Bakery on Main visits West Palm!

Bakery On Main will be at the South Florida Gluten Free Expo on Saturday and the A1A marathon in Ft. Lauderdale on Sunday. Sara and I flew down early and will be visiting some stores and passing out granola : ) What a week this will be! So far this trip has been awesome. Here are some pictures I wanted to share with you.

Of course I had to take a picture of the beautiful palm tree!

Stumbled upon this place and had to eat here for lunch!

They were very GF friendly and accommodating to any dietary needs. Yummy grilled chicken salad with black beans, corn, tomato and guacomole! Served with a side of cilantro dressing.

Sampling granola at Whole Foods in Boca Raton!

I am looking forward to meeting a lot of people at the GF Expo this weekend and can’t wait to pass out Truebars at the marathon. Exciting events this weekend!

What are your gluten free plans this weekend? Are you going to be at any GF Expos this year? Hope to see you there : )

Peace, Love & Granola,

Whitney

Superbowl Party Gluten Free Style!

When you think of the Superbowl what comes to mind? Is it the actual football game or the endless servings of appetizers, drinks and funny commercials? For most people it is probably the food, and this can be hard for members of the celiac community, especially those newly diagnosed. So I decided to try some new recipes for the festivities this weekend and share with you my first gluten free pizza! I used Bob’s Red Mill GF Pizza Crust Mix. The directions were very easy to follow. Here is my first picture of the dough on the pan (I wasn’t going for perfectly round here) This was also only half the dough. I decided to save the other half for tomorrow night or this weekend. (If you wrap it in saran wrap and put it in a Ziploc, it should be good to go for a couple days)

I then baked the dough for about 7 minutes and took it out to put on the toppings : )

(Not much of a difference in the pictures, but wanted to share my journey anyway)

For sauce on the pizza I used Bertolli Tomato & Basil.I also topped it with some shredded Mozzerella, but if you wanted to make this dairy free as well, Daiya is a good substitute! I love spinach and eat it at least once a day so I had to throw some fresh spinach on there, and some roasted red peppers.. yum!

I baked it for about 15 minutes (425°F) and voila! Tasty GF pizza ready to eat!

It was so tatsy!! I almost ate half of it in one sitting…woops! But atleast I have leftovers (pizza for breakfast sounds good) and more dough to make some pizza for the game! Tomorrow I am trying a new quiche recipe in muffin pans so they will be nice single servings!

Share some of your favorite pizza toppings below or even some rad places that sell yummy gf pizza!

Peace, Love & Granola,

Whitney

National Oatmeal Month giveaway winner!

Congratulations to Cathi from Tennessee on winning our National Oatmeal Month giveaway!  Thanks to everyone who entered. Make sure to check our Facebook and Twitter for future contests.

 

Happy National Oatmeal Month!

For those of you that didn’t know, January is National Oatmeal Month! Oatmeal is one of the most popular breakfast choices, and during these cold winter months definitely one of my favorites.

Bakery On Main’s instant oatmeal is made with certified gluten free oats, quinoa, chia seeds and flax.  These hearty ingredients provide a good source of protein, excellent source of fiber and of course tastiness. A great way to start off a chilly morning!

The Oatmeal is available in three Bakeshop flavors, Strawberry Shortcake, Maple Multigrain Muffin and Apple Pie. It is so quick and easy in the morning, all you have to do it add hot water and stir!

In the spirit of National Oatmeal Month, I am giving away a special Bakery On Main thermos and a box of each flavor!

To Enter: Comment below on which ingredients from our oatmeal you love! (full list of ingredients on website) How do you use them in other recipes? Feel free to leave the recipe for others to enjoy as well!

 Contest will end January 23rd at 12:00 PM EST. contest is only open to US residents. Winner will be selected using random.org. Winner of drawing will be contacted by e-mail that day. If winner does not respond within 72 hours, another entry will be selected. Please make sure to leave your e-mail with entry. If you don’t leave your e-mail, you will not be chosen as we do need some way to contact you. Thanks!

