Travel Gluten Free

S03 Episode #12 My Favorite Gluten-Free Travel Snacks   Thank you to @betsyinthesip on Instagram for this episode’s Q&A question! If you have a Q&A question, message me on Instagram @travelglutenfreepodcast or contact me through my contact form at Travel Gluten Free Podcast and I’ll create an episode based on your question!   My Favorite Gluten-Free Travel Snacks   Chips and Crackers   I love to eat chips and crackers. I’ll be the first to admit this without shame! My favorite flavor of chips is sea salt and vinegar, hands down! Here are a few of the chips and crackers I mention in this episode.    Kapop Snacks are tasty, crunchy and packed full of nutrition! Using ancient grains, these goodies are wholesome and tasty as well! Check out my interview with Dustin Finkle, where we talk about how he came up with KaPop! Snacks in episode 56.   Mosaics are another snack I really like. Similar to KaPop! Instead of using ancient grains, they have a base of organic yellow and green peas for their chips. Look

S03 Episode #11 Replay of Back to School Gluten-Free    Get Ready to Go Back-to-School! This is a replay of episode #16. Today, we are going to talk about going back to school. Not just snacks and lunches, but how you can create a legal document which binds the school and every professional who comes in contact with your child to your child's diet for celiacs or gluten intolerance.   As a parent, we want our kids to be safe, at home, and at school. When they aren't with us, we can't see what they are eating or doing. How, as a parent, can you add in some safety measures for your student at school, when you aren't with them?   Shop with your child.  Have your child have snacks in her backpack that are gluten-free that they can always eat on the go that is easy for them to handle depending on the age level some different treats or snacks are easy for them to handle.    If your child is in elementary school, their teacher may be able to keep a box or a bag of pre-made shelf-stable snacks in their room for your c

S03 Episode 10 Interview with Danielle Desir from The Thought Card   Danielle Desir is a travel finance strategist, writer, speaker and the creator of ‘The Thought Card’, an affordable travel finance blog and podcast empowering people to make informed financial decisions – travel more, pay off debt and build wealth. Danielle has traveled to 26 countries and has no intentions of letting her financial responsibilities stop her from exploring the world.    We chat about our favorite tools to use when budgeting your trip such as Budget Your Trip and Numbeo and Hopper. We love to use Air b’n’b for budget stays and Skyscanner and Google Flights to find great prices on airfare. Hotels we like are Marriott, Hilton, Best Western and for pet-friendly stays, my favorite is Motel 6.   Listen in to find out the best travel hacks to get your dream vacation on a budget, why Danielle loves Iceland and Danielle’s online class: Back to Budgeting Basics Course AND her new travel guide “Iceland: Nature, Nurture & Adventure”

S03 Episode 9 Interview with Matthew Bzdel from Gluten Free Street Gang   Matt is a 27-year-old who lives the gluten-free lifestyle since December 2013 because of IBS. While not the only culprit, gluten is the worst of the IBS health offenders. Matt is currently eating a gluten-free/low FODMAP diet just complicates things a little bit.    Matt grew up outside the US with expat parents and travel has been a constant in his life ever since he was a toddler. He currently lives in Massachusetts and will be flying to London to work for several months.   Fun fact: Matt has been to 27 countries (and lived in 3, 4 if you count study abroad. His favorite travel story happened to him while working in Belgium. He took a sleeper train with some friends and woke up in a different country than his original intended destination. He is looking to keep travel as a central content theme for his upcoming work.   Listen in to find out how many bagels Matt brought back from Modern Bread and Bagel in New York City, his favorite pl

S03 Episode 8 Interview with Nichole Nurenberg from Jai Mix   Nichole wanted to create unique recipes that would hold up to the well-love, rice-based snacks which you can find throughout India, Nepal, and the East. In her quest, she made batch after batch, and tested them on the only focus group: her family and friends. In April 2018, she took samples of  her three flavors into the Boulder Alfalfa's and Lucky's Markets. Both markets loved her mixes and invited to their shelf space at both markets. In October of the same year, Jai Mix hit the local shelves in her local partnering markets, and they've been growing and adding markets since.    Listen in and find out about this “compellingly tasty” snack mix, which is high on my list of foodie snacks, Nichole’s most memorable experiences in India, and the six Ayurvedic flavors which are incorporated into every bag of Jai Mix.   About Jai Mix   JAI MIX™ delivers healthy, plant-based proteins, fats, and prebiotic fiber in every powerful serving. Our Ayurvedic recip

