Rudi's Gluten-Free Bakery
Happy February!!
A year ago, I was dealing with some health issues. No one could figure out what was wrong with me. I underwent many tests and kept getting the same results – normal. Granted, this wasn’t a bad thing…but I could tell something wasn’t right. I felt off. Then, a friend of mine sent me a link about gluten intolerance. The symptoms were exactly what I was having. My next doctor’s appointment that week, I mentioned it. And the doctor agreed that it could easily be a sensitivity to gluten. Guess when all that happened?
Yep. Last year. February.
So February is a huge milestone for me this year. It was a year ago, my doctor told me I should go gluten-free. I did. Although, not always faithfully right away. But I paid the price for that. It was amazing to me how much better I felt when I committed myself to the gluten-free lifestyle. And now, I’ve never felt better.
Anyone who deals with a sensitivity, intolerance or allergy to gluten understands.
So do my friends at Rudi’s Gluten-Free Bakery!
These are exciting times, and Rudi’s Gluten-Free Bakery is on a mission. Over the next 30 days, Rudi’s goal is to help those who suffer from gluten-intolerance or celiac disease taste the good life. Because, Rudi’s Gluten-Free Bakery believes that you don’t have to give up anything because you go gluten-free. In fact, the company provides some of the best breads and baked goods out in the gluten-free market these days that taste and feel like the real thing. Gluten-free living is delicious and Rudi’s is proving that with their 30 Day Gluten Freebies Giveaway on Facebook.
Here’s the lowdown:
Beginning February 6, hop on over to Rudi’s Gluten-Free Bakery’s Facebook page. “Like” the page and receive a fabulous $2 off coupon (WOOHOO!). In addition, visit the Giveaway tab (located on the left-hand side of the screen) and enter to win fabulous prizes each day, such as Rudi’s Gluten-Free breads and baked goods, a Cuisinart toaster, Crofter’s Organic jams, a Kodak digital camera, gluten-free cookbooks…and MORE!
Why all the gluten-free love?
Because Rudi’s understands the gluten-free lifestyle.
According to a study by Alessio Fasano in the Archives of Internal Medicine, one in 133 Americans have been diagnosed with celiac disease. Rudi’s offers fantastic products to the gluten-free community that taste and look like everyone else’s food. That’s quite a commitment on its own, but Rudi’s doesn’t stop there. According to Doug Radi, vice president of marketing for Rudi’s Organic Bakery, the 30 day giveaway is a chance to give both new and old fans on Facebook “the opportunity to win prizes that will spiff up their gluten-free cooking repertoire and put a little fun in their daily routine to help them live a happy, healthier, gluten-free life.”
Commitment and dedication with fantastic products to back it up.
But wait…there is MORE!
My good friends at Rudi’s Gluten-Free Bakery are adding to the giveaway here on my blog! One lucky reader will be able to win a gluten-free prize pack including a reusable bag, coupons, and a branded toaster! Take a look:
Rudi's Gluten-Free Bakery Giveaway Prizes
How do you enter?
Simply leave a comment in my blog answering the following question and you will be entered in a drawing to win this fantastic prize from Rudi’s Gluten-Free Bakery. It is that simple.
The question:
What has been the most challenging aspect of living gluten-free?
I look forward to your answers. I’ll announce the winner in a couple of weeks, so be sure to get your answers in and share with your friends and loved ones!
And special thanks, once again, to my friends at Rudi’s Gluten-Free Bakery…for making the gluten-free life a little brighter and more delicious!
The hardest thing for me about being gluten free is making it affordable. That’s why I love Rudi’s! They make gluten free delicious and affordable.
I want to start a gluten free diet b/c my sons are adhd and autistic and i have heard that it helps. But i am not sure where to begin? Any ideas?
In the words of my 10 year old son who has celiac……the hardest part of being gluten free is my friends at school who tease me for what I can and cannot have. I try to ignore them but it is hard sometimes.
Two of my daughters were diagnosed with Celiac’s this past summer and took the news much better than I anticipated. After some trial and error we found our gluten free groove and *I thought* never looked back. However, a couple of weeks ago I overheard a conversation between my daughters (ages 7 and 8). They were quietly discussing what foods they missed. I’ve baked cookies, brownies, cupcakes, candies, homemade cereal, you name it and I’ve tried it but for them, nothing beats the ease of being offered a cupcake at school or at a birthday party and being able to bite into it without worrying if it will make your tummy ache. My heart aches for my little ones and seeing them bravely turn down cookies at church or treats at a friend’s house is the hardest thing about them being gluten free.
The social aspect! It’s terrible. I make pizzas at a friend’s house and feel like the center of attention (in a bad way), can’t participate in social rituals, no one wants to have me over for supper….
The two most challenging things have been traveling and affordability of GF products.
I find the hardest part of eating GF is the inability to find a good pasta that can stand up to being reheated and still maintain it’s structure and texture, the price of GF foods, and the difficulty of going to someone’s house and having to read all the labels (you don’t want to appear stuck-up, but what do you do other than take your own meal…which I’ve done for a couple of church fellowships).
The hardest thing about being gluten free is the people that think it is not a *big deal* and that it is like when you cheat on a diet you can get right back on. They treat you as though you are overreacting to cross contaimination or even a few aspects of your meal that are not safe. “Just put it on the side”. My son who also is affected. He doesn’t eat lunch at school he instead waits until he gets home. It is not the difference that hurts him it is the lack luster way they clean up between shifts at school lunch. He even has a 504 implementing a safe envirnoment. The ignorance about gluten is amazing. Even after the booklets, articles and binders I send in to each teacher they still don’t get it.
For a year I couldn’t understand what was wrong with my digesive system – after many tests (like you) I figuring it out on my own. I am now gluten free. =) Before saying what the challenges are, it wouldn’t be unfair unless I mentioned the benefits of finding items to eat like Rudi’s =) there are many choices out there, but your brand and love you put in your products are supurb ♥ Okay going out to eat has been a challenge – accidently eating something with gluten and my cravings for things that I see when we go out that I cannot have is challenging. Thanks for your passion to help us who cannot eat that six letter word “gluten”
For me, the most challenging aspect of living gluten-free is always having to think about food and plan ahead to make sure there is safe food for me and my daughter to eat. You can’t just stop wherever or get a pizza delivered. Most of the time it’s not a big deal, but sometimes it is just exhausting!
Oh gosh…the whole thing has been a huge challenge for me. Its been almost 4 years now since being diagnosed with celiac disease and having to go gluten free. I remember the first time going to the grocery store and crying all the way thru realizing that I could not eat about 95% of the food. I will say that Gluten free has come so far in the past few years that it is now easier. The cost is challenging on a budget …that is for sure. And family get togethers are so hard as they just do not understand cross contamination.
The hardest part for me is cross contamination. Most people don’t understand how little crumbs can make you sick.