Best Gluten Free Food

[Susan123]

*Best Bread = Kinnikinick White Sandwich Bread

*Best Bagels = Don't eat

*Best Pasta = Tinkyinada any type

*Best Pizza = Foods by George

*Best Rolls = Don't eat

*Best Crackers = Don't Eat

*Best Cereal = Fruity Pebbles

*Best Waffles = Van's

*Best Donuts = Don't eat

*Best Muffins = Dont eat

*Best Cupcakes = Dont eat

*Best Cake = Cause your so special angel food cake

*Best Cookies = K-Toos vanilla creme

*Best Chocolate = Cadbury eggs and charleston chew frozen

*Best Candy = Starburst , skittles

*Best Gum = Orbit peppermint

*Best Ice Cream = Baskin robbins chocolate chip!

*Best Sprinkles = betty crockers caramel sprinkles.

*Best Sorbet = son't eat

*Best Chips = Utz no salt (sorry have to do it)

*Best Pretzels = Glutano

*Best Drink = 7 up new one

*Best Soup = healthy choice chicken rice or progresso clam chowder

*Best Frozen Meals = Amy's mac and cheese

*Best Nutrition Bars = don't eat

[Mango04]

Mango04 - Then what??

Oh - you mean the cookies? Sorry I'm not really a recipe person. I just kind of throw stuff together and hope it works.

Basically you just mix the peanut butter, egg and sugar. That much makes about six cookies, so you can double the recipe for 12. I put them on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 for about 10-15 minutes, but I have a really old oven that gets really hot, so cooking times/temps may vary

[Green12]

I would like to add:

*Best Bagels = Enjoy Life Foods Cinnamon Raisin (mouthfull of YUM )

[Jami]

Where is the best place to shop for all these wonderful foods? I am new on the board and live in an isolated rural area. I will have to order everything through the mail. I do get to Lincoln, Ne about twice a year. What are the best store chains to shop in if I do get to a city?

[queenofhearts]

If there is a Whole Foods there, you could try that. They're expensive though.

If you cook from scratch, look for an Asian grocery. They have all sorts of gluten-free flours SO much cheaper than other stores.

Leah

[wolfie]

The best gluten-free pizza i have tried has to be foods by George pizzas they are delicious. They taste just like real pizza.

Open Original Shared Link

I totally agree!!! They are awesome!!! Our local natural foods store carries these. I only get them every once in a while b/c they are $$, but SO yummy!!!

*Best Bread = GFP Favorite Sandwich Bread

*Best Bagels = Kinnikinnick

*Best Pasta = Tinkyinada Brown Rice Pasta

*Best Pizza = Foods by George or my own with Kinnnikinnick frozen crust

*Best Rolls = Chebe

*Best Crackers = don't eat

*Best Cereal = Fruity or Cocoa Pebbles

*Best Waffles = Van's gluten-free waffles.

*Best Donuts = don't usually eat, but like Kinnikinnick

*Best Muffins = don't eat

*Best Cupcakes = ?????

*Best Cake = Cherrybrook Kitchen chocolate (only one I have tried so far; did not like the CBK icing)

*Best Cookies = My own chocolate chip cookie recipe

*Best Chocolate = Hershey's

*Best Candy = Gummi Savers

*Best Gum = don't chew gum

*Best Ice Cream = Edy's slow churned chocolate with fudge

*Best Sprinkles = n/a

*Best Sorbet = ?????

*Best Chips = Fritos

*Best Pretzels = ?????

*Best Drink = coke

*Best Soup = really don't eat soup

*Best Frozen Meals = Amy's Mac N' Cheese

*Best Nutrition Bars = don't eat

[lapetit8]

The best gluten-free pizza i have tried has to be foods by George pizzas they are delicious. They taste just like real pizza.

Open Original Shared Link

Do you know of any place where one can order this without having to pay an additional $33.00 for the cooler?

[wolfie]

Do you know of any place where one can order this without having to pay an additional $33.00 for the cooler?

OUCH!! That is $$!!! I have no idea. Do you have a Whole Foods anywhere near you? They had them there last time I was there.

