May
17
2012
Corn and Sweet Potato Chips
Found another gluten free item at BJs. Just happened to notice these Garden of Eatin’ Sweet Potato Tortilla Chips. What I further found out is that Garden of Eatin’ is a small company in the Hain Celestrial Group. They actually make a variety of gluten free products including the Arrowhead Mills baking line of cake mixes and pancake mixes, De Boles gluten free pastas, and gluten free Cafe canned soups and frozen dinners. Hain Celestrial produces Certified Gluten Free products and is a supporter of the Celiac Sprue Association. The certification is important, as we know their products receive testing for gluten. Find out more about Hain Celestrial here: http://www.glutenfreechoices.com/
May
15
2012
A Gluten Free Humus Holder
If any of you eat hummus, you know you need a pretty thick, tough chip or cracker to not break when plowing through the hummus. We recently found a contender, a gluten free contender, at the Raleigh Home Goods store. Flamous Falafel Chips (http://www.flamousbrands.com/) will definitely serve that need. Falmous Brands make a variety of chips and hummus dressings and dips that all come gluten free certified.
May
13
2012
Gluten Free Circus Peanuts
Who doesn’t like candy? While recently stopping by a Rite Aid, we noticed all the packs of specially packed candy with a gluten free label. Lots of different candy, including circus peanuts, worms, and bears. Good to know we can pick up a bag of gluten free candy in a drug store. Good news for those who need some quick snacks or need to smuggle candy into their favorite movie!
Bears and Worms That are Gluten Free
May
11
2012
No Longer Just Your Basic Snacks!
Over the years, we have become accustomed to bringing lunch and snacks everywhere for our girls. Whether we go to an amusement park, the airport, or a park, we know we probably will not find many things for the girls to eat. Pullen Park (Cel-Kids Map) , however, bucks that trend. The classic park near NC State’s campus recently went through an extended renovation of its train, classic carousel, boats, and playgrounds. When opening recently, a more expanded snack shop opened with many gluten free items. While not able to pick up only gluten free items, your Celiac can definitely snack on many of the things available. Things like bags of Pirate Booty, rice bars, even cookies can definitely help you enjoy a nice morning or afternoon at one of Raleigh’s great parks!
May
9
2012
Great Cookies!
Gluten free cookies are always welcomed! Especially Snickerdoodles. Especially by a company (http://www.gilbertsgourmetgoodies.com/) that really seems to know their stuff about Celiac and food allergies and/or sensitivities. On their site, you see the Certified Gluten Free logo and information on National Celiac Month.
I would caution you about going to their site, as you will see images of chocolate cookies, brownies, pies, and frozen cookie dough, all of which will make you very hungry! While we only found the Snickerdoodles at Home Goods, we want to definitely try more of these!
May
7
2012
More GF Bars
As we mentioned, when you go into a Marshalls’ type store, you do not expect to find gluten free items. Fortunately for Celiacs, they carry many varieties of gluten free items. We recently found Glenny’s gluten free bars in a variety of flavors. Looking at the company (http://www.glennys.com/), you can see the typical organic company with a wide variety of items. Some gluten free, some not, so check carefully. While intrigued with their gf oatmeal cookies on their website, we were pleased to see a variety of bars at Marshalls. We found a peanut bar and a cranberry and almond bar. We like bars like this, individually wrapped, as you can take them to school, when travelling, or with the weather getting nicer, trips to the beach. Definitely try glenny’s when you find them!
May
5
2012
Gluten Free Crackers
Parents of Celiacs know that family picnics, parties, and dinners can be the most challenging in providing gluten free snacks. We recently rand across Natural Nectar’s brand of cracker that you would definitely want to try as a replacement for gluten crackers. The company, Natural Nectar (http://natural-nectar.com/b2/) does sell products with gluten, so make sure you read the labels.
May
3
2012
Finally...Gluten Free Fig Bars
Most people like a good Fig Newton. Whether the cookie shell, or the fig filling, or trying to pretend it is a health food, people like those cookies. Of course, regular Fig Newtons are a no-no for Celiacs. Until now, that is. While at Home Goods in Raleigh, we found Oskri gluten free Fig Bars. Oskri (http://www.oskri.com/) sells a variety of organic bars, nuts, spices, syrup, and more. What I really like about Oskri is their page on ingredients in their products. Nice to just a few ingredients in a product, without all the additives. Definitely pick up a pack of Oskri bars when you see them in the stores!
Apr
29
2012
Marylyn's GF Tortilla Chips
So the Home Goods store (click here for Google Maps) may not be the first place that comes to mind for gluten free products. Or the second, or third, or twenty, but you can find MANY gf items there. We happened to stop there recently and just were shocked at the variety of items. We will review them in the next few blog posts.
One thing we found is Marilyn’s Tortilla chips. You can find information here, but Marilyn’s produces a variety of snacks including chips, salsa, popcorn, and different tortilla chips. According to their website, you can also find Marilyn’s products at TJ Maxx and Marshalls. Interesting…
Apr
26
2012
These Angry Birds are Gluten Free!
Yup, the Angry Birds continue to get overexposed. They really need to find themselves a new agent. No worries for us though, especially since their new gummies are clearly marked gluten free! So many of these fruit snacks come gluten free these days, that we definitely find many choices. We found these at Sheetz, but then a few days later we found them at Rite Aid as well.