Gluten Free Specials at Coles and Woolworths 22nd – 28th May 2013

Posted on May 23, 2013 by nellbe

Oh I am running late with the specials this week and I am yet to take photos so I thought I’d list the specials and then add photos later.  Photos now added.

Coles Gluten Free Weekly Specials

Coles 22 May Special 1

  • Fantastic Rice Crackers – 99 cents
  • Nobby’s Nuts – $2.50

Coles 22 May Special 2

  • Coco Pops or Nutri-Grain Liquid Breakfast – 2 for $7…..Special Note: I have not gone mad, I have confirmed with people in the know at Kellogg’s and they assure me that the liquid breakfasts are gluten free and made in a separate plant to where the cereals are made. I have tried them and have had no reaction and I am a coeliac that reacts to the smallest crumb of gluten.
  • Almond Breeze – $2.50

Coles 22 May Special 3

  • La Zuppa Soup – $3
  •  Vegie Chips – $1.36

Coles 22 May Special 4

  • Yoplait 1 kg Yoghurt – $4
  • Black Swan Dips – 2 for $5

Coles 22 May Special 5

  • Kraft Peanut Butter 375g – $2.24
  • Creative Gourmet Frozen Fruit 300g – $2.72

you can check the current Coles catalogue online here

Woolworths Gluten Free Weekly Specials

Woolies 22 May Special 1

  • Cocoa Pops and Nutri-Grain Liquid Breakfast – 2 for $6
  • Moccona Freeze Dried Coffee 400g – $18
  • Nutella 750g – $5

Woolies 22 May Special 2

  • Smiths Chips(original flavour) or Doritos Corn Chips (original flavour) – $2.50 ea

Woolies 22 May Special 3

  • Sirena Tuna 185g – $3

Woolies 22 May Special 4

  • Weis’ Gelato 1 litre – $6

Woolies 22 May Special 5

  • macro wholefood market dips $3
  • Wattle Valley Chunky Dip – $3.50
  • Gippsland Yoghurt Twist 750g -$5
  • Jalna Yoghurt 500g – $3
  • Le Rice Twin Pack – $2.50

Woolies 22 May Special 6

  • Cadbury Ice Cream 2 litre – $5

You can check Woolworths current catalogue online here

Note: Neither Coles or Woolworths asked me to mention them or their specials. Please remember that each brand or product mentioned is gluten free in my opinion. Please check ingredients to see if they are adequate for your particular needs.

Again, apologies for lack of photos, I cannot take photos at night due to shocking light and if I run out of time during the day, well that’s it until the next day. I will get them up as soon as I can. 

***Photos now added!***

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Bloggers Brunch May 2013 Carmans, Kambrook, Tasty Bite, Mamee, Yumi’s, Wellaby, Higher Living Tea, Brauer, IGA and Mitsubishi

Posted on May 22, 2013 by nellbe

A few weeks ago I headed to Federation Square in Melbourne City to attend a Blogger’s Brunch event. To attend you need an invite from Kids Business but any blogger can register to get an invite so please sure to do so if you wish. (just head here and fill in your details)

When I received the invite I read the list of companies attending, I knew I had to go, 5 of the companies were those that have gluten free products! It really was made for me.

Carmen’s

Carmens

There is are guest speakers that are invited to speak and this month we heard from Carolyn from Carmen’s. It is very admirable how she has built this company into one of Australia’s best. They had Carmen’s new range Yummo out to show us, which is a range of nut free products designed for the lunch box. They also have a very yummy gluten free muesli that is one of my favourites.

Tasty Bite

Tasty Bite

If you are a coeliac, be sure to check out Tasty Bite. They have a large range of ready meals that you can buy in the International Food section of the supermarket or even online through their website. I love them and almost always have a packet in the pantry. Just watch the red packet ones coming in stores soon as they have a ‘may contain gluten’ warning on the packet.

Mamee

Mamee

I enjoyed chatting to the guys from Mamee again, I did see them at a previous brunch. They have an exciting new product coming out in July that we got a sneak peek of. Watch this space as I might be sharing a giveaway with them then.

Yumi’s

Yumis

Yumi’s have such great dips and I had a great chat to them. Did you know that everything is made in Melbourne, Australia? Isn’t that awesome? Everything is completely gluten free? They built their own manufacturing plant and have very strict controls in place. I love hearing that! Check out the dips and all the other products they have. They are very yummy.

Wellabys

Wellabys

I will let you know more about them next week as I may or may not have a giveaway planned! They introduced me too their new Lentil Chips and Hummus Chips. Two words. Oh my.

Higher Living Tea

Higher Living Tea

They have a delicious range of teas, the Cinnamon and Licorice ones are my favourites. Having a Cinnamon cup of tea is liking having a hot cinnamon donut without all the calories or gluten!