[Guest Villanfam]

*Best Bread = haven't had any yet

*Best Bagels = haven't had any yet

*Best Pasta = Tinkyinada, Glutino

*Best Pizza = haven't had any yet

*Best Rolls = haven't had any yet

*Best Crackers = haven't had any yet

*Best Cereal = Envirokidz Panda Puffs

*Best Waffles = Van's

*Best Donuts = haven't had any yet

*Best Muffins = haven't had any yet

*Best Cupcakes = haven't had any yet

*Best Cake = Only tried Namaste Vanilla and Spice, they were pretty good

*Best Cookies = Pamela's Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip

*Best Brownies = Namaste Brownie mix with Ghiradelli chocolate chips added and Duncan Hines Chocolate Frosting on top

*Best Chocolate = Don't eat it

*Best Candy = I like Smarties

*Best Gum = Eclipse

*Best Ice Cream = SO or SOY Delicious Mocha Fudge

*Best Sprinkles = don't eat it

*Best Sorbet = don't eat it

*Best Chips = don't eat it

*Best Pretzels = Haven't tried any yet

*Best Drink = Gatorade, BARQ's ROOTBEAR

*Best Soup = Amy's (only kind I've tried) Her Spicy Chili is AWESOME!!!

*Best Frozen Meals = Amy's

*Best Nutrition Bars = Haven't tried any yet

[new to LI]

*Best Bread = Kinnikinnick white Sandwich Bread

*Best Bagels = Glutino

*Best Pasta = bio gluet

*Best Pizza = foods by George

*Best Rolls = every body eats

*Best Crackers = glutino

*Best Cereal = glutino honey nut

*Best Waffles = really great foods mix

*Best Donuts = kinnikinnick

*Best Muffins = foods by George blueberry

*Best Cupcakes = grain less baker

*Best Cake = local health food store or really great foods mixes

*Best Cookies =kinnikinnick oreo’s

*Best Chocolate = green and blacks

*Best Candy = don’t eat

*Best Gum = don’t eat

*Best Ice Cream = Ben N Jerry's Phish Food

*Best Sprinkles = don't eat

*Best Sorbet = don’t eat

*Best Chips = lundberg rice chips

*Best Pretzels = Glutino pretzel sticks

*Best Drink = lemon water

*Best Soup = local health food store

*Best Frozen Meals = Safe Harbor Foods stuffed shells And ravioli

*Best Nutrition Bars = Lara Bar’s

[zansu]

best waffles (better even than normal waffles!) is definitely trader joe's !!

second that one. Infinitely better than vans. Plus 8 in the package and never with ice in there.

*Best Bread = Whole foods prairie bread (OK, and their banana bread is pretty awesome too if you can afford it )

*Best Bagels = I've only eaten bad ones.

*Best Pasta = Tinkyinada, Trader Joes

*Best Pizza = no good ones yet.

*Best Rolls = ?

*Best Crackers = Nut Thins (Pecan), Health Valley Rice Bran.

*Best Cereal = Perky's Nutty Rice, Nature's path Mesa Sunrise

*Best Waffles = Trader Joe's

*Best Donuts = ?

*Best Muffins = Foods by George

*Best Cupcakes = ?

*Best Cake = gluten-free Pantry spice cake made with the molasses --Old fashioned gingerbread!

*Best Cookies = Pamela's Peanut Butter

*Best Brownies = Bob's or gluten-free Pantry.

*Best Chocolate = Trader Joe's organics dark chocolate

*Best Candy = don't really eat it

*Best Gum = don't do gum.

*Best Ice Cream = Breyer's or Ben&Jerry's

*Best Sprinkles = don't eat it

*Best Sorbet = don't eat it

*Best Chips = don't eat it

*Best Pretzels = Haven't tried any yet

*Best Drink = SOBE green

*Best Soup = My vegetable beef or CHili

*Best Frozen Meals = ethnic gourmet (some)

*Best Nutrition Bars = LARA bars ($$$)

[breann6]

*Best Bread = pamelas amazing wheat free bread mix

*Best Bagels =

*Best Pasta = Tinkyada

*Best Pizza = Whole Foods Pre-made Crust

*Best Rolls =

*Best Crackers = Glutano (like saltines)

*Best Cereal = Cocoa Pebbles

*Best Waffles =pamelas baking mix makes delicious waffles

*Best Donuts = only tried Kinnikinnick double chocolate glazed and they were pretty tasty

*Best Muffins = pamelas baking mix w/ blueberries- kinnickinnick are okay

*Best Cupcakes = pamelas incredible brownie mix makes good chocolate cupcakes

*Best Cake = same as above- cake w/ expresso is delicious

*Best Cookies = kinni-toos and whole foods gluten free bakehouse chocolate chip

*Best Chocolate =

*Best Candy =

*Best Gum = ?????

