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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Gluten Free Target Haul
Our girlie LOVES Target, so on our last trip, we searched for some gluten free goodies. We found a few that we’ve had before and a few new ones. I’ll review any of the new ones separately. Overall, we were really happy with our haul!
Chocolate Satin Pie Dupe
It was my niece’s birthday this weekend, and we were heading to their house for a birthday BBQ. I asked my sister about the dessert they were having for the bday girl and she said they were getting a Marie Callendar’s Chocolate Silk Pie (one of our girlie’s old favorites!). Our girlie was immediately sad when I told her but I said that we could buy or make whatever gluten free dessert she wanted and bring it with us.
Tower 28 Lip Products
Our girlie is growing up and enjoying our trips to Sephora more and more! We found out not long ago that her Lip Smackers were not gluten free, so we were on a mission to find lip products that were gluten free when we found Tower 28 Beauty. They make clean make-up products for sensitive skin and their lip products happen to be gluten free!
MadeGood Snickerdoodle Mini Cookies
Our girlie really likes everything we get from MadeGood! This time we tried the Soft Baked Snickerdoodle mini cookies. They are the same bite sized cookies as the Soft Baked Mini Chocolate Chip cookies. These have a cinnamon flavor that our girlie really liked. It’s another great choice of cookies for her lunchbox. MadeGood seems to always be a win for her!
Condado Tacos
We had some free time last Friday night and we decided to take our girlie to Condado for tacos. She loved them the last time we went, and they do a great job with gluten free (nearly everything on their menu is gluten free). This is one of our go-to restaurants!
Schar Chocolate Thins
We make a habit of checking for new delicious treats from Schar when we go to the grocery store. Last trip, we found these Schar Chocolate Thins. Our girlie thought they were great!
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
Annie’s Gluten Free Chicken & Pasta Soup
We were so excited to find a gluten free chicken noodle soup! It’s one of those winter staples that our girlie missed with her celiac disease. Thank you, Annie’s!
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.
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!
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!
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!!
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.
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.
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.
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!