30 Quick Easy Gluten Free Snack Ideas

It's summer and the kids are home. That means more mouths to feed during the day. If you're like me, you get tired of figuring out what to serve day after day, and that only gets tougher when you're on a gluten free diet. Luckily, many of your favorite "regular" snack items are naturally gluten free, and many others are easy to make in a GF version. Here are some quick and easy suggestions.

Quick, Easy Snack Ideas

1. GF tortilla chips and salsa
2. Sliced grilled chicken breasts with
3. Dried fruit or fruit leathers
4. GF bread with cheese
5. GF crackers with peanut butter
6. Fruit cups
7. Fresh fruit
8. Baby carrots and GF dressing
9. Celery sticks with GF dressing or peanut butter
10. Apple sauce
11. Homemade popcorn
12. Quesadillas (use corn tortillas)
13. GF waffles or pancakes (make a large batch, freeze them, and have them for snacks later)
14. Sliced veggies with hummus
15. Popsicles
16. GF cereal
17. Homemade trail mix (use whatever you like: nuts, dried fruit, dried GF cereal, chocolate chips, etc)
18. Turkey roll-up (slice of turkey spread with hummus, cream cheese, or other GF spread, rolled up)
19. Nachos made with GF tortilla chips
20. GF Mac and Cheese (my kids like Annie's)
21. GF bagel with cream cheese
22. Cheese and fruit platter
23. Cheese and veggie platter
24. Yogurt, with or without fruit
25. String cheese (you can also wrap it in turkey or other meat!)
26. Corn tortillas with black beans (you could also add salsa, GF sour cream, cheese, and anything you wish)
27. GF muffins (we love muffins made with Pamela's baking mix)
28. GF cookies, such as Pamela's Chunky Chocolate Chip
29. Boiled eggs
30. Apple slices with GF nut butter

Since gluten sometimes lurks in unexpected places, always check labels, even if you're buying something that "shouldn't" contain gluten.

Enjoy!