I am so excited about this post I can hardly contain myself! First, I should tell you it is sponsored by ALDI, but the gushing, excited, borderline geeky opinions are all my own. Last spring at Mom 2.0 I was chatting with one of my favorite ALDI reps and she told me a new gluten-free line was about to come out there. I was SO excited. Gluten-free goodies at an ALDI price? I practically got down on my knees and thanked the Lord right then and there. The day after I got back to Dayton I went to ALDI and BAM – there they were! This is an Instagram pic from my feed on May 5th – I bought ALL THE THINGS! This is only halfway through my trip!
And they were all amazing. I am serious, yo. So in the next few weeks I am going to tell you about ALL my favorites from the liveGfree line at ALDI. But today, we are going to start with easy snacks – very important for a gfree mama like me who likes to eat several smaller meals throughout the day AND for a certain 3-year-old boy who is gluten-free and likes to eat all the time ALWAYS. Here are a few of my easy faves featuring the liveGfree line and other great ALDI brand products.
A couple of these snack ideas will be featuring these amazingly delicious liveGfree baked chewy bars. I love them the most because they are free of the 8 common allergens (yay for dairy-free peeps!) and they are all natural – NO artificial anything! And you guys?? They are only $2.49 a box. TWOFORTYNINE!! I pay $5 a box for a similar product at other grocery stores. I’ve even had to order them online, especially when Jonah was dairy-free as well and I was desperate. And I really couldn’t afford that. So $2.49? AMAZING.
I will be featuring Very Berry and Caramel Apple today, but they also have a Cocoa Loco flavor that is basically the tastiest gluten-free snack every invented. More about that in a later post! Now onto the snacks! First, I went with one of my favorite fall snacks – the caramel apple.
What you’ll need from ALDI (total of $7.77 – I bought a whole bag of apples, not just one!):
Apples (I wanted to get Granny Smith but Jonah prefers Gala )
BerryHill Caramel topping
liveGfree Caramel Apple baked chewy bars
I don’t think I need to tell you how to “make” this! Slice, pour, open – done!
I made this while the kids were at school, and…I ate it immediately after I was done taking the photos. SO GOOD! What kid wouldn’t love this, too? Forget Pumpkin Spice, fall, I’ll take Caramel Apple over that any day!
Next up, I used the Very Berry baked chewy bar as the centerpiece for a super-fruity snack – this was Jonah’s favorite!
Products I used from ALDI (toto of $5.77 for all of this – which will make multiple servings, of course!):
liveGfree Very Berry baked chewy bars
Naturipe blueberries
MooTubes fruit-flavored yogurt
One of Jonah’s favorite pastimes is opening the refrigerator. I wish I was kidding! As soon as he got home from school yesterday, he went straight to the fridge. He saw this in there and had to have it. A perfect after-preschool snack!
He went for the blueberries first. 🙂
I can’t even tell you how handy these little liveGfree bars are to have around – throw one in your purse, stash a couple in the car – they are great for when you need a gluten-free snack!
Finally, I went for a gluten-free crunch snack that is sure to be a hit with EVERYONE – whether they eat #gfree or not! Also super-great for a party or get-together..
What you’ll need from ALDI (which all together cost me less than $12! And I had enough left over to make this at least one more time. What a great price for a party appetizer!!):
liveGfree Multi-Grain crackers – Sea Salt (sosososososososooooo good.)
liveGfree pretzel sticks (love. Oh how I missed pretzels!)
Little Salad Bar hummus quartet (this is a request from hubby EVERY time I go to ALDI!)
Baby carrots
Little Salad Bar salsa (one of my absolute faves)
This makes an excellent anytime snack, too!
Is anyone else feeling hungry? So good. I love the roasted red pepper hummus the most! But they are all delish. And I just LOVE the Sea Salt crackers…I really missed having crunchy snacks!
I can’t tell you how happy my budget is now that ALDI has this fabulous line of liveGfree products. As you can see from the first photo in this post, there are a LOT more than just snacks – and I can’t wait to tell you about more of my favorites! AND I can’t even EXPRESS to you how happy this banner at the top of the ALDI website makes me!!
Have you tried the liveGfree line yet? What’s your favorite?
We don’t eat GF, but my sister does, and I am not against eating other grains as well. I made the ALDI GF brownie mix for my sister’s bachelorette party. I was impressed at how few ingredients were in the mix, and they were delicious. I bought some of the crackers recently, but my kid didn’t really like them. Taste fine to me!
I just found the liveGfree line last week. Just like you, I bought one of everything to try it all. We have loved everything we’ve tried so far! And with a husband and three kids with Celiac, we could always use tasty, affordable GF foids. Thanks for the post!!