Bolthouse Farms ~ Olive Oil Vinaigrette Raspberry Merlot

I needed a salad dressing for the huge amount of romaine lettuce I bought from Costco. I am not much of a salad eater but this dressing looked amazing. It even says gluten free on the bottle. At Winco it cost $3.98, a little more money than other salad dressings but I think it was worth it. It has 30 calories in 2 tablespoons and is full of flavor.

Gluten Free Pasta ~ Quinoa Ancient Harvest

I was never a huge fan of spaghetti or noodles because they never made me feel good....now I know why....Celiac Disease! But my kids love noodles and I wanted to eat noodles with them. I tried some brown rice pasta ones that did not taste very good but I found these gluten free spiral noodles made from quinoa, corn, and spinach flour and dried beet and red bell pepper. The texture is amazing, not mushy at all. I topped the noodles with RAGU chunky vegetable spaghetti sauce. According the the RAGU website, their spaghetti sauces are gluten free.

Gluten Free Granola ~ Bakery on Main

I bought this Gluten Free Granola at Against the Grain located on 2292 West 5400 South in Taylorsville, Utah. I just bought it today and I think I ate half the bag. It is very good with a great crunch and sweet, but not too sweet, taste. It tastes similar to the Trader Joe's Granola. I posted pictures of ingredients if you can read them at a side angle :-) 

I bought it for $9.89 for 22 oz. I went online to the company's website www.bakeryonmain.com and found it for $6.49 for 12 oz. 

Flour-less Brownies ~ whole foods

I serve these quite often for guests. Today I had two friends come over who were hesitant but were pleasantly surprised that they were so good. All our kids devoured them. I do not have a picture because my internet is so slow to upload one today. Click on this link to the whole foods website for this recipe. 

Ingredients

1 (15-ounce) can no-salt-added black beans, drained and rinsed 

3 large eggs 1/3 cup melted butter, more for the baking dish (I have used both earth balance and coconut oil and I love how moist the brownies turn out with the coconut oil. Be sure to use room temperature eggs if using coconut oil so the oil doesn't harden)1/4 cup cocoa powder 1/8 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoon gluten-free vanilla extract 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons cane sugar (I have used honey)1/2 cup gluten-free semi-sweet chocolate chips 1/3 cup finely chopped walnuts

Method:

Preheat oven to 350°F. 
Butter an 8-inch baking pan. Place the black beans, eggs, melted butter, cocoa powder, salt, vanilla extract and sugar in the bowl of a food processor and blend until smooth. Remove the blade and gently stir in the chocolate chips and walnuts. Transfer mixture to the prepared pan. Bake the brownies for 30 to 35 minutes, or until just set in the center. Cool before cutting into squares. 

Blue Iguana

Last night we ate at the Blue Iguana, a Mexican restaurant in downtown Salt Lake City.  Although they do not have a specific "gluten free menu, " there are only 3 things that contain gluten in their restaurant: enchilada sauce, tamales, and flour tortillas. You are safe with everything else. I had the fish tacos and they were so yummy! They also serve unlimited chips and salsa. 


Prices are reasonable. We had a Living-Socials deal where I bought a $20 gift card for $10. 


165 South West Temple
Salt Lake City


http://www.blueiguanarestaurant.net/

Crunchy Maple Sunrise

I bought this as Costco and it is amazing!  It has a good maple crunch and is full of flavor!