Dessert Labs

Now Offering Bike Delivery!

So much new and exciting going on right now. We're jump up and down excited about it all. One of the biggest is that we're working with Portland Pedal Power now to offer delivery service for our products. This is like the coolest thing since sliced gluten free bread.

As of this week, we are now offering bicycle delivery of a limited variety of goodies. All the info is here on our portal at the Portland Pedal Power site.

Some things to keep in mind, right now you have to order by 4pm the day before delivery. We have breakfast, lunch, and snack items available. Delivery is cheaper the closer you are to downtown. Use this handy map to understand their delivery zones. You can pay with paypal (and credit cards) on their site or pay cash upon arrival.

Right now our menu has individual size pizzas, savory pies, cookies, muffins, bagels and cream puffs, all gluten free!

But wait, there's more! ('ve always wanted to use that.) We're also offering bike delivery of our weekly boxes. You order your weekly box with us like normal, but now you have the option of delivery or pick-up!

We're closed on Saturdays.

We're closed today. What didn't you know?

Let me be more specific. We're running around like maniacs getting everything ready for Farmers' Markets. We can't wait to get out there and get moving, but we'd better be prepared.

So we're no longer open on Saturdays. It's sad and we miss you too. However there are other opportunities. You can still get your gluten free goodies!

You can order from our etsy store. Or give us a call or email and order something to pick up. Check out our menu to see everything you could order.

Otherwise, we hope that you'll stop by the Farmers' Markets when we start them. We'll be in Hillsboro on Saturdays starting on April 30th and at the Cully Community Market Sundays starting June 5th.

Hope to see you soon!

Oh and a few photos to hold you over in the meantime. This is just a bit of what we've been making recently.

Weekly Boxes now on Tuesdays!

Note: Weekly boxes are changing. We now offer bike delivery (and shipping). Soon we'll start selling at the Farmers' Markets on Saturdays (starting on April 30th, then we start on Sundays too in June).

How this is going to work:

Every Wednesday check here to see what this week's weekly box is. Then you'll order by Sunday at 5pm. Your box will be ready on Tuesday. You can choose to:

• pick up the weekly box from our kitchen between 11 - 1pm
• have it delivered by bike to your home or office (are you in our delivery range?)
• have it mailed directly to you

 We have two choices for sizes: Individual and Family Size. If you're the only one eating gluten free in your household, we now have a smaller size box to accomodate.

And now to continue with our regular programming...

Hooray it's time for the weekly box again!

This is the box full of gluten free staples to last you through the week. Order it by Sunday for pick up/delivery on Tuesday.

It's a weekly order of bread or bagels, cookies, and muffins. You can join in for one week or every week. Just let us know by Sunday.

This week's weekly box includes:

• honey or rustic bread
• Plain bagels
• Oatmeal Molasses Muffins
• Chocolate Chip Cookies

Indvidiual Boxes ($15 each)
4 bagels, 4 muffins, 6 cookies

Family Size Boxes ($25 each)
1 loaf of bread or 6 bagels, 6 muffins, 12 cookies

 

Please place your order by Sunday 5pm for pick up or delivery on Tuesday!
email: [email protected]
call: 503-453-5546

We can ship them too! Order online here to have it shipped.

Farmers' Markets

I'm very very happy to announce that we will be selling at Farmers' Markets this season. Yes that was plural, there are two places you can catch us.

Starting April 30th you can find us at the Hillsboro Farmer's Market every Saturday 8 - 1:30pm. Located on Main Street & 2nd Ave in Hillsboro. This market is a long one and goes until October 29th. Our stall for the whole season will be on Main Street near 3rd Ave.

This will be a good opportunity for us to reach outside of Portland. I've heard that Hillsboro has a lot of gluten free people, so we hope to see lots of you! Plus working with this market has been wonderful so far. Meeting the vendors at the vendor meeting made us really excited to do this one. Seems like a big vibrant and growing market.

Then starting on June 5th, we'll be at the Cully Community Market every Sunday as well. This market is open 10 - 2pm every Sunday through September 11th.

It's located in Portland at 5600 NE 42nd Ave and Killingsworth. While this is a smaller market, it's a great community organized affair and has grown a lot since it's humble beginnings last year. We're excited to be a part of their growth!

