Our favorite (packaged and ready to eat food) things

When we first decided to go gluten and dairy free the hardest part was figuring out what to eat, where to find it in the stores, and trying new brands (that were expensive). So I have decided to break down my lists into 2 parts. One list is of things that can be found in most grocery stores and the other is of specialty gluten free products that can be found at stores that carry more extensive selection of specialty gluten free brands and products. I could make another list of all the things we tried and didn't like but that would not be very nice.

Gluten/dairy free non-special products that can probably be found at most grocery stores:

1. Fritos (snack, no cheese frito pie)
2. Corn chips (bean dip, hummus, guacamole)
3. Corn Tortillas (tacos) 
4. Rice cakes (with peanut butter)
5. Fruit and veggies (dipped in honey, peanut butter, hummus)
6. Plain Potato chips
7. Chex cereal many types (mix with nuts and dry berries for yummy trail mix)
8. Jello (it is just so fun) 
9. Fruit Leathers
10. Betty Crocker gluten free cookies, cakes, and brownies (add some chopped walnuts yummy!)
11. Naked pre-cooked nuggets (we buy blue ribbon brand)
12. Oscar Meyer select hot dogs
13. Peanut Butter (on a spoon)
14. Bisquick Gluten Free mix- makes easy pancakes and waffles (add walnuts, berries, chocolate chips)
15. Hunts canned mushroom flavor spaghetti sauce ($1/can AWESOME with cooked ground beef and rice spaghetti)
16. DeBoles Gluten Free Penne and Spaghetti
17. Back to Nature Multi Seed crackers
18. Thai Kitchen Rice Noodles (some have dairy)

Specialty Gluten and dairy free foods we enjoy (most of which we only enjoy as a special treat because of cost!):

1. Glutino gluten free pretzels 
2. Envirokidz Organic Lemur Peanut Choco Rice Bar
3. KinniTOOS Chocolate Sandwich Creme (like GFCF oreos)
4. Tinkyada brown rice pasta shells
5. Lucy's cookies
6. Envirokidz Leaping Lemurs Cereal 
7. Envirokidz Gorilla Munch
8. Envirokidz Koala Crisps (great for making rice crispy bars) 
9. San J Organic Gluten-free Tamari Soy Sauce (essential for all our Asian cooking)
10.  Annie's Homegrown Snickerdoodle Bunny Cookies
11. Pop Chips (not all flavors dairy free)
12. Pirate booty (not all flavors dairy free)
13. Glutino Wafers
14. Applegate farms (many products!) our favorites are chicken nuggets and breakfast sausage
15. Ian's fish sticks and mini corn dogs
16. Goldbaums Ice Cream Cones
17. Spectrum Natuals Organic Shortening (needed for cake frosting)  

 

I plan to continually update the lists!