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!
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GF Goodies
Our gluten free girl rates all of the gluten free foods that we’re trying. See her favs!
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GF Recipes
We’re a very picky bunch of eaters but we’ll share the gluten free recipes that we try!
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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!
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GF Travel
We love to go on family vacations and will share our experiences with gluten free on vacations!
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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!

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!

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.

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.

Pillsbury Gluten Free Double Chocolate Brownies
Happy Valentine’s Day! We tried the Pillsbury Gluten Free Double Chocolate Brownies tonight to celebrate and they were great! The kids asked if they could have them fresh out of the oven with some ice cream and I added red sprinkles to make it more festive. These were definitely something that we would all eat again, especially our girlie!

Cheddar Cheese Biscuit Mix
We don’t have biscuits much at home but when we saw this Live G Free Gluten Free Cheddar Cheese Biscuit Mix at Aldi, we had to get it. You make them like regular biscuits and when they are fresh out of the oven, you melt butter and mix it with their garlic seasoning and pour over the freshly cooked biscuits. They were a hit with everyone in the family, except our girlie. She didn’t seem to love the garlic butter mixture. I’m still giving it a thumbs up, though. If you’re over 10 years old and love garlic biscuits, it’s probably a mix worth trying!

King Arthur Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake
This is our second time trying the King Arthur Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake Mix and the whole family loves it! It’s moist and chocolatey and tastes even better than some cakes that have gluten.

Brazi Bites
Finding a good gluten free garlic bread had proven to be a challenge. However, we found Brazi Bites that were Brazilian Garlic Cheese Bread flavored and decided to try them. They aren’t normal sized pieces of bread, like most garlic breads. They are small, round, cheesy bread bites, and were a great garlic bread substitute. Our girie recommends buttering them right out of the oven!

Schar Twin Bar
Amazing find!! While doing my usual “gluten free” search of the Kroger app to see if there is anything new for our girlie to try, I came across the Schar Twin Bar! Our girlie loved it and the bonus was that the package had individually wrapped bars. Kit Kats used to be one of her favorite candies, so she had a look of pure happiness when she found out that Schar made a gluten free chocolate covered crispy wafer bar.

Fresh Additions Chicken Breast Bites
While at Costco a few months ago, we came across these Fresh Additions Fully Cooked Chicken Breast Bites. We’re always looking for ways to increase the protein in both kid’s lunches, so we thought we’d try them. These have 24g of protein per small package. They were so popular among both kids that we have bought them 2-3 more times! They come in a package of 10 small containers (Costco style), so they are the perfect lunch sized portion.

Udi’s Gluten Free Lasagna with Meat Sauce
Ever since our girl was diagnosed with Celiac a few months ago, we’ve been eating a lot of dinners with meat, potatoes and a vegetable. Sometimes we have sports or somewhere to go to in the evening and we need something easy. We decided to try a frozen gluten free lasagna from Udi’s and were pleasantly surprised with how much our girlie liked it.

Krusteaz Gluten Free Cornbread
My husband made chili for dinner tonight and I thought it would be perfect to make cornbread with it. I searched our grocery store and they carried a gluten free Honey Cornbread by Krusteaz. We found out that our girlie isn’t a big fan of cornbread, since this was the first time she’s ever tried it. The rest of the family loved it, though!

Schar GF Chocolate Dipped Cookies
A cookie….dipped in dark chocolate….yes, please! These Chocolate Dipped Cookies from Schar Gluten Free were definitely a win for our girlie! They are like a shortbread cookie that’s not too crumbly or dry, dipped in a delicious chocolate coating on the bottom.

Katz GF Apple Pie
I had shared previously that we ordered a haul from Katz and we’ve started to try a few things-one of them being the gluten free apple pie. This is highly recommended by the whole family and our girlie said she “would definitely eat it again”!

The Good Crisp Company Snacks
We were at Whole Foods looking for new gluten free snacks and came across the brand, The GOOD Crisp Company. Our girlie (and non-celiac son!) wanted to try a few different kinds, so we bought the Cheddar Cheese Balls, the Spicy Cheese Balls, and the Classic Original Potato Crisps. The favorite out of the bunch, for everyone, was the Cheddar Cheese Balls.

Bob’s Red Mill GF Pancake Mix
Our girlie is a chocolate chip pancake lover. We had to find a good substitute that would make the whole family happy and Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free Pancake Mix did! We’re so happy that it didn’t take long to find a mix we liked (it was only the 2nd one we tried). This is now one of our go-to breakfasts. We have ours with a pile of bacon and that makes for a very happy girlie!

Katz Gluten Free Haul
Right before Thanksgiving, we picked up a Katz Pumpkin Pie and it was amazing! (review in a previous post) My husband looked to see if Katz made anything else, and came across their whole amazing gluten free website! They sell so many amazing treats that we had to try more of them. We ordered right around Christmas and were able to try one of their special holiday items!

Our Favorite Gluten Free Bread
One of the most difficult things to find after our girlie got her celiac diagnosis was a good gluten free loaf of bread. She didn’t like the taste of a lot of the bread we tried or it just fell apart when she was eating it. Until we tried Canyon Bakehouse Hawaiian Sweet bread! My dad went on a mission to find her the best bread (because he’s a great grandpa!). He told us about the awesome reviews of this bread and bought us a loaf to try from Kroger. We tried it for a PB&J sandwich, and our girlie instantly told us it was her favorite! It’s the only bread that we keep in the house for her these days, unless it’s sold out because apparently we aren’t the only ones around here who love it.

Chomplings
Our girlie is notorious for not being a big sandwich eater at lunch. She loves yogurt, fruit, maybe some gluten free chips or pretzels and something sweet. We needed to add some additional gluten free protein to her lunch, though. I read great things about Chomps sticks and I wasn’t sure what she would think. After doing a small taste test of the Beef flavor, she thought they were great!

Gluten Free Thin Mint Cookies
It’s everyone’s favorite post-holiday time of year here, Girl Scout cookie season. Our girlie used to love it since she’s a Girl Scout and we order plenty of cookies from her. This year will be different, though. There is only 1 kind of gluten free Girl Scout cookie, and it’s not great. We found a new cookie, Goodie Girl Mint Cookies, and our girlie loved them. They taste just like Thin Mints and are gluten free! Now, she’ll be able to enjoy this season as much as everyone else with our new cookie substitute. I LOVE when we can find foods that are just like the gluten version. Now when everyone in her Girl Scout troop is eating Thin Mints, she can, too!