Friday Finds

Fredmeyer

6/13/2014

Soups, Salsa and Salad Dressings

We visited FredMeyer on the corner of Overland and Five Mile today, and though Freddy's Gluten Free selection tends to be a bit smaller than other stores, we did come across some great finds. Today's highlight: Soups, Salsa & Salad Dressings

Amy's Brand (14.5oz cans. Sorry did not get a picture): Organic Split Pea in Regular, Low Fat, and Light Sodium; Organic Lentil Vegetable in Regular and Low Sodium; Organic Lentil, Organic Thai Coconut; Organic Rustic Italian Vegetable, Organic Summer Corn and Vegetable, Organic Chunky Vegetable; Organic Curried Lentil

Soups!

We found a great selection of Soups! Not all flavors are pictured but they will be listed by Brand.

Dr. McDougal's brand (18.3oz) both flavors are pictured to the left.

Pacific Brand: (17oz. pictured, all other flavors are 32oz )Organic Cashew Carrot ginger , Organic Creamy Butternut Squash in Regular and Light Sodium, Organic Red Pepper and Tomato in Regular and Light Sodium.

Imagine Brand (320z): Organic Creamy Broccoli, Creamy Portobello Mushroom, Creamy Tomato Basil, Creamy Potato Leek

Wolfgang Puck Brand (14.5oz cans): Organic Signature Tortilla (pictured), Organic Tomato Basil Bisque, Organic Free Range Chicken with White and Wild Rice

Broth!

Pacific Brand ( 320z): Beef, in Organic and Low Sodium; Vegetable in Organic and Low Sodium; Chicken (pictured), in free range Organic and free range Low Sodium

Imagine Brand (32oz): Free Range Chicken, and in Low Sodium; Vegetarian No-Chicken (pictured), in Free range Organic and Free Range Low Sodium

Mmmmm Salsa!

Treasure Valley Brand (16oz): Habanero and Lime (HOT!); Mild; and Salsa Verde *This Brand is also Locally Grown in Eagle, Idaho!

MI Elote Brand (16oz): Mild and Medium. The Medium was marked Gluten Free, but the Mild was not. I checked the label and they had the exact same ingredients so, I am thinking they both qualify :)

Amy's Brand (14.7oz pictured below): Mild and Medium

Salad Dressings!

Annie's Brand (8oz.): Cowgirl Ranch

Organic Ville Brand (8oz.): Organic, Non-Dairy Ranch

*Non Dairy option! I love it!

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Weekly Try It! - "Imagine" Soup

6/13/2014

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One of my guys had the great idea to actual try an item or two each week from the category that we are highlighting. Brilliant right? Sooooo...drum....roll.....please.....the weekly "Try It" was born! :) Because it was their awesome Idea, and

because honestly, they are the toughest critics when it comes to making healthier food choices, I decided to let them choose which items we are going to try.

   This week, to my surprise, Imagine Brand Creamy Potato Leek soup, (purchased at FredMeyer) was chosen.  Not that I have anything against it, I just prefer food with a little more color. I'm thinking bland color, bland taste right?
Well thankful No! :) I was pleasantly surprised by it's yummy flavor! I added a few chopped up potatoes,   served it with a piece of buttered, Gluten Free toast, and it comfortably fed all five of us with a little left over.

    All 4 of my guys, although they did not absolutely love this soup, they did say that it was good and that they would like to eat it again. That in my house is a win!
*I'll give this a 4 out of 5 taste-buds for creamy goodness.

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Winco

5/23/2014

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Shopping at Winco gets better every week as they keep adding more and more options to their Gluten Free and Organic selection. Thank you Winco! Here's what I found...

Gluten Free Pasta Sauce: All Classico Brand Red and White Pasta Sauces are Gluten Free! :)                                     Today they were $1.98 a jar

Bulk Gluten Free Pasta: They carry both brown rice and white rice pasta in a variety of shapes but their bins are not       labeled Gluten Free. This is because they use the same funnel when filling the Gluten and Non-Gluten Free bins so       cross contamination is a possibility.  If you are severely Gluten intolerant or have celiac I would Not recommend buying     the pasta at this time. We were able to talk with them about possibly using separate funnels to reduce the cross contamination issue. I'll let you what they say :)   Brown rice pasta: $1.78/lb      White rice pasta: $1.53/lb

     (They also have more available in the Bulk section, more to come in a later post)

Organic Veggies: Their selection is growing! Woot Woot and the produce looked great! This Broccoli was $1.53/lb

Gluten Free Boxed Cereal: Koala Crisp and Panda Puffs are fav's in our house but they are a bit of a luxury item. Prepared Gluten Free options can be spendy and can easily be substituted with other budget and Health friendly options. It is however, fun to get them on occasion as a special treat! :) Today they were $2.94 per box

These Next two are luxury items as well, but it is soo exciting to see how many companies are "hearing" the need of the Gluten Free community and responding with an answer!

Gluten Free Chicken Nuggets: Definitely my kids approved! :) Today they were $4.98 per bag

Gluten Free Cake Mix: Way to go Betty Crocker! Great for when your in a pinch or want to add to other recipes such as pancakes :) Today they were $5.49 per box

Gluten Free Soups: They had several of the Pacific Brand and Amy's brand soups, some were Gluten Free and some were not, but they were all organic :) Pacific was $3.27 a box Amy's was $2.53 per can

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