Gluten Free Food Reviews

Congratulations to CARLY with her randomly selected comment:

The Original Mary’s Gone Crackers are my absolute favorite. I’d love to try these.

You have won the August gluten free product give-away! A 12 pack of snack size Sticks & Twigs from Mary’s Gone Crackers will be on it’s way to you soon!

Carly, please email me at glutenfreefoodreviews {at} gmail [com] and provide your shipping address. (If you don’t email me, then I don’t know where to ship them!)

Good luck to the rest of you next month! Due to the Labor Day holiday, the September give-away will be announced on September 5th so no one misses out. In the meantime, I have some reviews ready to post this week- including the reviews of these Sticks & twigs snacks.

Announcing the winners of the July gluten free product give-away!

Thank you to all who shared their favorite gluten free treats and foods! I definitely have some new ideas for products I would love to try. My children helped me randomly select our following winners by picking two numbers between 1 and 29. Drum roll please . . .

to Sara L. with her comment:

Our favorite is probably the Baked Apple Pancake recipe from “Gluten-Free Coking for Dummies” by Danna Korn and Connie Sarros. We have breakfast for dinner probably once a week, and once I was diagnosed I needed to find a recipe that incorporated apple pancakes (our family’s favorite) for our weekly meal.

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Rebecca Wicklund with her comment:

My favorite product is Pamela’s Chocolate Cake Mix and then topped with the crunchy, sugary, chocolate frosting. Reminds me of the cake my mom used to always make when I was a kid!

Both of you have won the Bread of Life gift basket! Please email me at glutenfreefoodreviews [at} gmail [dot] com with your mailing address. I will then forward your information to Bread of Life, and before you know it, your tasty prize will be on its way!

Disappointed you didn’t win? Have no fear! Bread of Life bakery has generously donated more tasty gift baskets for the September give-away. So mark your calendars!

I am moving this week- moving from my fun little College Town of State College PA ( home of PSU- go Lions!) for the hot and dry western state of Utah. We are moving for my husband’s job, and it should definitely be an adventure. As a result, I will be offline for a week or so- and plan to return around July 1st to announce the July free product give-away (and trust me - it’s a good one! You don’t want to miss it).

To give my readers some fun while I am ‘away” I am giving away a prize package that represents one of my favorite memories in my old house.

One of my favorite memories was making chocolate chip pancake for my girls on spring mornings, with sunlight streaming through the windows and a cool breeze meandering through my kitchen. Chocolate chip pancakes and a tall glass of OJ is the all- time favorite breakfast treat at my house,and in the spring it was just a nice way to start our morning with great weather, tasty food, and conversation about what we wanted to do that day. Nothing fancy, nothing complicated, just a simple pleasure I hope to continue in our new home.

So, the give-away will be a bag of Pamela’s Products gluten free pancake mix, a spatula, and a bag of chocolate chips. No fancy rules to win, just reply to this post and share your favorite food related memory or tradition in your past- or present- home.

The winner will be announced on this site around July 1st or so, and the announcement will also be emailed to my subscribers.

I can’t wait to hear what your memories and traditional are in your home!

Congratulations to Kristin H. from Hallgren. PA with her comment:

My favorite gluten free gadget is my cookie scooper!  I make lots of GF chocolate chip cookies and this makes the job a breeze!!  After reading one of your old reviews on cookie mixes, I tried Pamela’s cookie mix and my kids loved it!  Thanks!!

Kristen is the June Gluten Free give-Away Winner!  Kristen, your gluten free flour items will be mailed within the next week. Enjoy!

The next gluten free product give-away will be July 1st and is utterly amazing! TWO $50 value gift baskets will be given away, compliments of the Bread of Life gluten free bakery. Until then, enjoy a few reviews and let me know what you think of the gluten free products you have tried.

Free Gluten Free Flour!

Yes, my fantastic readers- it’s true! My give-away for the month of June is based on

Kitchen Basics!

I have found white rice flour and sorghum flour fantastic for my gluten free baking needs. I have used white rice flour to make everything from pie crusts, soups, sauces and baked goods. Sorghum flour is something new I have experimented with. I really enjoy the mild flavor and moist crumb it provides. Now, I am not the best cook or baker, but I have found these two flours quite forgiving, especially when blended together in recipes.

Think you could use some in your gluten free kitchen? Here’s how to enter:

The winner this month takes home BOTH of these gluten free flours!

1- full size package of Arrowhead Mills organic white rice flour

AND

1- full size package of Bob’s Red Mill “sweet” white GF sorghum flour

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Here’s how to enter:

1. Reply to this post and share your favorite gluten free kitchen staple- it could be a product, mix, or even a gadget.

(Email submission are OK, bit I prefer you enter via the site so I don’t miss an entry. It is also helpful to include a link to your personal website in case you win and miss the big announcement)

2. If you have not done so, subscribe to glutenfreefoodreviews.com via email.

The give-away winner will be announced via email and on this site. Also, you will receive future product reviews. To subscribe, simply enter your email address at the top right side of my homepage. That’s it! if you have subscribed in the past, you do not need to do it again.

The winner will be announced on Tuesday, June 10th!

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Now for the rules:

1. You must complete #1 and #2 to enter

2. Entries must be made by Monday, June 9th 11:59 p.m.

3. I can only ship to US addresses , thanks to the picky and somewhat irritable disposition of my local postmasters. They give me a really hard time shipping food products to other countries- even Canada.

4. One entry, per person please

Good luck!

