Gluten Free & Top 8 Allergen Free "Cupcakes for Two" Recipe + Baking Chocolate Snack Packs Giveaway!
This post is sponsored by Enjoy Life Foods. All opinions are my own. Read full disclosure here.
Anyone who has tried Enjoy Life Foods #1 Selling Allergy-Friendly Baking Chocolate knows it's hard to resist not eating them straight from the bag.
That's why their new Baking Chocolate Snack Packs are perfect for those chocolate cravings. Throw them in your purse, pack them for lunch, or bake up something delicious. Like my "Cupcakes for Two" recipe that is gluten free & top 8 allergen free. Just grab one Snack Pack and follow my easy steps!
{Giveaway} Make sure you enter below for a chance to win some for yourself!
This post and sweepstakes is sponsored by Enjoy Life Foods. All opinions are my own. Disclosure.
I've been keeping a secret from you all.
For some time now, I've been working with our friends at Enjoy Life Foods on a fun video and some lunch recipes that are free-from the top allergens and gluten!
Not only that, but today launches Enjoy Life Food's HUGE Sweepstakes and LunchFreely.com website!
There will be ONE GRAND PRIZE and there will be FIVE Runner-Up Prizes each week!! New recipes and sweepstakes details are in the post below.
This post and giveaway is sponsored by Snyder's of Hanover. All opinions are my own.
For years, I have admittedly bypassed the Snyder's of Hanover Pretzels on the shelves. Even when they released their Gluten Free Pretzels (which are now certified GF), I knew looming on the backside was that warning... "Made in a facility that handles peanut butter."
While I appreciated their labeling, since it's not mandatory to label for cross-contamination, it was something my family could not eat.
WELL, THAT HAS CHANGED! Snyder's of Hanover production at its main pretzel bakery in Hanover, Pennsylvania is now dedicated Peanut Free.
To celebrate the change, we're giving away a #PretzelsBaby Prize Pack + a $25 Visa Gift Card to one lucky winner!
Years ago, when Little Miss was first diagnosed with food allergies, there were not all the resources we have today. Looking online, I'd find little information that was reliable and what this mother needed in order to feed her baby and feel secure.
One person I did come across during that research, was Cybele Pascal. Her books were some of my first comforts during a new scary time of our life.
Fast forward, now Cybele is sharing her experiences through baking and food allergy motherhood in her line of delicious Free-To-Eat Cookies.
We've shared about these gems before, but I don't mind taking some time to do it again... and while we're at it GIVE SOME AWAY to FIVE lucky people!
Double the fun, y'all! I have some sweet news for you!
Right now, Enjoy Life Foods is hosting a giveaway on Instagram & Twitter for a #SweetFreely Valentine's Box. Not only that, I'm giving one away right here on Keeley McGuire Blog! That gives you TWO sweet chances to WIN! Woo!
And you know I couldn't let a special day like Valentine's go by without sharing some deliciously fun ideas for you & your family:
We started using Udi's Gluten Free products over three years ago when we had to remove gluten from Little Miss' diet.
Since then, we've been packing their delicious goods in our work and school lunches and sharing those ideas here on the blog and through social media.
We want your family to be able to pack great lunches too. That's why Udi's has partnered with us to bring you an amazing back-to-school lunch giveaway!
I've followed Holly & Chris from Safe & Happy Family via Instagram for some time now. They are the founders of Safe & Happy Family™ and food allergy parents.
They started their company as a way to bring a little more fun and ease to food allergy families lives. (Sounds like my kind of people, right!? We're all about focusing on the fun!) ;)
They were kind enough to send us one of their adorable dishware items to review and giveaway choice to our readers!
I've had the privilege of getting to know Chandice Probst from Gluten Free Frenzy over the past couple years.
She's a (gorgeous!!) amazing mother of three children. Not only does she run the successful website Gluten Free Frenzy, mentioned above, she's also the founder of Gluten Free Calendar.
She's an amazing educator and advocate in the Celiac & Gluten Free community. And now... an author!
Her new book, Gluten-Free on a Budget, was authored with her mother,Tana Besendorfer.
This book needs to become everyone's go-to guide! Whether you're a veteran to gluten free living or want to gift something to a friend who's struggling with a new diagnosis, this is a wonderful resource! Recipes, tips, tricks, shopping guides, measurement equivalents, and more!
