About Me

Hi! I’m Jennie, the gf-gf, a.k.a. The Gluten-Free Girlfriend.

This is Joel, my (sometimes) gluten-free boyfriend (GFBF for short). And Stormy, one of our two cats.

Stormy and Eggs.

I have had Celiac Disease my whole life, but didn’t know until my diagnosis in October of 2009. At the time, I was learning about healthy eating and trying to lose the weight I’d gained during my college years. I didn’t know that the healthy whole-wheat bread I was eating was actually making me sick!

I changed my diet completely to eliminate gluten – not an easy task, but it became less difficult when I discovered the world of food blogs. I became an avid reader, and when Joel and I met, he learned to put up with not only my dietary restrictions, but also my constant food blog reading! He encouraged me to finally start a blog of my own, and is my webmaster and (ir)regular contributor.

I have a Bachelor’s degree in creative writing from the University of Washington, so this blog allows me to combine my two creative passions: writing and cooking. It’s a place for me to share my inventive recipes, my interest in healthy eating, and my trials and tribulations with gluten-freedom.

In my non-blog life, I work as a customer service rep for a small manufacturing company by day, and am attending school to become a massage therapist by night. I’m also a certified yoga teacher, which you can read more about in this post. If you’d like to contact me, please send an email to jennie@thegfgf.com. I’d love to hear from you, and thanks for reading!