Gluten-Free Goes Local

There's now a gluten-free option at a few seacoast farmers' markets! I'd like to introduce you to founder Steven Scaturro and his two endeavors, Buzz Bomb World Spice Blends (at the markets) and Buzz's Bakery and Take-Out Cafe located in N. Hampton, NH.

You can find the Buzz Bomb booth at these farmers' markets:

• Durham
• Exeter
• Rye
• Hampton
• Portsmouth

At the markets there will be a selection of 100% gluten free baked goods (and a few items are gluten free and dairy free) and a wide selection of spice blends from mild to spice-y. From what I hear, the gluten-free brownies and whoopie pies go very fast, so get there early to get these sweet treats! Whether you eat gluten-free or not, I hear you'll want to try these! (I've yet to get my hands on some myself, they've been sold out!) Or you may just have to stop by their bakery....

Buzz's Bakery and Take-Out Cafe is the other way to get this gluten-free goodness! Buzz's Bakery is located at 77 Lafayette Road in N. Hampton, NH. I stopped by the bakery today and had a wonderful talk with Steven and picked up a few cookies for my kiddos. These items are also featured at the store:

• Baked Goods
• Coffee/Tea
• Prepared Foods
• Gluten-Free Pizza Crust
• Gluten-Free Breads, Pastries and More!

Buzz's Bakery and Take-Out Cafe can also be reached by phone at 603-379-6512.

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Reason for this journey

Good morning! Thought I'd share briefly how this blog and journey came about. It all started with our 3 year old daughter. Her behavior, mild aggression, impulsiveness and what I think is ADD/ADHD had left us at a cross roads. Being the avid research I am, I instantly dove into what could be the underlying cause of the issues we were seeing.

I shared some of the "symptoms" I was seeing with my fitness instructor and she told me I REALLY needed to read the book "Is This Your Child?" by Doris Rapp. I got my hands on it as soon as I could. As I began reading everything began lining up with Lucy having a possible food allergy/sensitivity.

So began my journey. As of right now I am striving to keep high fructose corn syrup and artificial colorings and preservatives out of all of our diets. I also saw a blurb on Michael Pollan on an ABC TV special and that got me hooked on his book "The Omnivore's Dilemma". What an awesome read, totally eye opening and I highly suggest you go find yourself a copy if you haven't already!

On top of keeping HFCS and additives and preservatives out of our diet, I am also striving to eat more local fruit and produce, grass-finished meat, and "eating for the seasons".

We got on the raw milk because after doing some research I noted that it was more tolerated by people with lactose intolerance plus it's just a more whole form of milk. Like I said in my earlier post, it hasn't been in our diets long enough to see a notably change, but I'm hoping for the best. She is still eating regular cheese and other milk products so we'll see if becomes necessary to remove those as well. We do have an allergist appointment set up for the first week in September.

Be back later with more of my local products!

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