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Alexis's Gluten Free Adventures

Gluten free recipes and restaurant & product reviews. Diagnosed with celiac disease in 2008.

Travel planner with Wishful Wanderings Travel specializing in cruises, Disney destinations, Universal, and custom & group trips to Europe and beyond. I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2008, right before we moved to Orlando. I am a history and government teacher, mother of twins, and love everything Disney. I started my blog Gluten Free in Orlando in 2013, and renamed it Alexis's Gluten Free A

dventures in 2016 when we moved to California. We moved back to Orlando in 2021 and I am now a travel planner with Wishful Wanderings Travel, specializing in cruises, all Disney destinations, Universal, and custom and group trips to Europe and beyond.

10/03/2024

This fall, my husband and I have been having spaghetti squash dinners. On Monday, we roasted spaghetti squash halves face down on a parchment lined baking sheet for 30 minutes in a 400 degree oven. I then added butter and baked them face up for another 5 minutes. Before roasting, I removed the seeds, poked the squash all over on the inside with a fork, then added olive oil, minced garlic, sea salt, black pepper, and red pepper flakes. We topped our spaghetti squash with shaved Parmesan and peas. What are your favorite ways to prepare and serve spaghetti squash?

10/02/2024

I love ice cream and Bubbies pistachio mochi is my current ice cream obsession. What are your favorites when it comes to gluten free ice cream?

10/01/2024

I am a huge fan of açaí bowls and used to make them at home for breakfast years ago. Today, I had lunch at TruNature Lakeside and ordered their berry bowl with gluten free granola. I definitely need to start making them at home again.

09/30/2024

A big thank you to my friend Debbie for gifting me her VIP 4-box from Sprinkles Cupcakes in Disney Springs! I love their GF red velvet cupcakes and the lemon blueberry are good too. They also have GF chocolate chip cookies, which my daughter Kate loves. What is your favorite GF option at Sprinkles Cupcakes?
You can check out my weekend Disney reviews of Dahlia Lounge, Pecos Bill, and Jock Lindsey’s Hangar Bar on my page Alexis with Wishful Wanderings Travel.

09/29/2024

My extended family has been going to Hilton Head Island every year for over 40 years. I am excited for my dad’s family reunion there in 3 weeks, and I am looking forward to cinnamon rolls from The G-Free Spot and fried clams from Poseidon. What are your favorite spots for gluten free dining on Hilton Head Island?

09/28/2024

It just hit me that it is nearly the end of September and we have not been making our favorite fall recipes, like pumpkin scones. What have you been making to celebrate fall?
Recipe in the comments.

09/27/2024

Classes were canceled yesterday, so my daughters had dinner with friends at Teppan Edo at EPCOT. It has been a really long time since we have dined there as a family, but I was able to look up gluten free options in my friend Gina’s amazing Guide to Gluten Free at Disney World. You can find it on her website Gluten Free Disney World. After dinner, my girls sent me a photo of some gluten free candy they found at the Japan Pavilion.

09/26/2024

Feel Good Foods chicken soup dumplings get an A+ from me! They taste great and are easy to prepare. I ate them with some sweet chili sauce for lunch. Perfection!

09/25/2024

For dinner tonight, we had one of my favorite combos - pork chops with butternut squash. What did you have for dinner tonight?

We add olive oil, sea salt, and pepper to our pork chops before cooking them in a stainless steel skillet. Caramelized Butternut Squash recipe:

1 large butternut squash - peeled and cut into small cubes
3 to 4 T salted butter - melted
2 T coconut palm sugar (you can use light brown sugar instead)
Sea salt and black pepper - to taste

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl, then spread the squash out on a parchment lined baking sheet. Cook for 45 minutes, stirring half way through. After 45 minutes, turn the oven to broil for 2 minutes.

09/25/2024

I was just looking back through some of my Facebook memories, and saw this post from 4 years ago when we lived in California and I was still teaching. This Against The Grain Gourmet pesto pizza has always been my favorite frozen pizza, but I have not seen it at a store in Orlando in a long time. What is your favorite gluten free frozen pizza?

09/22/2024

You know you own way too many plates when you find Halloween plates you did not even remember you had when searching for something else in the kitchen! 😂
This morning, I made healthy banana oat blender muffins.
Ingredients - 2 1/2 C gluten free rolled oats (I use Bakery on Main purity protocol oats), 1 C plain whole milk Greek yogurt, 2 large ripe bananas, 2 large eggs, 1/3 C honey, 1 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp pure vanilla extract, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp sea salt, 1/2 tsp cinnamon. I also added a teaspoon or two of flaxseed meal because I was a little short on oats this morning.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees, blend the ingredients in a blender, scoop into a muffin pan with cupcake liners (or grease muffin pan), and bake for 20 minutes. Makes 12 muffins.
What did you have for breakfast this morning?

09/21/2024

Last night, we had dinner at The Boathouse at Disney Springs because I wanted to try their Maine style lobster roll with butter. I ordered it with a side of mac n’ cheese. Version one came out with 3 small pieces of lobster that did not even cover the bun. I talked to a manager and showed him a photo a friend recently shared with me of their sandwich in comparison. He took my food away and later brought me back a sandwich with way more lobster, but by that time, my mac n’ cheese was no longer warm and it was not appealing because it was over the top unpleasantly cheesy on this visit. The red potatoes they gave me as a replacement were really good, and I enjoyed my lobster roll with butter, but as usual after I dine at The Boathouse, I do not have any desire to go back again soon. I know this restaurant is very popular in the gluten free community and I feel they take special diets very seriously, but I have never had a great experience there. My husband had a crab cake that he enjoyed. Their crab cakes can be made gluten free. You can check out the dessert I had at Cookes of Dublin on my page Alexis with Wishful Wanderings Travel.

