Food Ideas
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When you have an allergy in the family, you may be in need of new food ideas. This is a list I have compiled from my own son’s foods and other in the MOSAIC allergy support group. I hope this gives you some new ideas when shopping! Some foods have ingredients listed, but as always, please double check all ingredient labels as products change frequently!
VEGETABLES
All fresh vegetables
Dried – Just Peas, Just Corn (health food store)
FRUIT
Most fruit either canned, fresh or dried
Mariani Tropical Pineapple (chewy) (King Soopers)
Just Pineapple (crunchy) (health food store)
All brands of applesauce – regular, fruit or cinnamon flavors
Apple sauce now comes in tubes similar to Go-gurts at Wild Oats
Sun maid raisins
Craisins Orange Flavor
Mariani Premium Cherries
Stretch Island Fruit – 100% Fruit Snack – All Flavors
Dried Prune Snack Packs-(King Soopers)
Kettle Valley, Real Fruit Snack (bar) (1 apple in every bar) at King Soopers
CRACKERS
Nabisco Ritz Crackers (w)
Nabisco Original Saltine Crackers (w)
Keebler Wheatables Original and Honey Wheat (w)
Nabisco Original Wheat Thins (w)
Ener-G Wheat-Free Crackers (very good!) (soy)
Baked Organic Brown Rice Snaps-Unsalted plain
Sesmark Rice Thins
GRAHAM CRACKERS / COOKIES
Mi-Del ginger or vanilla snaps (found in health food section of grocery) (w)
Nabisco ginger snaps (w)
Nabisco Teddy Graham’s honey and cinnamon (w)
Nabisco Honey Maid honey and cinnamon sticks (w)
Nabisco honey maid regular or cinnamon crackers (w)
Nabisco Barnum’s Animal Crackers
Keebler Original Grahams (w and soy)
Scooby Doo Baked Graham Cracker Sticks-cinnamon (w)
Earth’s Best Organic Kidz Arthur Cookies (w) (health food store)
EnviroKidz Nature’s Path Organic Animal Cookies – Vanilla (health food store)
Enjoylife No-Oats Oatmeal Cookies – www.enjoylife.com
Ener-G Low Protein Cinnamon Cookies – www.ener-g.com
Ener-G Lemon Sandwich Cookies – www.ener-g.com
Enjoy Life Chocolate Chip Cookie – www.enjoylife.com
PRETZELS
Newmans Own salted pretzel sticks (w)
Frito Lay Rold Gold thin pretzel twists (w)
Snyder’s sticks or twists regular flavor (w)
Wylde Pretzels – www.ener-g.com or www.missroben.com
Ener-g Wheat Free Pretzels-(soy)(Wild Oats or www.ener-g.com)
**gold fish brands contain milk ingredients
CHIPS/POPCORN
Pringles original (plain only) (w)
Lay’s original (plain only)
Lay’s Original Stax-look like Pringles, but no wheat
Lay’s original Wavy (plain only)
Ruffles original (plain only)
Frito Lay Fritos (plain only)
Sunchips (plain only) (w?)
