When going gluten free, it can definitely be overwhelming at first, but don't worry! It gets easier with time! You will become a professional at reading labels. You'll find your go-to brands, but I think the best advice I have received is to keep my pantry and freezer stocked. I try to keep something sweet in my freeezer/pantry at all times for when I'm having a sweet tooth. We always have bread in the freezer and pasta in the pantry. This is a great list of some items that you might want to keep stocked in your pantry or refrigerator, depending on what you crave! When I first went gluten free, I missed things that I never really craved before! For example, I never grew up eating a lot of corn dogs or chicken nuggets, but every once in a while, I will crave a corn dog or chicken nuggets. I was surprised by some of the things I was craving after living gluten free for a couple weeks. Since I am the only one that is gluten free in my household, we keep a ton of gluten free foods stocked so that I can eat the gluten free version of whatever is being made. We also try to buy stuff when it is on sale! When I cook, I make everything gluten free instead of making two meals.
This list will continue to grow, but I think it is great for those that are just starting out. It gives you an idea of some of the brands and the items they make, while also giving you my thoughts/reviews!
- Udis brand items: I love their double chocolate brownies, blueberry muffins, chocolate chip cookies, and their plain bagels. I was not a fan of the bread. (I now like the Millet Chia and the fresh loaves at Walmart/Costco) GF bread just isn’t the same as gluten-filled bread. You can sign up for $1.00 off coupons on their website. It will save you some money in the long-run. I signed up my whole family so we each get $1.00 off each month and they print the coupons off and it saves me $5.00 if I need to stock up.
- Three Bakers: omg. It's the best bread I've ever had. The only time I buy it is when I go to Oklahoma, which isn't too often! I bring back 4-5 loaves in an ice chest. It is my absolute favorite bread!
- Corn pasta: I love the GF corn pasta. Corn pasta is my favorite GF pasta. Rice pasta can overcook really fast and doesn’t reheat as well. The corn pasta I buy is pretty cheap (HEB Brand).
- Betty Crocker’s Gluten Free Dessert Line: I have had the gluten free vanilla cake and the brownies. They both taste delicious. These were things I craved and didn’t think I could have after going GF. They also sell sugar cookie mix and chocolate cake mix.
- Pillsbury GF line: This you might have to do a little searching for. They now make cookie dough, pizza crust, and pie crust in the refrigerated section. I personally didn't like the pie crust and I haven't tried any of the other items.
- Crunchmaster Multi-Grain Crackers: These are sold at our Sam’s. They come in a brown box. They are my go-to crackers.
- Food Should Taste Good: These can be found at some Krogers and I used to buy them from Sam’s in Sherman. I love their gluten free tortilla chips. (Most tortilla chips should be naturally gluten free, just check them)
- Gluten free chicken tenders: I craved breaded chicken tenders and I recommend Applegate brand chicken tenders. They are organic and tasty. Ian’s is also supposed to be pretty tasty. Ian’s brand can be found at any grocery store.
- Rice Krispie cereal: The gluten free rice krispie cereal comes in a yellow box. I used it to make rice krispie treats!
- Cocoa Pebbles and Fruity Pebbles: these are now GF and they taste delicious.
- Gluten free oatmeal: We found it on sale at Big Lots. They have a big selection of Bob’s Red Mill gluten free products. (They also have gluten-filled products so look carefully) It’s really good! It can be found pretty much everywhere.
- GF soups: I have found some good gluten free cream of mushroom soup. Progresso makes some gluten free soups as well.
- GF all-purpose flour: Hodgson Mills is a good brand but they have stuff that isn’t gluten free so make sure to get the gluten free one. We use it just as we would use normal flour. Bob’s Red Mill is also a good brand.
- GF Corn flakes: These make some good GF homemade chicken tenders. We use GF cornflakes for anything we need to bread.
- Amy’s brand frozen meals: Amy’s brand has some good gluten free meals.
- GF pizza crust: I know Rudi’s and Udi’s makes gluten free crust, but I haven’t tried it. I buy a box of gluten free crust and make 4 personal size pizza crusts. I bake them and then freeze them to use for later. It is cheaper this way.
- Annie’s box pasta: This brand has some gluten free boxed pastas. I did not like the rice pasta with the cheddar sauce. I was hoping for something that tasted like velveeta shells and cheese and it was nothing compared to velveeta shells and cheese, but they do have some good gluten free boxed pastas. I would rather make homemade GF mac and cheese with velveeta.
- Chex Cereal: They make some GF chex. I also like the honeynut rice chex to use as cereal.
- Kikkoman Soy Sauce: They make a gluten free soy sauce and teriyaki sauce. The gluten free soy sauce comes in a blue bottle. It tastes like normal soy sauce.
- Glutino: This brand has pretzels, chocolate covered pretzels, crackers, cereals, and practically everything else. They are really good.
- Ebenezer Foods: this is the newest company I have tried. They are not out in stores yet but I tried them at the GF expo that I went to. The make the best bread ever! You should be able to order from them online. I loved the bread (we ordered 3 mixes) and I also loved the muffin mix (we ordered 1). The bad thing is that they are really expensive. $10 for bread mix and $6 for muffin mix. L
- KIND snacks: delicious.
- Fruit Chia: These are great little fruit snack bars! I love them.
- Walmart: They have their own line of oreo type cookies, pretzels, mac and cheese, shells and cheese, muffins, chocolate chip cookies, brownies, and much more! Everything I have tried as been pretty tasty!
enjoy!
xoxo,
Jade
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