GIG of Portland

06/11/2025

Affordable GF Thanksgiving Meal

Walmart USA to Offer Gluten Free Thanksgiving Meal for $52.25
This is not pre-cooked. It is simply the ingredients you need.
They don't state how many people it should feed.

https://www.walmart.com/i/shoppable-lists/Gluten-Free/938

Includes:
* Butterball Turkey
* Great Value Canned Corn & Green Beans
* Great Value GF Cream of Mushroom Soup
* Bob Evans Mashed Potatoes
* Pioneer GF Brown Gravy Packet
* Annie's Deluxe GF Mac and Cheese
* Aleia's Gluten Free Foods Gluten Free Stuffing
* Schär Ciabatta
* Ethel's Baking Company Pecan Dandies
* Great Value Canned Pumpkin
* Nestle Carnation Lactose Free Evaporated Milk
* MIDEL Brand - Cookies & Pie Crusts GF Graham Cracker Crust

Thank you to Gluten Free is Alla Eat for sharing about this on Instagram.

06/11/2025

RSVP for GIG of Portland’s November 8th meeting which is this Saturday, 10-12pm.

GIG of Portland Next Meeting November 8th with Cooking Demo - yay! Meetings are back❣️and free. Being friends or family - everyone is welcome. Everyone belongs.
Free parking.
RSVP info below

We always take the summer off, and usually start back up in September. This year it's November.

GIG of Portland’s meeting for NOVEMBER 2025 meeting (Saturday 11/8) will be graced by the fabulous local baker Heather Wilke Gonzales.
She will demo Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies (with allergy substitutions as she is a specialist in this).

Brunch available at Ground Breaker Brewing from the delicious SalviPDX for attendees. They will be serving up brunch for us (thank you Denise and Tony for coming in on Saturday and giving up their morning to feed us - what a treat!). You must RSVP to attend❣️I will email you how to order brunch in advance. Brunch only offered to those attending the meeting.
👉🏻 See Heather’s bio below.

Ground Breaker Brewing
2070 SE 7th Ave
Portland OR
(Between Hawthorn & Division)

✅ Please RSVP with the # of people attending and a phone # in case of weather, etc. by emailing me at
GIG.Portland@gluten.org

🤔 Do you recognize the Wilke middle name? Mary Wikle, Heather's mom, ran the Gluten Intolerance Group for 10 years before I took over in the late 2000’s.

Can't wait to see you soon.
- Lisa Shaver
branch manager GIG of Portland

👩🏻‍🍳 👩🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳 👩🏻‍🍳

Hi, I'm Heather - wife to a contractor, mother to 5 little monkeys. When my husband and I were first married I was a middle school teacher, but when our oldest child was a few years old we started to feel the call to homeschool. I used to make comments about homeschoolers, before I really knew what it was all about.

When I’m not homeschooling the kids I’m trying to figure out ways to make the fabulous foods we see others cooking and fit them to our family’s needs. As a person with celiac disease EVERYTHING I make is gluten-free. As the wife, mom, and daughter of people with lactose-intolerance, it means that I’ve also built my skills at lactose-free and dairy-free cooking.

As mom to a little one with quite the lengthy list of food intolerances, I’m now getting handy at some truly creative cooking magic.

My goal is that my kids learn to ‘make it work’ rather than learn to ‘just do without’.

With a big family I have lots of taste-testers on hand to make sure what I make is good, not just ‘good enough’, I am looking forward to sharing recipes with you and your own families - let me know how they work for you!

If you ever need help or clarification feel free to email me at fearlessfaithfulmom@gmail.com.
Find me on Instagram, X, Pinterest and Facebook - Heather Gonzales, Fearless Faithful Mom

✅ Please RSVP with the # of people attending and a phone # in case of weather, etc. by emailing me at
GIG.Portland@gluten.org

06/11/2025

Why Don’t All Breweries Make Non-Alcoholic (NA) Beers?

Here is what you don’t know about NaA beers - it’s difficult to make and different companies use different methods.

Go Brewing of Naperville, IL makes:

• Freedom West Coast Pale without Gluten - Non-Alcoholic Craft Beer with malted millet, buckwheat and certified gluten-free oats and Galaxy and Sultana hops. 0.21% ABV

• Freedom Hazy IPA - Non-Alcoholic Craft Beer with malted millet, buckwheat and certified gluten-free oat and Citra and Necraon hops 0.24% ABV

• Freedom Amber Non-Alcoholic Craft Beer with malted millet, buckwheat and certified gluten-free oat and Saaz hops. 0.49% ABV

(where to buy: https://gobrewing.com/pages/store-locator)

Glutenberg of Montreal, Canada made a Glutenberg NA beer. It appears that there were production issues in 2024, new investment occurred for 2025 but it looks like all their beers are not currently being brewed. 😣

⚠️Warning: gluten-removed beer is not the same as dedicated gluten free and likely has higher amounts of gluten‼️ There are no accurate tests backed by science for the amount of gluten in alcohol (or any fermented foods). Buyer beware.

