It’s that time of year again – the time when we’re supposed to look back and reflect on what we have experienced. It’s the time of year where every good bye ends in “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year” and when all emails end in some closing such as “wishing you and your loved ones the best in 2009″.

Well, I’ve been sitting here (for some time) thinking about all the poetic and profound things I can, and should say to all of you at the closing of 2008. The only thing I’ve come up with is: Don’t eat yellow snow!

Poetic, I am not. Everything I could say I stole from Hallmark and since this is the internet that might be considered plagiarism. So here is what I have for you: Thanks for reading, stay warm, drink more then you should and see you in January! (And by that I mean later in January; like the second week of January. Boyfriend and I are going to terrorize the good city of Seattle for a bit!)

Cheers from Glutastic.

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Please let me begin by saying sorry for the glitches we’ve been having lately. Something about wordpress and IE 6 – oh well, that’s what the professionals are for. I’ve been told its fixed, so thank you for your patience.

With the recent snowfall and cold weather, it’s really starting to feel a lot like Christmas. As a self admitted Holidork, I’d like to think that Christmas is my piece de resistance. It really is the most wonderful time of year.

And one of the most wonderful things about Christmas is the food – and the license to eat as much as you want without feeling guilty.

Some of my favourite Christmas foods are: Naniamo Bars, Land’O'Nod Buns, Stuffing, Cranberry Sauce (on anything and everything), and Turducken. So as you can see, my favourite food at Christmas is Gluten.

It’s become my mission to find suitable replacements for my favourite foods, because Santa would not want me to suffer this holiday season – a faithful follower such as myself deserves nothing but merriment and joy. And for this I propose to you all a mission of high importance.

Your mission, should you choose to take it, is to find a gluten free Naniamo Bar that actually tastes like a Naniamo Bar. Here are a few conditions to the mission:

1. It can definitely be store bought. I’ll drive to Edmonton if I have to. Heaven knows I’ve driven to Lethbridge for hot dogs, so whats a few hours in the other direction.
2. If it’s one of those make it yourself deals – remember I am domestically challenged and lazy. There are just certain limitations to my culinary skills and I make no apologies for it.

So, my wonderful people, I send you forth with this important mission. PLEASE help a blogging holidork in her quest for the perfect GF Naniamo Bar. PLEASE!

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Do you know what this means? Only two more paychecks before Santa comes!!

It also means that it’s time to entertain and be entertained. The holidays bring a whole other bag of challenges for a Celiac’s – and more importantly the friends and family of Celiac’s.

A good friend of mine sent me a great to link to a Canadian Living article dedicated to GF holiday entertaining. The first page is full of hints on how to handle holiday entertaining for and with Celiac’s; and the second page, if you are domestically inclined, is full of great gluten free holiday recipes.

If anything, the greatest part about the article is that a major Canadian magazine gives us the attention I think we deserve. I’ve even taken the time to buy a copy or two of Canadian Living simply to support their efforts.

If you, or anyone you know, is domestically inclined, please let them know that I have two mint copies of a great magazine, if they want it!

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