*Best Ice Cream =

*Best Sprinkles =

*Best Sorbet = ?????

*Best Chips = i like the lundburg? rice crisps- like corn chips

*Best Pretzels = energy

*Best Drink = milk, dr pepper, simply orange juice or water

*Best Soup = country vegtable from healthy request or progresso

*Best Frozen Meals = belle and evans chicken nuggets or strips

*Best Nutrition Bars = ??

[jaten]

*Best Bread = Pamela's Amazing Wheat Free Bread mix

*Best Bagels = NA

*Best Pasta = Tinkyada Brown Rice Pasta

*Best Pizza = Crust made from Pamela's Amazing Wheat Free Bread Mix

*Best Rolls = Gillians

*Best Crackers = Schar

*Best Cereal = Enjoy Life granola

*Best Waffles = NA

*Best Donuts = Made some homemade ones once that were very good

*Best Muffins = NA

*Best Cupcakes = NA

*Best Cake = From a strawberry cake recipe found here somewhere that uses a white cake and strawberry Jello. I used Namaste as the base....YUM!!!

*Best Cookies = Pamela's Shortbread

*Best Chocolate = NA

*Best Candy = NA

*Best Gum = Trident

*Best Ice Cream = Edy's Light Strawberry

*Best Sprinkles = NA

*Best Sorbet = NA

*Best Chips = On the Border brand tortilla chips

*Best Pretzels = NA

*Best Drink = Diet Coke

*Best Soup = Homemade chicken taco soup

*Best Frozen Meals = NA

*Best Nutrition Bars =NA

[debmidge]

Best bought bread: Kinnickick (spelling?)

Best bread crumbs: see above

[loraleena]

Best waffles - Lifestream Mesa or Buckwheat with Berries

[Felidae]

*Best Bread = Pamela's Amazing Wheat Free Bread mix

*Best Bagels = homemade from Bette Hagman's cookbook

*Best Pasta = Tinkyada Brown Rice Pasta

*Best Pizza = Kinnikinnick

*Best Rolls = N/A

*Best Crackers = N/A

*Best Cereal = Nature's Path

*Best Waffles = Kinnikinnick mix

*Best Donuts = N/A

*Best Muffins = Kinnikinnick mix

*Best Cupcakes = N/A

*Best Cake = N/A

*Best Cookies = Kinnikinnick

*Best Chocolate = N/A

*Best Candy = N/A

*Best Gum = Trident

*Best Ice Cream = N/A

*Best Sprinkles = N/A

*Best Sorbet = N/A

*Best Chips = Que Pasa

*Best Pretzels = Glutino

*Best Drink = Sun-Rype Juices

*Best Soup = Homemade anything

*Best Frozen Meals = N/A

*Best Nutrition Bars =LARA

[SweetlyFeelingGreat]

*Best Bread = Everybody Eats Challah Bread

*Best Bagels = Glutino was good but since I like no casein I usually tolerate Kinnikinick

*Best Pasta = Bi Agult

*Best Pizza = Own recipe***KINNIKINICK PIZZA crust was awsome, slathered it with olive oil on both sides, used prego original and added some extra italian medley seasoning, cooked the crust w/sauce till crust started to tan a little then I topped it with tofutti mozerella slices and put it back in the oven to melt. I cooked sweet italian sausage w/green peppers stove top. I took about 6 pieces of the sausage and some green pepper and put it on. Each bite was heavenly. The crust came out chewy on the inside/brown on the outside and every bite was great. The pizza was just as good as any I've had. (I also let Kinnikinick know this:)

*Best Crackers = Glutino

*Best Cereal = Fruity Pebbles:)

*Best Waffles = I've used Namaste & Kinnikinick both are good tasting but lack the consistency I liked in wheat waffles...still searching

*Best Donuts = Vanilla Iced Kinnikinick but I'm dying to try the Celiac Specialties

*Best Cupcakes = Grainless baker. A local supplier sells there vanilla cupcakes w/vanilla frosting...cupcake is made with rice milk and taste & looks just like the stop and shop store brand.

