#tbt to last year’s GFG

 

Who’s excited for the 7th annual Gluten Free Garage?

Toronto’s pop-up gluten-free marketplace will be back at Artscape Wychwood Barns on Sunday, May 27th from 10 am to 5 pm! With 60-plus vendors, food trucks, libations, guest speakers and more, Gluten Free Garage is your one-stop shop for the latest and greatest gluten-free goods! We are grateful to welcome back platinum sponsor Italpasta (have you tried their new GF oven-ready lasagne noodles?!), along with silver sponsor and snack kings Neal Brothers.

Last spring, Chef Adam Heard, of Adam Cooks Everything, took his cooking video series Wheat Sucks! on the road to Gluten Free Garage.

Featured are GFG sponsor Ste. Anne’s Bakery, a few of our awesome local vendors, including Social Lite Vodka, Sudsatorium, Just Shut Up and Try It and Steambox Dumplings, and gluten-free queen Rachael Hunt who runs GlutenFreedom Inc., the popular blog dedicated to dining, cooking, travelling and living gluten free.

We still have room for more vendors this year, so let us know which brands or products you’d like to see at Gluten Free Garage! Drop us a line at info@glutenfreegarage.ca

 

guest speaker: GFG muse Lily Eklove

Lily is the reason that Gluten Free Garage exists. Here she is with her fave gluten-free cupcakes from Almond Butterfly Bake Shop.

 

Ever since the early days of Gluten Free Garage, my daughter Lily has been asking to be a guest speaker. Since Gluten Free Garage is essentially a big party for Lily—and, by extension, other people with celiac disease and those with gluten intolerance—it only makes sense that the guest of honour gets to speak. Now, eight years after she was diagnosed with celiac disease, at 11 years old, Lily is going to take the stage at Gluten Free Garage and share the top 10 things she has learned from having celiac disease.

Come for the talk and stay for the cupcakes! After Lily does her top 10, gluten-free Almond Butterfly Bake Shop will join her to host a Cupcake Decorating Extravaganza! Bring your children to decorate gluten-free and dairy-free chocolate and vanilla cupcakes with colourful frosting, organic all-natural sprinkles, organic gummy bears, dairy-free chocolate chips, cookie crumbs, brownie bites, and more! Almond Butterfly does not use any artificial colours or sweeteners in any of its baking. The kids are sure to enjoy this yummy hands-on speaker session!

Here are a few of Lily’s favourite things:
Book: Percy Jackson
TV show: Gilmore Girls
Movie: The Wizard of Oz
Song: “Scars to Your Beautiful” by Alessia Cara
Hobbies: reading, swimming, dancing, playing basketball, drawing

Lily Eklove will be speaking at #GFG17 on Sunday May 28 at 2:30 pm in The Stop,
followed by a Cupcake Decorating Extravaganza with Almond Butterfly Bake Shop.

Fiesta Farms gluten-free grocery giveaway!

The contents of this shopping cart from Fiesta Farms could be all yours!

 

Fiesta Farms 2nd annual Gluten-Free Grocery Giveaway!

As the official grocer of Gluten Free Garage, Fiesta Farms—Toronto’s largest independently owned grocery store with an incredible selection of local and imported gluten-free products—has stocked up a shopping cart full of our fave GF products. Valued at $700, this gluten-free giveaway is packed with pantry staples, snacks, sauces, sweets and more!

ENTER TO WIN:

♥︎ Pick up a ballot from the Fiesta Farms shopping cart at Gluten Free Garage on Sunday May 28th.

♥︎ Fill out your ballot and head about 5 blocks south to the Fiesta Farms supermarket (200 Christie Street) to submit it at the express checkout (and check out the store while you’re there!). You have to hand in your ballot at Fiesta Farms to qualify to win.

♥︎ The winning ballot will be drawn on June 10th and Fiesta Farms will contact the lucky person who gets to take it all home.

 

 

We are so excited to welcome Fiesta Farms back to Gluten Free Garage for the 5th time as a Gold sponsor!
Look for their shopping cart at #GFG17 and enter to win $700 worth of gluten-free products!

guest speaker: Katherine Kremblewski, ND

Dr. Katherine Kremblewski is a licensed naturopathic doctor with a private practice in Toronto.

 

You’re in for some serious tummy love at Gluten Free Garage!

Aside from all the delicious gluten-free food you’ll be filling up on, guest speaker Dr. Katherine Kremblewski, ND, is going to talk about gut health in “Love Your Microbiome.” The gut is at the crux of our immune, digestive and even mental/emotional health, which is why we need to ensure that we’re doing all we can to take care of it! Dr. Kat will share tips and tricks to help you maneuver your way through the somewhat-confusing field of digestion, including what to look for in pre- and probiotics.

She will also touch on fermented foods, as they play a huge role in maintaining proper gut health. Fermented foods help to feed the good bacteria in the gut and work to allow the resident bacteria to flourish and the transient flora to survive even longer to do their jobs!

Here are Dr. Kat’s top 5 fave fermented foods (some of which you’ll find at Gluten Free Garage!):

1. Miso: I love miso because it tastes good and it’s easy to add to any recipe.
2. Greek yogurt and/or kefir: Delicious, full of protein, calcium and good fats—this one is a no-brainer. Unless, of course, you’re lactose intolerant, in which case coconut-based yogurt products are great alternatives. Kefir has higher concentrations of bacteria per serving than yogurt so it’s good to mix it up and incorporate both into your diet.
3. Kombucha: Kombucha is a refreshing way to drink your little pets (aka healthy bacteria). Just make sure it’s not loaded with sugar!
4. Sourdough: Although I have trouble personally growing my own, sourdough is a MUST ingredient for me when buying bread. It helps to digest the other grains in the recipe!
5. Sauerkraut: Or, as my husband’s Polish family calls it, kapusta. Fermented cabbage is super easy to make at home and can be incorporated into any recipe without adding an overwhelming taste.

Dr. Katherine Kremblewski, ND, will be speaking at #GFG17 on Sunday May 28 at 1 pm in The Stop.
Her talk is sponsored by Genuine Health.