Recap of the GiG Health and Wellness Experience

Gluten Intolerance Group (GiG) put on an excellent and well-attended Health and Wellness Experience this past weekend.  Our family took part and loved it!  Highlights included 60ish exhibitors handing out samples and coupons galore, GF food prep classes, informational sessions and a bounce house for the kids.  On entering the room we were presented with a goodie bag sponsored by PCC Natural Markets containing some fun samples and when we left our bags were bulging with a variety of tasty treats.  We loved how family oriented the experience was and how friendly the exhibitors were.  Each of us had our favorites and I'll give a quick list here and then over the next few weeks try to review a few of the products we tried since many were new to us.

The Husband:
Gorge Delights Just Fruit Bars
Erewhon Cereal
Fosse Farms Dressings & Marinades

The Oldest:
Stark Raving Pizza
Brazi Bites
Rudi's Gluten-Free Bakery

The Youngest:
Dough Buddies
Glutino
La Fortaleza Chips

Me:
Flying Apron Bakery
Chuckanut Bay (cheese cake)
Harverster Brewery

There were many, many, many more excellent gf food choices and gf products, many of which we'll try to mention in the next few weeks.  One of the most exciting aspects of the Experience was the number of locally made products standing shoulder to shoulder with the national companies.  Seriously cool to see how many quality gf products are coming out of the Pacific NW.  In addition, I'd like to give a shout out to GF Joe's Gluten Free Market since they carry many of the products exhibited at the Experience in addition to being just an all around exceptional place to get GF products in the Tacoma & Olympia areas.