Dec

16

By Heather ·  Print This Post

We have a winner! Hannah Gray (Comment #11) was randomly chosen as the GF Holiday Giveaway Galore winner at Celiac Family.

Ten winners were chosen for the giveaway, one at each of the hosting websites. Hannah and the other winners will each receive the wonderful new book “Mommy, What is Celiac Disease?” and the fabulous box of gluten-free goodies. If you didn’t win, you can still purchase a copy of the book today and get it in time for Christmas. 

What Helped You the Most When You Started the Gluten-Free Diet?

Thank you to all the readers who participated in the giveaway. In order to enter the giveaway, I asked readers to tell me about what helped them the most when they first started on the gluten-free diet. Hannah said for her, it was Trader Joe’s gluten free brownies. “With my first bite I said ok I think I can do this. Just knowing I could have that simple treat made it all worth it!”

There were so many good answers that deserved repeating and linking. So, here’s what CeliacFamily readers said helped them the most when getting started on the gluten-free diet. Maybe you’ll find them helpful for you too.

Food Products

• Annie’s Mac ‘n Cheese
• EnviroKidz cereals
• Food for Life’s English Muffins and Brown Rice Tortillas
• Mary’s Gone Crackers
• Quaker Rice Cakes (Check the lables! Not all are considered gluten-free)
• Schar Gluten Free Prodcuts (pasta, cookies, bread, rolls
• Tinkyada Pasta
• UDI’S Bread and Bagels

Gluten-Free Flours and Baking Mixes

• Better Batter Gluten Free Flour – a gluten-free all-purpose flour
• Bisquick Gluten-Free Pancake and Baking Mix
• Betty Crocker Gluten Free Dessert Mixes
• Bob’s Red Mill flours
• Chebe pizza crust and other mixes
• Domata Living Flour
• Gluten Free Pantry Mixes
• Jules Flour Mixes
• Mochiko Sweet Rice Flour
• Pamela’s Baking Mixes and cookies

Gluten-Free Frozen Foods

• Amy’s gluten-free, vegetarian meals
• Cedar Lane meals

Grocery Stores

• Publix
• Trader Joe’s
• Wal-Mart
• Wegmans
• Whole Foods

Online Resources

• Amazon.com for purchasing gluten-free food products online
  
• glutenfree.com for purchasing gluten-free food products online
• General Mills Live Gluten Freely online site
• Gluten-free recipes posted online from various bloggers (Gluten-Free Girl, Gluten-Free Goddess, etc.)
• Savingdinner.com for menu planning

People Support

• Doctors
• Friends and Family
• Local support groups

Books: The G-Free Diet