Subiaco IGA

I was in Subiaco last weekend having lunch and seeing a movie with a friend for his birthday and stumbled across the Subiaco IGA (Mercado's). We had some spare time before the movie started (we were seeing The Town, not a bad movie, quite enjoyed it actually), so went in a checked it out. It is one of the best IGA's I have even been too. They had a lot of different GF foods, such as the Byron Bay biscuits that I love, GF lollies, and GF bread!!!!! I was SO excited I honestly never thought I would be eating bread ever again as i find that i don't like the taste of most GF breads, but this bread is fantastic. I brought the Ciabattine dinner rolls by Schar. Check out their website: http://www.schaer.com/en/gluten-free-products/bread/ they have a variety of GF breads and I swear this IGA has them all.

Now I will warn you that this is also the most expensive IGA that I have been too but I found it was well worth the cost as the food is very tasty. I don't mind paying a bit more for quality :)

I swear IGA's are the saving grace for West Aussies that can't eat Gluten.

DariFree

DariFree (no I haven't spelt it wrong) is a milk alternative. It has been created by Vance's Foods (http://www.vancesfoods.com/darifree.htm). They say that it is fat free, lactose free, gluten free and Cholesterol free. It comes in a powder form and all you have to do is add water. Once made up it will last for about a week in the fridge. I ordered a container from Allergy Friendly Foods (http://www.allergyfriendlyfoods.com.au/) and tried it yesterday. I put it with GF Cocoa Bombs and found it a little sweet but easy enough to eat overall. It is better than not being able to have my favourites at all.

Well worth a try if you are looking for a milk alternative

P.S I googled converting quarts to liters, it said 1 quart is equal to 0.94 of a litre

Freelicious

I have found that the GF Freelicious crackers are a great option for lunch or a snack. They taste like normal crackers, you can have them with cheese, tomato, ham, whatever you would have had with a 'normal' cracker really. They will be fantastic in summer time. These can be brought at the major supermarkets like Coles and Woolies and also can be brought online.

Macro Wholefoods Market

I went grocery shopping at Woolworths last night at my housemate's request. I don't mind Woolworths really, but I just find that Coles has a better range of GF foods. Anyway, I was quite surprised as Woolworths have now introduced a brand called Macro Wholefoods Market, which have organic products that are also GF. They have corn chips, popcorn and packet mixes. I was very excited by this as I haven't been able to find the Cole's organic corn chips over the last few weeks and so haven't been able to have my nachos :(

It is always exciting to find new GF foods and even better when I find them in my local store :D

www.selectglutenfree.com.au

I received my first lot of on-line ordered GF foods in the mail on Friday, this lot was from Select Gluten Free. It did take awhile for the package to arrive but somehow I think that could be Australia Posts fault rather than the supplier, either way I have been give free postage for my next order by Select Gluten Free ... which I have just used :) so YES I was very happy with the food that arrived.

My favourite food from the package was the Byron Bay GF Triple Choc Fudge Cookie. It was divine. In the new order I have ordered 5 more, plus am going to try the Sticky Date cookie this time as well. My friend tells me that they can also be brought at Coffee Club cafe's so will have to visit a store next time I see one.

My next favourite was the Springhill GF (and nut free) Rocky Road. It was soft, not too sweet and so yummy!!!! I have ordered 5 this time. I thought I should stock up while the postage was free ;)

Last but not least my next favourite was an item that I hadn't ordered but the supplier added for me to try and that was the Shepardworks Strawberry & Cream lollies. Yes they do look exactly like the 'normal' Strawberry and Cream lollies you see in the supermarket, but they are gluten and dairy free. They are quite morish and I must admit that the packet didn't last long. I have ordered another packet in the new order plus am going to try the Milk Bottles as well.

So there you go a very successful order from Select Gluten Free. I am very excited that I now have so many snack foods to eat. They are good to take to work or on a trip so that I will always have something with me that I can eat :)

Ordering GF food on-line

Over the last two weekends I have found sites to order GF food from. This is the first time I have ever ordered food from the internet so I will be interested to see how it goes.

I have ordered from the following websites:

 - Select Gluten Free: http://www.selectglutenfree.com.au/

 - Allergy Friendly Foods: http://www.allergyfriendlyfoods.com.au/

Do many people order their gluten free foods on-line? It seems like a smart option as there are so many foods out there that I haven't seen in stores.

Fingers crossed x

Long Live Giant Buttons

I had a scare the other night after eating some (a lot) of giant buttons I had a severe tummy upset. I couldn't believe that my body was rejecting them, I love them so much. I just couldn't let our relationship end like this so tried them again last night and no tummy upset this time (thank the lord). So, it must have been the dinner I had earlier in the evening, it was made with gluten free wraps but maybe there was something in the sauce? Doesn't matter really as long as the GB are safe. Let the obsession continue ;)