Good Luck to all!

Peace, Love & Granola.

Whitney

Its raining, its pouring….lets SMILE!

Since today is very rainy here in CT, I thought it would be fun to share some upbeat quotes and pictures from my summer vacation! Enjoy : )

The future depends on what we do in the present.    – Mahatma Gandhi

Today you are YOU, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than YOU!- Dr. Seuss

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.-Mark Twain

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from  your own actions. Dalai Lama

Peace, Love & Granola,

Whitney

Restaurants in the gluten free world

It seems like every time you turn around there is another restaurant catering to the needs of celiac/gluten intolerant. Just last week I went to lunch with my mom and sister at Rein’s Deli in Vernon, CT and saw this awesome sign on a  designated gluten free food station:

They also have a section in their frozen goods for purchase marked off:

I loved how they made it very apparent to anyone working in the kitchen, or even someone like myself walking by, that there was gluten free only zones! A lot more restaurants offer gluten free menus or have the gluten free dishes marked clearly.

So I started to make a list of restaurants that have gluten free menus but the list is just so long! (What a great thing) So instead here is a link to the Chain Restaurant Gluten Free Menu’s site that has a copious amount of options for you!

Celiac Restaurant Guide 

Please share of any restaurants that you have had, good or bad experiences,  even local restaurants that aren’t on the  list.

Peace, Love & Granola,

Whitney

A new take on TV dinners…

A friend and I made plans to watch one of our favorite shows together yesterday and thought it would be fun to cook dinner as well. It only took about 25 minutes all together to make this delicious naturally gluten free meal!

 

We started off our salad with a bed of  spinach and arugula. We added toasted walnuts (with just a tad of maple syrup), dried cranberries, and apple slices. You can really use any type of dressing(make sure there is no hidden gluten) We used a balsamic vinaigrette. ( I recommend Newman’s Own)

Total prep time-5 minutes

Now for the meal!

Scallops, Asparagus and Rice. Yum.

Asparagus was just drizzled with olive oil, add a little salt & pepper, put it on a cooking sheet and roast in oven (425 F) for 5-10 minutes.

Scallops were cooked in iron skillet with a little oil, salt & pepper (2-3 minutes each side)

The rice was actually the only thing that took longer than 10 minutes to make! Chopped some scallions up and threw them on the rice for some extra flavor!

The meal was perfect. Now if I had only done some GF baking for dessert…..

Please share your favorite easy-to-cook meals : )

Peace, Love & Granola

Whitney

Happy New Year!

Hooray to launching Bakery On Main’s blog on New Years Day!

This year, Bakery On Main wanted to make a resolution. Since we don’t need to lose 20lbs, eat “better”, quit smoking, go to the gym “more” or any of the usual pledges people make, we decided to make a happy resolution. We want to continue to make customers happy. Plain and simple. We will continue to be at as many celiac events as possible. (Gluten free samples = happy celiacs) We want to make sure to keep supporting Celiac groups nationwide, support our gluten free athletes, and of course do as many giveaways and contests on Facebook and Twitter that we can. Let us know what you want to see from us!

My take on resolutions:

Every year I seem to make the same resolutions as well.

-Be more organized

-Manage my money better

-Volunteer more

…..and by the end of the year, I usually am back in the same place I started. So this year I am saying goodbye to negative resolutions and saying HELLO to a positive pledge! I encourage you to make optimistic resolutions as well. Think of something little to incorporate into your daily/weekly/monthly life that will have a positive effect. They don’t have to be something that requires a great deal of effort. For example, my resolution is to wear earrings every day.( I have a lot of earrings, the picture on the right only shows about half!) It is a little silly and maybe not much of a resolution but it is something that will make me smile every day, and let’s be honest….who doesn’t like to smile? : )

Share your resolutions for 2012 with me! I can’t wait to hear them : )

Peace, Love & Granola

Whitney