Karina calls herself a “gluten-free goddess,” and it’s not hard to see why. The experienced chef and visual artist from New Mexico maintains a visually stunning recipe blog and has published three successful cookbooks. Her recipes look beautiful and sound amazing: vegan pumpkin pie with a buckwheat crust, agave and lime salmon, pineapple salsa chicken enchilandas, etc. And if you don’t have the time or willpower to cook, Karina also gives a lot of informative tips on food options. A blog post on the different types of sugar she uses inspired a spirited discussion in the comments section about whether Splenda is an artificial sweetener or not (it is) and where the ultra-sweet herb Stevia tastes best (in coffee).

From a gluten-free blog reader’s perspective, however, the ultimate usefulness of the site is its lengthy list describing dozens of gluten-free blogs by the bloggers themselves.

In honor of our new grocery guide, Triumph Dining is pleased to announce a great deal for you, our readers. Through November 10th, if you order the Triumph Dining grocery or restaurant guides from Amazon, we will throw in a free set of six Triumph Dining Cards. That’s $11.95 in savings! All you have to do after ordering the books on Amazon is forward your confirmation e-mail to jennifer@triumphdining.com. The cards will ship separately from your order and arrive in about a week. Enjoy!

(I hope you’re all getting jazzed about our new Celiac Awareness campaign! Keep spreading the word!)

So I’m feeling a little guilty about my baked good-obsessed blog posts lately. I am actually trying to lose a few pounds this summer so what I really should be concentrating on is healthy living, not sugar, fat and gluten-less gluttony. Therefore I went in search of a healthy gf blog, and up popped Eat’n Veg’n, a vegan blog with some great looking gluten-free recipes.

Eat’n Veg’n is both a calorie counter, and a lover of food: two critical qualities that go into the creation of delicious, nutritious meals. You don’t want low calories and no taste, now do you? So whether you are a weight watcher or a food aficionado, you can find something here that will meet your dietary and taste needs. However, celiacs will want to note which recipes are labeled gluten-free because not all are. So keep your eyes pealed and your kitchen utensils out.

Personally what I appreciate most about this healthy blogger is her healthy desserts! Some health-conscious treat recipes allow you to indulge without the scale-related downside. And Eat’n Veg’n will not only let you know what’s good to eat, but how to serve it. Check out her latest entry on how to turn your salad bowl into a work of art.

Don’t want to take my word for Eat’n Veg’n’s top blogger worthiness? She’s also received the Brillante Weblog award from fellow bloggers plus been listed as one of the top 100 health-inspiring blogs. So exactly what are you waiting for? Check her blog out for yourself and find something low fat and fabulous to snack on.

With ‘Triumph Gluten-Free’s Blogger of the Month,’ we will be putting out an entry every four weeks or so to recognize great bloggers who benefit the gf community.  It’s an opportunity to find out about gf bloggers you didn’t know were out there, for us to acknowledge the great blogging that’s going on in our community, and for me to go on and on about my latest blogger-crushes!

Triumph Gluten-Free’s Blogger of  the Month for July is Béa, from La Tartine Gourmande.  Her blog is not solely gluten-free, however its index of gf recipes is a cornucopia of great eats, from vegetable stew to lime mousse.  If the lime mousse didn’t give it away, this is a blog of exquisite food.  While many gf bloggers’ recipes seem over my head, with Béa’s, I feel like cooking’s a foreign language.  But this is more because of her beautiful photographs that make these dishes look like masterpieces (and my own cooking handicaps) than because of the recipes themselves, at least not all of them.  For example, check out her Apple Juice Sabayon, an easy to make treat that looks like a five star restaurant’s dessert special.

So check out this blog.  Make fancy dishes for your gf loved ones.  Check out some beautiful photography.  And add another blogger to your daily blog reading regimen.