Fluff pieces on Examiner

After all of the serious and helpful articles, I have to sprinkle in a few "puff" pieces! So, i wrote about:

• gluten-free alternative to play-doh
• how cakewrecks makes me happy to be gluten-free
• oh, and a not so fluffy piece about a new gluten-free cookbook....

But now I've thoroughly linked to all of my new articles! Yay! check' em out! :)

Gluten-Free in the News & Medical research

Another common theme among my Gluten-free articles are things pertaining to medical research and news coverage surrounding celiac. There have been everything from a write-up on Oprah's website to several new medical studies.

• There's the depressing one frome Jama about people dying because of celiac,
• The equally bleak bone-eating autoimmune response in the NEJM,
• and the vastly more upbeat hopeful one in Nutritional Reviews that says eating gluten-free can repair bone density.

On the medical side of things, I also wrote an article about the pros and cons of a gluten-free diet for patients with MS and a fun piece about the controversies surrounding Vitamin D.

Several Articles for Gluten-free beginners

Going gluten-free can be daunting, this I know and understand very well. So, I wrote a series of articles about everything from clearing the kitchen of gluten, to making that first gluten-free grocery list.

For the more experienced, I did create a tip sheet on saving money on gluten-free shopping as well. Plus, I added a few more Atlanta-specific tips on Examiner.

Then, I wrote an article about how to research a restaurant before eating there, and it's companion piece - a guide for how restaurants can better serve the gluten-free community.

One great example in Atlanta about a restaurant that does everything right is R. Thomas. Another great one is the Cake in the Box Bakery!

Also helpful for beginners are events like the Atlanta Metro Celiacs' vendor fair.

Yummy in my tummy - 2 Fall Recipes

Because I wanted to mention how to make gluten free broth for recipes on Examiner, I went ahead and posted the soup recipes that go along with them on Suite101.

It is plain astounding how many hits I'm getting on these two simple, old-fashioned recipes. The concept for both is the same. Prepare meat. Add spices. Simmer until tender. Add Veggies. Yum.

That's about it.

• Homemade old-fashioned chicken soup & gluten-free chicken broth
• Homemade old-fashioned beef stew & gluten-free beef broth

See, easy-peasy. And really really tasty!

I'm really trying to get my Gluten-free readers away from feeling like everything they make has to have specialty ingredients. That's part of the reason why I post so few recipes.

Has it really been a MONTH?

Holy mackerel, where has the time gone? I thought I'd been updating this blog weekly, and here it's been nearly a full month since the last time I logged in. Yeesh!

A lot has happened this month.... Let's see.....

• I posted my 100th Article on Suite 101 on 9/29/09. (Wooo Hoooo!!!) Actually, as of this morning, I'm up to 103, so I've exceeded my 2009 new years resolution of 101 articles by December.


• I helped launch the new blog for the Jim Ellis Auto Dealerships and


• talked Jimmy into tackling Twitter....


• Ethan caught the swine flu, and then subsequently Brett did too, and I somehow managed to avoid it entirely.


• I read Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Trilogy in about 4 days flat. All 2400 glorious pages of it.


• Went back to Sips n Strokes and painted this.


• I finished my braided rag rug! (see photo)

Wow... yeah, that's a lot. I've also got at least 25 new online articles to link!

Gluten-Free Examiner Articles.... Tra la la la

I was sooooo sick last week. I only made it to work for two days. Then there was Labor Day weekend, and the short work week... excuses, excuses. In the past two weeks, I only got 5 new articles up and posted on Examiner! Geesh!

Without further ado, my latest five notes have been:

• A review of website GFmeals.com and the yummy frozen foods they offer
• Celiac Celebrities (it had to be done)
• Rant on a post about "manners"
• Do's and Don'ts for Food intolerant folks and their friends
• A review of website glutenfreetravelsite.com and reviews of resources for travel

You know, you can always subscribe to recieve emails whenever I post a new article on Examiner. (hint, hint)

Social Media Marketing Buzz: Facebook Lite

Ok, so every now and then I remember that I'm trying to establish myself in this ever-growing field as a social media marketer and someone in the know. So, in addition to plugging away on the 9-5 job, writing examiner articles, and Suite 101 articles, I still find time to learn more about my career.

Today, I did a little investigation into changes at Facebook. Particularly the newly released Facebook Lite. I first did a compare and contrast between the "regular" Facebook and the Lite version. Verdict - I'll stick with the regular. I HATE that I can't post links!

Then, because Jim Ellis uses Facebook Fan pages to reach new people, I started thinking about the implications of Facebook Lite for businesses. Whoa, not good!

So, I wrote articles about them for Suite 101. (I'm only 9 articles away from article #100, by the way. So that New Year's Resolution to post 101 articles by the end of 2009 is certainly on target!)

October 9, 2009 update - I ended up writing two more articles about Facebook for Suite 101!

• Facebook for Businesses FAQs - a look at the questions business ask marketers about setting up a FB account.
• Step-by-step guide about how to set up Facebook pages for businesses.