S03 Episode 7 Interview with Andress from Swerve   As one of the founders of Swerve Sweetener, Andress is currently the President and CEO and oversees the vision and strategy for this zero-calorie, natural sugar replacement. With an early career in radio, Andress is a former top-rated morning show personality. She currently resides in New Orleans and can often be seen on weekends competing in Stockdog Trials with her crew of Border Collies and Australian Shepherds.    Listen in and find out why Swerve is safe for celiacs, if you are struggling with Candida and if you have diabetes. Swerve is vegan, keto and paleo-friendly too! Get a variety of recipes for many types of diet on their recipes page. We chat about how you can reduce your carbohydrate intake with Swerve, how you can get involved in their Swerve Sweetie Baking Club on Facebook and if you would like a free sample, email them sweetie@swervesweet.com    About Swerve   Swerve is made from ingredients found in select fruits and starchy root vegetables a

S03 Episode 6 Interview with Dustin from KaPop! Snacks   Dustin Finkel, standing at 6’6, is the head KaPoP! At his startup, KaPop Snacks. His CEO position at his own gluten-free snack company has given him an appreciation of what a small company CEO brings to the table. He founded KaPop! Snacks as he was looking for a snack which was nutritious, clean and tasted great; however, a snack of this proportion was nowhere to be found.  Dustin created KaPop! Snacks with ancient grains to fill these three requirements.    Listen in and find out about this amazing brand, how Dustin created his three flavors (my personal fav is salt and vinegar), and how you can get a hold of this great product in a shareable size (if you don’t eat them all yourself) and snack-sized 1 oz bags for an episode special of 20% off when you use the code TGF at checkout!   KaPop! Snacks Brand   Dustin is a CrossFit instructor, spent 15 years in CPG, and was previously an Investment Banker at Goldman Sachs. While at his corporate position, Dus

S03 Episode 5 Interview with Kim Smith from Lemongrass Spa Summer and TSA Friendly Travel Skincare that's Gluten-Free!   When I found Karen at a booth at the Nourished Festival this past spring, I thought this was another run of your mill skincare company. Surprised to find out that not only is their entire line of products gluten-free, every product at Lemongrass Spa is also 100% natural.    Listen in and find out how you can get the best skincare line, which I’m switching over to, and not have to worry about label reading for gluten again! With all natural ingredients, TSA friendly travel kits for skincare, TSA friendly 2oz sizes and products that are solid (not liquid) not only is this a healthy choice, but Lemongrass Spa is also the TRAVELER’S CHOICE for your one-stop travel products shop! Click here to get your special buy one get one 50% off on healing elements (awesome for super dry skin and sunburn)   Bio   Karen Smith is a native Coloradoan who loves to hike, spend time with her family, garden, read

S03 Episode 4 Interview with Matt Coffer from Spinning Wheels Brands   Matt Koffer is one of four co-founders of the Spinning Wheels Brand. Why do I absolutely love this brand? They have four lines of gluten-free food which is perfect for those of us who are on the gluten-free diet and love to travel. Their snacks and dairy alternative kinds of milk are tasty, delicious and fun to share with a friend (who you are traveling with of course!)   Listen in and find out about this amazing brand, how they made their factory peanut-free and tree-nut free for those with food allergies and why you need to contact Delta Airlines and tell them to carry this delicious brand of food!   Spinning Wheels Brand   The Spinning Wheel Brands model was specifically created to incubate brand concepts and product development for new brands that target specific areas of product white space to meet consumer demand. In other words, we see the opportunity for new products and brands constantly…and founded Spinning Wheel Brands to bring

S03 Episode 53 Watermelon Seed Butter, Anyone?   When I talked with Dayna from 88 Acres, it’s easy to tell that she loves her job and the people she works with. 88 Acres is a company which is not only a gluten-free facility and safe for celiacs, but is also a company who cares about the community where they live.   We chat about the crazy demolition the company undertook when moving the pouch filler into their factory, how they are a zero waste food facility and the challenge of marketing a company for those of us with food allergies, and marketing their product on the basis that it just plain tastes great!   Did you know that 88 Acres creates a line of seed butters and bars which are perfect to take with you when you are travelling? If you didn’t, then check out this episode because you may have found your next favorite travel food! Save 15% off your next order with this link:   http://88acres.refr.cc/lynnsmargisshumate   88 Acres   From our very first batch to our next big idea, we’re always seeding a visio