Article:
https://washingtonbeerblog.com/heres-what-you-dont-know-about-non-alcoholic-beer/

In fairly simple terms, I will explain the magic behind making the world's most popular alcoholic beverage without alcohol.

06/11/2025

Nourishing Festivities is partnering with Wold Spice for a Thanksgiving meal. Accepting 8 clients only.

Thanksgiving Specials 2025
This Thanksgiving, savor an unforgettable feast — wholesome, luxurious, and stress-free. Curated by Chef Mia, your menu can feature signature client favorites or be personalized to create a one-of-a-kind dining experience for your loved ones, completely gluten-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free.

Only 8 bookings accepted. Reserve your feast by November 18.

Link in image.

04/11/2025

RSVP for GIG of Portland’s November 8th meeting which is this Saturday, 10-12pm.

GIG of Portland Next Meeting November 8th with Cooking Demo - yay! Meetings are back❣️and free. Being friends or family - everyone is welcome. Everyone belongs.
Free parking.
RSVP info below

We always take the summer off, and usually start back up in September. This year it's November.

GIG of Portland’s meeting for NOVEMBER 2025 meeting (Saturday 11/8) will be graced by the fabulous local baker Heather Wilke Gonzales.
She will demo Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies (with allergy substitutions as she is a specialist in this).

Brunch available at Ground Breaker Brewing from the delicious SalviPDX for attendees. They will be serving up brunch for us (thank you Denise and Tony for coming in on Saturday and giving up their morning to feed us - what a treat!). You must RSVP to attend❣️I will email you how to order brunch in advance. Brunch only offered to those attending the meeting.
👉🏻 See Heather’s bio below.

Ground Breaker Brewing
2070 SE 7th Ave
Portland OR
(Between Hawthorn & Division)

✅ Please RSVP with the # of people attending and a phone # in case of weather, etc. by emailing me at
GIG.Portland@gluten.org

🤔 Do you recognize the Wilke middle name? Mary Wikle, Heather's mom, ran the Gluten Intolerance Group for 10 years before I took over in the late 2000’s.

Can't wait to see you soon.
- Lisa Shaver
branch manager GIG of Portland

👩🏻‍🍳 👩🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳 👩🏻‍🍳

Hi, I'm Heather - wife to a contractor, mother to 5 little monkeys. When my husband and I were first married I was a middle school teacher, but when our oldest child was a few years old we started to feel the call to homeschool. I used to make comments about homeschoolers, before I really knew what it was all about.

When I’m not homeschooling the kids I’m trying to figure out ways to make the fabulous foods we see others cooking and fit them to our family’s needs. As a person with celiac disease EVERYTHING I make is gluten-free. As the wife, mom, and daughter of people with lactose-intolerance, it means that I’ve also built my skills at lactose-free and dairy-free cooking.

As mom to a little one with quite the lengthy list of food intolerances, I’m now getting handy at some truly creative cooking magic.

My goal is that my kids learn to ‘make it work’ rather than learn to ‘just do without’.

With a big family I have lots of taste-testers on hand to make sure what I make is good, not just ‘good enough’, I am looking forward to sharing recipes with you and your own families - let me know how they work for you!

If you ever need help or clarification feel free to email me at fearlessfaithfulmom@gmail.com.
Find me on Instagram, X, Pinterest and Facebook - Heather Gonzales, Fearless Faithful Mom

✅ Please RSVP with the # of people attending and a phone # in case of weather, etc. by emailing me at
GIG.Portland@gluten.org

04/11/2025

More SNAP Support offered by one of Portland’s jewels, Mike Bennett, and his creative small businesses.

SNAP Support Effective Immediately:

Free meals, miniature golf and aquarium visits for those losing SNAP benefits. No questions asked. Just let staff know at The Portland Aquarium for free access. Let staff know at Wonderwood Mini-Golf for free golf. Let staff know at Wonderwood Springs to see our offerings for this free meal.




❤️‍🩹

04/11/2025

GIG of Portland Next Meeting

Saturday November 8th with Cooking Demo - yay! Meetings are back❣️RSVP info below

We always take the summer off, and usually start back up in September. This year it's November.

