Welcome back to Gluten Free Friday! Every Friday, we share five gluten free and allergy friendly products that we think our readers know about. Since I have celiac and my daughter has food allergies, it can be hard to find food we actually enjoy eating. That’s why we’ve partnered with brands to bring you the latest and greatest in gluten free and allergy friendly foods! Although brands have sent us samples to try out, we only share our honest opinions, and we only share foods we love- and think you will love too! So, are you ready to see what we have this week?
Gluten Free Goodies
1. SunButter Natural Sunflower Spread– is an allergy-friendly solution for nut and peanut free schools. Miss packing your kids a PB&J? SunButter, which is made from sunflower seeds, has you covered. You can use this spread anywhere you would use peanut butter or almond butter! We’ve made cookies, SunButter pasta (it’s better than it sounds!), used it on sandwiches, and just about everything else you can think of. We like that SunButter is dairy and soy free, nut free, peanut free, and gluten free. We also like that it tastes great. Although we can eat peanut butter, we keep SunButter on hand just because we like it. It doesn’t hurt that it’s safe for our other friends with food allergies, too.
2. Nielsen Massey Almond Extract is the only brand of almond extract we keep in our kitchen. We love Nielsen Massey extracts because they’re allergen free (including the almond extract, check out the FAQ here. Unlike some extracts, which contain gluten and other allergens, Nielsen Massey prides themselves on creating extracts that are as pure as possible. Although we’ve tried other extracts, and we’ve even tried making our own, we always come back to Nielsen Massey extracts. If that hasn’t convinced you yet, Nielsen Massey products are organic, kosher, and non-GMO. Nielsen Massey also offers Fair Trade vanilla.
3. Canyon Bakehouse Blueberry and Cinnamon Raisin Bagels are new flavors from one of my favorite gluten free brands. I’ve always liked their plain bagels, which are perfect for eating plain or topped. I love the plain bagels with peanut butter and honey, so I was excited to see these new flavors! Canyon Bakehouse bagels are best toasted, or at least warmed. But then again, aren’t most bagels? Canyon Bakehouse also sent us Brownie Bites, which are one of my favorite gluten free desserts, and a loaf of Mountain White bread. Although I was excited to see those, I was more excited about waking up to flavored bagels every morning! My daughter also loves bagels, so I know she’ll love them- if I decide to share! We also received some Mountain White Bread, great for sandwiches and French Toast, and their brownie bites, which I love. This are so good warmed and topped with whipped cream.
4. La Victoria Salsa makes salsa, enchilada sauce, hot sauce, taco sauce, and chiles and peppers. We received Mango Habanero Salsa, which was right up my husband’s alley since he loves mangoes, and Salsa Brava. Now, we eat tacos once a week or more in our household, so I knew right away that these weren’t going to go to waste. After all, what’s a good taco without a little salsa? The Salsa Brava is a hot sauce, perfect for…well, just about anything. I like to put Salsa Brava on my omelettes, hashbrowns, or anything else that I think needs a little spice. The Mango Habanero is a medium salsa, so it has enough kick to make me happy, but it’s a tolerable spice level for my husband. He’s kind of a wimp when it comes to spicy! The Salsa Brava is hot, so it’s all mine, and I’m happy with that.
5. Molly & Drew Gluten Free Beer Bread is the first gluten free beer bread mix that I’ve seen since going gluten free in 2012. I always loved a good loaf of beer bread with some of my mom’s homemade soup, so I had high hopes for this. It calls for one gluten free beer, which is not included. We picked up some hard cider, which is what was suggested. Hard cider tastes a little different than beer, but I’ve always preferred the taste of hard cider. If you don’t like hard cider, another gluten free beer or even a soda could work in this mix. This one is tasty, although we will probbly use a stronger hard cider in the future. It had a nice crust with a soft inside. We plan to use this with hearty fall and winter meals, like soup.
So, that’s all the brands we have for you today! Check back next week to see what we have in store for you. Have you heard of any of these brands before? Which ones do you like best?
We also have lots of GLUTEN FREE RECIPES available. Missed any of the previous weeks? See more GLUTEN FREE FRIDAYS here.
I am so happy there are so many different gluten-free Alternatives out there now! There used to be so many issues when it came to trying to find something to eat that was safe for someone with a gluten allergy.
Sunbutter seems like a healthy alternative. We use sunflower seed oil as a cooking medium and have found it quite healthy too.
I really love your GLuten free series. It shows me new healthy items on the market, I am not particulally going gluten-free but I am always seeking healthier food options.
What great gluten free ideas! I love that bread, we use it too!
Oh I love to taste that Sunbutter natural sunflower spread. Hmm does it taste like peanut butter?
I would love to try those salsa, that is something that I can use in my kitchen. Last year, I had the opportunity to try a year supply of gluten free and it was great.
My husband has a gluten allergy. I can appreciate this list. I think I’d be very interesting in having him try the bread.
I have a friend who uses SunButter a lot. She has made some AMAZING recipes with it.
The beer bread looks so rich! The bagels look amazing too.
The bagels look delicious. Bagels are my favorite by far.
I am not on gluten free diet but I love to know more about it. It’s awesome that there are products that are products like those.
I love peanut butter and glad to know there is a gluten free brand offering such awesomeness
I’m thankful there are more gluten free options available in stores and at affordable prices. I remember the days when you had to visit the “natural” food stores and pay ridiculously high prices for gluten free foods.
I wanna try the La Victoria Salsa and the Sunbutter Natural Sunflower Spread.
Oh YUM!! This is so delicious looks so great.
I love sunbutter… I can eat it by the spoonful but occasionally put it on bread and bagels.
My in-laws are all about LaVictoria salsa. They always bring their own jar over for Cinco de Mayo because they think I’m going to buy a different brand.
I am always looking for new gluten free products to try. I will have to look for Canyon Bakehouse Blueberry and Cinnamon Raisin Bagels. They look delicious.
I’m a big fan of Sunbutter. It’s perfect for school lunches or for baking with!
I love the products from Nielsen Massey. Their Mexican Vanilla is out of this world!
I love everything gluten free because it makes me feel better, I don’t know why. La Victoria sauce is so delicious!! And I need to try those bagels, yuumm!
Mmmm, sounds fantastic. I am not gluten free, but I’d still be open to trying these. I’d really love that bread!
I had no idea extracts could affect gluten allergies! The same goes for hot sauce and salsa. Although we do not have any intolerance in our immediate household, we always try to stay in the loop for extended family and friends.
I don’t have allergies but these products are making me hungrey. I would love to try that sunflower butter and Salsa Bravo. Great choices people with allergies will crave.
My daughter has several food allergies, and I am thrilled that more and more companies are coming out with food allergy friendly food. I also love that they seem to have their own section in grocery stores like Publix. It makes it easier to shop.
Oh my goodness those raisin bagels sound delicious, I can just imagine them with a little bit of jam yum!
I’d love the try the sunflower butter! I don’t think I’ve ever had it. The bread looks good too. It’s great that these are all gluten free.
I do love a good beer bread! That is great that there is a brand that you can enjoy without gluten.
That beer bread sounds really good. They’re getting super creative with their gluten free options these days.
I remember when you could only find a couple of items on the shelf that were gluten free. Seems like everyone has jumped on the bandwagon which makes it easier for those that actually need to be gluten free.