Kaitlin has extensive experience working with dietary restrictions and nutritional deficiencies and will work with any specifications by request.
Workshops
Kaitlin Chamberlin
Learn the ancient tradition of preserving foods and maximizing nutrition with simple tools and local foods. Bring your own jar and take home a ferment. Learn more here.
Find B-glutenfreevictoria 100% Gluten-Free European Style Desserts and Artisan Breads at Sidney Thursday Night Street Market on Beacon Avenue form 5:30 to 8:30!
Also on Thursdays 5:30 to 8:30 at Westcoast Outdoor Market at the Mary Winspear Centre!
How to order!
• bglutenfreevictoria.square.site
• Instagram via DM
• bglutenfreevictoria@gmail.com
• 250-208-3646
• Pick up or delivery arranged when ordering.
Enjoy a selection of baguettes, bars , biscuits, bread, buns, cinnamon buns, coffee cakes, cookies, croissants, filled pastries, loaves (banana bread & orange cranberry,) muffins, pies & sourdough! Best of all! MINI DONUTS!
B-glutenfreevictoria appears throughout greater Victoria, including Goldstream Market, Moss Street Market, Esquimalt Farmers Markets, Westcoast Outdoor Markets, Metchosin Farmers Market and seasonal events!
About Tanja!
Listen to Tanja on ‘A Canadian Celiac Podcast!’
Tanja Blondin, Owner / Operator of B-glutenfreevictoria, has been baking for as long as she can remember. Her German heritage continues to inform the food that she creates.
With hospitality in her DNA, Tanja has done it all from baking to catering, always with the best in presentation.
When her daughter was born, Tanja started a cake business that allowed her to work from home. The business was so successful that it grew into a full catering and pastry shop in Ontario. From there, she went on to manage restaurants, including the Starbucks that she transferred to in Sidney, to be closer to family.
Seeking a change from the coffee business, Tanja assumed a position in the bakery department of Sidney Thrifty Foods. It was around this time that she began experiencing health problems that lead her, and her daughter, to be diagnosed with celiac disease. Her employer tried to accommodate her condition with a move to the cake decorating department, but the proximity to airborne gluten flour was too much for her. Tanja had to resign, but that does not mean she stopped baking. Their loss was our gain!
What to do with decades of experience baking European pastries? Tanja reimagined them using gluten-free, organic ingredients, freshly milled at the dedicated gluten-free Millstone Farm Organics in North Saanich:
- almond flour • baking powder • brown rice flour • buckwheat flour • chia • buckwheat flour • eggs (fresh!) • flax seeds • millet flour • potato starch • psyllium husk • oats (pure) • quinoa • sorghum flour • sliced almonds • tapioca starch • teff flour • xanthan gum • white rice flour
Tanja adapted her favourite recipes to gluten free in her dedicated kitchen, and set up a booth on Sunday’s Mary Winspear Centre to test the market. The response has been so positive that she has gone on to create a ‘B-glutenfreevictoria Food Trailer’ – a first for Vancouver Island and beyond!
View the possibilities and order online through bglutenfreevictoria.square.site, or stop by her trailer during her busy market schedule this summer.
Bake My Day is back at Sidney Farmer’s Market. Thursday evenings from 5:30-8:30pm – June 15 to September 14th. Find them across the street from Serious Coffee.
Requests & pre-orders always welcome: 250-748-8450 • office@bakemyday.ca • PM via Facebook
Sidney Street Market • Facebook • Instagram
Fabulous fresh, ready-to-eat or ready-to-bake tarts, pies, turnovers and sausage rolls gluten-free tarts, turnovers, pies, hand pies and sausage rolls are created in a dedicated gluten-free facility from documented to be gluten-free ingredients.
Enjoy these sumptuous delicacies on the spot and / or purchase ready-to-bake versions to take home and savor, warm from your own oven. Dale’s pie shells and groundbreaking, ready-to-roll puff pastry dough let you become the gluten-free chef you’ve always wanted to be. Ask about their dairy-free options.
Facebook • Twitter • Instagram • Victoria Deliveries
- Outlet Store at 3030 Dogwood Road, Duncan (Tuesday to Saturday 7am to 3pm)
- Carrying retailers, restaurants and cafés …
- Product Tips
Ready to Eat!
Ready to Bake!
