Though Ruby Tuesdays has long been hesitant to commit to anything on their menu being gluten free, I did not that their website’s FAQ now contains the following information:

Currently all of our fried food is prepared in soybean oil. Our French fries are fried in the same oil as our breaded items.

Please be aware that we do serve white and wheat hamburger buns which all contain wheat flour. Our premium knot roll and rolls used for Ruby Minis are white bread, while our Golden Bun used for most burgers is a wheat bun. All are made from wheat flour.

The following menu items are acceptable for guests with a gluten intolerance or Celiac Sprue disease:

Steaks (with Ruby’s seasoning only)
Chicken Oscar
Chicken Fresco
Any burger without bread (EXCLUSIONS: turkey burgers, the onion tanglers on minis, French fries)

Sides
Broccoli as currently prepared
Mashed potatoes as
currently prepared
Baked potato without sour cream
Salad bar with discretion (excludes prepared salads on the salad bar)

Acceptable salad dressings:
Bleu Cheese
Ranch
Lite Ranch
Honey
Mustard
Caesar
Thousand Island
Italian
French

Unfortunately, for all other food items, Ruby Tuesday, Inc. cannot provide a listing of allergens that might be present in our menu items for the following reasons:

It is always possible, as we are preparing food in over 800 restaurants every day, that one item will be substituted for another, and that the substitute product’s contents may be different from the ingredients in the products we normally use.

As food is being prepared in our restaurants, it often comes in contact with other food, so even though a specific item may not contain allergens, it could be affected by another food item that does.

Growing up, one of my favorite snacks was puppy chow.    Sadly, it wasn’t possible to make a gluten free version……until recently.  A couple of months ago we reported that some chex cereals are now gluten free.   Because of this, why not revisit puppy chow?

Gluten Free Puppy Chow Recipe

Ingredients:

• 9 cups Rice Chex® cereal (gluten free)
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Directions:

1. Into large bowl, measure cereal and set aside.
2. In 1-quart microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter uncovered on high for 1 minute and stir.
3. Microwave about 30 seconds longer or until mixture can be stirred smooth.
4. Stir in vanilla.
5. Pour mixture over cereal, stirring until evenly coated.
6. Pour into 2-gallon resealable food-storage plastic bag.
7. Add powdered sugar.
8. Seal bag and shake until well coated.
9. Spread on waxed paper to cool.
10. Store in airtight container in refrigerator.

Thanks to a heads up from Go Dairy Free, it looks like Pamela’s Products is now offering an online consumer newsletter.  In order to sign up, click over to Pamela’s Products and enter your email address where you would like the newsletter to be delivered.

Oh, and as a quick reminder, you can now purchase Pamela’s Products online and have them delivered to your door at discounted prices!  I’ve always found it much more affordable to purchase these types of products online and in bulk.

Looking for a gluten free restaurant chain in your state?  Or maybe you are going to be traveling and you want to know where you can eat?  A lot of Celiacs find themeselves in one of these situations, and Gluten Free Resource is here to help!   This is one of 51 total posts that will be breaking down the gluten free chains found in each of the individual states within the United States. 

Each state will be released in alphabetical order, but if you can’t wait for us to get to your state, feel free to check out our Gluten Free Restaurant Menus page for a complete list of restaurants in your state that offer a gluten free menu.  We have provided a link to the gluten free menu of each restaurant within that state (based upon our research) and a link to their locations page.   The locations page can be used to find the restaurant closest to your area.

If you have any questions or would like to report a restaurant that has a gluten free menu within this state, please let us know!

Wyoming Gluten Free Restaurant Menus

• Chili’s (Locations)
• Outback (Locations)

Today while scouring the internet for Celiac news, I noticed a quick article in the Jewish Press about restaurants in Israel.   It appears that many are going healthy, including many gluten free alternatives:

Jerusalem – The website of 2Eat, (www.2eat.co.il) a popular Israeli Hebrew restaurant, reports that 85 percent of Israel’s restaurants now offer healthy or dietetic options to diners that often include a salad bar.

Restaurateurs who were polled said that more than one-third of their lunchtime customers order a green salad or some other salad with their meal compared to 20 percent last year.

Noam Shaked, who manages the website, said that some 8 percent of the restaurants offer a separate healthy foods menu including calorie counts of items. Even fast food chains such as McDonaldsand the popular coffee chain Aroma are providing options for diabetics and celiac sufferers. Shaked said that out of the 100 restaurant owners polled, one third said there is an increasing demand from customers for healthier menu choices.