Monthly Archives: December 2012

Gluten Free Bread

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Ener-g is the company’s name. I happen to find this @ Safeway and thought I’d give it a try. The day after purchasing it, I thought I’d make some sandwiches. But blah! It tasted awful! Ok, not so much the taste, but the texture. It was like eating powder, or bread that’s gone bad – minus the mold.  I’ve eaten bakery made from rice that was super delicious (will blog about that bakery soon :) ) so I know it’s not impossible to make good bakery from rice.

Cost: $3.99 @ Safeway
Taste Rating: sorry zero…
Price Rating: carrot3carrot3
Free of: gluten, wheat, casein, dairy, egg, soy, nut, low/no sodium
Ingredients: Filtered Water, Brown Rice Flour, Rice Flour, Tapioca Starch, Pear Juice Concentrate, High Oleic Safflower Oil, Yeast, Methylcellulose, Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose, Orange Citrus Fiber, Baking Powder ( Glucono Delta Lactone, Calcium Carbonate & Magnesium Carbonate),Calcium Phosphate. Enriched with Thiamin (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2),Niacin, Iron ,Folic acid and Vitamin D.

I don’t know what to do with the rest of the loaf….T_T…I couldn’t finish one slice! Argh. Definitely wont be buying it ever again.

Glutino Bars

It use to be really difficult find nutritional, healthy food when you’re allergic to peanuts, have Celiac, gluten sensitivities, and/or lactose intolerant. Ever try finding a snack that doesn’t have all of them? It’s very difficult! Some may have no peanuts, but they’ve got milk. Others may not have gluten, but they may be filled with nuts. Argh! However, alternatives are gaining popularity, not just amongst those that may have a limited diet, but everyone else as well. And the manufactures are listening to the needs of the customers. One of them is  Glutino – Gluten Free Organic Bars. They are made from rice. (sorry for those who can not have rice…)

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The first one up is a bar from Glutino. Yup, rice bars :)

# of Bars: 5 (140 g each)
Cost: about $6.99 @ Safeway
Available flavors of boxes: Chocolate Peanut Butter, Chocolate Banana, or Wildberry (as seen in photo)

Taste Rating (out of 5): carrot3carrot3carrot3     Price Rating (out of 5): carrot3carrot3carrot3

There are other bars that Glutino sells, but these 3 are organic – it also means a little more pricey as well.

Glutino also sells other products, like bread, waffles, cookies, etc. so check out their website!

MAY CONTAIN: Traces of peanuts, tree nuts,milk, eggs, and soy. If you are extremely allergic to any of these, it’s best to avoid this product!!!

Ingredients: Organic brown rice syrup, organic rice crisp (organic rice, organic evaporated cane juice, salt, organic brown rice syrup), organic corn flakes (organic corn meal, organic concentrated grape juice, sea salt), organic honey, organic evaporated cane juice, natural wildberry flavor, organic quinoa, organic buckwheat, organic flax seeds, organic sesame seeds, organic high oleic sunflower oil, organic blueberries (organic wild blueberries, organic cane juice, organic sunflower oil), organic dried strawberries (organic strawberries, organic cane sugar, organic canola oil).

Merry Christmas!!

Happy holidays! I hope everyone will be enjoying some time off from work, and spending time with family and friends. I’ve been very fortunate this year with a lot of things. Started my full-time career as a graphic designer, better health, upgrades to furniture and home, spending time with friends and loved ones.

I would like to thank all those that follow my blog, and also to those that take the time to ‘like’ my post. It’s very encouraging – especially since my audience is still very small. It’s an odd feeling to know that somewhere out there in the world, someone is actually taking the time to read what I want to share.

THANK YOU for all the support! I appreciate it very much. Wishing you all a happy holiday and enjoy the last week of 2012!! :D