- 2nd Wednesdays – Oak Bay Night Market July, August & September
- Thursdays – Sidney Street Market
- Saturdays – Duncan’s Farmer’s Market
- Saturdays – Moss Street Market
Art of Slow Food 100% Gluten-Free Cafe & Bakery opens on Fisgard!
To order in advance of market days – questions, custom orders or dietary information. contact Kaitlin via Contact form • thebaker@theartofslowfood.com • 902.476.7732
The Art of Slow Food meets dietary limitations or preferences of all kinds – gluten-free, lactose-free, vegan & sugar-free – food that isn’t complicated or unpronounceable.
Where to Find Art of Slow! Retailers, Coffee Shops, Farmer’s Markets & More!
• Contact form • thebaker@theartofslowfood.com • 902.476.7732
• theartofslowfood.com • Facebook • Instagram
• View The Art of Slow Food Photo Gallery
You asked for it! The Art of Slow Food is now selling their raw, sourdough pizza dough. Each dough ball makes a 14″-16″ sized pizzas. Find them in the refrigerator or freezers sections of carrying retailers and farmers markets.
About the Dough
- Made with spring water, psyllium husk, ground flax, sorghum flour, tapioca flour, natural levain (wild yeast) and sea salt
- Good for 21 days in the fridge, 3 months in the freezer
- Remove dough from fridge and let it reach room temperature
- Dough will be workable, easy to roll but a bit more sensitive to tearing than gluten dough
- Roll out with a dusting of gluten-free flour or between two pieces of parchment paper
- Crust can be par-baked for 3-5 minutes at 450˚F or for 7-10 minutes all dressed, until cheese browns
- Par-baked crusts can be frozen until needed.
This is extra-special gluten free bread: fresh baked, rustic, soft, chewy and easily digestible sourdough! Using natural wild levain and a base of psyllium husk, flax and water, the dough is fermented for 12-18 hours to allow phytic acid breakdown and real flavor development. The bread is then baked on a stone to create rustic loaves with appealing crust.
The Art of Slow Food does not use common gluten-free ingredients such as xanthan gum, agar agar, potato starch, rice flour or other high-starch ingredients. The bread is made with only 7 simple, organic ingredients, in order of predominance: Spring water, psyllium husk, ground flax, sorghum flour, tapioca flour, natural levain (wild yeast) and sea salt.
As a result of slow fermentation, the carbohydrates and starches in the bread are broken down, creating a light, soft digestible bread. The psyllium husk and ground flax act as a digestive aid and provide a soft, chewy texture without gluten or added starches.
Sourdough selection includes Toasted Sesame, Plain, Kalamata Olive, Rosemary Poppyseed and on occasion, Cranberry Walnut!
About the Ferments
Their sauerkraut is made the traditional way – fermented for a minimum of 3 weeks in traditional German crocks and never pasteurized. Enjoy a number of varieties that are versatile and go well with any meal – sandwiches, salads, stir fries, soups, eggs or sausages. Sauerkraut is a highly probiotic food, and is best used to accompany meals to aid in digestion.
Sauerkraut selection includes Dilly Kraut, Cortido Kraut and Chimichurri Kraut.
About the Baker / Fermentor / Creator
Kaitlin is a whole foods chef and baker and has been fermenting for 7 years. She works exclusively with artisan-style traditional foods, using local and organic ingredients to create simple, accessible nourishment. She strives to teach sustainability and self-sufficiency through the art of slow food. Kaitlin has extensive experience working with dietary restrictions and nutritional deficiencies and will work with any specifications by request.
Workshops
Kaitlin Chamberlin
Learn the ancient tradition of preserving foods and maximizing nutrition with simple tools and local foods. Bring your own jar and take home a ferment. Learn more here.
Find B-glutenfreevictoria 100% Gluten-Free European Style Desserts and Artisan Breads at Sidney Thursday Night Street Market on Beacon Avenue form 5:30 to 8:30!
Also on Thursdays 5:30 to 8:30 at Westcoast Outdoor Market at the Mary Winspear Centre!
How to order!
• bglutenfreevictoria.square.site
• Instagram via DM
• bglutenfreevictoria@gmail.com
• 250-208-3646
• Pick up or delivery arranged when ordering.
Enjoy a selection of baguettes, bars , biscuits, bread, buns, cinnamon buns, coffee cakes, cookies, croissants, filled pastries, loaves (banana bread & orange cranberry,) muffins, pies & sourdough! Best of all! MINI DONUTS!