Kambrook

Kambrook

It’s always great seeing Kambrook folk and this visit I learned about their recipe blog, A Perfect Pantry. Lots of yummy recipes on there so be sure to give it a visit. They also kindly gave me a cake pop maker but I have yet had the try it but when I do I will share what happens.

Brauer

Brauer

They showed me some new products as you can see from the photo. They are made of natural ingredients which is always great I think.

Hallmark Cards

Hallmark Cards

I always love chatting to Hallmark, such nice people. They have bought along a lovely range of cards that I think many people would love to receive.

Mitsubishi

Outlander

They bought along a couple of Outlanders for us to check out. Very nice looking cars with some awesome features. One of the models has the 7 seats which is great for getting out and about with the kids and their friends. Beautiful looking cars but sadly I couldn’t talk them into letting me bring one home.

IGA

And last but not least for me to visit was IGA.  A great supermarket thaty tries and source from the local area that the IGA store is in. Awesome idea.

Thank you again for Kids Business and companies involved for another great Blogger’s Brunch!

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Bit of an Update and The Week that Was

Posted on May 19, 2013 by nellbe

You may have noticed I haven’t been posting as much, a couple of weeks ago I hurt my back. Total surprise as usually when I have health issues they revolve around being a coeliac. It hurt quite a bit and as you can imagine I wasn’t able to do as much as I usually could.

Good news is that it is getting better which is a relief but I still need to be careful and as such sitting for long periods of time isn’t very good for me at the moment. I will get there but at least you know what’s going on in case you don’t hear from me quite as often.

I have some random photos taken the past couple of weeks for a wrap up of ‘The Week That Was’. So I hope you enjoy them.

Walking in School GateLove walking in the school gate in the morning, its like we have actually achieved something for the day, we managed to get up, fed, dressed and to school before the bell rings. It’s the little things!

Moccona Me Time PackI am signed up to a few research companies, (completely non related to being a blogger and a PR firm sending me goodies) I don’t do many of them anymore, due to the timing of things but I did say yes to the Moccona Coffee review, where I get to enjoy some of their flavoured coffees. The jury is still out on them, not too sure I am a fan. (Contagious Network is the one I am doing this through for those wondering)

Bloggers Brunch May 13Before I hurt my back I did go to a Bloggers Brunch, I hope to do a wrap up of this soon.

Boys Playing TogetherOne of my favourite things as a mum is when my 2 boys play well together, I can never resist getting a photo.

Green SmoothieI had taken to drinking green smoothies for breakfast, but my blender broke :( Now I have to get a new one before I can make them again and I miss having them.

Sunrise Sunrise2Even though it’s turned chilly around these parts, I spied a lovely sunrise outside my back windows one morning.

RainbowThen I spotted a rainbow a few days later!

Smashed Fridge DoorSay bye to my fridge. Walked towards it one day and the doors fell off right in front of me and smashed to the ground.The hinges snapped. It seems a strange thing to have happened but the fridge is 12 years old so it was getting on.

Lego Club CreationOnce a month our library hold a ‘Lego Club’ which my boys love going to. This is one of my 8 year olds creations, it’s a police helicopter.

GF Tom Savoury PieWith a broken fridge comes the use of a smaller one as we won’t buy a new one until we get back from our holiday (yes it’s that close!) so that means I started the using up of food before I planned to, this was one of my creations which is basically a Gluten Free Savoury Bread and Butter pudding and it was delish.

GF HoneycombIf you follow me on facebook you may have seen these already but I was delighted to find Choc Coated Honeycomb that is gluten free at Woolworths. $2.98 for a 400 gram bag.

And on that note, it’s time for me to sign off for now. Have a great week!

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Gluten Free Supermarket Specials for 15 – 21 May 2013

Posted on May 15, 2013 by nellbe

As the last post I did on what was on special at Coles and Woolworths was well received, I thought I would do it each time the catalogues are showing specials for products that are gluten free.

I am in Melbourne, so these are for specials for that area for Woolworths and Coles, products and prices may not be available where you are, you can always check the particular stores catalogue online. Here for Coles and Here for Woolworths.

