Patsy Pie sent us a goody box full of yumminess! All the items were shelf stable except for their brownies that needed to be frozen upon delivery. Well, to be honest with you, none of them made it to the freezer! : ) We ate all of them. They were THAT good. Our almost 4 year old ate 2-3 of them in a sitting. I finally told him he had had enough and that he could have another one tomorrow. Unfortunately, Mommy & Daddy finished the bag off that night! They were really moist for something that came in a bag. They had chocolate chips inside of the chocolate brownies and for a chocolate lover like myself, that was a good thing. They were small enough that we could eat them in 2 bites. Perfect for a quick & delicious dessert!

Another Patsy Pie treat that I loved was the biscotti! The almond ones were really tasty. Nice texture and simple taste. Really nice snack with coffee! My favorite one was the cranberry orange! Big chunks of soft, moist cherries with a hint of orange infused into the biscotti. Yum! A perfect companion to my cup of hot tea & even better when I dipped it into the tea! Truthfully, I wasn’t a big fan of biscotti before I tasted the cranberry orange variety! Double Yum!

Now for the cookies, I tried the chocolate chip, the peanut butter, the raisin & the snappy gingers. My favorite was the snappy ginger. I’m much more into softer style cookies and the ginger was really soft & fresh tasting… the perfect cookie to dip into coffee. I liked that the ginger is more subtle in this cookie, too. The chocolate chip & peanut butter cookies had good flavor but I’m not a fan of crunchy style cookies, which these both were. The raisin was another soft cookie, interesting flavor (almost a corn bread taste) and raisins are always a happy surprise in a cookie!

Overall, Patsy Pie offers really yummy gluten free treats! Who needs gluten? Not I, especially when Patsy Pie is in our home! To grab some Patsy Pie treats for yourself head over to their website: www.patsypie.com.

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When Aiden & Ryan were diagnosed with Celiac, one of the first questions we had was: What do we do about the dog food? We have tons of dogs and they do interact with the boys & they sleep indoors. So, the obvious choice was to do a search for GF dog foods. We feed our dogs Canidae, which happened to be GF! So, I’m going to give some suggestions for dog & cat foods based on the research I’ve done. Leave us a comment (or email me: lisa@mrsglutenfree.com) if you come up with more than what I have listed or if you have a correction (ingredients change constantly) & I’ll add it to the list.. I’m sure there are more out there! Remember to check the labels carefully. These are brands that have GF options, they may not all be GF! Most can be found at pet supply stores that offer natural food choices.

DOGS:

Halo Dog Food

Solid Gold has a GF choice

Blue

Steve’s Real Food

Canidae

Timberwolf

Primal Pets Raw Dog Food

Nature’s Variety Instinct

CATS:

Fancy Feast: Tender Beef Feast (brown label color)Tender Beef & Liver Feast (magenta)Tender Beef & Chicken Feast (red)Gourmet Chicken Feast (dark pink…be careful, this looks just like another chicken variety with gluten!)Turkey & Giblets Feast (olive green)Tender Liver & Chicken Feast (orange)Chopped Grill Feast (kelly green)Flaked Fish & Shrimp Feast (true blue)Savory Salmon Feast (orange)Flaked Ocean Fish Feast (pink)Tuna and Oceanfish Feast in Aspic (teal label)

Steve’s Real Food

Felidae

Innova

Wellness

Nature’s Variety Instinct

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My mother-in-law alerted me that the Today Show on NBC did a special on Gluten Free living.

Epicurious’ ultimate gluten-free guide

Also, here’s another link that talks about the FDA’s proposal for voluntary gluten-free standards on labeling! This is something that is very important to myself & I’m sure most anyone will a food related disease or allergy!

FDA may help!

And one more link to the www.foodallergybuddy.com! This site is pretty cool. It helps you print out allergy information cards to pass out to managers or chefs at a restaurant (or somewhere else they might be serving foods at) to help eliminate the back & forth between the managers, servers & chefs!

Good looking out, GramsMomCinda! Thanks!

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Since, I’m a Mom & a bit of an eco-friendly nerd, I’m often asked about non-toxic cleaners. I’ve tried tons of them. I’ve ordered them online, gotten some from my local health food stores, made some of my own & I’ve gotta say, hands down that SunAndEarth.com products are my favorite! The all-purpose cleaner is amazing. It gets EVERYTHING super shiny clean! The laundry detergent is great, too! I can use it for all of the clothes in my entire family… great for baby clothes, too & its safe for (HE) washing machines! There isn’t a product of theirs that I don’t have or don’t use on a daily basis. It’s great that I don’t have to worry about my babies or dogs licking the ground after I clean! And another added bonus: it smells great and it’s gluten free!

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