Day 3 of our Pack a Healthier Lunch week & Giveaway thanks to Pacific Foods, USA Pears, Franz Bakery, & ECOlunchboxes!
One thing we love packing for lunches are salads. I'm very blessed that my Little Miss loves a salad as much as I do (so long as I don't pack them every day for her, lol). This began by setting an example - I would eat mine and "ooo" and "ahh" over how good it was, all the vitamins I was getting, etc.
She eventually became curious and wanted to try for herself. Guess what? She loved it. At that time, she actually preferred spinach salads over romaine but will now eat both. I usually mix her greens when I make them now.
I, too, pack salads frequently for work. I don't want to eat the same one every.single.day so it's good to mix it up with new toppings and variety. That's where today's lunch idea comes in! A yummy Pear & Seed Chicken Salad packed in our ECOlunchbox cube.
Welcome to Day 2 of our Pack a Healthier Lunch week thanks to Pacific Foods!
In case you missed yesterday's post, we kicked off the week by starting a giveaway and including a yummy recipe for gluten free & allergy friendly Tomato Soup Carrot Muffins. Be sure to check it out!
Today's recipe is one of my favorites: A smoothie! I make myself a smoothie almost every single day. Sometimes I make them fresh in the morning and drink them on the way to work. Other times I make a big batch ahead and freeze them in plastic freezable jars so that they're perfect by lunch.
That's what's so great about our recipe today - Enjoy it fresh for breakfast or make it ahead and freeze for lunches! Filled with protein and fresh fruit, it's sure to be a hit with your family!
Pacific Foods has partnered with a few bloggers, as well as, USA Pears, ECOlunchbox, & Justin's Nut Butter to launch a Back-to-School Campaign on Packing a Healthier Lunch!
I'll be sharing a new post each day this week (Monday through Friday) with a yummy lunchbox idea & recipes - so make sure to come back each day to see what's fresh!
You'll also get the chance to WIN a huge prize package from the above mentioned brands (except Justin's we opted out because of Little Miss' allergy) exactly like the one we received and you'll find pictured in the post below, including a yummy loaf of gluten free & allergy friendly bread from Franz Bakery! ENTER TO WIN!!
First up, I'm sharing a recipe that's a play on an old classic - Tomato Soup Cake. Only ours are muffins, healthier, gluten free, allergy friendly, and perfect for lunches!
Applegate is known for their delicious natural and organic meats. Up until recently, I couldn't buy their products locally but am so happy that a couple of my stores are now carrying their yummy products - including their cheeses, lunch meats, bacon, frozen foods, and hot dogs.
Lets be real here for a minute: Hot dogs are not exactly considered "good food". We all know the brands out there that make the mystery meat logs and it can be... scary to think about. Sodium nitrates... meat hooves... antibiotics... hormones... Ick! However, they're delicious. I can't resist a grilled dog in the summer time.
That's why I'm thankful for Applegate! Their hot dogs are natural, gluten free, contain no fillers, no antibiotics are used on the animals and they're humanely raised.
They're challenging everyone to get clean with "the cleaner wiener" by starting a #Wienervention! If you tweet or post photos with the hashtag, you could win a YEAR SUPPLY of cleaner wieners from Applegate! Not only that, since July 23rd is National Hot Dog Day, I'm giving away a #Wienervention Kit to get you started! {Enter below.}
I love my food allergy & gluten free community. It's a family.
A support network. A mutual understanding. A place to learn from, grow, share, and thrive.
I can't imagine where I would be without all of YOU. Yes, I share here and try to help inspire... but I have learned so much from YOU. Your feedback, your comments, your ideas.
Thank you!
This week (May 11th-17th) is Food Allergy Awareness Week. May is also Celiac Disease Awareness Month. Although the two are different, they're very much the same - We each are battling awareness and trying to educate those about FOOD.
To celebrate all of YOU, I'm having a MEGA giveaway!
What does that mean? Well, instead of multiple posts over multiple days and spread all over... why not have ONE BIG PARTY and giveaway TONS of prizes to lots of YOU!?
Sounds good to me! Let's get started...
Whenever I get a new cookbook, the first thing I love to do is sit down and just look through the beautiful photography. To me, that's the most important part - that's what makes me want to make their recipe. Makes me want to eat that food. And plate it just a beautifully.
