Join us as we share the ups and downs of our newly diagnosed 10-year-old daughter's celiac journey, from groceries, recipes, restaurants, travel tips and more. Learn with us as we start our gluten free journey and document it along the way. We hope we can be a guide and help other families as they navigate this journey, too!

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From the gluten free goodies we like, to what we eat on vacations, check out our best recommendations!

  • GF Goodies

    Our gluten free girl rates all of the gluten free foods that we’re trying. See her favs!

  • GF Recipes

    We’re a very picky bunch of eaters but we’ll share the gluten free recipes that we try!

  • GF Restaurants

    Finding yummy gluten free restaurants might be one of the hardest parts of this journey. We’ll share where we try and what restaurants we’ll continue to visit!

  • GF Travel

    We love to go on family vacations and will share our experiences with gluten free on vacations!

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Graeter’s Ice Cream
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Graeter’s Ice Cream

We were shopping and wanted to treat our girlie, so we decided to try Graeter’s ice cream. Before getting in line, I looked to see if any of their ice creams were gluten free and they had quite a few. Our girlie loves mint chocolate chip ice cream so that’s what she wanted to try. When I ordered for her, I started by telling them that our girlie had celiac disease.

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Kraft GF Deluxe Mac & Cheese
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Kraft GF Deluxe Mac & Cheese

While picking up a few things for Easter at Meijer, we were looking for a good Mac & cheese to try and found this Kraft Deluxe Mac & Cheese. I made it for our girlie for Easter dinner and she really liked it. It had one of those cheese sauce packets included, also labeled gluten free. Our girlie said she would definitely eat it again!

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More GF Easter Candy!
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More GF Easter Candy!

We found a few more great gluten free Easter candies that I wanted to share. Our girlie has an expander in her mouth to get ready for braces, so anything chewy, gummy or sticky is out. We needed other options and found these great ones that were all gluten free. She was so excited to get all of them on Easter morning!

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GF Easter Candy - See’s Candy
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GF Easter Candy - See’s Candy

It’s our first Easter with celiac disease for our girlie and we really had no idea what Easter candy she could eat. A lot of the people I follow mentioned that most solid chocolate Easter bunnies that you could buy at Target were not gluten free. And a lot of other holiday candy is made in a facility with products that contain wheat. I was determined that our girlie would have a solid chocolate bunny in her Easter basket this year - it’s a tradition! After a lot of research, I found See’s Candies.

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Made Good Soft Baked Mini Cookies
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Made Good Soft Baked Mini Cookies

We found the Made Good Soft Baked Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies at Target and our girlie thought they were great! All of the Made Good products (that we’ve tried) have been gluten free, so I don’t have to worry when we pick them up at the store.

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Ava Organics Coconut Crispy Rollers
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Ava Organics Coconut Crispy Rollers

We had never had a coconut roller before our girlie’s celiac diagnosis, and we only tried them because they were gluten free. Surprisingly, coconut rollers are great! It’s just a little bit of sweet with lots of crunch. We got our first batch from Costco and had previously reviewed them (yum!). This set was from Fresh Thyme. The original flavor tasted very similar to the Costco version.

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Miss Jones Baking Co. Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix
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Miss Jones Baking Co. Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix

I can only say 1 thing about these cookies…..delicious! We picked up this Miss Jones Baking Co. Chocolate Chip cookie mix at Fresh Thyme on our last trip. The packaging made the cookies look great, so we wanted to try them. I made them today while our girlie had a friend over. Her friend isn’t gluten free, but they both thought the cookies were amazing! The rest of the family also tried them and we thought they were just as good as cookies with gluten. This is the best gluten free cookie mix we’ve ever had!

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New York City - Day 4
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New York City - Day 4

It was our last full day in New York City and we needed to fit in a lot! We wanted to fuel up to start our day, so we went to nearby Friedmans Restaurant for breakfast. As I’ve talked about before, our girlie loves chocolate chip pancakes, so we had to try these! They did not disappoint! She said they were the best gluten free pancakes that she’s ever had! They were big, fluffy, chocolatey with a pile of whipped cream - in a word, perfect. Friedmans is also known for their amazing gluten free menu and we felt really great about taking our girlie here. Her brother, who isn’t gluten free, said that his sandwich was the best breakfast sandwich he’s ever had!

