Perfect Gluten-Free Lunch
March 16th, 2010 | 
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Spring is here…well, mostly. There’s still a chill in the air, so soup sounded good for lunch. I do think this may have been the perfect lunch–or near-perfect. I had some V-8 Tomato Herb Soup. It was my first time trying this soup and I must say, it was really, really good! It touts a full-serving of vegetables, which is hard for me to get because I really don’t like them–and no preservatives or artificial flavors. While it doesn’t specifically say “Gluten-free”, there are no ingredients on the list that contain gluten.
So, tomato soup must have crackers, right? My absolute favorite gluten-free crackers are made by Glutino. They come in several flavors. I really like the Cheese flavor, but today I chose the Plain ones (shown) for my soup. I crumbled several of these and made the awesome V-8 Tomato Herb Soup even better! These gluten-free crackers taste almost like Ritz crackers–seriously! My husband even likes them and he’s a pretty tough cookie!
Speaking of cookies…dessert was the new “Oreo-clone” cookie made by Glutino–the new Chocolate Vanilla Cream cookies. They can definitely rival the K-toos. In fact, I like them a little bit better. And they’re about $1.00 per package cheaper (at least in my store). I never cared for the chocolate K-toos–it’s just me–I know other people love them. To me, the new Chocolate Vanilla Cream Glutino cookies taste closer to Oreos. I do prefer the vanilla cream version of both brands–just a personal preference.
Top it all off with a glass of Mountain Dew and I’ve got to say, it was a really, really good lunch!
Let me know if you try any of the above products–I’d love to hear your opinion!
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I LOVE the Glutino gluten-free crackers. My daughter who is 3, is on a gluten-free diet and hasn’t been able to have any crackers until just recently as she couldn’t have egg whites. She’s now outgrown that allergy and she can now have crackers again as these crackers contain eggs. They are delicious. She loves them so much. So happy to be finding great tasting gluten-free food for her. I’ll have to check the soup out, although soups are so hard because of the sodium content. Unfortunately, I haven’t see those cookies at any of the stores near me.
Brenda, It’s great that your daughter is able to tolerate the eggs now! That will open up several doors for her, I’m sure!
As for the soup, I’m not sure about the sodium. However, Amy’s does make a low-fat, low-sodium tomato soup that is excellent! I’ve had this one and the “regular” version and there’s hardly any taste difference. Here’s a link, in case you can’t find it locally – http://bit.ly/amysgfsoup (I actually like it better than Campbell’s!) I’d love to hear your opinion after you try it!
Nice website, by the way.