Delicious, Yummy, Gluten-Free Desserts

12/9/2019

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

Just one of the many gluten-free and vegan desserts Shelley from Park City Desserts offers!

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.

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The what & where of gluten

1/4/2017

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Wheat bread? NOPE! This is a GF loaf of bread using Grandpas Kitchen bread mix http://grandpas-kitchen.com/our-products/

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:

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To Be Gluten-Free or NOT to be Gluten-Free?

1/1/2017

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Is Gluten-Free for you?
There are many benefits for leading a gluten-free lifestyle BUT ONLY IF YOU HAVE AN INTOLERANCE OR ARE POSITIVE FOR CELIACS DISEASE. Many people will tout the benefits of a gluten-free lifestyle such as more energy, a feeling of well-being and weightloss. Weightloss is an easy take because as you become gluten-free you aren't able to access that lovely refillable container of fluffy white bread at restaurants, the boxes of aromatic wheat-based pastries and buying and eating those box of very yummy oreos every week.

A new year starts with a New Year's Resolution to create a better space in your life. Many people choose a healthy lifestyle goal for their new year and this year is no exception. According to statisticbrain.com, three of the top 10 New Year's resolutions are health related. Not surprisingly, a larger number of people each year are trying a gluten-free lifestyle. Should you try gluten-free? Is it really worth the hassle?

Try "RENTING" the gluten-free lifestyle for one month
Once I heard a speaker talk about "renting" an idea. What a great in between for those who don't want to neccessarily commit, but are interested in trying it out. "Renting" an idea is the process of setting up for success for a short period of time, a trial period so to speak, to find out if what you are trying out is something you want to pursue further. Think of renting an idea like going on a first date: if it doesn't work out, then you can always try another one!

You are a good candidate for being gluten-free if:

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Delicious, Yummy, Gluten-Free Desserts

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

The what & where of gluten

To Be Gluten-Free or NOT to be Gluten-Free?

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