S03 Episode #02  Road Trip Utah Gluten-Free   Welcome to the Travel Gluten Free Podcast, where you, my friend, listen in on how to lead a gluten-free lifestyle with more fun and ease! Whether you are celiac, gluten intolerant or you are trying out the gluten-free lifestyle for better health, Travel Gluten Free will give you the insights to live a better, healthier gluten-free life. I'm a big fan of road trips. What I really love about road trips is the flexibility and independence they give you when you're traveling. Start with a small road trip if you haven't taken a road trip yet. If you are a real lover of road trips, well, then there will be some great advice for the advanced roadie as well!  This episode will focus specifically on road trips in Utah and what you will want to consider and be-in-the-know about when travelling through Utah in your car on your next adventure. If you would like more general tips about road trip travel, check out my episode 13 Ten Tips for Road Travel.   Looking for a G

S03 Episode #01 Utah National Parks Part 3   Welcome to the Travel Gluten Free Podcast, where you, my friend, listen in on how to lead a gluten-free lifestyle with more fun and ease!   Remember to always bring the following to a Utah National Park: sunscreen lip balm sunglasses water bladders and backpacks for each person on your trip snacks and lunch good running/hiking shoes hat paper map   Remember to take that break in the middle of the day!   Bryce Canyon Bryce Canyon, UT Hoodoos (irregular columns of rock) exist on every continent, but here is the largest concentration found anywhere on Earth. Situated along a high plateau at the top of the Grand Staircase, the park's high elevations include numerous life communities, fantastic dark skies, and geological wonders that defy description.   Bryce Canyon National Park: https://www.nps.gov/brca/index.htm Park Hours: https://www.nps.gov/brca/planyourvisit/hours.htm Start with plan your visit page: https://www.nps.gov/brca/planyourvisit/index.htm Camping

S02 Episode #26 Fabulous Friend Thank You!   Welcome to the Travel Gluten Free Podcast, where you, my friend, listen in on how to lead a gluten-free lifestyle with more fun and ease!   This is Elikqitie and I founded Travel Gluten Free for you! I want to be a resource, contributor and support to and for our gluten-free community.   My friend, I will be giving you a travel deal at the end of this episode! If you love to travel, and especially if you love to travel as much as I do, you'll want to get the exclusive travel deal mentioned on this podcast at the end of the show. As always, one of our lG followers will be given a shout-out for following TGF on Instagram!   In this episode, we are going to dive into our road trip to Denver, Colorado, the Nourished Festival and a big thank you to you, my gluten-free friend and for my friends who have been on TGF for supporting Travel Gluten Free!   For this special episode, I have a very special co-host, who I'm very excited to have on the show! Aliyah is my daug

 S02 Episode #25 Utah National Parks Part 2   Welcome to the Travel Gluten Free Podcast, where you, my friend, listen in on how to lead a gluten-free lifestyle with more fun and ease!   My friend, in the last episode I gave you the 411 on how to travel in Utah National Parks, how to travel Utah, what to bring and what you and your family can do in a national park. Even though I packed a bunch of information into the last episode, these next two episodes are going to focus specifically on Utah Parks. If you haven't visited a national park, check out my last episode and visit nps.gov to find a park you'll love!   This episode I'll chat about Arches and Canyonlands, two northern Utah parks and I'll take you on a journey of both of these national parks, and why I love each of them. I'll give you stories, recommendations, how to travel in Utah parks, and what to bring and when to go!   Remember to always bring the following to a Utah National Park: sunscreen lip balm sunglasses water bladders and back

S02 Episode #24 Utah National Parks Part 1   Welcome to the Travel Gluten Free Podcast, where you, my friend, listen in on how to lead a gluten-free lifestyle with more fun and ease! Let's start with the basics: what to expect when you come to Utah: crazy weather Super dry climate lots of tourists lots of ice cream sunburn How can you avoid the busiest tourist season What should youbring with you to Utah and what are the national parks you can visit?   When you go to national park page at nps.gov you can search for parks by state. When you click on Utah, the site will give you a list of all the national places: monuments, sites and historic trails, recreational sites and parks. Each of these areas are maintained by the government and are part of the national park service. These are all wonderful places to visit, but for this podcast, I'm going to focus just on the national parks. There are 5 national parks in Utah and I've been to all of them. They each are very different, even though they

