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!
Recent Posts
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Bob’s Red Mill GF Muffin Mix
Our girlie is a HUGE muffin fan, especially for breakfast! We were on the search for a muffin mix that we could easily make at home when she wanted a muffin and the Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free Muffin Mix was perfect.
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”!
GF at Red Robin
Our girlie really enjoyed her gluten free dinner at Red Robin! We did some research on Find Me Gluten Free and Red Robin had really good reviews. When we ordered, we told the waitress that our daughter had celiac and asked about the preparation of the food.
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!
Bibibop Bowls
Our girlie has found a new restaurant that she likes, Bibibop! My husband and I have been eating there for years, not even realizing that the entire menu is all gluten free. We love our bowls with lots of veggies and they do have a big selection of them, but our girlie likes hers a little less green. She orders it with white rice, chicken, cheese and egg and says it’s great.
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!
Bake Me Happy Christmas Treats
Bake Me Happy is one of the gluten free bakeries in Columbus which means it’s one of our new favorite places! Our girlie has a sweet tooth and finding a bakery where she can eat everything is amazing!
Our first time there was a few months ago, before our girlie’s testing, when her doctor only suspected she might have celiac disease. He told us to go and check out his favorite bakery in town - Bake Me Happy. We did and quickly knew that this would be a great place for us if we found out she had celiac (which she did).
Original Pancake House of Central Ohio
Happy New Year! Wishing you a wonderful 2025 where you can enjoy plenty of amazing gluten free goodies!
Over our girlie’s Christmas break, we did our yearly breakfast outing with my parents. It’s a fun way to kick off the kid’s Christmas vacation. I did a lot of research and found a post on Instagram from @columbusglutenfreeliving about the Original Pancake House of Central Ohio. You can order nearly everything on the menu as a gluten free entree.
Gluten Free Gingerbread House
Another Christmas tradition in our family is making gingerbread houses. The more I read about doing that with celiac disease, the more I was hesitant to do so with our girlie. We don’t eat them, but I didn’t want there to be any chance of her getting sick from working with a gingerbread house with gluten.
Instead, we bought a few boxes of Pamela’s Gluten Free Honey Grahams and made our own! With the help of some vanilla icing and decorations, we had just as much fun with it as we usually do! Introducing our girlie’s “Sweet Shop”! Her brother even joined in on the fun, and there were plenty of graham crackers and decorations for him, too.
Gluten Free Christmas Cookies & Treats
Our family has a tradition of making Christmas cookies every year. Even though this year would be different and gluten free, we were still going to make cookies! After doing a lot of research, we decided to make cookies from the Meaningful Eats website. Her cookies look amazing and there were so many to choose from.
First Gluten Free Christmas
We’ve been a little MIA here but only because we were enjoying our time off for the holidays! Hope everyone is enjoying them as much as we are! I’ll do a full recap of our first gluten free Christmas but check out the highlights!
Kirkland’s Organic Tortilla Chips
Costco has a great selection of gluten free options - including this bag of Organic Tortilla Chips. They are certified gluten free! The bag itself is huge and easily feeds the entire family. We’re happy to share that It’s also a winner with our 10 year old girlie. She likes them for a snack by themselves or as a side when we have tacos. Our non-celiac son loves them with the small guacamole cups that are also sold at Costco. This is a snack that is gluten free, tastes great and is a great deal!
Cheryl’s Gluten Free Christmas Cookies
Who doesn’t love a good Christmas cookie? Our 10 year old celiac daughter especially loves them - which is why we had to find some gluten free substitutes. One awesome substitute we found was Cheryl’s Cookies! They have an amazing selection of gluten free Christmas (and regular) cookies. We tried the buttercream frosted cookies with both white and red icing, chocolate chip cookies, fudge brownies and an aatmeal raisin cookie.
Unreal Dark Chocolate Coconut Minis
Our girlie definitely loves her sweets! We found these Unreal Dark Chocolate Coconut Minis and she loves them. We noticed them right away at Costco because we saw the Certified Gluten Free symbol when we were in the snack aisle.
Gluten Free at Chick-Fil-A
Going to restaurants may be one of the most difficult things to do with a 10 year old who has celiac disease. She’s old enough to remember all of the yummy food that she’s eaten in the past and it makes her very sad to go somewhere and have to order a gluten free meal. One place that we’ve found that she can eat something that she still enjoys is Chick-Fil-A!
Digiorno Gluten Free Pizza
When you’re 10, trying to find the best pizza that you can still eat is a top priority. A lot of local pizza places have cross contamination, so we’ve found the easiest thing to do is to buy a pre-made gluten free pizza. We tried the Digiorno Gluten Free pepperoni pizza and it was great! Our girlie liked it a lot! She said she likes this one for a thick crust and still likes the Milton’s (that we’ve shared before) for a thin, crispy crust.