No Pizza? No cookies? No Cake?

 Nonsense.
Going gluten free is becoming a wise and popular trend here in America. Needless to say, it wasn’t hard to find a gluten free blog. However, finding a useful one was a difficult task. Gluten Free Mommy is the name of the site, with the elegant and sweet narrator going by the name of Natalie. She is a wife and mother of two who has successfully been going “G-Free” for the past four years. She claims in bold on her home page that she is neither a physician nor a nutritionist, but a sufferer from many gluten alignments. She describes her testimony as she suffered from joint pain and severe hives, with no reasoning as to why, for many years. Her home page is bright blue and simple. A darling picture of herself in an apron with a whisk in hand resides in the upper right corner. The variations in fonts, visual pictures, and the tab full of other gluten free essentials, illustrates her passion for not only the topic, but the viewers following her.

You can count on her posts every two weeks or so, when she is not too busy chasing after her toddlers. Regardless of the timeliness of her posts, her blog continues to skyrocket in popularity. Natalie is accumulating a fan base of not only mothers cooking “G-Free” for their kids, but avid cookers looking for healthy recipes to nourish their bodies.  Natalie’s strawberry cake was a viewer request and a fan favorite. The images she uses to decorate her blog seem to make my mouth water. Natalie’s delicious ginger flank steak seems to be a perfect go-to meal for working moms to feed their family on a work night.

This blog relates perfectly to the Gluten Free Guidance, a gluten free lifestyle, because it is just that. This blog reveals delicious recipes that make going gluten free in today’s day and age…a cake walk.  The content doesn’t come off as an academic site or a nutritional breakdown, as the narrator never claims to do. It is simply a real life mother, living a practical gluten free lifestyle in the twenty first century trying to help as many others as possible.

I appreciate how her recipes are detailed and precise, for those of us who are not as skilled in the kitchen. I also enjoyed her detailed comments on how her kids, as well as her husband, enjoyed the flavor and texture. However, I wish I saw more than just recipes. I wish Natalie blogged about how she manages to cook gluten free while being such a busy mom and wife. How is she able to find the time to prepare such healthy meals? Or tips she has found useful along the way, whether it be shopping for gluten free products or traveling with kids who are gluten free. However, I did find her 30 snack ideas and 10 silly mistakes I've made on a gluten free diet to be extremely helpful. I plan on taking her basic blog idea and going more indepth. I plan on giving advice on how to keep your same daily routine while going gluten free. It is a life altering change, but i dont want it to feel like one. For example, never go anywhere without a snack pack in your bag or car. Snacks such as dried fruit and nuts, make the perfect filling snack. You never know when you  are out and about and hunger stikes with no gluten free option in site. I plan on giving practical and functional tips that will make my “G-Free” viewers lives all a little easier.