Gluten & Dairy Replacements

Hey friends!  I've been meaning to do this post for a while now.  We've eaten gluten and dairy free for several years now and I know when you first start out this can be overwhelming!!  Many of you might be wanting to give up gluten or dairy for the New Year.  Eating plant-based can be a great way to cleanse and start fresh!

Here's a resource for you if you are trying to give up one or the other (also all these products are also egg-free if you have sensitivities to that too!).  These are our favorite products that many people who aren't GF/DF love too when they come over ;)

Austin is a great place where we have access to many health goods and gf/df/vegan grocery items.  If you don't live in Austin, then I've included Amazon links to all that I recommend for ease of buying!

Breakfast and baking Staples

GF/DF (and most are vegan and non-GMO!)

• Love Grown Foods, we particularly like the Strawberry Power O's and the three kid's cereal, these are gluten-free and vegan and bean based so low-glycemic and t.a.s.t.y
• Little Northern Bake-house, can be found at your local Sprouts and we love the Millet Chia Bread
• Young Living Pancake & Waffle Mix, we use that around here as an AP flour and it's my favorite flavor- not too strong gf, but uses healthy gf, non-gmo grains
• Katz Donuts- these do contain eggs, but are a tasty occasional treat around here for those of us who tolerate egg OK on occasion.
• King Arthur GF AP flour, this 3-pound size on Amazon is the best deal by far- only $3 more than the 1 pound-er!
• Neat Egg for egg replacement- I prefer using this to flax eggs in recipes 
• Enjoy Life for all allergen-free chocolate recipes.  They have dark chocolate morsels that I love for baking
• Domata seasoned flour for frying 
• Wholly Wholesome frozen GF pie crusts

Dairy Replacements

• Yogurt:  Forager (cashew based), Kite Hill (almond based and my personal fav), or Coyo (coconut based- but so much better than all the other coconut ones!)
• Butter: Earth Balance, the coconut spread is our favorite- this is found in most stores
• Milk:  We love Flax Milk from Good Karma and Calafia Farms for Almond Milk
• Cool Whip: So Delicious Cocowhip (found in freezer section of most stores)
• Sweetened Condensed and Evaporated Milk:  Natures Charm (sweetened cond. milk is so, so, so yum!  see my recent cookie pie recipe with this stuff!)
• Coffee Creamer: Calafia Farms- they also have wonderful coffee-flavored milk goods too! 
• Cheese: Treeline for soft, spreadable cheeses and dips (scallion flavor used in my gf/vegan lasagna recipe),  Follow Your Heart Mozzarella shreds, Kite Hill for cream cheese, sliced cheese: Chao Slices
• Ice Cream:  Coconut Bliss with gluten free + vegan ice cream cones too!

Dressings and Sauces

• Follow Your Heart Vegan Dressings like Cesar and Ranch
• Tessamae's line of Dressings
• Fabanase line of vegan mayo flavors- we love chipotle
• Just Mayo, great vegan mayo that can be found anywhere!
• Salsa, Guacamole, and Hummus are also all great choices everyday ;)

Snacks

• Do you miss sour cream and onion chips?  For these type items we love Earth Balance Brand.  (the cheese squares are not gluten-free thought- fyi!)
• Go Raw for snacking- seeds and dried goods are great for road trips!
• Snap Pea Crisps - these are affordable and a great on-the-go snack
• Glutino Pretzels, hard to find gf/df pretzels!
• For more snack ideas check out this post on my blog from last year.  These are all great for lunches too! 

Quick Meal Ideas

• Lundberg boxed rice meals
• Tamales (these are generally found locally, but almost always gf and can be found df and vegan too!)
• Ian's (not vegan, but the kids love chicken nuggets or fish sticks occasionally!) brand frozen- can be found at target even.  Bub's loves the turkey corn dog nuggets ;)
• GF noodles + DF tomato sauce (check your tomato sauce can for Milk, many store bought- even organic ones, contain milk as an ingredient!)
• Smart Flour pizza crusts + tomato sauce + df cheese (see above)