Welcome back to Gluten Free Friday! Every Friday, we share the latest and greatest in gluten free and allergy friendly foods. With multiple conflicting food allergies in our family, as well as celiac disease, we know how hard it can be to find safe foods that taste great. Although we have received samples from companies in order to facilitate a review, we only share products we love— and that we think our readers will love too! Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, let’s see what we have for you this week!
Gluten Free Goodies
1. Barely Bread makes Grain free, gluten free bread products that are certified gluten free and certified paleo. Barely Bread uses non-GMO ingredients in their products. We received bagels and a baguette from Barely Bread. One thing we were really impressed with was the flavor. A lot of gluten free products are bland, but Barely Bread was packed full of flavor. Both the baguettes as the bagels were onion-garlic-sea salt flavor. Topped with poppyseed, the bagel had all the flavor of an “everything” bagel. Perfect for pairing with cream cheese or for making a bagel sandwich! The baguette was delicious with spaghetti, but also worked well to make a “French Bread style pizza.” One thing I will note: Barely Bread can be dry, so you should probably toast it for optimal texture. I enjoyed all of it a little more after a quick toasting!
2. Pure Spoon Baby Food was the first baby food to use cold-pressed pasteurization on their products. They’re organic, gluten free, and vegan! Although Critter is past the purée stage (and never really had one), I love keeping high quality baby food on hand to toss into a smoothie or Popsicle for her. With multiple food allergies, it can be hard to have a balanced diet. Even more so when your toddler gets picky! We really like the “blueberries, banana, and apples” flavor, but the avocado and apples flavor is a great source of healthy fats!
3. Gaea Natural Grape Glazeis made of 100% grape must, or all natural grape juice syrup. It has no preservatives or additives. It is certified gluten free and vegan. Grape glaze is a versatile product: try it on a charcuterie board, or mixed in with Greek yogurt. You can even get adventurous and try it with a fruit, like strawberries!
4. Carb O Chameleon Vanilla Doodle Cookie Mix is a new company offering gluten free, vegan, soy free cookies that are actually healthy! CarboChameleon comes in a mix, so you can make fresh cookies any time you’d like. Now, my toddler doesn’t like a lot of sweets— possibly because she can’t really eat a lot of them. However, she ate an entire CarbOChameleon cookie by herself, which is a huge endorsement. And any cookie that’s better for me is a win in my book! I have a major sweet tooth, which can be my downfall. Finding better-for-you options is pretty much my full time job these days! These Vanilla Doodle cookies only have one carb per cookie, which makes them ideal for low carb diets. They’re also high protein and high fiber! I can’t wait to buy a bag of mix to make a special treat for my daughter and her vegan toddler friend.
5. Carrington Farms Coconut Oil To Go Paks are perfect for anyone who has ever wished they could take their coconut oil to go. As a food allergy family, we usually wind up cooking while we’re traveling. It can be a pain to travel with bulky ingredients- and it can be a pain to find somewhere to buy them when you’re trying to relax. Carrington Farms Coconut Oil to go comes in conveniently sized pouches in a pack of 8. Alternately, if you’re the type that uses coconut oil as a hair treatment, this is way easier than trying to fumble with a jar of coconut oil in the shower. Either way, this is Carrington Farms’ high quality Coconut Oil that we’ve come to know and love, in an easy to carry package.
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 have friends who are gluten free and I think they would love to hear about this product. I love that there are so many more gluten free options available.
I’d love to get a hold of that barely bread goodies! It sounds so amazing and it’s definitely better than your usual bread, healthier too. Thanks for sharing these products!
Now I want to try the vanilla doodle cookie. Although I don’t have a gluten-free diet, sounds like gluten free fridays are a delight. Might have to give it a shot.
My family and I do not follow a gluten free diet but we are open to try these goodies! Thanks for letting me know about them. I will add the grain free baguette in my grocery list this weekend.
Those coconut oil is really good to have on the good. I miss having gluten free goodies.
These gluten free products are great for people who can’t eat gluten. I love how wide a variety there is now. Those baguettes look good even for people who can have gluten!
Our family doesn’t need to eat gluten free, but we have close friends that are. These are great suggestions for those times when I need to find gluten free treats!
What a great round-up of goodies. Nice to know there are so many options out there. I have a lot of friends who have gone GF, and it is amazing to see how it helps with so many health problems.
So many awesome items! Those coconut oil packets are seriously brilliant!
I sure wish that baby food had been around when I had my kids. I always made my own to ensure it was better for them.
I had a friend who used to have to worry about cooking on the go. That coconut oil packet would have been a dream!
I appreciate the creative uses of grapes and coconuts. Some nice suggestions here.
I need those Coconut Oil To Go packs. They would have come in handy on our recent travels. I ended up buying a jar of coconut oil to cook with in our Airbnb but had to throw most of it out when it was time to come home. Such a waste!
I love this round up of goodies. Makes me want to switch to gluten free
I’ve never had any gluten-free products, but it seems like there are so many more to choose from now and they are becoming more and more tasty
I love to see the Carrington Farms Coconut Oil in the packets. That is so convenient!
These all sound tasty! I’m not gluten free, but I’d give them a try for sure. That cookie mix looks delicious.
I have tried only a handful of GF products, but I think my SIL may have tried or use these! Those cookies and bagels sound and look delicious, I would try them!
I am not gluten free. That said, some of these look good enough that I might try them anyway.
None GF but I do want to try the organic coconut oil and see how it would fare compared to others
I am not gluten free, but I had no idea there were so many neat products out there that are! I am glad they make so many products since there are a lot of gluten free people out there.
Your ideas must be so helpful to the people on special diets. Fortunately I don’t need them but like your ideas and suggestions I will try them and be healthier for it.
Very nice bunch of goodies! I especially like the look of those cookies. I’m lucky that l can pretty much eat anything l want, but for friends, it’s nice to know and l always try and buy things for them.
Yay! I love Gluten-Free Fridays! You always have a few snacks I’ve never tried before and since I’m allergic to wheat I’m always looking for new things to try 😉
You always bring the best stuff to us on Gluten Free Fridays. I have a friend who waits for these posts since I shared one with her a couple of weeks ago.
Being gluten free isn’t something we need to worry about. I do keep items around to make for friends who are gluten free. Those bagels look pretty good.
Grape Glaze? Interesting. I was thinking that would pair well with pork… perhaps? I’m trying to think of how I would use it in a dish because it sounds delicious. Any ideas?
Great list. I haven’t heard of any of these products before. Even though my daughter has several food allergies, thankfully gluten isn’t one of them. However, I’m glad that more companies are making allergy friendly foods.
These all look like great products. I would like to try the Carb O Chameleon Vanilla Doodle Cookie Mix.
We are not GF in our house, but I have been trying to cut back on gluten, so I am definitely going to check out Barely Bread. It sounds great.
We are the same, we don’t need to be GF but I think it does make me feel a bit better not having so much.
Once again a fantastic round up of goodies, you really do manage to showcase how many gluten free items are out on the market now!