Cape Whoopies - Whoopie Pie

 

Yummmmmy

Perfect really. 

Not too sweet. Not too dense. 

Light, chocolatey, tasty cream and just the right size too

Found at Wegmans for $4.00. Definitely a good price for what you get. 

Definitely will pick up again when I’m there. 

Greater Philly Gluten Free Expo 2019

This year my Mom and I headed to Oaks for the Gluten Free Expo.  It was held on Saturday May 18 10:30am until 4pm. We arrived just before 10:30 and had to stand in line but it was a lovely day and we met a nice family in line who I chatted with about all things gluten free.

Once inside my Mom was ready to go get everything but I had to calm her down and mention that I wanted to try and get a gluten free funnel cake this year. We missed out last year and I had been thinking about it every day since then. So we walked down to the food truck and found a line BUT not as long as I thought and not as long as it would become not too much longer after we got in it.

Our friends from the entrance line ended up two people behind us and we chatted some more, this time about our excitement for gluten free funnel cake. Also available at the truck were dounut holes, corn dogs and pizza. We heard nothing but rave reviews for all of it but couldn’t wait to have our own opinion in about 10 minutes after ordering I was holding my holy gluten free grail.

It was warm, light and absolutely delicious. I must have had mis-remembered thoughts on funnel cake because I really thought we could never eat the whole thing and not be so full we couldn’t eat the other samples but I was wrong. It was very light and it while a good size it was not overwhelming. I got teary as I thought how wonderful it was that I could eat this and someone took the time to figure out how to make it for us. I watched families with little children able to enjoy what everyone else was enjoying and it was just so heart warming.

Then we were off to try everything else. And everything else we did indeed try. Everyone was so nice and everything but one thing was delicious. We had Petit Pot pudding, cheesecake, three kinds of pizza, BBQ chicken (my favorite sample), Happy Mixer everything, Buddha bread (one of my favorites from last year), soft pretzels, and I think more than I can remember. No Promise Bread unfortunately as that would have been a large purchase if they were there again.

The one thing I definitely did not like was the Nomato Ketchup and Nomato Sauce. I was very hopeful that it would be good because I know a few people that can’t eat tomatoes so I thought this would be a nice change. I don’t even think I could guess what it actually tasted it like but it did not taste like tomato but it didn’t taste like the veggies that were in it either. So glad they had samples because I would have been very disappointed if I bought this and took it home.

We didn’t win any door prizes and while we bought some things it was way less than last year. There did seem to be less free samples to take home compared to last year also but honestly that was fine with me. Last year hubby and I ate way too much there and brought way too much home so I was good to be able to find places to put all our wares this year :)

Free Samples 

Coupons and Reading Materials 

Our purchased items

I highly recommend this expo if you are gluten free. It is only $10 and it is a great way to try some new things and learn all about celiac and gluten free. There are panels too throughout the day but I did not attend any. I hear they are very good.

It is just so amazing to look around the expo center and know I can eat everything in the building. A freeing time for sure.

Lastly I recommend that if you want anything from the food truck that you head there right away upon entering the expo or buy a VIP ticket and use it to be able to buy the food at the food truck. They sell out of things and the line at one point was taking 1.5 hours to get through. Now while I think it is I worth this wait I wouldn’t really want to wait that long and miss out on the other things. So prepare or divide and conquer if you are going with other people.

Oh and bring bags and in our case my Mom’s rollator was a HUGE help with said bags. You get a bag when you enter the expo but you mostly like will need more than that one bag :)

Greater Philly Gluten Free Expo - take 3

Here are a few more of my favorite things from the expo:

 Wildflower Cafe - bagel was delicious and hubby really enjoyed the schooner.

 CakePops - mint chocolate cookie was divine. Perfect amount of sweet and mint.

And the butterfly cookie took me back to childhood, I am convinced it is not gluten free, soooo delicious.

Bonus with this one - each pack is a serving of vegetables. Yes, I said vegetables. And they are really tasty too. Highly recommend.

