We have enjoyed so many other Enjoy Life products that I thought I’d give their “granola” cereal a shot.My first surprise was that the cereal was black - they looked very much like crumbled asphalt. I didn’t expect that at all, but it wasn’t enough to throw me off my mission. (this may bee enough to make them a no-go for a child who judges food more by look than by taste).

After adding ricemilk, I took a bite. It felt as if I was eating crumbled asphalt - they were as hard as rocks. No problem, I thought - I’ll just let them soak a couple of minutes. Five minutes later I tried again. It was like eating crumbled asphalt with an 1/8″ layer of soggy cereal on it. The box could definitely claim “Stays crunchy in milk!”.

You might think from what I have written so far that these were a dud in my book. Quite the contrary - they were actually very tasty once you got over the hard texture! We ate the whole box in one sitting. After trying the Cranapple Crunch (it was much more like traditional granola), I decided that we just got a batch where the ‘clusters’ were way too big (each one was 1/2 - 3/4″ in diameter) their crusherator must have been on the fritz.

Dorothy had a big, overnight, school trip out of state recently, and one of the big challenges to her going was the food (of course!). She is on a strict GFCF diet, and is allergic to 40 other foods - making her ability to eat at the buffet or fast food non-existant. In order to allow her to go on the trip, we provoided all of her food for her. The lunch below is a great example of what we packed for her:

Everything was packed in small ziplock bags (we normally use Reynolds Cut-Rite Sandwich Bags as they are waxed paper and Dorothy is allergic to plastic - but for the sake of not spilling went with plastic bags for the trip).

Here you can see the contents:

We packed rice cakes (as our local store was out of GFCF bread…) with GFCF mayo in a squeeze, lunchmeat, and some lettuce for an instant sandwitch (that isn’t soggy), carrots, pumpkin seeds, a pear, and some chips. Not the paragon of nutrition, but way better than McRonad’s…..

This is how we get our kids to eat hard boiled eggs, even though they ‘hate’ them! Check out our GFCF Lunchbox Ideas page for more great ideas.