*Best Cake = Grainless Baker, Glutino-->its gluten-free & Cf

*Best Cookies = Kinnikinnick Vanilla Oreos, Chocolate Oreos and Ginger Snaps... Also Enjoy Life has a soft baked chocolate chip cookie thats allergen free and very good.

*Best Candy = Dots

*Best Ice Cream = Temptation Non Dairy French Vanilla...yummy with chocolate oreo kinnitoos ( Open Original Shared Link )

*Best Sorbet = Sinless Lemon Sorbet Coldstone Creamery in which I dump the kinnikinnick Gluten-free Casein-free graham cracker crumbs...crazy I know.

*Best Chips = Only know it when I see it. Its a tortilla/nacho chip I pick up at whole foods maybe garden of eatin??? and sometimes fritos

*Best Pretzels = Glutino

*Best Drink = Gatorade

*Best Frozen Meals = Ians Popcorn Turkey Corn Dog Meal and Chicken Nugget Meal as well as lots of the Amys Brand stuff

*Best Nutrition Bars = Glutino Gluten Free Breakfast Bars Apple and Bluberry

Adding One

*Best Cinnamon Rolls/buns = Everybody eats...I know its has casein...however i take some enzymes prior to eating and since casein is easier to get out of your system I sometimes once in a blue moon indulge. I'm jelous of the people who can always eat casein, whey etc..but I'm cool. Now I don't mess around with gluten under any circumstances...I just can't take any chances at all and its sooo not worth it.

Oh, I also leave my home with lunch /snacks packed as well as two slices of Gluten-free Casein-free bread that will slowly defrost. It helps if I'm out socially I like to be prepared.

[Kaycee]

I have my favourites, but probably not brands that will be American, so here goes

*Best Bread = My own in a breadmaker, I can chop and change the flavour.

*Best Bagels = I can't make them, and can't afford them, and I don't need them

*Best Pasta = I haven't found one, but the Healtheries Simple range is not too bad. But I find pasta is no longer my favourite meal, it is too heavy for me now.

*Best Pizza = Hell's Pizza. A chain of pizza shops with a speciality gluten free crust.

*Best Rolls = In the hay!

*Best Crackers = Corn thins and rice thins by Real foods (Australian)

*Best Cereal = Was Tropical Muesli by Healtheries, but have since given up cereal

*Best Waffles = Never tried one

*Best Donuts = The ones I used to eat

*Best Muffins = Muffin Break is the only type I have purchased. But I make my own

*Best Cupcakes = Mums in another life

*Best Cake = Cake, what is that?

*Best Cookies = Like cake, what is that?

*Best Chocolate = Cadbury is good, but I stick to Cadbury Flake as it is soy free.

*Best Candy = Is a marshmallow a candy? I love Mr Mallow's Marshmallows (Austrlian brand)

*Best Gum = Cheiwing gum or Xanthian? Neither.

*Best Ice Cream = Tip Top French Vanilla or Vanilla New Zealand brand)

*Best Sprinkles = Don't eat

*Best Sorbet = Don't eat

*Best Chips = Oven fried potato chips. Crisps are out as they could contain traces of flour!

*Best Pretzels = Don't eat

*Best Drink = H2O. Chi, or lightly flavoured waters H2go.

*Best Soup = Homemade

*Best Frozen Meals = Haven't had one for about a year, unless it has been leftovers that I froze

*Best Nutrition Bars = As in muesli bars etc? I don't go there, they all seem to have peanuts in them, don't need them anyway

I am a bit of a boring eater. My biggest things would be bread and maybe a homemade muffin. I try not to buy substitues as they are so expensive and the manufacturers don't seem to mind all those extra additives! Hardly any treats, but this way I have come a long way in recovery.

