Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Gluten Free Items We Crave

When I hosted the Betty Crocker Gluten Free Desserts Giveaway I asked for input from readers..

What Gluten Free item would you love to see on grocery store shelves?

Now, when I say "grocery store shelves" I was thinking "main stream" grocery stores and not necessarily health food or specialty "natural" grocers like Trader Joes, Whole Foods etc.

I am really thrilled to see more and more items being more readily available like Betty Crocker baking mixes, Chex cereals, etc.

A definite need was expressed, and I wholeheartedly agree with the need for better marking of items that are gluten free. I'd add better marking of items for food allergens (like milk, casein, nuts, soy, egg, etc)

I love these suggestions:

This is what you'd like to see gluten free:
  • Pizza Dough (mix and pre-made frozen)
  • Pie crust (ready made frozen)
  • Blueberry Muffin Mix
  • Apple Crisp Mix - I have made an apple crisp and gluten free peach crisp before
  • Peanut Butter Crackers
  • GoldFish Crackers
  • Cheeze-its
  • Doughnuts (We do like the Kinnikinnick Donuts quite a bit here)
  • Bagels (There are several brands of these - Do you have a favorite?)
  • Breadmixes for the Bread Machine
  • Flavored Pasta (Pasta is actually the one thing we have plenty of. My son loves the rice and also quinoa pastas)
  • Taquitos
  • Tortillas
  • Rice Crispy Cereal (My son doesn't like the gluten free versions of Rice Puffs)
  • Rice Crispy Treats We like Glenny's: http://www.glennys.com/marshmallow-treats-c-26.html

Something not on this list???? What do YOU want to buy gluten free at the grocery store . Let me know in comments!

1 comments:

Kerrie aka GFShaolin said...

frozen finger/snack foods...like Pizza Bites or Hot Pocket-esque stuff....