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My Boyfriend is Italian & I'm Gluten Free. Here's How We Survive (& thrive!) in LA

My Boyfriend is Italian & I'm Gluten Free. Here's How We Survive (& thrive!) in LA

My boyfriend considers pizza a snack and pasta a basic food group. I am gluten free but lurrrve me some Italian cuisine. Check out how these 6 Italian hotspots in LA fared against an Italian and a Gluten-Free girl's standards, and how to do Italian light but right. 

3 Healthy Thanksgiving Recipes for Lazy (or just Busy) Girls

3 Healthy Thanksgiving Recipes for Lazy (or just Busy) Girls

These superfood recipes are the perfect lazy girl’s guide to a healthy Thanksgiving. As always, they require few ingredients, simple prep, and no fancy kitchen tools. They also happen to be dairy, soy, egg and gluten free, but don’t tell your guests and I promise they’ll never notice.

Blossoming Vegan Feast in the West Village

Blossoming Vegan Feast in the West Village

Obviously when you’re cooking for yourself, it’s easy to control what’s on your plate.  But what can be trickier, is finding satisfying vegan options at restaurants.  Vegan cafés are often heavily lacking in atmosphere, and occasionally the food itself is just as lackluster.  Thankfully, there’s Blossom – a local, mini chain of 4 restaurants in NYC that gives vegans a place to indulge in delicious eats, without sacrificing food quality or experience.  Blossom’s menu renounces all animal products in favor of organic, plant-based dishes that source their ingredients locally and from small farms and distribution companies.  And guess what…?  They’re actually DELICIOUS!