B-glutenfreevictoria appears throughout greater Victoria, including Goldstream Market, Moss Street Market, Esquimalt Farmers Markets, Westcoast Outdoor Markets, Metchosin Farmers Market and seasonal events!
About Tanja!
Listen to Tanja on ‘A Canadian Celiac Podcast!’
Tanja Blondin, Owner / Operator of B-glutenfreevictoria, has been baking for as long as she can remember. Her German heritage continues to inform the food that she creates.
With hospitality in her DNA, Tanja has done it all from baking to catering, always with the best in presentation.
When her daughter was born, Tanja started a cake business that allowed her to work from home. The business was so successful that it grew into a full catering and pastry shop in Ontario. From there, she went on to manage restaurants, including the Starbucks that she transferred to in Sidney, to be closer to family.
Seeking a change from the coffee business, Tanja assumed a position in the bakery department of Sidney Thrifty Foods. It was around this time that she began experiencing health problems that lead her, and her daughter, to be diagnosed with celiac disease. Her employer tried to accommodate her condition with a move to the cake decorating department, but the proximity to airborne gluten flour was too much for her. Tanja had to resign, but that does not mean she stopped baking. Their loss was our gain!
What to do with decades of experience baking European pastries? Tanja reimagined them using gluten-free, organic ingredients, freshly milled at the dedicated gluten-free Millstone Farm Organics in North Saanich:
- almond flour • baking powder • brown rice flour • buckwheat flour • chia • buckwheat flour • eggs (fresh!) • flax seeds • millet flour • potato starch • psyllium husk • oats (pure) • quinoa • sorghum flour • sliced almonds • tapioca starch • teff flour • xanthan gum • white rice flour
Tanja adapted her favourite recipes to gluten free in her dedicated kitchen, and set up a booth on Sunday’s Mary Winspear Centre to test the market. The response has been so positive that she has gone on to create a ‘B-glutenfreevictoria Food Trailer’ – a first for Vancouver Island and beyond!
View the possibilities and order online through bglutenfreevictoria.square.site, or stop by her trailer during her busy market schedule this summer.
Bake My Day is back at Sidney Farmer’s Market. Thursday evenings from 5:30-8:30pm – June 15 to September 14th. Find them across the street from Serious Coffee.
Requests & pre-orders always welcome: 250-748-8450 • office@bakemyday.ca • PM via Facebook
Sidney Street Market • Facebook • Instagram
Fabulous fresh, ready-to-eat or ready-to-bake tarts, pies, turnovers and sausage rolls gluten-free tarts, turnovers, pies, hand pies and sausage rolls are created in a dedicated gluten-free facility from documented to be gluten-free ingredients.
Enjoy these sumptuous delicacies on the spot and / or purchase ready-to-bake versions to take home and savor, warm from your own oven. Dale’s pie shells and groundbreaking, ready-to-roll puff pastry dough let you become the gluten-free chef you’ve always wanted to be. Ask about their dairy-free options.
Facebook • Twitter • Instagram • Victoria Deliveries
- Outlet Store at 3030 Dogwood Road, Duncan (Tuesday to Saturday 7am to 3pm)
- Carrying retailers, restaurants and cafés …
- Product Tips
Ready to Eat!
Ready to Bake!
- 2nd Wednesdays – Oak Bay Night Market July, August & September
- Thursdays – Sidney Street Market
- Saturdays – Duncan’s Farmer’s Market
- Saturdays – Moss Street Market
Art of Slow Food 100% Gluten-Free Cafe & Bakery opens on Fisgard!
To order in advance of market days – questions, custom orders or dietary information. contact Kaitlin via Contact form • thebaker@theartofslowfood.com • 902.476.7732
The Art of Slow Food meets dietary limitations or preferences of all kinds – gluten-free, lactose-free, vegan & sugar-free – food that isn’t complicated or unpronounceable.
Where to Find Art of Slow! Retailers, Coffee Shops, Farmer’s Markets & More!
• Contact form • thebaker@theartofslowfood.com • 902.476.7732
• theartofslowfood.com • Facebook • Instagram
• View The Art of Slow Food Photo Gallery
You asked for it! The Art of Slow Food is now selling their raw, sourdough pizza dough. Each dough ball makes a 14″-16″ sized pizzas. Find them in the refrigerator or freezers sections of carrying retailers and farmers markets.