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New York City Trip - Day 3
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New York City Trip - Day 3

Day 3 in New York City! This was an amazing gluten free food day and it all happened to be Italian food! We started with lunch at PizzArte because they had gluten free pizza crusts that people raved about. Our girlie tried the gluten free crust cheese pizza and she LOVED it! She said it was the best gluten free pizza crust that she’s ever had - and even went as far as saying that it may have been the best pizza she’s ever had!!

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New York City Trip - Day 2
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New York City Trip - Day 2

It was day 2 of our trip to New York City and I have to share one of our new FAVORITE gluten free dessert places, Posh Pop Bakeshop! This was the highlight of the day and honestly, one of the highlights of the trip. Our girlie loves sweets of all kinds, and this place had so many to choose from and they were all gluten free. We really wish there was one of these closer to home. I did see on their website that they ship all across the country, so maybe for a special occasion, we can have them delivered.

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New York City Trip - Day 1
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New York City Trip - Day 1

We had an amazing Spring Break trip to New York City a few weeks ago - and it was our very first trip since our girlie was diagnosed with Celiac Disease! We were unsure of how it would go but with LOTS of research and recommendations, we were able to enjoy ourselves and make sure our girlie was safe and gluten free.

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Kind Dipped Clusters
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Kind Dipped Clusters

We just tried this new bag of Kind Dipped Clusters (Dark Chocolate Vanilla Cashew) and our girlie LOVED them! They are a delicious combination of chocolate and sugar coated nuts. There were 2 small issues that we found with this great new snack, though.

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Goodles
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Goodles

Our girlie wanted to give the Goodies Cheddy Mac a try since a good mac and cheese is a must-have. She liked it but said it didn’t compare to the old Kraft mac and cheese that she remembers. It will be great in a pinch if she’s craving it, but we’re still on the lookout for a quick mac and cheese brand. Stay tuned as we try some other brands!

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Fresh Thyme Haul - March
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Fresh Thyme Haul - March

We made it back from our Spring Break trip to New York City and I’m working on a recap of our trip - including all of the amazing gluten free restaurants! Since we were low on groceries when we got back, we needed to stock up on some gluten free items. I’ll review them as our girlie eats them, but here’s the overall list of new gluten free items we’re trying.

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Made Good Chocolate Drizzled Granola Bars
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Made Good Chocolate Drizzled Granola Bars

Our girlie loves the Made Good brand because they have delicious options that are all 100% gluten free. This granola bar is birthday cake flavored and the part she loves is that it’s dipped in chocolate on the bottom and drizzled in it on the top. The part that really makes it fun are the small, colorful little pieces of rice.

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Annie’s Gluten Free Bunny Grahams
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Annie’s Gluten Free Bunny Grahams

When our favorite brand also makes a gluten free version of a snack we like, we celebrate! We found Annie’s Gluten Free Bunny Grahams on Amazon and thought we would try them. Our girlie said they’re as good as the regular bunnies, so we’re happy!

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Schar Marble Cake
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Schar Marble Cake

This Marble Cake, a little chocolate swirl pound cake, from Schar was a perfect, quick dessert for our family! It was small but fed all 4 of us with some left over. Our girlie thought it was great and asked us to buy it again! I feel like next time we could add some strawberries and whipped cream and it would be even more delicious!

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Chocolate Chex
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Chocolate Chex

Cereal is one of our go-to’s in the morning, so we love finding new, delicious ones. If you’ve never tried Chocolate Chex, what are you waiting for?! They are crispy with just enough chocolate flavor. Our family has even started eating them without milk for a quick snack. I feel like these would be a great addition to a Chex mix recipe - maybe puppy chow.

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Schar Gluten Free Pizza Crust
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Schar Gluten Free Pizza Crust

DELICIOUS! This pizza crust from Schar can only be described as delicious! Our girlie agreed that this is one of the best gluten free pizzas we’ve had since she was diagnosed. She made both pizzas herself, which was a welcome break for me, and she did an amazing job.

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