Barrel of Fun Corn Pops
Act II Microwave Kettle Corn Popcorn (soybean oil)
Quaker Quakes Rice Snacks Apple Cinnamon (soy)
Doritos Toasted Corn Chips
Tostitos White Corn Crispy Rounds
Roberts American Gourmet Tings
Roberts American Gourmet Original Potato Flyers
Roberts American Gourmet The Dude’s Chips with Corn Mesa
Terra Frites Season Salt French Fries (health food store)
Good Health – Veggie Stix (w)
Vic’s Gourmet White Half Salt Popcorn (King Soopers/Walmart)
CEREAL
Quaker Life Cereal regular or cinnamon flavor (w)
Quaker Captain Crunch (avoid Peanut Capt. Crunch) (w)
General Mills Cheerios plain, apple-cinnamon, or berry (avoid honey nut) (w)
Health Valley Rice Crunch-Ems (Health food store)
Health Valley Corn Crunch-Ems (Health food store)
Erewhon Crispy Brown Rice – Gluten Free (Health food store)
Erewhon Crispy Brown Rice – (w)
Erewhon Corn Flakes
Barbara’s Organic Wild Puffs – (oat)
Post Honey Combs-(oat)
Malt-O-Meal Corn Bursts-(traces of soy) at WalMart
Kellogg’s Kix (w)
Kellogg’s Froot Loops (w)
Kellogg’s Corn Pops (w)
Kellogg’s Trix (w)
Kellogg’s Apple Jacks (w)
Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes (w)
Kellogg’s Corn Flakes (w)
**All Kellogg’s cereal contain wheat ingredients
POP TARTS
Kellogg’s Pop Tarts – Brown Sugar Cinnamon (w and soy)
Kellogg’s Pop Tarts – SpongeBob Squarepants (w and soy)
PASTA (Wheat)
Barilla brand for Rotini, Rigatoni, Fiori (wheels), Farfalle (bow tie) (w)
R&F Bow tie (w)
American Beauty elbo-roni (w)
PASTA (No Wheat/Gluten)
Mrs. Leeper’s Corn Penne, Rice Alphabets, Just for Kids Animal Pasta, Corn Vegetable Radiatore
De Boles Rice Spaghetti Style, Rice Lasagna, Rice Angel Hair, Rice Fettuccine and Corn Spaghetti
Tinkyada Rice Pasta, Brown Rice Elbow Pasta
SAUCE, DIPS, DRESSING, JELLY
I.M. Healthy Original Creamy SoyNut Butter (soy)
Wishbone Robusto Italian
Wishbone balsamic vinaigrette dressing
Kraft zesty Italian
Prego original marinara
Prego garden style marinara
Newman’s own marinara
Newman’s own mushroom marinara
Honey
Applesauce also makes a great dip for crackers, fruit and vegetables
Smuckers fruit jelly and jams
Knotts berry farm strawberry jams
BREADS/BAGELS / ENGLISH MUFFINS
Oroweat cinnamon raisin swirl bagels (w)
Oroweat cinnamon raisin English muffin (w)
Sara Lee Blueberry, Cranberry, Plain, Apple cinnamon, and Honey wheat bagels (w)
Albertsons regular or cinnamon raisin English muffin (w)
Roman Meal Wheat Bread (w)
Ener-G Tapioca Loaf
Ener-G Tapioca Dinner Rolls
Ener-G Brown Rice Loaf
Food for Life- Brown Rice Tortillas: Wheat Free/Gluten Free at Naturally Organic
Glutano Crisp Bread at Naturally Organic store(may contain traces of nuts)
JUICE/SOY MILK
All brands of Apple, White grape and Orange juice are OK
Vruit Juice – All flavors, plus good for veggies and fruit serving
Tropican Orange Juice
Kool Aid Jammers
Silk Soy Milk – plain and vanilla (soy)
Soy Dream Enriched Soy Milk and Chocolate (soy)
Horizon Organic Juice – Apple and Grape
V8 Splash
V8 Smoothie
CAKES/CUPCAKES/PANCAKES
Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Classic Yellow Cake Mix (wheat)
Duncan Hines Creamy Home-Style Buttercream and Classic Vanilla Frosting in a can
Gluten Free Pantry – Muffin and Scone Mix (pancake recipe on back)
Pillsbury Treat Toppers Squeeze Frosting –Vanilla or Chocolate in doughboy bottle (soy)
CANDY
Fruit Snacks-most brands are okay-some Brach’s brands are now saying “may contain…
Betty Crocker – Care Bears, Dragon Tails,
Betty Crocker – Fruit Roll-Ups
Betty Crocker – Fruit Smoothie Blitz Fruit Snacks
Brach’s Spiderman Snacks
Kellogg’s Disney – Lion King