When Catherine McCord of Weelicious sent me her newest book after it's release last fall, Weelicious Lunches, that's exactly what I did.
Let me tell you more about it... AND enter for your chance to WIN your own copy + a Planetbox Shuttle System so you can pack your lunches just as healthy & beautifully.
So, let me tell you a little story... when Little Miss started her gluten free journey a few years ago, I started following and finding any gluten free blogs I could to learn more and also for ideas.
On that journey, I discovered the amazing and hilarious Erica Dermer of Celiac and the Beast. I also had the opportunity to finally meet her in person at the GFAF Expo in 2013.
She then ventured to Vegas, like I did, for the First Food Allergy Bloggers Conference last November where she gave me a copy of her book to read and review.
Cameo Edwards (a Michigan native by the way) opened Crave in 2003. It was the first gluten free bakery in the San Francisco Bay area.
And although the bakery is now closed, Cameo decided to put all of their delicious recipes in to a 10th Anniversary cookbook!
To my surprise, upon receiving an electronic copy (Kindle), and then later hardcopy, of the book is the recipes are not only gluten free but allergy friendly! I'll explain more on this below.
Not only am I sharing our review with you about this delicious new book, but I am giving away one copy to a lucky winner! And that's not all! We've also teamed up with Wholesome Sweetners to also include some goodies to help get you started baking!
{Day 9} GIVEAWAYS FOR DAYS!
Helping you win goodies for back-to-school & beyond!
There are companies that exist that not only make wonderful allergy friendly products, but go out of their way to also help support the food allergy community. Surf Sweets being one of them.
I recognized Surf Sweets from store shelves but didn't know specifics about them until last year at our Food Allergy Walk, where they graciously provided samples and information to walkers and families. They are a proud supporter of numerous causes. I love promoting companies like this!
Surf Sweets is an all-natural, organic gummy candy & jelly bean company. They are Top 10 Allergen Free, Non-GMO, Free from Corn Syrup, Gluten, Artificial Colors, and Artificial Flavors. And delicious!
Day 9: WIN Surf Sweets All-Natural Organic Gummy Candies
One Snack Pack Multi-Pack Box of Gummy Bears &
One Snack Pack Multi-Pack Box of Sour Berry Bears
Each Box Contains Five .9oz Snack Packs
{Day 8} GIVEAWAYS FOR DAYS!
Helping you win goodies for back-to-school & beyond!
I'm blessed to have had the opportunity to meet Cybele Pascal at the GFAF Expo back in April. It was at that time she let me sample and take home boxes of her new line of cookies for Little Miss and I to enjoy! And also share a giveaway with all of you!
Let me tell you, they didn't last long... And now whenever we're within a short distance from Whole Foods, Little Miss begs me to buy her more. She declared them the best tasting and most "real" cookie she's had!
Day 8: WIN Cybele's Free-to-Eat Cookies
One Box of Each: Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Chunk Brownies, & Oatmeal Raisin
{Day 7} GIVEAWAYS FOR DAYS!
Helping you win goodies for back-to-school & beyond!
The quintessential back-to-school necessity: A backpack. With all the varying styles, sizes, and characters available it can get overwhelming (and expensive, let's be real).
What I love about Schoolbags for Kids, which is now known as Bixbee, is their "One Here. One There." mission. For every backpack purchased from them, they donate a backpack with supplies to a child in need. Love that!
Here's your chance to learn more about Bixbee, named after their mascot Bixbee the Bee, and WIN a backpack of your own! What better way to share the Bixbee/ Schoolbags for Kids mission than sport the bag and share their story!
Day 7: WIN a Bixbee Signature Collection Backpack
Choice of Purple, Pink, Black, Green, or Blue
{Day 6} GIVEAWAYS FOR DAYS!
Helping you win goodies for back-to-school & beyond!
If you scroll through the lunch posts on KeeleyMcGuire.com, it's pretty apparent the lunch box we used most are our EasyLunchboxes.
So, what better way to kick off back-to-school then to give a complete system away!
Day 6: WIN an EasyLunchboxes Complete Lunch System!
(1) Set of EasyLunchboxes - 4 Pack: Choice of Classic or Brights Lids, (1) Lunch Cooler: Choice of Cooler Color, & (1) 8-Pack Set of Mini-Dippers.
