In my parent’s home, there weren’t any convenient snack foods lying around. If you asked for a snack, 9 times out of 10 they’d put an Ontario-grown Macintosh apple in your hand. If they were out of apples, the green bin full of delights such as cabbage, carrots, celery and if you were lucky – cucumber – would come out.

I would eat my fill of vegetables and fruits, although some days I needed a little more. That’s usually when I would raid the pantry for crackers. Cheese was almost always present, so a small snack of cheese and crackers satisfied me where the cabbage and carrots could not.

Fast forward a few years, and going without the gluten wiped out crackers for me. I got tired of rice cakes (there’s only so many a girl can eat, after all). I got tired of the seedy gluten-free crackers you can get. Any other gluten-free cracker tasted like sawdust. For this cheese and cracker girl, these were dark times.

My gluten-free friends, I have found a great tasting solution to your snacking woes. Beans are the #1 ingredient, and it’s certified gluten-free by the Canadian Celiac Association…..

Hello, Breton Bean Crackers and Breton Popped! Beans cracker chips.

Words can not express how excited I was to see a cracker chip I could eat. I squirrelled them away to my workplace and devoured them that very same morning. Breton Popped! Beans Sea Salt & Pepper and the Breton Popped! Beans Sweet Chili Cheddar made an amazing mid-morning snack. With 2g of fibre and 2g of protein in each serving, they certainly didn’t hurt my meal plan either.

I was a little skeptical how they would taste with the mixture of chickpea and red bean involved. With beans, it can be hard to know if the texture will come out to delicious or not-so delicious. I really liked them, they had a light cheesey taste to them and the sea salt and pepper made a lovely finish.

I swapped out the NEW Breton Bean Crackers – Breton White Bean with Salt & Pepper and Breton Black Bean with Onion & Garlic for our typical gluten-full Breton we enjoy at home with the following two simple classic snack recipes:

 With 3g of fibre and 2g of protein per serving, both Breton Bean crackers are a healthy alternative. Get out and buy a box of these to try, visit the Dare Foods website or like Breton on Facebook for more healthy recipes ideas.

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Although this post has been generously sponsored by Dare Foods Limited, the opinions and language are my own, and in no way do they reflect Dare Foods Limited.