How to find sugar-free and gluten-free desserts for the holiday season

For new ideas on healthy, raw, and delicious desserts, look no further than Park City Desserts. Park City Desserts doesn’t believe you have to sacrifice the yummy to be healthy. Specializing in creating desserts that are not just delicious, Park City Desserts is vegan and gluten-free! Owner Shelley Marshall started her dessert venture through various world travels when she fell in love with raw food and the health benefits they offer. She appreciates using nutrients as much as possible to heal the body. After following a gluten-free lifestyle, Shelley wasn’t satisfied with available sugar-filled, gluten-free desserts.

Shelley’s business was a longtime dream that began as a passion project. Early on, she made batches of raw desserts in her home kitchen for friends and family. Demand for her amazing healthy desserts pushed her business to a commercial kitchen, where she now fills orders for individuals and large events. “What’s fun is we make custom orders as well as for Keto and Paleo diets.” Her mission is “to get healthier, fun food out into the market.

 Insist on Your Choice of Restaurant

Do you really need to be selfish when it comes to eating out? YES, mainly if you have limited choices because of your dietary restrictions. Feeling bad because you think others are loosing out? Drop that feeling of guilt because that other person wouldn't feel the same about the situation if they were in your shoes. 

People who aren't GF don't understand what we go through, they think it's silly or our digestive discomfort isn't that bad, and we should just put up with it. Seriously? When is the last time anyone enjoyed having pain and stomach cramps for three days because they ate a doughnut? Maybe some twisted masochist, but for the rest of the living comfortably crowd, we would instead feel good and eat good food, just like everyone else.

Take that gluten-free app, your restaurant guide, or your friend's advice and insist you eat at the restaurant which you CAN eat. The person that says "Well, hey, they have salads!", tell them the last time you checked you were not a manatee. 

Be your gluten-free selfie-and own your GF status! Be bold, fearless and insist on your choice of eating establishment because, after all, your tastebuds need to be satisfied just like everyone else!

​For great advice on how to travel gluten-free, grab my Guide to Traveling Gluten-Free on Amazon today!

Gluten is the protein found in many varieties of grain. Gluten can be found in  wheat, rye, barley and triticale. Just in the category of wheat alone, there are several sub-categories of grains: wheatberries, durum, emmer, semolina, spelt, farina, farro, graham, KAMUT® khorasan wheat and einkorn. Gluten is the glue that helps maintain the shape of your dough when baking. Gluten is sticky and keeps moisture locked into that yummy loaf of bread that you're making. This is the reason why gluten-free baked goods are more dry and fall apart easier than their gluten counterparts. 

Yes, there are foods you can commonly find wheat (and other gluten containing grains). Here is a list of common gluten-containing foods: