Coeliac Friendly Christmas 2013

Sending a Fruit Basket is a perfect Christmas Food Gift

WHEN YOU LIVE with Coeliacs or crave a gluten free lifestyle there is no limit on the style and variety of Christmas Gifts and Presents you can share - food related gifts are definitely not off limits.  Thinking of making living with the gluten free diet easier, we have compiled a list of items and accessories that make Christmas as much a time for sharing and giving for people with Coeliacs as any other occasion.

Looking for a great Christmas Gift Ideas list is made simple and terribly efficient when you scan the ideas for Christmas 2013.

Gluten Free Hints and Tips For the Holiday Season

 One of the failsafe methods is to eat before you go to the party, and simply avoid eating any food provided when you are entertaining at the party. This is an easy solution, although it frequently provokes annoying questions — and often some unwanted pressure, as well — from other party-goers ("Surely just a little bit of this won't hurt you!").

Despite their rudeness, they just want you to be part of the celebration, so you may have to forgive them for being over excited.  Also, be wary if you are presented with any food  made "specially gluten free for you" - it probably isn't and you'll feel sick the next day.  Either politely decline, or accept it and dump it in a pot plant when they are not looking.

Have a Merry Christmas and Enjoy yourself.

Gluten Free Christmas Presents 2013

Christmas in December

Short term planning leading up to Christmas is all about suitable storage – if you are fortunate enough to source some discount liquor, wine, beer, sparkling wine or soft drinks that is all well and good so long as you are able to store it effectively. 

Remember, keeping your drinks in a cool ambient temperature means less energy costs bringing them down to refrigeration temperatures closer to Christmas. 

Another novel approach is to buy your drinks at the discount prices and have the store hold them until closer to the day, or even to have them delivered to your home on Christmas Eve.

Gluten Free Food Handling

Pay attention to your kitchen tools and utensils – having your carving knife professionally sharpened is a good idea as blunt knives pose a safety risk. 

Take a moment to ensure your frozen birds fit comfortably into your baking dish, and if you need a bigger dish take advantage of disposable aluminium trays – they are great on Christmas Day as you simply fold it in on itself and pop it into the recycling bin.  Chopping boards are also in heavy demand on Christmas Eve and through to the New Year – again, it can be really helpful to buy some vinyl boards of different colours to avoid cross contamination when handling the food.

Making a Christmas Wreath

Embellish a classic Christmas Wreath with a center setting of white candles to complete your Season's Greeting table setting.

After you have bought your wreath (buy one from a flower shop to make the most impact - it is truly spectacular to have a professionally made item adorning your table) source seven clean glass jars and seven tall white candles.

Melt the end of the candle into the jar, and place artistically around the wreath.  Light the candles as your guests arrive for their gluten free Christmas Dinner.

Gluten Free Hampers

Searching for Gluten Free hampers Online?

Look no further than Hunter Valley Hampers, who have a range of create your own and design your own options so you can add or remove your selections to make your own design more or less gluten free. 

Over the years we have many enquiries about including a gluten free option in the Christmas Hampers, and just as many people are wanting a single gluten free inclusion, not the whole hamper.



That's why, with the new website featuring the facility to add whatever product you choose as well as to remove and substitute other products, you can confidently order exactly what you are looking for without the worry of leaving out the gluten free product.

This Christmas 2013, make sure you share an inclusive hamper with a combination of gourmet products with true regional relevance and authentic farm gate taste when you choose Hunter Valley Hampers.

Gluten Free Handmade Markets

 There are plenty of handmade options for gluten free available.  I wonder if these square watermelons are suitable?

Moving House with a Removalist

Making Removals Easy

Moving furniture, clothes and digital hardware can be simplified if you follow these simple tips.

Making your move efficient, well-organised and in your timeframe is what you should expect from an experienced removalist in Newcastle.

1 Use Plenty of Packaging.

Careful and well thought out packaging makes a bug difference on moving day. If it fits in a box, put it in one. Keeping things in a box encourages putting like with like - which is convenient when you are unpacking at your destination.

An adaptive, free void filler is shredded paper in plastic shopping bags. Wedge these between any hard surfaces that may come into contact. When you box doesn't rattle when shaken, you have packed it desely enough to support boxes being packed on top of each other. This means you can fill the Newcastle Man and Van space most efficiently.