About the Dough
- Made with spring water, psyllium husk, ground flax, sorghum flour, tapioca flour, natural levain (wild yeast) and sea salt
- Good for 21 days in the fridge, 3 months in the freezer
- Remove dough from fridge and let it reach room temperature
- Dough will be workable, easy to roll but a bit more sensitive to tearing than gluten dough
- Roll out with a dusting of gluten-free flour or between two pieces of parchment paper
- Crust can be par-baked for 3-5 minutes at 450˚F or for 7-10 minutes all dressed, until cheese browns
- Par-baked crusts can be frozen until needed.
This is extra-special gluten free bread: fresh baked, rustic, soft, chewy and easily digestible sourdough! Using natural wild levain and a base of psyllium husk, flax and water, the dough is fermented for 12-18 hours to allow phytic acid breakdown and real flavor development. The bread is then baked on a stone to create rustic loaves with appealing crust.
The Art of Slow Food does not use common gluten-free ingredients such as xanthan gum, agar agar, potato starch, rice flour or other high-starch ingredients. The bread is made with only 7 simple, organic ingredients, in order of predominance: Spring water, psyllium husk, ground flax, sorghum flour, tapioca flour, natural levain (wild yeast) and sea salt.
As a result of slow fermentation, the carbohydrates and starches in the bread are broken down, creating a light, soft digestible bread. The psyllium husk and ground flax act as a digestive aid and provide a soft, chewy texture without gluten or added starches.
Sourdough selection includes Toasted Sesame, Plain, Kalamata Olive, Rosemary Poppyseed and on occasion, Cranberry Walnut!
About the Ferments
Their sauerkraut is made the traditional way – fermented for a minimum of 3 weeks in traditional German crocks and never pasteurized. Enjoy a number of varieties that are versatile and go well with any meal – sandwiches, salads, stir fries, soups, eggs or sausages. Sauerkraut is a highly probiotic food, and is best used to accompany meals to aid in digestion.
Sauerkraut selection includes Dilly Kraut, Cortido Kraut and Chimichurri Kraut.
About the Baker / Fermentor / Creator
Kaitlin is a whole foods chef and baker and has been fermenting for 7 years. She works exclusively with artisan-style traditional foods, using local and organic ingredients to create simple, accessible nourishment. She strives to teach sustainability and self-sufficiency through the art of slow food. Kaitlin has extensive experience working with dietary restrictions and nutritional deficiencies and will work with any specifications by request.
Workshops
Kaitlin Chamberlin
Learn the ancient tradition of preserving foods and maximizing nutrition with simple tools and local foods. Bring your own jar and take home a ferment. Learn more here.
Find B-glutenfreevictoria 100% Gluten-Free European Style Desserts and Artisan Breads at Sidney Thursday Night Street Market on Beacon Avenue form 5:30 to 8:30!
Also on Thursdays 5:30 to 8:30 at Westcoast Outdoor Market at the Mary Winspear Centre!
How to order!
• bglutenfreevictoria.square.site
• Instagram via DM
• bglutenfreevictoria@gmail.com
• 250-208-3646
• Pick up or delivery arranged when ordering.
Enjoy a selection of baguettes, bars , biscuits, bread, buns, cinnamon buns, coffee cakes, cookies, croissants, filled pastries, loaves (banana bread & orange cranberry,) muffins, pies & sourdough! Best of all! MINI DONUTS!
B-glutenfreevictoria appears throughout greater Victoria, including Goldstream Market, Moss Street Market, Esquimalt Farmers Markets, Westcoast Outdoor Markets, Metchosin Farmers Market and seasonal events!
About Tanja!
Listen to Tanja on ‘A Canadian Celiac Podcast!’
Tanja Blondin, Owner / Operator of B-glutenfreevictoria, has been baking for as long as she can remember. Her German heritage continues to inform the food that she creates.
With hospitality in her DNA, Tanja has done it all from baking to catering, always with the best in presentation.
When her daughter was born, Tanja started a cake business that allowed her to work from home. The business was so successful that it grew into a full catering and pastry shop in Ontario. From there, she went on to manage restaurants, including the Starbucks that she transferred to in Sidney, to be closer to family.
Seeking a change from the coffee business, Tanja assumed a position in the bakery department of Sidney Thrifty Foods. It was around this time that she began experiencing health problems that lead her, and her daughter, to be diagnosed with celiac disease. Her employer tried to accommodate her condition with a move to the cake decorating department, but the proximity to airborne gluten flour was too much for her. Tanja had to resign, but that does not mean she stopped baking. Their loss was our gain!
