Gluten Free Dessert Coupon!

Get a free coupon for one of Betty Crocker’s new Gluten-Free Dessert Mixes ($4 value). Follow the instructions below to get your coupon today. If you’re not sure your local store will carry the product view the product locator page go here.

• Call General Mills Consumer Services number at 1-800-446-1898 and select option #4 on the main menu.
• Tell the customer service representative on the line that you are interested in the free gluten-free baking coupons.
• You’ll be asked a few questions regarding your household’s consumption of gluten and then you’ll be asked for your address so they can send you the free coupon.

Thanks, The Centsible Shopper!

Yummy Fruit Smoothies

The kids were really wanting a snack early this morning and so I decided to throw together a smoothie for them.

Ingredients:
Strawberries
Blueberries
Apple juice (no sugar added)
Yoplait vanilla yogurt

Put all in the blender and enjoy!

Ice Cream Cone Smores

My kids love a good ole microwaved smores for an afternoon snack. Since going gluten free, I haven't gotten the nerve to spend 5-7 dollars on a small box of gluten free graham crackers. Yesterday, we tried an experiment....drum roll please....lol! We took a gluten free ice cream cone (these were on sale for 2.50 a box of 12 at Organic Harvest last week) I put a marshmellow in the bottom, topped some chocolate chips on it, then put another marshmellow (we used the large ones) on top and microwaved 10 seconds, stopped when the marshmellow was puffy, let the air go out then added another 8 seconds or so. The marshmellow looked like ice cream on top, but it tasted yummy like a smores! The kids loved it!

Any good sandwich brands?

I love bread! This has been a huge stuggle for me since my daughter was diagnosed with Celiacs. I have yet to find a good gluten free bread. They are so expensive to buy and be terrible to go to waste. I have found that Whole Foods Sandwich bread is ok for french toast, or toast, or grilled cheese, but to just make a big, juicy sandwich with meat, cheese and lettuce that is soft and moist, I have yet to find. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Kinnikinnick claims that they have a moist and soft bread. Has anyone tried it?

Gluten free rice crispy treats

My daughter is the only one we know in our family who has Celiac's. She is only 8 years old. Still a kid. What kid doesn't like rice crispy treats. So yummy, so simple!

Recipe: Gluten Free Rice Cereal (You can't use Kellogg's because it contains malt flavoring)
1 bag of marshmellows
1 stick of butter

Optional add ins: sprinkles, mini m&m's, chocolate chips, peanut butter, etc...

Chex Gluten Free

Oh the possibilities! Do you know all the different recipes that you can make with these varieties of Chex Cereals? Oh so many! Not to mention the yummies for breakfast! Thanks General Mills! This is the response I got when I called and spoke with General Mills Directly. One of the GREAT things about these cereals being gluten free is that they don't cost any more than regular cereals.

Dear Jennie :

Thank you for contacting General Mills regarding our new line of gluten free products. We are committed to creating the highest quality products for our consumers. Feedback such as yours helps us achieve this goal for the future.

In addition to Rice Chex, the following gluten free products will be in national distribution beginning June 1st:

· Betty Crocker Gluten Free Yellow Cake Mix

· BC Gluten Free Devil’s Food Cake Mix

· BC Gluten Free Chocolate Chunk Brownies

· BC Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix

· Corn Chex cereal

· Strawberry Chex cereal

· Honey Chex cereal

· Chocolate Chex cereal

· Cinnamon Chex cereal

We appreciate your loyalty and hope you continue to enjoy our products.

Sincerely,

Harry Kendall

Consumer Services

The G Diet

I was just showing EB this video (here) of Elizabeth Hasselbeck talking about her diagnosis and living with Celiac's Disease. It is always encouraging for EB to hear that other people live with this too. The exciting thing is that there is more and more awareness of Celiacs now. Lots of yummy things you can make that are gluten free! I am definately going to check out this new book.
We are in the middle of a kitchen renovation, but as soon as we are finished, I plan to post lots of my yummy recipes that we eat!