Must get from Kendra’s - banana roll!!!

I have lots and lots of rolls on my belly now from all this yumminess!

Thank you to all the sponsors and vendors who made this Gluten Free Expo so amazing. 

Can’t wait for next year.

Watch out gluten free funnel cake... I am coming for you!!

Greater Phill Gluten Free Expo - take 2

My number one sweet find at the expo was these Bake A Re Italian Butter Cookies.

Oh.My.Goodness. 

The BEST cookies EVER! I am not kidding or lying. I still can not believe these are gluten free. They are identical to the gluten filled variety and I am in awe. Absolutely delicious. Worth every penny and I am very sad that there are only two left in my bag. 

Greater Philly Gluten Free Expo - take 1

Soooo I don’t know if all the expos are run like this one but if they are... run, don’t walk to get to one.
It was incredible. Soooo many vendors, everyone was super friendly and helpful. There is no words to describe how amazing it was to be somewhere where you could eat everything, I mean EVERYTHING!!! There was even a food truck with gluten free funnel cake, corn dogs and fried Oreos. The only sad part... they sold out before we could get there.

Not surprising based on the crowd that was there. But everything moved well and again everyone was so nice so standing in lined left to many good conversations. As you can see it was quite the busy place. I love that they have table and chairs in the middle so you can enjoy the food you sample and/or buy.

And we did NOT go hungry. In fact, we definitely over ate but it was all soooo good. I mean truthfully, all good. The only less that amazing item was some pizza and bread at one of the booths. They still need some more work to get up to 2018 and compete with other pizza and bread I have had both outside the expo and inside it. But it was still better than 18 years ago when I started this journey.

I really want to write up as much as I can but no one will read a 10 page post. So this post will be my number one item I loved and will go and seek out to buy before all others. Mind you we had AMAZING bake goods but I have to stop eating so much sugar and treats. Soooo I will be on the look out for...

OH MY GOODNESS!!! Best bread in 18 years. From Ireland, medium hard outside and ohhhh sooo soft inside. Incredible flavor, even for the rustic white, which was my favorite (so much so that I asked for the last one on display and they gave it to me at the end of the day. We purchased the Seeds and Fruit and they gave us a free breakfast muffin pack. Promise Bread is heads and shoulders above sooo many bread I eat and have eaten. We even just ate the rest of the rustic white that was on display a week later and it was identical in taste and consistency as the week before when it was fresh. It does not fall apart and seriously it was the best tasting bread I have had in 18 years, maybe my life.

It is supposedly available at Shop Rite in our area but they requested that we ask other stores to carry them. You better believe I will be asking everywhere I shop to try them out and if that doesn’t work ... runs off the internet to locate the closest Shop Rite.

And if you read this and think, wow this was number one please note this was not that easy of a choice. There were so many amazing items but finding a good bread, that is slightly better for you than other, well that has been difficult lately. So I really will go find this before I go and find the baked good items... although there was another bread item that almost beat this out but that one you might not make sandwiches on, so I chose this one for it’s versatility.

If you were at the expo, let me know your number one item that you had there.

Be on the look out for more follow ups on this expo.

Greater Philly Gluten Free Expo

This Saturday May 19th in Oaks PA I will be attending the Gluten Free Expo.

I have been wanting to attend one of these expos for awhile now but always had conflicts with the dates and /or locations. So this year when we finally determined we would be around, I bought the tickets at Wegmans.

I am very excited to see all the amazing products that will be there and meet some awesome people. I am hopeful I will be able to meet with the owner of the blog Gluten Free Philly. He was one of the first blogs I followed and he has been extremely helpful in finding places to eat not only in Philly but when he posts about trips he has taken.

I plan to post a full review over on my gluten free blog, Gluten Free R U, but I will also cross post here just in case anyone is interested that doesn't follow that blog.

Is there anything you want me to look for while at this expo? If so, please let me know in the