Best Of List

[HAK1031]

I was thinking that we should make a best-of list for various categories of gluten-free food. I'll post this thread so we can come up with categories and nominees, and then we'll make it into a poll on a new thread.

Here's what I have so far for categories

-Bread (frozen)

-Bread (mix)

-Cake Mix

-Cookies (prepared or mix)

-Pasta

-Pizza/Pizza Crust

-Pretzels

-Crackers

-Flour Mix

-Cereal

-Bagels

-Pastries (donuts, etc.)

Anything else? I was thinking this would be helpful for newbies, as well as everyone else who struggles to find good gluten-free foods. I'm sure we've all tried some pretty bad ones, let's see if we can spare anyone else!!

Add your categories and favorite products!!

[HAK1031]

Here are my nominees:

-Bread (frozen)-Kinnikinnick Sunflower Flax Bread

-Bread (mix)-gluten-free Pantry Favorite Sandwich bread

-Cake Mix-gluten-free Pantry Chocolate Cake

-Cookies (prepared or mix)-Glutano Chocolate O's, Whole Foods gluten-free Bakehouse Gingerbread

-Pasta-Tinkyada, Ancient Harvest Quinoa

-Pizza/Pizza Crust-??? Haven't tried many

-Pretzels-Glutino

-Crackers-Glutino

-Flour Mix-???

-Cereal-Envirokidz PB panda puffs

-Bagels-Kinnikinnick Cinnamon Raisin

-Pastries (donuts, etc.)-Kinnikinnick Donuts

[momandgirls]

Here are my picks:

frozen bread - haven't tried any

bread mix - Pamela's

cake mix - Namaste chocolate cake mix

cookies - K'toos

pasta - Bi aglut

pizza - Against the Grain

pretzels - EnerG

crackers - EnerG

flour mix - Gluten free pantry flour mix

cereal - Erewon crispy rice with berries

bagels - Against the Grain sundried tomato/basil

pastries - don't eat them

[dandelionmom]

-Bread (frozen) -- kinnikinnick sandwich bread

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-Cake Mix -- Pamela's Chocolate Cake mix

-Cookies (prepared or mix) -- K toos sandwich cookies (like Oreos)

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-Pizza/Pizza Crust -- Amy's frozen rice crust pizza

-Pretzels -- Glutino

-Crackers -- Glutino

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-Cereal -- Fruity Pebbles

-Bagels -- kinnikinnick

-Pastries -- kinnikinnick donuts and muffins and the whole foods frozen pie crusts

[JustMe75]

-Bread (frozen) - haven't tried any

-Bread (mix) - Still searching

-Cake Mix - haven't tried any

-Cookies - (prepared or mix) Pamelas chocolate chip cookies (prepared)

-Pasta - Tinkyada

-Pizza/Pizza Crust - Gluten Free Creations Italian Seasoned Pizza Crust

-Pretzels - Glutino

-Crackers Still searching

-Flour Mix - Pamelas baking mix

-Cereal - Little Einsteins

-Bagels -haven't tried any

-Pastries - (donuts, etc.) Gluten Free Creations Blonde Walnut Brownie

[happygirl]

-Bread (frozen): GlutenFree4Me -sandwich bread, hot dog/hamburger rolls Open Original Shared Link

-Bread (mix): Bob's Red Mill

-Cake Mix: gluten-free Pantry Chocolate Cake, Namaste Spice Cake

-Cookies (prepared or mix):

mix: Bob's Red Mill Chocolate Chip cookies, with added ingredients and prepared differently than their directions; gluten-free Pantry cookie mix for sugar cookies

prepared: Jo-sef graham crackers (more like shortbread cookies, great with icing on top)

for pie crusts: MiDel cinnamon snaps

-Pasta: Tinkyada, Tinkyada, Tinkyada

-Pizza/Pizza Crust: Whole Foods Pizza Crusts, and for flatbread, Kinni

-Pretzels: all of them

-Crackers: Glutino

-Flour Mix: Bob's Red Mill and/or Better Batter Gluten Free Flour Open Original Shared Link