Cathy

[Sweetfudge]

*Best Bread = Bette Hagman's featherlight recipe

*Best Bagels = haven't tried any yet

*Best Pasta = Tinkyada Brown Rice Pasta

*Best Pizza = gluten-free Pantry's french bread and pizza mix

*Best Rolls = gluten-free Pantry's french bread and pizza mix (in muffin tins to make great bisquits)

*Best Crackers = homemade cheese-its *See my website link below*

*Best Cereal = Nature's Path honey'd corn flakes, Erwhon's gluten-free rice crispies, and New Morning's Cocoa crispies

*Best Waffles = How about pancakes/crepes - Pamela's pancake mix, I bet they're good as waffles too

*Best Donuts = homemade recipe (found recipe in the forums here...)

*Best Muffins = Blue Chip group's almond poppyseed muffin mix

*Best Cupcakes = haven't tried yet

*Best Cake = haven't tried yet

*Best Cookies = homemade cookies (using recipes from www.eatingglutenfree.com), or Pamela's premade dark chocolate chunk cookies

*Best Chocolate = hersheys kisses

*Best Candy = snicker's bars (the big ones)

*Best Gum = Orbits

*Best Ice Cream = dreyer's double churned chocolate

*Best Sprinkles = don't know

*Best Sorbet = don't know

*Best Chips = Mission tortilla chips, Lundberg rice chips w/ sea salt

*Best Pretzels = Glutino

*Best Drink = Hibiscus cooler (can't remember the brand) mixed with pomegranite juice

*Best Soup = Homemade chicken soup or tuscan tomato soup

*Best Frozen Meals = leftovers (used to be Amy's, but I don't touch that anymore)

*Best Nutrition Bars =LARA bars - Cashew cookie, apple pie, cinnamon roll flavors

Some good recipes w/ pictures here:

Open Original Shared Link

[ajay]

Where is the best place to shop for all these wonderful foods? I am new on the board and live in an isolated rural area. I will have to order everything through the mail. I do get to Lincoln, Ne about twice a year. What are the best store chains to shop in if I do get to a city?

A very belated answer, but I believe there's a reasonably well-stocked health food store in Lincoln that has gluten-free stuff. It's not cheap, but I found a lot more goodies there than I expected to.

My

[gf4life]

Man, I'm like a walking add for Kinnikinnick! We love their products and always have a freezer stocked with breads, pizza crust, bagels, english muffins, sometimes donuts, and a shelf full of bread and bun mix, angel food cake mix, and K-inni-Toos cookies (chocolate and vanilla)!

*Best Bread = Kinnikinnick White Sandwich bread (and a lot of their other breads too!)

*Best Bagels =Kinnikinnick NY Style Bagels

*Best Pasta = Tinkyada Brown Rice Pasta

*Best Pizza = Kinnikinnick Crust with Hormel Pepperoni (says gluten free right on the package!)

*Best Rolls = Kinnikinick bread and bun mix

*Best Crackers = Ener-g Crackers

*Best Cereal = Perky's Nutty Rice

*Best Waffles = Van's frozen waffles and for pancakes- Pamela's pancake mix

*Best Donuts = I don't eat donuts anymore, but my kids love Kinnikinnick Chocolate dipped and Cinnamon Sugar donuts

*Best Muffins = Kinnikinnick bread & bun mix made with orange juice, grated orange rind, a little agave nectar and dried cranberries, yummmm!

*Best Cupcakes = Really Great Foods Chocolate cake mix made into cupcakes!

*Best Cake = Really Great Foods Chocolate cake mix

*Best Cookies = K-inni-Toos a.k.a. K-Toos

*Best Chocolate = Dagoba Dark Chocolate

*Best Candy = Reese's PB Cups

*Best Gum = Wrigley's Big Red

*Best Ice Cream = Don't eat any (I'm supposed to be dairy free), but my kids like Dreyer's

*Best Sprinkles = I don't use them, but my kids love all the Cake Mate sprinkles

*Best Sorbet = Dreyer's Strawberry

*Best Chips = Tostitos Bite Size Gold yellow corn tortilla chips

*Best Pretzels = Ener-G Wylde pretzels

*Best Drink = Water, sorry I know it's boring...but I love water

*Best Soup = Homemade Beef stew

*Best Frozen Meals = leftovers (used to be Amy's, but I don't touch that anymore)

*Best Nutrition Bars =LARA bars - Any of thier MAYA line of Pure Organic Chocolate Food Bars- Yum.

