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Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Grilled Polenta with Roasted Pepper Sauce

SERVES 4 TO 6

Polenta is a dish made of boiled cornmeal. This recipe is great for the grill. For convenience, you can make it a day in advance, or you can buy it ready made. (Check the label to make sure it's gluten free.) Just slice it and grill.

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Roasted Pepper Sauce You can buy roasted peppers in a jar or frozen. To roast your own, broil 3 to 4 large peppers until they turn dark brown on all sides. While they're still hot, seal them in a plastic bag and let them steam to finish cooking.

Breakfast

Kids love this fruit-filled treat, a gluten-free version of ever-popular Pop-Tarts. Easy and delicious, your kids will thank you for this breakfast treat.

Meals

Lee Tobin of Whole Foods Market shared this secret with me: Gluten-free pasta needs extra xanthan gum in order to roll smoothly through a hand-crank pasta machine. Thank you, Lee.

Dessert

Boston Cream Pie is actually a gluten-free cake. For an impressive dessert, double the Vanilla Pudding recipe and slice cake layers in half horizontally to make four thin layers.

Bread

The riper the bananas, the better,says Danica McKellar. This gluten-free quinoa banana bread recipe doubles very well, a good thing since people usually want more.

Back to School: Tips for your Food-Allergic Child

By Kathryn Scott

Most mothers feel a little trepidation when their children start school for the very first time but Terri Esterowitz, MD, had a lot more than the jitters when she prepared her little girl for kindergarten. Understandably so. Her daughter Ellie has life-threatening allergies and Esterowitz knew that sending the 6-year-old into class was introducing her to a whole new world of risk.

Soy Controversy

By Eve Becker

Soy can be found in baked goods, cereal, crackers, canned soups, vegetable broth, salad dressings, imitation bacon bits, energy bars, reduced-fat peanut butter, pasta, Worcestershire sauce, deli and luncheon meats and vegetarian meat alternatives. It's also in some vitamin E supplements, prescription drugs and cosmetics. And don't forget soy infant formula, soy milk, soy lattes, soy nut butter and soy veggie burgers. Americans love the soybean. Nearly one quarter of us report that we drink soy milk regularly.