Gluten Free Grains: Amaranth

If you are familiar with Soymmi’s products, then you’ll know that we’re proud to be gluten-free, and if you watch the news, read food magazines, or read your news online regularly, then you’ve probably seen that the number of stories on gluten-free foods and the gluten-free diet have increased dramatically over the last few years. Did you ever wonder what foods are gluten free? Did you also know that in “Gluten-Free Foods and Beverages in the U.S.,” Packaged Facts ays “the market reached $4.2 billion in 2012 and projects that the U.S. sales of gluten-free foods and beverages will exceed $6.6 billion by 2017”? With these stats in mind, we thought that our next post in the gluten free grain blog series was well overdue. We’ve already covered the health benefits of eating quinoa, millet, and buckwheat and shared some tasty recipes featuring them, and today, we’re going to delve into amaranth, another superfood pseudo grain that is actually a seed, as the title of this blog post would suggest.

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Gluten Free Grains: Buckwheat

Buckwheat is one of the pseudo-grains that cause confusion for those who still aren’t quite sure what foods are gluten free or who are preparing food for the gluten sensitive and intolerant. When the word “wheat” finds itself in the name of another staple food, many people automatically assume that they should avoid it as well. Unfortunately, that’s just not the case. In fact, buckwheat is one of the many whole grains that don’t contain any gluten, despite the misconception that the gluten-free diet is void of whole grains like this article would have you believe. Even though we’ve established that buckwheat is a “safe” food, keep in mind that with this grain…things tend to get a little more complicated and confusing before they’re completely clear, as we explain in the rest of this gluten-free grain article.

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Tags: what foods are gluten free gluten free grain buckwheat recipes buckwheat flour recipes

Spark Up Some Romance with these Gluten-Free, Valentine’s Day Meal Ideas

If your significant other is one of the 1 in 133 Americans with celiac disease, then you definitely know about it. That said, if you aren’t a chef (and possibly even if you are) creating a special evening meal to wow your gluten-free valentine this year might seem like an overwhelming task. You might even be asking yourself what foods are gluten free? Even though I work at a company that makes gluten-free products and had a lot of information at my fingertips about the diet, I had to take a breather myself to figure out what was safe for me to eat when I realized that I needed to start on the gfree diet, and it was only myself that I’d make sick if I messed up. So I know how you feel, but I also know that with some careful planning, it’s easy to make February 14th a night to remember with some simple gluten-free meal ideas.

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Tags: what foods are gluten free gluten free valentine gluten free meal ideas

Gluten Free Grains: Millet

When most Americans hear the word “millet,” they think of birdseed, but for many people in some Asian and African countries, it is an important staple…and for good reason. We’ll tell you all about millet’s health benefits, but first, keep in mind that for those who are starting on the gluten-free diet or trying to add more gluten free whole grains rather than overly processed and refined ones to it, then you’ll want to incorporate this one regularly. In fact, that’s part of the reason that when Joanne Hollander, our founder and product developer, decided to create COGO Coconut Milk Smoothies, she opted to make millet one of its four key ingredients and why I’ve decided to make it the second gfree grain in our blog series designed to help you answer the question, “what foods are gluten free?”

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Tags: what foods are gluten free gluten free whole grains cogo coconut milk smoothies millet recipes

Gluten Free Grains: Quinoa

While vegetarians and vegans have been experimenting with various grains that are indigenous to South American, Africa, and Asia, the standard American diet is largely filled with wheat products. This shouldn’t be news to anyone, but for those people (and their families) who are diagnosed with a wheat allergy, gluten intolerance, or celiac disease, it)s easy to become paralyzed with one or two things running through their heads over and over again, like “What can I eat now?” or “What foods are gluten free?” With the recent launch of Soyummi Foods’ functional, 100% organic beverage, COGO Coconut Milk Smoothies, which blends coconut milk, the gluten free grains: quinoa and millet, and inulin, a source of dietary fiber sourced from Jerusalem artichokes, it made sense to begin a blog series for those new to the gluten-free diet about some of the other grains and pseudo-grains available to them. In Gluten Free Grains: Quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah), we’ll discuss this South-American pseudo-grain that has several very good reasons to become a staple in your kitchen.

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Tags: what foods are gluten free gluten free grains quinoa recipes cogo coconut milk smoothies

Interview With Terry Hope Romero & Giveaway Of Vegan Eats World

For those who have any interest in the vegan community or merely enjoying eating vegan meals either occasionally or on a regular basis, the name Terry Hope Romero will mean something to you. She’s the best-selling cookbook co-author of Veganomicon, Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar, Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World, and Vegan Pie In The Sky and the author of Viva Vegan!. On October 30, 2012, however, Vegan Eats World: 300 International Recipes for Savoring the Planet hit bookstores everywhere, and to celebrate it’s release, we’re happy to share our interview with Terry and offer a giveaway of two copies to our US and Canadian readers. We’re reallly excited about the release of this cookbook, and hope that you are, too.

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Tags: terry hope romero vegan eats world viva vegan veganomicon vegan eats world giveaway vegan community

Vegan Eats World by Terry Hope Romero

Full Title: Vegan Eats World: 300 International Recipes for Savoring the Planet

Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books

Format: Hardcover

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Posted in: Vegan Eating
Tags: terry hope romero vegan eats world international meals new vegan recipes

Would you pick your college based on the cafeteria menu?

October is Vegan MoFo — Vegan Month of Food for those who aren’t in the know — so it shouldn’t be too surprising that PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has decided to begin the 7th annual Most Vegan-Friendly College Contest now. October also coincides with the time of year where high school seniors and their parents pour over college admission forms and weigh the pros and cons of all the various schools that have caught their eyes. With so many options to consider when you write your college applications, we want to know, will your final decision will include a look at the on college cafeteria menus?

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Tags: college cafeteria vegetarian and vegan diets cafeteria menu

Nazia Iqbal: What I Learned Interning At Soyummi

Yesterday, we posted a story from one of the two interns we hired over the summer to help with the goals of our marketing team. Liya talked about the various tasks we assigned her, and what she learned from the experience. I think that you’ll find that our other intern, Nazia Iqbal, wrote about her time at Soyummi Foods in a much different way, but it’s a way in which the Soyummi team was happy to be a part.

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Tags: soyummi foods internship vegetarian and vegan diets healthy eating

Liya Adessky: What I Learned Interning At Soyummi

This past summer, we hired two interns to help the marketing department make some additional progress on a number of projects. As the fall weather starts creeping up on us, it’s clear that we’ve left the summer far behind us, but what we didn’t have a chance to put in the past until now is the last messages that they left about their time at Soyummi HQ. Find out what Liya Adessky thought about interning at Soyummi Foods and get a glimpse at some of the goings on behind the scenes.

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