Woolworths Gluten Free Weekly Specials

Woolies 15 May special 1

  • Fantastic Rice Crackers and Delites 99 cents a packet – I love the Delites, really yummy

Woolies 15 May special 2

  • New product Heinz Beans of the Day – all but 1 flavour reads gluten free, I am yet to try them – $2.80
  • Sirena Tuna – 4 for $7
  • John West Salmon Tempters (watch ingredients) – $1.80
  • Select Chickpeas – $1
  • Rice Bran Oil – $13

Woolies 15 May special 3

  • La Zuppa new product – Pouch Soup – $3.30
  • La Zuppa Microwave Soup – $3

Woolies 15 May special 4

  • Weis Bars – $4

Woolies 15 May special 5

  •  Nestle Soleil Diet Chocolate Mousse – 2 for $4
  • Danone Greek Yoghurt 4 pack – 2 for $5
  • Yoplait Squeezie Yoghurt 7 for $7
  • Yogo Dairy Snack 12 pack – $5
  • five:am Powerpack – 3 for $5
  • five:am Smoothy – 2 for $4
  • Dairy Farmers Yoghurt – 2 for $6

Coles Weekly Gluten Free Specials

Coles 15 May special 1

  • Smiths Potato Chips or Doritos Corn Chips (original in both, blue packet for Smiths and green packet for Doritos) – 2 for $5
  • Sakatas Rice Crackers Multi Packs (watch some flavours, they have ‘may contain’ statements on the label) – 2 for $5

Coles 15 May special 3

  • Fuzzy photo of Sakata rice crackers and as above, watch the labels for may contain statements – 2 for $3.50

Coles 15 May special 4

  • Scooby-Doo Iddy Biddy Fruity Bites – $1.99

Coles 15 May special 5

  • Freedom Foods Rice Flakes – $4
  • SPC Peaches – $3
  • John West Tuna  or Salmon Slices – 2 for $5

Coles 15 May special 7

  • Some flavours of Bulla Creamy Classics are gluten free by ingredient – $5

Coles 15 May special 8

  • Vaalia Yoghurt – $4
  • Wattle Valley Chunky Dip – 2 for $7
  • Activ Yoghurt 4 packet – $3
  • Farmers Union Greek Style Yoghurt – $4
  • Big M Flavoured Milk – $4

Coles 15 May special 9

  •  Pitango Soup – $5
  • Cracker Barrel Cheese – $4.40
  • Bega Cheese Slices – $7.40

I hope these help. Have you see any fabulous gluten free specials?

{And my usual disclosure – no brands asked to mentioned, I am sharing this information because I wish to.}

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GlutenSwitch App from FoodSwitch by Bupa

Posted on May 13, 2013 by nellbe

One of the things I love about smart phones is the apps that are designed to help make life easier. There are so many handy apps from calendars to note taking to travel help and even helping us make better food choices.

Bupa have recently released the ‘GlutenSwitch’ app which is an extension of their ‘FoodSwitch’ app (designed to help us make healthier food choices). That in itself is very handy but having a GlutenSwitch app with it is wonderful.

I remember 10 years ago when I was first diagnosed with coeliac disease, my gastroenterology specialist told me to ‘stop eating gluten’. Sure thing I thought. Easy done. That was until I started reading about it and hit the supermarket. The first shop after my diagnosis was the longest shop ever as I had to read the ingredients on everything.

Food Switch

If I had this gem of an app then I know if would have made life so much easier. What you do is install the FoodSwitch app, available on both iTunes and Google Play, click on the GlutenSwitch option , scan the barcode of the product and then it will bring up the ingredients of the product, whether it is gluten free or not and if not, some gluten free alternative suggestions. Genius right?

Bupa kindly gave me a Woolworths giftcard to do a little shopping and give the app a workout.

So first up I thought I’d try the one of the most popular things that people look for on my blog: Gluten Free Lollies. Ah yes we all need our treats!

Gluten Free Switch App Uncertain

Woolworths Homebrand Jubes. Now the app wasn’t sure about this product so it asked to take photos so it can be added. To me, by ingredients, it was Gluten Free. So very happy about that as I didn’t know about them previously and for $2 a bag, a cheap solution.

Even though the app wasn’t sure, it still provided safe alternatives, excellent!

Now time to check out another popular search: Cornflakes

Gluten Free Switch App Alternative 2

Kellogg’s Cornflakes do contain gluten but there are gluten free alternatives so all is not lost.

Gluten Free Switch App Alternative 1

And I also tried a snacky type of food.

And just to try an actual product that I knew to be gluten free:

Gluten Free Switch App Yes

Macro Double Choc Biscuits (the gluten free answer to tim tams) I love how it reminds you to check the label also.

One last thing I love about the app is that you can share your find straight from the app to email, twitter or facebook with the blue button the side, or add it to your own list.

It is worth noting however that there are some things I scanned and the product wasn’t on the list and it asked me to photograph the product and ingredient list. I did so as it will help them see what people are looking for and in time I am sure most of the products will be included.

Oh and did I mention it’s free?

I would love to know if you give it a go and how you find it?

Disclosure: I was asked to try GlutenSwitch by Bupa, who kindly supplied me a grocery gift card. No other payment was made, all opinions are my own.

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