09/20/2024

Breton gluten free crackers are my favorite when I am serving crackers with cheese. What are your favorite gluten free crackers?

09/19/2024

Last night, we had gnocchi made with Cup 4 Cup flour and ricotta for dinner. Tonight, my husband had a work event, so I ate leftover gnocchi. My husband made them two weeks ago, then froze them. For the sauce, we sautéed a package and a half of sugar bomb tomatoes (cut in half) in extra virgin olive oil with minced garlic and red pepper flakes. I added sea salt, coarse ground black pepper, a tablespoon of butter, fresh basil, and a little pasta water when the tomatoes were done cooking. Serve with Romano or Parmesan. What are you having for dinner tonight?
I will post the recipe he used for the gnocchi in the comments.

09/18/2024

Sprouts for the win! The first three came home with me.

09/17/2024

Saturday afternoon, we made roasted spaghetti squash for lunch, then decided to roast every vegetable we had in the house! We made honey balsamic roasted beets (see link to recipe in the comments) and roasted peppers. For the peppers, we sliced 4 large bell peppers in half, removed the seeds, and placed them face down on a parchment lined baking sheet. We cooked them in a 400 degree oven until the skin was nicely charred. Once they cooled, we removed the skin, sliced the peppers, put them in a bowl, and added 1/4 C extra virgin olive oil, 1 T white balsamic vinegar, 2 garlic cloves (cut in half), fresh basil, and sea salt and coarse ground black pepper to taste. We served the beets and peppers with our dinner Sunday and Monday night. What are your favorite roasted vegetable recipes?

09/16/2024

My friend Molly from Freedom Gluten Free sent me an assortment of donuts. They were all great, but I am a fall loving girl, so the pumpkin and apple cider were my favorites.
Have you tried Freedom gluten free doughnuts?
I will post a link for where to purchase them online in the comments. They are available in many Sprouts too.

09/15/2024

Last weekend, my husband and I had dinner at Summer House on the Lake at Disney Springs. Almost everything on their menu can be made gluten free. We make reservations using the OpenTable app.

09/13/2024

Today is National Celiac Awareness Day! I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and celiac disease in 2008, right before we moved to Orlando. I did not have any GI symptoms that I recognized at the time, but I did have severe B12 deficiency that was causing neuropathy in my feet. I was also feeling a little depressed and super stressed, which I attributed to my job and having twin toddlers. As soon as my B12 levels started to get back to normal, I was in a much better place with my mental health. I have my B12 levels checked every year, and I still need supplements or injections to keep my B12 levels high.
Celiac disease is a hereditary disease, so get your family members checked. My daughters had their annual well visit today, and they will be getting their yearly celiac panel in a few weeks. They carry generic markers for celiac but do not currently have active celiac disease.
If you or a family member have celiac disease, what symptoms led to your/their celiac diagnosis?

09/12/2024

Over the weekend, my husband made gnudi, which are also called malfatti. They are gnocchi-like dumplings made with ricotta cheese and spinach. He used Cup 4 Cup flour and we served them with a brown butter sage sauce. We will definitely be making them again soon! I will post a link to the recipe in the comments.
What did you have for dinner tonight?

09/11/2024

The churros at Nomad Lounge at Disney’s Animal Kingdom were so amazing last night, we placed a second order. The Mexican chocolate sauce was good, but we preferred the vanilla sauce. All the churros at Nomad Lounge are made with gluten free flour. Nomad Lounge does not take advance dining reservations. We joined the walk up list as soon as we entered the park last night in the My Disney Experience app. Hands down, the churros at Nomad Lounge are the best gluten free dessert at Walt Disney World. You can order them to go at the bar. What are your favorite desserts at WDW?
You can check out the rest of our meal on my page Alexis with Wishful Wanderings Travel.

09/10/2024

Whether you call them ricotta gnocchi or cavatelli, they were amazing! My husband made them with Cup 4 Cup flour. For the sauce, we sauteed sugar bomb tomatoes in extra virgin olive oil with minced garlic and red pepper flakes. We added sea salt, coarse ground pepper, a tablespoon of butter, fresh basil, and a little pasta water when the tomatoes were done cooking. I will post the recipe he used in the comments.

09/09/2024

What is the best thing you ate this weekend? For us, it was dessert at the EPCOT Food & Wine Festival. We had a late lunch on Saturday and Sunday around 2:00, so both days, we headed to EPCOT to take a walk and enjoy some of the amazing desserts available at this year’s festival. I was super excited to see the return of the cinnamon apple soft serve at Swirled Showcase. The chocolate pudding cake with bourbon caramel might be the best gluten free festival dessert ever and I plan on eating it every time we go to EPCOT until the festival is over in November. See photo captions for more information, including where to get the best festival guide featuring gluten free food and drinks.

09/08/2024

It is pumpkin season again at Trader Joe’s! Their pumpkin pancake mix is my favorite gluten free pancake mix ever. We made pancakes and Grogu waffles with it this morning. My husband used milk instead of water to make the batter. The recipe on the box calls for water. What seasonal items are you most excited for at Trader Joe’s?

09/07/2024

Last night, I had a cup of honey lavender ice cream from Salt & Straw Ice Cream at Disney Springs. They also have a location at Downtown Disney in California. As a celiac, I will not eat ice cream outside my house unless it is scooped from a fresh conatiner with a clean scoop, because of the risk of cross contamination from ice cream cones. I love that Salt & Straw clearly labels all allergens (you can check them out on their website) and takes precautions with allergy orders. What are your favorite GF flavors at Salt & Straw?

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