It's time for What's for Dinner Wednesday Gluten-Free Style. This is a weekly GF-recipe swapping meme hosted by Linda at The Gluten Free Homemaker. Click the link and play along! This week's theme is dessert. Oy, do I have a sweet tooth. Unfortunately, not many of my desserts are gluten free. I love cakes, brownies, cookies, you name it. And I haven't often tried my hand at making them GF. But it just so happens that one of my favorite treats are both dairy and gluten free! Rita's Ice!! It is laden with sugar, but hey, it's dessert right?
Rita's Ice is my guilty pleasure. Seriously I'm addicted. We currently have 4 half eaten quarts in the freezer (I like to mix the flavors). Right now we have pineapple, strawberry, raspberry and mango--yum, yum, yum. My all time favorite is Island Fusion, it has a tropical fruit flavor...sometimes I'll add a little rum. And Alex's Lemonade? Don't get me started! Mmmmm. I love it.
For those with allergies, Rita's is a must. The ice flavors (not custard, toppings etc) are free of the top 8 allergens. I also love the fact that they allot each flavor it's own scoop so there is none of the dreaded cross-contamination. I also love the fact that Rita's offers an online allergy information chart. Click HERE to view the chart.
As a quick note, I have not seen them lately, but in the past I have seen Rita's occasionally offer a flavor that contains dairy. However, my experience has been that these flavors are labeled in fine print as "Cream Ice".
6 comments:
I have recently become hooked on Rita's. I've only bought individual cups so far. I tried the Island Fusion first and loved it. I think I might follow your example and buy a few quarts. It's probably cheaper.
I've never seen Rita's! Sounds delicious.
Sounds delicious, especially the rasberry one!
Carrot cake is great with chocolate frosting, though I have to admit that I prefer cream cheese frosting too (shh... don't tell my husband and kids, they worked really hard making the chocolate frosting from scratch).
There's a Rita's in my hometown! My parents love it and go all the time! What says summer more than an icy treat! It's like sno cones for grown ups. And great for all the GF diets indeed!
I love ices...they are a great way to cool down on a hot summer day. I haven't found a brand that I can eat in the stores but I make them quite often.
I haven't heard of Rita's before! Thanks for the heads-up!
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