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[momof2sn]

My daughter only got her Dx 2 weeks ago and I feel she is already getting tired of the snacks I have gotten for her. Our stores here have not much of a gluten-free variety. Could anyone give me some suggestions for websites to order from and maybe what snacks your kids like from those sites???

[Belinda Meeker]

My daughter only got her Dx 2 weeks ago and I feel she is already getting tired of the snacks I have gotten for her. Our stores here have not much of a gluten-free variety. Could anyone give me some suggestions for websites to order from and maybe what snacks your kids like from those sites???

Hiya,I too am looking for suggestions on foods for whole family, this is a very hard situation to be in and I know from past expeiances kids r hard to feed when "C" disese hits....but when my guy was tiny and allergice to everything from soup to nuts we found that if we stuck to the rice products he was alot happier belly wise, so have u tried some of the recipes from the site for gluten free cup cakes? When was little he would make him a sandwich with 2 rice cakes and pure grape jelly sounds gross but he enjoyed every bite, so good luck and if I find any good kids snack's will sure pass to u>Bea

[sparkles]

My daughter only got her Dx 2 weeks ago and I feel she is already getting tired of the snacks I have gotten for her. Our stores here have not much of a gluten-free variety. Could anyone give me some suggestions for websites to order from and maybe what snacks your kids like from those sites???

Depending on where you are from, Fresh and Natural is a grocery store that has MANY, MANY gluten-free products. If they are in your area, they are worth the trip. When I first went in, I was amazed. They have shelves of gluten-free products.... as well as a freezer shelves full of gluten-free products. Google Fresh and Natural and see if they are in your area. I live in the Twin Cities in Minnesota and there is one in Bloomington and also in Shoreview. People talk about Trader Joe's and Whole Foods and together those two stores don't even begin to have the gluten-free inventory that Fresh and Natural has.

[missy'smom]

Here's a list of our staple snacks.

gluten-free pretzels

choc cupcakes, no frosting, made from either Pamela's or Namaste Choc. cake mix

"jello" made with knox gelatin, fruit juice and fruit

100% juice frozen in popsicle molds

1-2-3 popcorn made in a pot on the stovetop with 1 Tb. shortening, 2 Tb. sugar and 3 Tb popcorn, watch carefully as it can scorch

homemade or store bought pudding

apples or bananas and P.B., Peanut Butter and Co. makes a cinnamon, Raisin P.B. that's really yummy

I like LaraBars and oskribars as well as some other dried fruit and nut bars whose names escape me at the moment

freeze dried fruit

[Guest j_mommy]

Here are some sites I've found:

www.sillyyakbakery.com-they have cookies and homemade items

www.food4celiacs.com

www.glutensolutions.com

www.gluten free.com

www.anzaglutenfree.com

*I have found that ordering online is more expensive then buying in store...even if it's the same product!

[momof2sn]

See I live in "Nowheresville" and there are no Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, or Natural Market, not even anything close. I went to one pathetic market (it took me an hour to get there) well, not may options. I realize the internet is more expensive, but I have no option...

[Juliebove]

I order some things from this website here. Some from Miss Roben's. Some from Ener-G. But I am also lucky in that my local health food store has tons of gluten free options.

My daughter also has food allergies so her choices are even more limited. I try to get mainly things we can get anywhere because those things tend to be cheaper. Fruit, like apples, pears, grapes, kiwi, melon. She also likes some dried fruit. Applesauce in cups or plastic tubes. Little cans of mixed fruit or pears. Vegetables are another option. And some kinds of fruit snacks/leather.

She also likes popcorn, potato chips (only some brands are safe), Fritos, gluten free pretzels with either salt or poppy seeds (she didn't much care for the sesame seeds), rice chips or crackers, Tings, gluten free bread sticks. She loves hummus and nut/seed butters. These can be eaten with crackers/chips or vegetables.

She doesn't like the Lara bars but she does like Boomi Bars, Gluten Free Macriobitic Cashew Butter Bars (very expensive), and snack/breakfast bars by Glutino (or is it Glutano?) and Enjoy Life.

For protein she will occasionally have Vienna Sausages, but they're not a real favorite. She likes Shelton's Turkey Sticks a lot. Also slices of lunch meat or pepperoni. I have to check the packages because of her food allergies. Not all kinds are okay for her to eat.

She doesn't eat a lot of sweets for snacks. But things she sometimes has are sorbet, marshmallows, hard candies, jelly type candies or chocolates that I've made. Because of her allergies there isnt' a lot she can eat. She likes all flavors of Enjoy Life cookies except for the no oats oatmeal.

Sometimes we will have some leftover rolls from Ener-G. She will either eat them plain, with some nut butter or jelly, or a piece of meat. She also likes gluten free bread toasted, then spread with coconut oil and sprinkled with a bit of cinnamon and sugar. I also make the zucchini bread from this site, often in the form of muffins. She also likes coffee cake made from a mix and formed into muffins.

[abigail]

-kozy shack Snacks (rice pudding, pudding , tspioca pudding) are gluten free and you can find them in the regular supermarkets.

Orsville rice cracers (caramel or cheddar flevor!) also regular stores.

-raisings(check with the companies)

doritos the blue ones.

Abigail

[Karen B.]

What were her favorite snacks pre-diagnosis? Maybe we can suggest some look-alikes.

I've started checking Amazon for gluten-free items now too. Some of the items are eligible for their "Super Saver Shipping" which means orders over $25 are shipped free. It's not hard to hit $25 when you're looking at gluten-free stuff.

Open Original Shared Link .com/gourmet-food-gifts-c...e=ATVPDKIKX0DER

One of my favorite gluten-free snacks is something kind of funky, but I like it...

WAFFLE IRON CORNBREAD

Ingredients:

2 cups Cornmeal

1 tsp Baking soda

1 tsp Salt

2 Eggs, beaten

1 cup Buttermilk

1/3 cup vegetable oil

Preparation:

Combine dry ingredients; add eggs, oil and buttermilk mixing well.

Heat a waffle iron until hot.

Pour batter into hot waffle iron spreading evenly.

Bake until evenly golden brown.

Cool thoroughly before freezing leftovers.

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I've varied the recipe by adding cheese, whole kernal corn, even added lemon zest, pecans and sugar to make a crunchy lemon waffle sort of thing. The great thing about doing it in a square waffel iron is it's easy to crisp up in a toaster and it stores well. Just make sure it's either a new waffle iron or the old one has been cleaned very well. It's easy to miss bits of old batter that aren't gluten-free in some of the waffle irons.

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Also, I may have missed it but has anyone mentioned the gluten-free version of rice crispy bars? That's a good one with almost any of the gluten-free cereals and I've tasted it made with Erewhon Crispy Brown Rice Cereal.

Basic meringue cookies are gluten-free and the ingredients are readily available.

Open Original Shared Link

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Maybe peanut butter cookies?

PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

INGREDIENTS

1 cup peanut butter (creamy or chunky, not reduced fat)

1 cup sugar

1 large egg

1 teaspoon baking soda

THE PROCESS

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a baking sheet.

Cream peanut butter and sugar for 2 to 3 minutes.

In a small bowl, lightly beat egg, then mix into peanut butter mixture. Add

baking soda; mix well. Roll spoonfuls of dough into balls about 1 1/2

inch in diameter.

With the tines of a fork, press down balls and make a crisscross pattern.

Bake for about 10 minutes. Makes about 24 cookies.

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Hopefully this gives a few ideas for things that can be gotten at the local store.