Prompt: Favorite Products

[runpunkrun]

Fresh, frozen, boxed, or canned. It's that thing that replaces a product you can't eat—GF flour tortillas, GF cookies, GF beer, GF cake mix, GF crackers, GF pizza—and makes life easier for you.

Slide on into the comments and tell us about something that's always on your shopping list, or share a recipe that you like to use with a specific gluten-free product.

We're an international group, so not all these things will be available in all markets, but don't let that stop you from sharing. I'm always interested in what it's like to be gluten free—and what kind of products are available—in other parts of the world.

Comments

the simple and the savory

[harmonic_tabby]

Simple Mills Farmhouse Cheddar remind me of Cheez-It: that's what you're referencing yes?? and they are nicely flavored and crunchy. A little spendy like most commercial offerings but the family can eat actual Cheez-It so I don't feel badly for 'em.

I also really like several offerings from Crunchmaster (and checking their website offers new flavors I haven't tried yet but will be ordering shortly. How can I resist something called Brownie Thins?? clearly I can't.) I found the applewood smoked bbq a bit too strongly flavored but the cracker itself was excellent. Maybe the powdering machine was having an off day, I don't know; but I serve the roasted garlic multigrain to my entire gluten-eating family and they've never noticed the crackers are gluten free. My husband doesn't care for the garlic aspect but he thinks the cracker is fine.

I can recommend Canyon Bakehouse. I've ordered bread and the BAGELS. Udi's everything inside bagels are slightly better with 'crunch' when toasted but they are both very good and I highly recommend both.

and I love almost anything Udi's. I do much of my gluten free shopping on line. I have mobility issues and send my husband to the grocery store so I really enjoy the convenience of internet browsing. He brings home the very specific things I ask him to but I can ask for anything Udi's he finds and be pleased with the results.

I also favor Pamela's. I use the baking mix for making muffins and pancakes as well as the coffee cake from the back of the package that I must beat the family off with a ruler to have any for myself. All the cookies I've tried are excellent and the graham crackers are next on my list to sample.

Re: the simple and the savory

[unicornduke]

Oh yep Simple Mills! I actually looked it up and still managed to type it wrong. Canyon Bakehouse is my absolute favorite gluten free bread but it's not available in all the stores, so that Udi's bread will be a good substitute. I'm not a huge fan of Udi's generally, which is why I was surprised how good this new bread was. It's edible and it's decent in comparison to other breads but they are really bad so ehh.

As far as crackers go, I tend to not eat many because a lot of the gluten free ones have weird aftertastes, which can be brown rice flour but might be other stuff so I have tried a wide variety and found most of them lacking but I'll have to pick up a crunchmaster to try.

Re: the simple and the savory

[harmonic_tabby]

I order directly from Canyon Bakehouse, after my husband brought home a loaf from Costco. Six at a time is easy for me since they have extended life packaging AND I also own a very large stand alone freezer.

Another cracker brand I like is Blue Diamond Nut Thins. I've enjoyed every flavor I've tried and I'm working my way through all.

I don't eat crackers every week...maybe once a month but it's nice to have a box or two in the cupboard. So when the husband brings home something intriguing from the grocery store he's just discovered or I'm all inspired by a commercial on television and need to make salmon pate they're available.

Re: the simple and the savory

[loligo]

Blue Diamond nut thins are an absolute staple in our house.

I also really like Cassava Root Chips from Plant Snacks. Despite the name, they're really more like crackers than chips. The vegan cheddar and goat cheese flavors are particularly nice.

Re: the simple and the savory

[lunabee34]

I like the Pamela's baking mixes as well.