2 Prepare the Workflow

Take advantage of moving your boxes to a convenient packing point, so there less time is spent carrying boxes across your premises. Remember, what you want from your removalist is pick up, transport and unload at destination.

3 Use a Local

Local service around Newcastle for a removal service is important. Locals take the most direct route and can offer advice on the best times to move to avoid traffic congestion.

Making Removals Easy is often overlooked as during the move you are distracted by leases and estate agents. Being prepared and armed with these simple tips for removals make a difference for your best move.

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Gift Ideas For Men

For a refreshing gift idea, there is nothing that quite beats the surprise and excitement of a home delivered Gourmet Gift Hamper from Hunter Valley Hampers.

Gifts with French Champagne

With a selection of premium hampers and gift baskets that won't break the bank, getting you wishes direct to your friend or family is effortless, like sharing a fruit hamper, affordable and with a touch of class.

Making Gluten Free Choices Easier

We all know how infuriating it can be turning up at an event or reception and there has been no provision made for GF friendly foods.  We are stuck and left with the idea that if we haven't planned for the worst and brought our own food prepared along, there might be a time where we don't get to eat at all.

Just a tip is to gently make the host aware that there will be GF people along at that you would be grateful if they could consider your needs.  Makes such a difference if you have some GF options outside of carrot sticks!

Online Shopping Directory

Gluten Free Designer

Split testing is a measureable way of keeping tabs on your website and proving whether certain approaches to marketing and promotions are effective. 

At Newcastle Fruit Baskets, we like to test your site so it does not become a “Billboard in the Desert” with a single lost traveller stumbling by each week – which is nice and pretty but not much use in raking in extra turnover.  You want visitors, converted into customers so each morning when you check your email you have a few nice paypal payments and some orders to ship.

Local Markets Directory

The Value Of Markets Directory

At The Australian Markets Directory, we have collected the attention of a vast group of people with similar interests, beliefs and experiences – that being Local Markets.  And as a focal point for these many businesses, markets organisers and enthusiasts, we are able to offer a unique selling proposition – having the industry as a whole at your fingertips.

Now we have the attention and focus of the Australian Markets Community, it is important to channel that value into the best proposition for new and existing member of the directory.  And we do this by offering a direct connection between your individual concern and the wider markets community. 

After we have assessed your application and where applicable, edited your submission to meet our strict quality control guidelines, you will be granted a listing in the directory.  This opens up great opportunities for your brand and with the consistent online promotion of the Directory, increased exposure to traffic and potential business arrangements.

It is critical that whislt we value so highly the attention and participation of the markets community, we do not go too far with cross promotion or advertising of content that is not directly related to the specific niche.  So you won’t see ads for locksmith North Carolina or Real Estate Vancouver.  Just real world listings of local real world business and markets and stallholders.

Gluten Free Web Design

Yeah, sure - it might sound silly - but there is so much opportunity out there!











Once you have your new website up and online with Organic Digital, the next step is to promote your website.  In a competitive environment where people are adding new websites by the thousand every day, standing out from the crowd is not simple.  So having a great, fully featured website is simply not enough when you are getting no traffic (visitors to your website).

Firstly, website promotion is categorized into online and offline  - online is using web methods and offline is having your web address and a compelling call to action on your vehicle, on business cards and actively promoting your website by face to face networking.  Organic Digital can help with ongoing support and assistance with online marketing.

Second, the fastest way to appear on page one of the search results is through paid search – or buying pay-per-click advertising through a search provider like Google.  However, this is expensive and beyond the scope of most small business as your paid account balance dwindles with every click from a visitor, whether they make a purchase or not.  At Organic Digital, we focus on the organic search results (hence our name) and this is called the “real” results below the ads at the top of each search results page.

Thirdly, online marketing and web promotion is not an instant fix that involves some magical wizardry and all of a sudden your new website is ranking on the first page of the search engines.  Instead, the best approach to ensure seamless, natural growth is to undertake consistent methods that result in a strong solid base for your website to launch from.  Achieving this requires link building strategies implemented over time from authoritative sites with plenty of traffic.

It is frustratingly slow at first to rise on the organic search results, but over time with a genuine effort, you can expect to be ranking in the first page and deriving much of your traffic and hopefully paying customers and clients, from well executed website promotion by Organic Digital.

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