What to do with decades of experience baking European pastries? Tanja reimagined them using gluten-free, organic ingredients, freshly milled at the dedicated gluten-free Millstone Farm Organics in North Saanich:
- almond flour • baking powder • brown rice flour • buckwheat flour • chia • buckwheat flour • eggs (fresh!) • flax seeds • millet flour • potato starch • psyllium husk • oats (pure) • quinoa • sorghum flour • sliced almonds • tapioca starch • teff flour • xanthan gum • white rice flour
Tanja adapted her favourite recipes to gluten free in her dedicated kitchen, and set up a booth on Sunday’s Mary Winspear Centre to test the market. The response has been so positive that she has gone on to create a ‘B-glutenfreevictoria Food Trailer’ – a first for Vancouver Island and beyond!
View the possibilities and order online through bglutenfreevictoria.square.site, or stop by her trailer during her busy market schedule this summer.
Bake My Day is back at Sidney Farmer’s Market. Thursday evenings from 5:30-8:30pm – June 15 to September 14th. Find them across the street from Serious Coffee.
Requests & pre-orders always welcome: 250-748-8450 • office@bakemyday.ca • PM via Facebook
Sidney Street Market • Facebook • Instagram
Fabulous fresh, ready-to-eat or ready-to-bake tarts, pies, turnovers and sausage rolls gluten-free tarts, turnovers, pies, hand pies and sausage rolls are created in a dedicated gluten-free facility from documented to be gluten-free ingredients.
Enjoy these sumptuous delicacies on the spot and / or purchase ready-to-bake versions to take home and savor, warm from your own oven. Dale’s pie shells and groundbreaking, ready-to-roll puff pastry dough let you become the gluten-free chef you’ve always wanted to be. Ask about their dairy-free options.
Facebook • Twitter • Instagram • Victoria Deliveries
- Outlet Store at 3030 Dogwood Road, Duncan (Tuesday to Saturday 7am to 3pm)
- Carrying retailers, restaurants and cafés …
- Product Tips
Ready to Eat!
Ready to Bake!
- 2nd Wednesdays – Oak Bay Night Market July, August & September
- Thursdays – Sidney Street Market
- Saturdays – Duncan’s Farmer’s Market
- Saturdays – Moss Street Market
Art of Slow Food 100% Gluten-Free Cafe & Bakery opens on Fisgard!
To order in advance of market days – questions, custom orders or dietary information. contact Kaitlin via Contact form • thebaker@theartofslowfood.com • 902.476.7732
The Art of Slow Food meets dietary limitations or preferences of all kinds – gluten-free, lactose-free, vegan & sugar-free – food that isn’t complicated or unpronounceable.
Where to Find Art of Slow! Retailers, Coffee Shops, Farmer’s Markets & More!
• Contact form • thebaker@theartofslowfood.com • 902.476.7732
• theartofslowfood.com • Facebook • Instagram
• View The Art of Slow Food Photo Gallery
You asked for it! The Art of Slow Food is now selling their raw, sourdough pizza dough. Each dough ball makes a 14″-16″ sized pizzas. Find them in the refrigerator or freezers sections of carrying retailers and farmers markets.
About the Dough
- Made with spring water, psyllium husk, ground flax, sorghum flour, tapioca flour, natural levain (wild yeast) and sea salt
- Good for 21 days in the fridge, 3 months in the freezer
- Remove dough from fridge and let it reach room temperature
- Dough will be workable, easy to roll but a bit more sensitive to tearing than gluten dough
- Roll out with a dusting of gluten-free flour or between two pieces of parchment paper
- Crust can be par-baked for 3-5 minutes at 450˚F or for 7-10 minutes all dressed, until cheese browns
- Par-baked crusts can be frozen until needed.
This is extra-special gluten free bread: fresh baked, rustic, soft, chewy and easily digestible sourdough! Using natural wild levain and a base of psyllium husk, flax and water, the dough is fermented for 12-18 hours to allow phytic acid breakdown and real flavor development. The bread is then baked on a stone to create rustic loaves with appealing crust.
The Art of Slow Food does not use common gluten-free ingredients such as xanthan gum, agar agar, potato starch, rice flour or other high-starch ingredients. The bread is made with only 7 simple, organic ingredients, in order of predominance: Spring water, psyllium husk, ground flax, sorghum flour, tapioca flour, natural levain (wild yeast) and sea salt.