So what does this mean? We're growing. We anticipate a few growing pains along the way, but man does it feel good to stretch our legs. We've been working hard all winter to get all our ducks in a row so that we'd be ready to expand come spring. And now it's here!

We're going to have to make a few changes. The first and most noticeable of course is the lack of our Walk-in Saturdays. Our kitchen will still be open by appointment. So you should definitely order bread, cookies, cupcakes, cakes, cream puffs, and everything else from us. You just specify when you want to pick it up and we'll make it and have it ready for you. If you want to browse or stop by for a snack, you'll have to come visit us at the Farmers' Market. Or order your snacks for delivery through Pedal Power (available soon).

If you've never ordered from us, everything on our menu (and we take special requests) is available. You just give us a call or email and we'll make it happen.

Our weekly boxes are changing too. Not going away, we just need to change the how and the when. We'll have more information about them tomorrow.

Gluten Free Social

The January Meeting for our Gluten Free Group is this Sunday. We're going for low-key and fun this month, complete with board games.

Hope you'll join us!

What: Board Games and Gluten Free Social
When: Sunday, Jan 30th @ 2pm
Where: Dessert Labs
1902 NW 24th Ave
Portland

We're asking for a $5 donation to cover snacks. Feel free to bring any games you'd like to play. We'll have a variety of cards, classic board games and some newer ones too.

Please RSVP here or through our meetup group!

Product Suggestions Welcome

We've decided to put up an etsy shop for Dessert Labs. We're going to focus it on items that are easily shipped across the country and with a long shelf life. You'll still be able to order directly from us to pick up at the kitchen the full range of products. You'll also be able to order something and have it shipped right to your door.

Right now we're thinking breads (sandwich bread, a crustier loaf, and bagels), cookies, muffins, and some gluten free flour mixes with directions so you can make your own goodies.

We'd love to get some feedback on what you'd like to see in our etsy shop. Any items you would love to have shipped to you? And we're planning our valentine's day specials, so if you have any ideas for V-Day that would be terrific too. We have a few of our own brewing...

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas if you celebrate it. We do and we're taking the day off. We'll be back next week. Speaking of next week. Next Saturday is New Year's Day and we'll be closed again. So we're going to be open on Friday again instead!

 

Don't forget to order your New Year's Eve Party Treats!

Closed on Saturday. Please come to our potluck.

We're closed this Saturday. Check here every Friday to see the menu for this Saturday.

We're also open by appointment the rest of the week, so feel free to place an order!

We're closed because we're having a potluck! The holidays changes so many schedules around. So a heads up: next week, we'll be open on Friday, the 24th instead of Saturday. So check back on Thursday for a very holiday-related menu.

You should totally come to our potluck. 100% gluten free, held in our building and full of yummy food.

The Rules:
Bring a dish to share
Bring 1 gluten free recipe on an index card

Starts at noon on Saturday, December 18th.
1902 NW 24th Ave (btwn Thurman and Vaughn Sts)

RSVPs are encouraged!

We're making gf pizza and focaccia bread. What are you bringing?

Gluten Free Holiday Specials

Gluten Free Yule Log

It's almost Christmas and we're feeling somewhat like elves putting together presents and wrapping up cookies for our friends and family and yours too.

If you're looking for something special for the holidays, we've got your covered.

Yule Logs are a traditional christmas dessert, though in my family we slice it up for breakfast and eat it while we open gifts. It's a gluten free rolled cake, light and spongey, covered in buttercream and with a few meringue decorations.

Holiday Cookies come in all shapes and sizes: stars, christmas trees, and candy canes in this case. Just perfect for decorating. We make the mess and you get the fun.

We also have an array of cookies packaged together in a festive tin. We have shortbread and snickerdoodles, ginger snaps and chocolate chip, and my favorite, pfeffernusse.

We still have pies through the end of the year and we're happy to take special orders.

I know gluten free can be hard at the holidays, with all the visiting and baked goods, but we've got your back. Let us know if we can make your special christmas tradition gluten free.

 

Gluten Free Potluck

Our Gluten Free Meetup Group is hosting a potuck! We'd love to have more people join us.

When: Saturday, December 18th @ noon

Where: 1902 NW 24th Ave

What to bring: 1 dish to share and 1 recipe on an index card to trade
(All Gluten Free, please!)

You can either RSVP through our meetup group (it's free to join) or comment here. RSVPs help us plan!