Gluten free products I like

I would just like to say that just because I like it doesn't mean that you will, but I have tested these items on my daughter and my husband and gotten a thumbs up review. My husband does not have celiac and likes his bread, so finding things that he is okay with is important.

First let me say that the bread, pizza crusts, and muffins you can buy from UDI's are wonderful, I wish we had the products in my grocery store! I am thinking of petitioning a local store to get their items in. If you do not live near a store with these products, you can buy online, but shipping is a bear! http://www.udisglutenfree.com/

I am also a fan of going to the local Asian markets to get their rice pasta. Many of their products are just made from three ingredients and have English labels. I find that their rice pasta is great and much, much cheaper than going to the gluten free section of the grocery store to get rice pasta. I swear gluten-free labeling is code for "we can charge you whatever we like!" I do however like Mrs. Leaper's rice pasta. If I spelled that wrong, sorry, but it is shaped rice pasta so children will like it. It cooks up the best out of the supermarket brands.

Glutino products are great. They have frozen pizza shells, cereal, snack bars, pretzels... and much of it tastes like regular gluten-based food. I could eat a whole bag of their pretzels! When my daughter was younger I gave her the Glutino version of Cheerios and she loved them. I found a website that sells their products, but many of them can be found in the grocery store.
http://www.glutenfree.com/index.cfm?dsp=public.products.search_results&by_fixture=&by_style=&by_brand=&by_price=&search_text=Glutino&gclid=CK_9sM6Xr6ECFU8K2god2RPRAQ

Here is the official site: http://www.glutino.com/

Chex cereals are now almost entirely gluten-free. Obviously the wheat ones are not, but you can find rice, corn, chocolate and cinnamon gluten-free Chex in the cereal isle. Betty Crocker also has cake mixes and chocolate chip cookie mixes that are gluten free. Yum!

For great chicken, Bell and Evans has a whole line of gluten free chicken. It tastes great and since my daughter's daycare serves chicken nuggets, I can send them along so she does not feel left out. Here is the link: http://www.bellandevans.com/index.cfm?act=gluten_free


I have found that you can use many of the above items in regular recipes and they taste great. When I make pasta dishes, I use rice pasta or Mrs. Leaper's pasta instead of wheat pasta and it tastes just as good. Glutinos pizza crusts are great for making pizza. For spaghetti sauce I like to use Delgrosso and can usually get it on sale.

Of course you all know that fruits and veggies are gluten free and since the weather will be improving, we can enjoy several months of great local produce. For dessert, nothing beats Breyer's ice cream. The vanilla has very few ingredients and all of them are gluten free.

For those who are super sensitive to even air born particles, read the labels. Many companies are getting better about listing possible allergens.

I hope this helps. I will continue to post items when I find them, so check back soon!