Over this past Thanksgiving when I was home, my cousin Kathy made some Chex Party Mix. I hadn’t enjoyed it homemade in years, and let’s be honest, it’s so much better fresh than buying the bag off the shelf. As we sat there playing cards, I must have inhaled half the batch. Don’t judge. It’s addicting. I try to eat mostly gluten-free most of the time, not because I don’t like gluten. Let’s get that straight. Gluten doesn’t like me. It does funny things to my body, short and long term.
The holidays can be the toughest when those gluten-loaded holiday treats are staring you in the face. As my stomach started to bloat (but that didn’t stop me from polishing off what was in my bowl), my brain started racing about how I could make a gluten-free version. Surprisingly, it’s incredibly simple. And even more surprising, you’d never know it was gluten-free. Some foods don’t work gluten-free, but some foods do. Thankfully, Chex party mix is a winner! Have fun mixing up your gluten-free ingredients. There are plenty of options out there. As long as you stick to 13 total cups of mix-ins, you’ll have a perfect ratio for the marinade.