Travel Gluten Free Podcast S02 Episode 23   Welcome to the Travel Gluten Free Podcast, where you, my friend, listen in on how to lead a gluten-free lifestyle with more fun and ease!   This is Elikqitie and I founded Travel Gluten Free for you! I want to be a resource, contributor and support to you on your gluten-free journey! If you haven't been to a gluten-free festival, you are missing out on one of the most fun, food-centered events for those of us who are gluten-free. When you attend an expo, you walk through aisles upon aisles of gluten-free goodies, products and deliciousness.And the samples...you basically eat your way through the expo - you're so full by the end of the show!   Besides the food, there are also great speakers and classes on topics from baking and cooking gluten-free to living with auto immune disease. There's such an array of experts and topics to choose from, and they're all included in the price of your ticket!   Come out and see me at the Nourished Festival in Sandy and

S02 Episode #22 Happy National Park Week!   Welcome to the Travel Gluten Free Podcast, where you, my friend, listen in on how to lead a gluten-free lifestyle with more fun and ease!   This is Elikqitie and I founded Travel Gluten Free for you! I want to be a resource, contributor and support to you on your gluten-free journey!   Happy National Park Week! National Park Week officially starts April 20th, but I'm celebrating a bit early this year. There's no better way to learn about America's heritage than through a journey into a National Park. Did you know there are 84 National Parks preserving over 400 million acres of land?   I've always loved going to National Parks - it's one of my favorite places to travel! I've never gone to a national park and have been disappointing. No matter whether they are big or small, the national park system will wow you every time!   In this episode, I'm going to give you the 411 on National Parks, activities to do, when to go and how to navigate the park you choo

S02 Episode #21 Gluten-Free Travel, Toronto gluten-free eats and the CCA with Tarryn Skuy   Welcome to the Travel Gluten Free Podcast, where you, my friend, listen in on how to lead a gluten-free lifestyle with more fun and ease! This is Elikqitie and I founded Travel Gluten Free for you! I want to be a resource, contributor and support to you on your gluten-free journey!   My guest today was diagnosed with Celiac Disease almost 10 years ago, about 2 years before heading off to university. In university she ended up was being assigned to live on campus with another Celiac. Her college roommate was diagnosed before turning 2 years old, so she taught her a lot of what she knows about Celiac Disease today!   Her brand, My Celiac Life, has the largest following for a Celiac account on Instagram and she is continually being recognized for her hard work: she is this year’s recipient of the Notable’s Food Influencer of the Year award. Tarryn is making a huge difference in the lives of those with celiac disease, pr

S02 Episode #20 Gem City Fine Foods Bakery Tour   Welcome to the Travel Gluten Free Podcast, where you, my friend, listen in on how to lead a gluten-free lifestyle with more fun and ease! My friend, this is a bonus Fun Friday episode where I tell you about upcoming events that you will absolutely love! Fun Friday episodes are short episodes which give you the shortcut to know about what's going on BEFORE the weekend! Check out the Gem City Fine Foods Bakery Tour!   Registration Fee: $10.00 Bakery Tour Date: April 30th @ 6:30 pm What you get: a Travel Gluten Free Podcast bag full of amazing goodies, including 4 My Gluten Free World Expo tickets Sign up Here!   Looking for a Great Travel Deal? Visit my Travel Deals page on my website! It's packed with deals for discount airfare, car rental, airport parking and much more, including discount trips to Italy.   Support Travel Gluten Free! For as little as $3 a month, become a show sponsor through Patreon.com Support the podcast which supports you, Travel Gluten

S02 Episode #19 One Year Off with Alexandra Brown   Welcome to the Travel Gluten Free Podcast, where you, my friend, listen in on how to lead a gluten-free lifestyle with more fun and ease! She had only known her boyfriend for a little over 2 months when they both decided to quit their desk jobs and travel the world for a year. This was the most radical thing either of them had done! They envisioned a journey with nothing but a few essentials. Both of them decided to purge themselves of the impossible attitude, put one foot in front of the other and set their hearts and minds to make the adventure possible!   This is part 2 of a 2 part episode on One Year Off with Alexandra Brown. Alexandra and her husband, formerly her client, were out to dinner one night when he told her his idea of traveling around Europe on his motorcycle for two months. When she heard that, her response was, "Wait for me!".   Starting their journey from a dinner date to traveling around the world for a year together, to eventually g