[casnco]

Okay, here are my favorites. I have been gluten-free for 3 yrs. I never started baking until this Christmas so this is what I have found so far.

#1 Buy a mix or make it yourself for 90% of these things.

*Best Bread = Pamelas Bread and Pizza mix

*Best Pasta = Tinkyinada

*Best Pizza = Mine made with Pamala's Mix for the crust

*Best Rolls = Pamelas Bread and Pizza mix, Just spoon them into a muffin pan. Yummy!!!

*Best Crackers = Nut Thins Almond Smokehouse Crackers

*Best Cereal = Perky's Nutty Flax or Nutty Rice

*Best Waffles = Pamelas Bread and Pizza mix

*Best Donuts = Kinikkiniks Maple iced cake donuts

*Best Muffins = I dont eat these

*Best Cupcakes = don't eat it

*Best Cake = I make it myself with yet again "Pamelas Bread and Pizza mix"

*Best Cookies = Pamela's store bought cookies or I make PB cookies to die for

*Best Chocolate = Can there be a best chocolate? Maybe Dove

*Best Candy = See Chocolate

*Best Gum = Eclipse

*Best Ice Cream = Hagen Daz Rum Rasian

*Best Sprinkles = don't eat it

*Best Sorbet = don't eat

*Best Chips = Aldi's regular chips!

*Best Pretzels = Glutino

*Best Drink = Plain old H2O

*Best Soup = Mine again, Buttenut Squash

*Best Frozen Meals = ?

*Best Nutrition Bars = Don't eat.

[Anonymousgurl]

I'm having a hard time finding some products...like a gluten free, soy free, dairy free milk substitute? And sandwich bread that's low fat, healthy and NOT frozen? LoL it can be frusterating. But here's what I got so far...

**Best Bread = Food For Life's Frozen Fruit Juice Sweetened Millet Bread (I have to drench it in water, then heat it in the oven)

**Best Bagels = Haven't found any

**Best Pasta = Papadini's Lentil Pasta!!!!!! (I can't find it in any stores but I found it on ONE website and I order it )

**Best Pizza = Haven't found any

**Best Rolls = Haven't found any (Wish I could find some nice, healthy, gluten free ones!)

**Best Crackers = Do rice cakes count? Mochi Sweet Lundberg Rice Cakes

**Best Cereal = Rice Crunch 'ems (I think they're health valley?)

**Best Waffles = Haven't found any

**Best Donuts = I don't eat donuts!

**Best Muffins = Haven't found any (Would LOVE LOVE LOVE to find some healthy ones!!! OR a recipe!)

**Best Cupcakes = I don't eat cupcakes

**Best Cake = I don't eat cake

**Best Cookies = I don't eat cookies

**Best Chocolate = I don't eat chocolate

**Best Candy = I don't eat candy

**Best Gum = Haven't found any

**Best Ice Cream = I don't eat ice cream....YET....lol.

**Best Sprinkles = I don't eat sprinkles

**Best Sorbet = Mmm...I like sorbet but haven't had it in a long time

**Best Chips = I don't eat chips...just lundberg rice cakes.

**Best Pretzels = Haven't found any

**Best Drink = I drink mostly water...and im looking for a good milk substitute!!!!

*Best Soup = Amy's Split Pea Soup!!

**Best Frozen Meals = Amy's Mexican Tamale Pie (though I might have reacted to it? But it was good!!!)

**Best Nutrition Bars = Haven't found any good healthy ones

My diet is quite sad isn't it...LoL...

[gf4life]

Have you tried Vance's DariFree for a milk substitute? It is potato based. You can find it at Open Original Shared Link

[calicokitty6]

I just found this site and want to say a big thanks to everyone for this food list. My husband is gluten and lactose free. We didn't know some of these foods were o.k. for him to have. He tested negative, which we were told is possible. He follows the diet anyway because he feels sick (stomach pains, etc.) if he eats the wrong foods. I'm diabetic and salt restricted. This makes for interesting meals at my house. lol

I saw Prego sauce listed in a post with a suggestion for pizza. Is Prego gluten-free? We usually get Amy's or Enrico's for him. I actually like the taste of both of them better than my regular jar sauce. Thanks again for the info.