Gluten Free Favorites in The Savvy Celiac Pantry

Recently a friend of Emma’s was diagnosed with a gluten sensitivity.  As her family explores this transition to gluten free cooking, over the weekend the mom asked me whether my website had a list of gluten free favorites.  Hmmmm, I thought.  Well, I do have product reviews, but I am not sure I have our favorite products listed in one spot.  So I am doing it now.

I have to say, brands change often for us, because gluten-free products are evolving, for the better.

Here is a list of the gluten-free staples in our pantry right now, that might be worth a try for you.

• Noodles:
  • Tinkyada Brown Rice Lasagna noodles for that specific dish (*tip: I undercook them during the boiling process)
  • Barilla Gluten Free Penne for all other pasta-involved dishes
• Soups
  • Gluten Free Cafe’s Cream of Mushroom for slow-cooking pork chops
  • Gluten Free Cafe’s Chicken Noodle for those “I feel cruddy and need some soup” moments.
• Salty snacks
  • Glutino Pretzel Sticks perfect for dipping, eating with cheese or using as crunchy chow mein noodles <– seriously..you should try it
  • Baked Cheetos or Baked Ruffles  These are favorites for my girls when they have a to-go lunch that has to be made
  • Everyday Essentials Butter Microwave Popcorn — this is a generic brand sold at Cub Foods and labeled gluten free
• Crackers
  • Van’s Multigrain or Lots of Everything gluten free crackers (My dad really likes the cheese ones too). Great with meat and cheese, my daughter would prefer these over a sandwich for lunch any day.
• Flour
  • I usually make my own basic flour mix using rice flour, potato starch and tapioca starch– I buy those supplies at Asian food markets.  I use this as my base mix…for baking but also for thickening gravy.
  • Sorghum and brown rice flours from Bob’s Red Mill
  • 

    Homemade pizza crust with King Arthur Gluten Free Flour

    Flour Mix:  King Arthur’s All-Purpose Gluten Free Baking Mix.  It does not contain xanthan gum.  I made some great pizza crusts with it recently.

• Pre-made pizza crust
  • Schar gluten free pizza crusts.  These are individually wrapped and are shelf stable.  Emma likes these because they are not super thin like most gluten-free pizza crusts
• Stuffing
  • Aleia’s Savory Stuffing mix
  • Glutino’s Cornbread Stuffing mix
• Sauces
  • Ragu Old World Style Traditional
  • Classico Creamy Alfredo –When I don’t make my own white sauce
  • Classico Pizza Sauce for homemade pizza night
• Cereal
  • Fruity or Cocoa Pebbles (Emma’s pick)
  • Rice Chex good for cereal or snack before an after-school activity (Emma’s pick)
  • Hot cereal:  Arrowhead Mills Gluten Free Rice and Shine  (Amy’s pick)
• Pancake and cornbread mix
  • For both of these items I use Bob’s Red Mill.
• Taco night
  • Old El Paso Taco Seasoning
  • Ortega Yellow Corn Taco Shells
  • Mission Soft White Corn Tortillas are what I use because they are readily available at most grocery stores, but they can be pretty crumbly
  • Tostitos tortilla chips
• 

  Gluten-Free Ice Cream Sandwiches

  Ice Cream Sandwiches

  • Julies Organic/Glutenfreeda Gluten Free Ice Cream Sandwiches
• Cheese
  • Crystal Farms for regular co-jack or mozzarella
  • Cabot Seriously Sharp Cheddar for crackers and cheeseburgers
• Bread
  • Udi’s Bagels mostly used to make homemade croutons
  • Glutino English Muffins Emma loves these as a snack
  • *note, we don’t really buy bread.  Emma doesn’t really eat sandwiches, she would rather do crackers (see favorites above) and meat and cheese.  I did get my brother and dad Canyon Bakehouse hamburger buns for sandwiches once and I was told they were pretty good.  
• Other
  • Sabra Hummus
  • Pace Picante Sauce
  • Log Cabin Original Syrup 

Keep in mind, my daughter has pretty bland tastes.  So you may want to spice any of these products up with your own twist.

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