Starbursts –Fruit Chew Lollipops and Candies
Dum dum lollipops
Mike and Ike Original Fruit Candies
Christmas
Marshmallow snowmen and trees (King Soopers)
Spangler Candy Canes Peppermint Flavor
LifeSavers – 5 flavors – Candy Canes
Peeps Marshmallow Christmas Trees
Peeps Marshmallow Snowmen
Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day Hearts – Brach’s small and large hearts (King Soopers)
Smarties
Sweetarts
Gimbel’s Sour Stars – www.missroben.com
Easter- (King Soopers)
Skittles Pastel Colors
Skittles Fun Size
Starburst Sour Jellybeans
JustBorn Marshmallow Peeps
DESSERTS/POPSICLES
Barkat Ice Cream Cones – www.missroben.com
Keebler Sugar Cones-(wheat and soy)
Whole Fruit Sorbet – Lemon, Strawberry, Banana/Strawberry
Tofutti Vanilla “Ice Cream”-(Naturally Organic)
Tofutti Blueberry Cheesecake “Ice Cream” (Naturally Organic)
Cool Classics Twin Pops
Cool Classics Banana Pops
Popsicle Firecracker
Popsicle Root Beer, Banana, Lemon Lime Flavor
Popsicle Firecracker
Popsicle Scribblers
Popsicle Wild Bunch
Popsicle – Super Heroes
Philly Swirl Italian Ice at WalMart
Philly Swirl Stix Italian Ice at WalMart
PUDDING/JELLO
Dr. Oetker Simple Organics – Vanilla and Chocolate flavored
Jell-O Gelatin Desserts – All Flavors
FROZEN FOODS
McCain Smile Potatoes
Ore Ida Golden Fries
Kroger’s Shoestring Potato (King Soopers)
Kroger’s Potato Wedges (King Soopers)
Cascadian Farms Organic French Fries
Kroger’s Hash Browns (King Soopers)
Delimex Chicken Taquitos (Costco)
Tyson Diced Chicken Breast (King Soopers)
Van’s Wheat Free Blueberry, Plain, Apple Cinnamon Waffles (soy)
Frozen Homestyle Menu Rib Tips, Pork (soy)-(Walmart)
Amy’s Roasted Vegetable No Cheese Pizza (Health Food Stores) (wheat)
MARGARINE
Fleischman’s Unsalted Margarine (King Soopers)
SOUPS/BROTHS
Imagine Creamy Portobello Mushroom Soup, Creamy Broccoli (soymilk), and Creamy Tomato
Imagine Vegetable Broth (no soy), Chicken Broth
Imagine No-Chicken Broth
Health Valley Low Fat Chicken Broth (no soy)
BREAD CRUMBS
Hol Grain Bread Crumbs-Brown Rice
Southern Homestyle Tortilla Crumbs – gluten free (corn and lime)
MEATS
Tyson Diced Chicken Breast
Oscar Mayer Bun Length Turkey Franks
Applegate Farms Beef Hot Dogs (health food stores)
Oscar Mayer Turkey Breast – Smoked and Plain
Oscar Mayer Deli Smackers Beef Salami
Dinty Moore Microwave Bowls, Beef Stew – (Walmart)
Jenni-O Turkey Breakfast Sausage Links
Jenni-O Turkey Meats
Ian’s Chicken Nuggets (wheat free) – (Naturally Organic)
MISCELLANEOUS
Ah! Alaska Unsweetened Baker’s Cocoa
Uncle Ben’s Original Rice
Success Brown Rice
Shelton’s Turkey Chili with Beans in a can
Barbara’s Mashed Potatoes
Betty Crocker Potato Buds
Pace Picante Sauce
Amy’s Roasted Veggie Pizza – no cheese (w)
Aunt Jemima Syrup
Tofutti Cheese – American and Mozzarella (Simply Organic)
Tofutti Sour Cream and Cream Cheese (Simply Organic)
Whole Soy & Co Yogurt – all flavors (Simply Organic)
Olive oil, vegetable oil
Catsup, Mustard
Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup
Hershey’s Strawberry Syrup
Kroger’s Strawberry Syrup
Jet Puffed Marshmallows
REPLACERS
Egg replacement ideas:
-Ener-G Egg Replacer
-1/4 cup applesauce=1 egg
-1tsp baking powder, 1 T liquid, 1 T vinegar
-1 tsp yeast dissolved in ¼ cup warm water
-1 ½ T water, 1 ½ T oil, 1 tsp baking powder
-1 packet plain gelatin, 2 T warm water (Do not mix until ready to use)
Milk replacement ideas:
-Equal amounts of soy or rice milk
VITAMINS
Rhino Gummy Bear Vitamins(Wild Oats)
Rhino Calci-Bears (Wild Oats)
Juice Plus Gummies – Kellyarter@qwest.net
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