As a result of slow fermentation, the carbohydrates and starches in the bread are broken down, creating a light, soft digestible bread. The psyllium husk and ground flax act as a digestive aid and provide a soft, chewy texture without gluten or added starches.
Sourdough selection includes Toasted Sesame, Plain, Kalamata Olive, Rosemary Poppyseed and on occasion, Cranberry Walnut!
About the Ferments
Their sauerkraut is made the traditional way – fermented for a minimum of 3 weeks in traditional German crocks and never pasteurized. Enjoy a number of varieties that are versatile and go well with any meal – sandwiches, salads, stir fries, soups, eggs or sausages. Sauerkraut is a highly probiotic food, and is best used to accompany meals to aid in digestion.
Sauerkraut selection includes Dilly Kraut, Cortido Kraut and Chimichurri Kraut.
About the Baker / Fermentor / Creator
Kaitlin is a whole foods chef and baker and has been fermenting for 7 years. She works exclusively with artisan-style traditional foods, using local and organic ingredients to create simple, accessible nourishment. She strives to teach sustainability and self-sufficiency through the art of slow food. Kaitlin has extensive experience working with dietary restrictions and nutritional deficiencies and will work with any specifications by request.
Workshops
Kaitlin Chamberlin
Learn the ancient tradition of preserving foods and maximizing nutrition with simple tools and local foods. Bring your own jar and take home a ferment. Learn more here.
Find B-glutenfreevictoria 100% Gluten-Free European Style Desserts and Artisan Breads at Sidney Thursday Night Street Market on Beacon Avenue form 5:30 to 8:30!
Also on Thursdays 5:30 to 8:30 at Westcoast Outdoor Market at the Mary Winspear Centre!
How to order!
• bglutenfreevictoria.square.site
• Instagram via DM
• bglutenfreevictoria@gmail.com
• 250-208-3646
• Pick up or delivery arranged when ordering.
Enjoy a selection of baguettes, bars , biscuits, bread, buns, cinnamon buns, coffee cakes, cookies, croissants, filled pastries, loaves (banana bread & orange cranberry,) muffins, pies & sourdough! Best of all! MINI DONUTS!
B-glutenfreevictoria appears throughout greater Victoria, including Goldstream Market, Moss Street Market, Esquimalt Farmers Markets, Westcoast Outdoor Markets, Metchosin Farmers Market and seasonal events!
About Tanja!
Listen to Tanja on ‘A Canadian Celiac Podcast!’
Tanja Blondin, Owner / Operator of B-glutenfreevictoria, has been baking for as long as she can remember. Her German heritage continues to inform the food that she creates.
With hospitality in her DNA, Tanja has done it all from baking to catering, always with the best in presentation.
When her daughter was born, Tanja started a cake business that allowed her to work from home. The business was so successful that it grew into a full catering and pastry shop in Ontario. From there, she went on to manage restaurants, including the Starbucks that she transferred to in Sidney, to be closer to family.
Seeking a change from the coffee business, Tanja assumed a position in the bakery department of Sidney Thrifty Foods. It was around this time that she began experiencing health problems that lead her, and her daughter, to be diagnosed with celiac disease. Her employer tried to accommodate her condition with a move to the cake decorating department, but the proximity to airborne gluten flour was too much for her. Tanja had to resign, but that does not mean she stopped baking. Their loss was our gain!
What to do with decades of experience baking European pastries? Tanja reimagined them using gluten-free, organic ingredients, freshly milled at the dedicated gluten-free Millstone Farm Organics in North Saanich:
- almond flour • baking powder • brown rice flour • buckwheat flour • chia • buckwheat flour • eggs (fresh!) • flax seeds • millet flour • potato starch • psyllium husk • oats (pure) • quinoa • sorghum flour • sliced almonds • tapioca starch • teff flour • xanthan gum • white rice flour
Tanja adapted her favourite recipes to gluten free in her dedicated kitchen, and set up a booth on Sunday’s Mary Winspear Centre to test the market. The response has been so positive that she has gone on to create a ‘B-glutenfreevictoria Food Trailer’ – a first for Vancouver Island and beyond!
View the possibilities and order online through bglutenfreevictoria.square.site, or stop by her trailer during her busy market schedule this summer.