GIG of Portland’s meeting for NOVEMBER 2025 meeting (Saturday 11/8) will be graced by the fabulous local baker Heather Wilke Gonzales.
She will demo Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies (with allergy substitutions as she is a specialist in this).
10am-12pm
Free to all
Free street parking

Brunch available at Ground Breaker Brewing from the delicious SalviPDX. They will be serving up brunch for us (thank you Denise and Tony for coming in on Saturday and giving up their morning to feed us - what a treat!) -
Info on ordering beforehand will be emailed to you after you RSVP.

👉🏻 See Heather’s bio below.

✅ Please RSVP with the # of people attending and a phone # in case of weather, etc. email me at
GIG.Portland@gluten.org

🤔 Do you recognize the Wilke middle name? Mary Wikle, Heather's mom, ran the Gluten Intolerance Group for 10 years before I took over in the late 2000’s.

Can't wait to see you soon.
- Lisa Shaver
branch manager GIG of Portland

👩🏻‍🍳 👩🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳

Hi, I'm Heather - wife to a contractor, mother to 5 little monkeys. When my husband and I were first married I was a middle school teacher, but when our oldest child was a few years old we started to feel the call to homeschool. I used to make comments about homeschoolers, before I really knew what it was all about.

When I’m not homeschooling the kids I’m trying to figure out ways to make the fabulous foods we see others cooking and fit them to our family’s needs. As a person with celiac disease EVERYTHING I make is gluten-free. As the wife, mom, and daughter of people with lactose-intolerance, it means that I’ve also built my skills at lactose-free and dairy-free cooking.

As mom to a little one with quite the lengthy list of food intolerances, I’m now getting handy at some truly creative cooking magic.

My goal is that my kids learn to ‘make it work’ rather than learn to ‘just do without’.

With a big family I have lots of taste-testers on hand to make sure what I make is good, not just ‘good enough’, I am looking forward to sharing recipes with you and your own families - let me know how they work for you!

If you ever need help or clarification feel free to email me at fearlessfaithfulmom@gmail.com.
Find me on Instagram, X, Pinterest and Facebook - Heather Gonzales, Fearless Faithful Mom

03/11/2025

Smiles for your Monday. 💚

02/11/2025

GIG of Portland Next Meeting November 8th with Cooking Demo - yay! Meetings are back❣️RSVP info below

We always take the summer off, and usually start back up in September. This year it's November.

GIG of Portland’s meeting for NOVEMBER 2025 meeting (Saturday 11/8) will be graced by the fabulous local baker Heather Wilke Gonzales.
She will demo Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies (with allergy substitutions as she is a specialist in this).

Brunch available at Ground Breaker Brewing from the delicious SalviPDX. They will be serving up brunch for us (thank you Denise and Tony for coming in on Saturday and giving up their morning to feed us - what a treat!) -
👉🏻 See Heather’s bio below.

✅ Please RSVP with the # of people attending and a phone # in case of weather, etc. email me at
GIG.Portland@gluten.org

🤔 Do you recognize the Wilke middle name? Mary Wikle, Heather's mom, ran the Gluten Intolerance Group for 10 years before I took over in the late 2000’s.

Can't wait to see you soon.
- Lisa Shaver
branch manager GIG of Portland

👩🏻‍🍳 👩🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳

Hi, I'm Heather - wife to a contractor, mother to 5 little monkeys. When my husband and I were first married I was a middle school teacher, but when our oldest child was a few years old we started to feel the call to homeschool. I used to make comments about homeschoolers, before I really knew what it was all about.

When I’m not homeschooling the kids I’m trying to figure out ways to make the fabulous foods we see others cooking and fit them to our family’s needs. As a person with celiac disease EVERYTHING I make is gluten-free. As the wife, mom, and daughter of people with lactose-intolerance, it means that I’ve also built my skills at lactose-free and dairy-free cooking.

As mom to a little one with quite the lengthy list of food intolerances, I’m now getting handy at some truly creative cooking magic.

My goal is that my kids learn to ‘make it work’ rather than learn to ‘just do without’.

With a big family I have lots of taste-testers on hand to make sure what I make is good, not just ‘good enough’, I am looking forward to sharing recipes with you and your own families - let me know how they work for you!

If you ever need help or clarification feel free to email me at fearlessfaithfulmom@gmail.com.
Find me on Instagram, X, Pinterest and Facebook - Heather Gonzales, Fearless Faithful Mom

02/11/2025

Daylight Savings Time ends today.

“Fall back, Spring forward.”

02/11/2025

Restaurants providing free meals in PDX ❤️ right now❣️

SalviPDX and Mokiko Mochi Donuts are both dedicated GF.
🐓 Your Side Chicks PDX in NW & SE are offering meals.

Add: Laughing Planet has GF options - not dedicated GF.
Also add:
The Pharmacy
Mama Chow’s Kitchen
Happy Valley taco shop Nan’s Taqueria