This was a great week on the gluten free diet. Instead of my regular, “Love It, Like It, Avoid It,” roundup, I have three “Love It” reviews. What a great way to start November!
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I love 123 Gluten Free Lindsay’s Lipsmackin’ Sugar Cookie Mix. I follow the instructions to the letter, and the resulting cookies are delicious. I cut them in the shape of pumpkins and frosted them with homemade orange icing for a Halloween party at work this week. They were cute, and tasted great. In fact, several women at work commented that they couldn’t tell that they were gluten free. In addition, couple of them asked about how to make baked goods gluten free, and I was able to answer their questions. It was rewarding to spread awareness of celiac disease and gluten free baking. However, I left the cookies there for the rest of the afternoon and when I returned someone had combined the other glutenous treats with my cookies in my tupperware. So, I guess I need to keep spreading the awareness, but it felt like a win because I fulfilled my pledge to share a gluten-free treat in celebration of Celiac Awareness Month.
Love It
Annie’s Naturals makes fabulous gluten-free salad dressings. Not all of their dressings are gluten free, but the ones that are GF say so on the back label. The company also has an online listing of their GF products. We made gluten-free buffalo chicken salad this week and used Annie’s Naturals Cowgirl Ranch Dressing. It was delicious and creamy. I had been making my own salad dressing because I had a hard time finding any that were conclusively gluten free (and healthy). But it’s nice to have some ready-made dressing on hand, and I hadn’t been ambitious enough to make ranch dressing from scratch. At any rate, now I won’t need to because Annie’s Naturals dressings are amazing!
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If you’re a regular reader of our blog, you know that Drew and I love spicy Mexican-inspired cuisine. So, we eat a lot of salsa, both homemade and ready-made from the grocery store. My favorite grocery store brand is Frontera. There are several flavors that we like, but we love Frontera’s Salpica Tomato Jalapeño Medium Salsa. It’s perfect on chips, fajitas, quesadillas, and fajita chicken salads. I love it as a quick snack on the weekends or while watching college football on Saturday afternoons. A Frontera customer service representative confirmed that all of their chips and salsas are gluten free. The only Frontera products that are not gluten free are their Chili Mix and barbeque sauces.
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