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Want more information about gluten free flour? Check out these sites while you wait for the winner to be announced!

“A Guide to Working with Gluten free Flours”- Shauna the gluten-free girl

“Tips for Baking With Gluten Free Flour” - Nancy from About.com: Celiac Disease

“Gluten Free Recipes & Tips” - Zoe from Epicurious.com

“Using Wheat Free Flours” - Victoria from About.com: Food Allergies

“Gluten Free Grains 101: the Best Flour Blend” - Natalie from glutenfreemommy.com

This month will be a catch up month for me. The past few months I have acquired quite the backlog of product reviews- thanks to travel, website issues and illness interruptions. So, this month I will play catch up and post reviews on a variety of products- bread, muffins, crackers, protein and probiotic bars, soups . . . you name it!

To kick off the month of May, I am giving away six snack size bags of Mary’s Gone Crackers ( 3 onion flavor, 3 black pepper flavor) to one lucky winner. I love these crackers with a variety of cheeses for a filling snack. Yum! I hope you like them too.

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Here’s how to enter:

1. Reply to this post via this website, and share your favorite gluten free cracker -if you have one

(Email submission are OK, but I prefer you enter via the site so I don’t miss an entry)

2. If you have not done so, subscribe to glutenfreefoodreviews.com via email.

The give-away winner will be announced via email and on this site. Also, you will receive future product reviews. To subscribe, simply enter your email address at the top right side of my homepage. That’s it!

The winner will be announced on Thursday, May 8th!

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Now for the rules:

1. You must complete #1 and #2 to enter

2. Entries must be made by Wednesday, May 7th 11:59 p.m.

3. I can only ship to US addresses , thanks to the picky and somewhat irritable disposition of my local postmasters. They give me a really hard time shipping products to other countries- even Canada.

4. One entry, per person please

Good luck!

The gluten free product give-away winners for this April are:

1) Melissa Dean wins the Gluten Free Restaurant Guide

with her comment:
My favorite vacation spot is Lake Powell (Utah). With all the red rocks, wake boarding, and jet skiing you could ever dream of!!! Hope some of you get a chance to go there sometime, it is the best!!

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2) Mandy from DCGluties.com wins the two weeks supply of Attune probiotic wellness bars

with her comment:
The gluten free granola from Trader Joe’s is a great travel snack! I took the “tropical mix” with me to Jamaica a couple weeks ago!

Melissa and Mandy, please email me at glutenfreefoodreviews {at} gmail {dot} com with your mailing address. Good luck next month to all of you who did not win- the odds are great that next time it may be you! The next give-away will be announced May 1st.

Until then, tune in for some fun reviews for gluten free food, snacks, and travel tips. I look forward to reading your opinions, too!

During spring and summer, many of us travel for vacations, to visit family or for employment. And we know, traveling can be very difficult when you need to eat gluten free. My family and I took some weekend trips to three major east coast cities last fall and I discovered a lot about gluten free eating on the go. I hope to share some of my tips and tricks with my reviews this month because the theme is:

“Gluten Free: Will Travel!”

My reviews this month will feature gluten free travel-friendly foods, snacks and resources. To kick off a new theme, I have two items to give-away. Yes! That means TWO WINNERS!

The April gluten free give-away is:

1) One copy of the The Triumph Dining book: The Essential Gluten Free Reastauarant Guide: 2008-2009 edition

This comprehensive book features 4,700 gluten free-friendly restaurant locations, 1,600 individually owned restaurants recommended by other celiacs, 900 restaurants and bakeries offering printed gluten free menus and specialty products and 80 lists of gluten free menu items from national ans chain restaurants. Also offer tips and info about dining and ordering gluten free meals.( $23.95 value)

OR

2) Two week supply of all natural Attune probiotic wellness bars- 14 bars! seven chocolate crisp, seven blueberry vanilla

Tasty probiotic bars to help promote digestive health- contains 5x the active cultures of yogurt; also a good source of calcium; 100 calories per bar. They are sooo yummy! ($19.98 value)

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Here’s how to enter:

1. Reply to this post via this website, and share your favorite gluten free travel snack, OR if you don’t have one, share your favorite vacation destination.

(Email submission are OK, bit I prefer you enter via the site so I don’t miss an entry)

2. If you have not done so, subscribe to glutenfreefoodreviews.com via email.

The give-away winner will be announced via email and on this site. Also, you will receive future product reviews. To subscribe, simply enter your email address at the top right side of my homepage. That’s it!

The winner will be announced on Monday, April 7th!

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Now for the rules:

1. You must complete #1 and #2 to enter

2. Entries must be made by Sunday, April 6th 11:59 p.m.

3. I can only ship to US addresses , thanks to the picky and somewhat irritable disposition of my local postmasters. They give me a really hard time shipping products to other countries- even Canada.

4. One entry, per person please

Good luck!

Be sure to look for my reviews on the giveaway products, and thanks to Triumph Dining and Attune for providing this month’s give-away products.

The gluten free product give-away winner for this month is

MARE

with her comment:
This is difficult! I love the Second Nature Taco, Chili and burger mixes but my favorite product would have to be either maseca or tamari.

Currently we are watching a lot of Asian films, but I don’t have a ‘favorite’ movie.

Mare, please email me at glutenfreefoodreviews {at} gmail {dot} com with your mailing address. Good luck next month to all of you who did not win- the odds are great that next time it may be you! The next give-away will be announced April 1st.

Until then, tune in for some fun reviews for gluten free cooking and baking products.  I look forward to reading your opinions, too!