-Cereal: EnviroKids Cereal Bars, and

-Bagels: all of them

-Pastries (donuts, etc): Ener-g Donut Holes, Namaste Blondie (mix), Bob's Red Mill brownie (mix, and with added ingredients), Whole Foods apple pie

[GlutenGalAZ]

-Bread (frozen) -- Kinnikinnick White Sandwhich Bread (so far)

-Bread (mix) -- (have a couple to try)

-Cake Mix

-Cookies (prepared or mix) --Pamela's Chunky Chocolate Chip Cookies and Wild Oats gluten-free Chocolate Chip Cookies (I break 2 up in vanilla ice cream sometimes).

-Pasta -- Ancient Harvest

-Pizza/Pizza Crust -- Kinnikinnick frozen crust (going to try Chebe Mix soon)

-Pretzels -- Glutino

-Crackers -- Blue Diamond Natural Almond Nut-Thins

-Flour Mix

-Cereal -- Nature's Path Organic Corn Flakes and Erewhon Crispy Brown Rice (also for rice crispy treats)

-Bagels -- (Tried Kinnikinnick Plain but did not like)

-Pastries (donuts, etc.) -- (searching still)

[Lisa16]

-Bread (frozen) --Kinnikinnick tapioca cheese bread

-Bread (mix) --Chebe so far is the best substitute for me

-Cake Mix --none yet (but many bummers), works best to make you own and add a flour substitute (see Hagman)

-Cookies (prepared or mix)-- Pamela's peanut butter chocolate chip (but you can taste the xanthan gum)-- Shauna Ahern's lemon cookies (recipe on blogsite)-- trader joe's ginger snaps

-Pasta-- rice noodles or buckwheat soba noodles hands down

-Pizza/Pizza Crust-- Kinnikinnick makes some frozen ones. You have to thaw them first.

-Pretzels-- no bummers so far

-Crackers-- glutino, almond thins and Dr. Schar's

-Flour Mix-- Hagman's three flour blend

-Cereal-- trader joe's gluten-free granolas

-Bagels-- Kinnikinnick brand

-Pastries (donuts, etc.)-- ditto, or my own recipes

-waffles/ pancakes-- lifestream gluten-free buckwheat and wildberry waffles

[MaryJones2]

I don't use a lot of prepared stuff because I am soy and dairy free but here's what I like:

-Bread - Trader Joe's gluten-free Ryeless Rye (toasted)

-Bread (mix) - Chebe

-Cake Mix - Cause Your Special Moist Lemon Cake Mix (Pie Crust mix is awesome too)

-Pasta - Tinkyada and Ancient Harvest Quinoa

-Pizza/Pizza Crust - Chebe

-Flour Mix -- Bette Hagman's featherlite rice flour mix

-Cereal -- Envirokidz Gorilla Munch

-Pastries (donuts, etc.) -- Kinnikinnick muffins

[brendygirl]

Bread (frozen) Kinnickinick

-Bread (mix): gluten-free Pantry Favorite Sandwich Bread mix- although I haven't tried many other kinds

-Cake Mix: don't have one yet

-Cookies (prepared or mix): EnjoyLife and another brand in white bag with sun on it : Pumpkin or pb or mint chocolate

-Pasta: Mrs. Leepers vegetable or corn (quicker & easier to cook than tinkyada)

-Pizza/Pizza Crust: Frozen Ener-G!!!

-Pretzels- Ener-G

-Crackers: Dr. Schar's

-Flour Mix: haven't found a bad one

-Cereal : Cocoa Pebbles; Nature's Way Corn Flakes

-Bagels: Frozen Glutino Sesame Seed

-Pastries (donuts, etc.): Celiac Specialties!! Hands down winner!donuts, apple streusel, cupcakes, cinnamon rolls, YUM

Frozen Waffles: Van's !!!