Not only is it Celiac Awareness Month but it's also Food Allergy Awareness Week! Does that mean that celiac's is more important to all the other food allergies? Hmmm... Anyways, to celebrate I want to introduce to a new company making wonderful gluten-free baking mixes: Zema's Madhouse Foods. The founder took her health, fitness and ADHD perspective to combine ancient whole grains with superseeds chia, hemp and flaxmeal into delicious creations. Each mix is kosher, Non-GMO Project Verified, and free of refined sugar and the top 8 allergens. And yet there's so much inside - in fact, for most recipes all you need to add in is wet ingredients like milk and egg alternatives of choice. Fill your kitchen with Cinnamon-Oatmeal Apple Muffins, Multigrain Pancake & Waffles, Cocoa Teff Pancake & Waffles and Rosemary-Millet Focaccia & Pizza Crust - Zema's sent me the latter two to try and you can try them too!

I love pizza - who doesn't?! Ever since I went vegan in 2003 I've been on a constant hunt for delicious dairy-free options and have fortunately found many. Then I went gluten-free and was faced with a whole new challenge. Though there are several brands offering frozen wheat and dairy free pies, the crusts and toppings leave something to be desired. Until I discovered Bold Organics at Expo West 2012. 

Bold Organics has quickly gained a reputation for their fantastic gluten-free pizza crust due to its fluffy and chewy consistency and well-seasoned taste. This is a big improvement from the average GF crust, which tends to be flat and flavorless. And while Bold Organics isn't exclusively plant-based, they make two scrumptious animal-free options: Vegan Cheese and Veggie Lovers. I was skeptical at first because they use Follow Your Heart cheese, which contains soy and is not my favorite brand, but when I had my first bite of their 'za I was amazed by the texture and flavor. And at Expo East in September they tried out a cheese-less dairy-free pesto pizza that was out of this world - can't wait for that to hit stores!