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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Vacation S’mores
When we vacationed at Deep Creek Lake, Maryland, we had to make s’mores! There was a fire pit in the backyard and it was a lake tradition to have a s’mores night. Obviously, we wanted our girlie to be able to make one, too, so we brought Pamela’s Honey Grahams.
1st Gluten Free Birthday
Our girlie turned 11 yesterday!! It’s her first birthday since her celiac diagnosis, so we are still navigating the best way to do things. We celebrated with family over the weekend with pizza and an amazing gluten free chocolate-cherry birthday cake (recipe and pics coming!) In 2 weeks we’ll be hosting her friend birthday party, so I’ll also share details about that afterwards.
Vaca Grocery Haul
On our vacation to Deep Creek Lake, MD, we explored the grocery stores to see what new gluten free goodies we could find. We went to both Walmart and Shop ‘n Save and came home with a handful of new treats to try, as well as some things we’ve tried before and really liked.
Gluten Free Vacation Essentials
We just made it back from vacation and I wanted to share some of our gluten free wins!
We went to Deep Creek Lake, MD for a week where we rented a house on the lake. It was an amazing trip because it’s one of our favorite places! We hadn’t been there since our girlie was diagnosed with celiac, so I was worried about the gluten free food situation. We prepped by packing a lot of our girlie’s favorite snacks, meals & desserts. If we have our basics, we can always fill in with meat, cheese, fruits and veggies. Having these items worked out really well.
Sweet Loren’s Fudge Brownie
One of the best gluten free treats that we’ve found are Sweet Loren’s cookies! Our girlie is a huge fan of the Fudgy Brownie flavor and I have to admit that I think they are delicious, too. They are super easy to make that our girlie helps me when it’s time.
MadeGood Crispy Squares
If you’re looking for a good gluten free dupe of a Rice Krispie treat, we’ve found them, MadeGood Crispy Squares. Our girlie liked them, said they were close, but not quite perfect. When you can’t have the real thing, though, it’s a great substitute.
Let’s Do Gluten Free Ice Cream Cones
What’s more Summerish than ice cream cones? Not much! And we hit the jackpot at Fresh Thyme today when we found these Let’s Do Gluten Free Cake Style Ice Cream Cones. I was so excited to share that our girlie hasn’t even tried them out yet but I can only imagine she’ll just be excited to have an ice cream cone again. We’ll report back after our first official ice cream cone since our celiac diagnosis!
Bake Me Happy Bakery
We’ve been a little MIA lately because the end of the school year had so much to do - finishing the softball season (and baseball for her brother), choir concerts, final projects, tests, fun days, Apex glow runs and so much more. We were EXHAUSTED! Once Summer hit, we had to take a little break and slow down. But we have plenty of things we want to share this Summer, including our upcoming vacations and gluten free adventures!
One of our local adventures this week included one of our favorite gluten free bakeries in Columbus - Bake Me Happy! I’ve posted about them before because they are an amazing offering for the celiacs in Central Ohio. Everything they make is completely gluten free and delicious. We were at Nationwide Children’s Hospital for our girlie’s first checkup with her doctor since being diagnosed with celiac last year and he asked if we were going to stop at Bake Me Happy on our way home (more news about this great appointment soon). It was close-by, so of course we were!
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!