Category: Products

Milton’s Craft Bakers Cauliflower Pizza

Found  Milton’s Craft Bakers Thin and Crispy Roasted Vegetable Cauliflower Crust Pizza at Costco.  I don’t see the item on their website.

The pizza is described as roasted zucchini, red, yellow and green bell peppers, onions, and a 3 cheese blend.

Oven baking for 15 minutes resulted in a firm, crisp crust with a chewy texture and without a strong cauliflower taste.  The cheese and toppings were well distributed but were bland with an overall flavor of sweet tomatoes.

The cost was 12.99 for 2 frozen pizzas.  Total weight 2 lbs, 3.6 oz.

Nutritionally, the serving size of 1/4 of  a pizza has 230 calories, 2 grams of fiber and 12 grams of protein.

I’m looking forward to the 2nd pizza.  Now I know to have some garlic or crushed red pepper flakes available to give it a bit of spice.

 

 

 

Pumpkin Bread Mix – King Arthur

King Arthur Pumpkin Bread mix is very good.

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/products/gluten-free-pumpkin-bread-mix/

Eileen writes:

Easy to Prepare Gluten Free Pumpkin Bread Mix by King Arthur is very good.
The preparation is very easy.
I did do one variation and whipped the egg whites instead of just adding them as directed.   I think I may do this with all mixes I try because it makes the finished product lighter.  The problem with a lot of gluten free baked goods is that they are so heavy and dense.
I was surprised to see the phrase, a good source of fiber, on the package but it does contain pumpkin.  If you add nuts, or raisins, or chopped dates you’ll increase the fiber and nutrition content!  

 

 

Joy Gluten Free Sugar Ice Cream Cones

https://www.joycone.com/

Eileen writes:    

The Joy Gluten Free Sugar Cones are just how you remember them.

I think they taste the same as their regular sugar cones and they are available at Heinen’s and Giant Eagle and Marc’s and other stores.

They might be just a little bit more delicate than the regular cones.
They also come in Gluten Free Regular Cones (they aren’t as tasty but they hold more ice cream).

Make sure your ice cream doesn’t contain anything with gluten like cookies or candy that isn’t gluten free.
 
So many times we are asked what dessert we can make for a guest coming to a non gluten free house. These ice cream cones save the day and what could be easier and so much fun?

 

 

More to Say on G-F Beer…….

It’s March!  The month of St. Patrick’s celebrations! And, what is St. Patrick’s day without the opportunity to share beers with friends? And, lots of strangers too!  But, if you have CD you may be finding that all of the places you like to gather don’t have any offerings for you to enjoy.
It’s a bummer.  Plain and Simple and Irritating.  
While I was cruising information sites today in search of news on G-F beers I came across this post (link below) from GLUTENDUDE.COM that somehow I missed previously.  So, I thought I’d share it up here.

At the same time I’m asking the community of friends to our website to share where they are finding their favorite G-F beers in their neighborhood bars and restaurants so that we can create a guide list/map to assist us all in our search!

I’ll start us off with what I know….        

The Fairmount in Cleveland Hts., Cedar Hill area, offers Bard’s
Harvest Kitchen in Solon offers Bard’s and also has Glutenberg listed on their menu.
Jilly’s Music Room in Akron offers Bard’s
Skye Bistro in Mentor offers Redbridge
Lopez on Lee in Cleveland Hts. offers Green’s

Additionally, I’d like to shout out to all our readers to open a discussion with their thoughts about how we can promote more establishments to offer legitimate G-F beers to their guests.  Petitions, phone calls, personal requests when dining, letters, emails, notes left at your table???  Any others!

http://glutendude.com/alcohol/ultimate-guide-to-gluten-free-beer/

 

Pamela’s Products

pamelasproducts.com

Post by Mariann:

Last week I decided to clean out my pantry – getting excited about and contemplating the upcoming baking season it was time for an inventory.  There wasn’t much in there to contemplate except for a couple of packages of things I never used last holiday season – things like corn syrup, raisins and some holiday sprinkles.

What I did have was a bag of Pamela’s Pancake and Baking Mix left from my daughter’s last visit home in June, a variety of chocolate chips – white, dark and milk, dark brown sugar and some flaked coconut left from a recent catering gig.  I also knew that I had some walnuts in the freezer from said same gig so it seemed pretty clear I should mix up some chocolate chip cookies!  Having never used the Pamela’s Baking Mix for such an endeavor and not feeling in the mood to experiment I jumped on-line to the Pamela’s site (above) to see what the options might be for pulling off a batch of cookies.  The recipe was listed under the Baking and Pancake Mix option and the cookies that came from this recipe were one of the best chocolate chip cookies we have ever made.  Full disclosure on our cookie preferences – we are crispy cookie family and these were crispy good!

I love that there are a vast number of recipes at the webpage allowing for searches by product, meals, ingredients, dietary needs, Holiday etc.  As well there are tips for baking, how-to’s, and informative videos!!   A treasure trove of options.

In the past I have used and been a fan of the All-Purpose Artisan Flour Blend and I have found it to be a great product.  My children, who enjoy pancakes and waffles love the Baking and Pancake Mix for the obvious use but also for making scones, muffins, dumplings, and biscuits.  A favorite in our house is our ‘Tailgate Biscuit’ that includes browned and crumbled Italian sausage and Fontina cheese.

There are lots of products on the market.  Many claim a one-for- one use.  I have never found one that I can use in such a fashion so unless you are interested in running test kitchen on your ingredients (which we do lots of in our kitchen but I’m a Chef so test kitchen is my daily hobby) this site is a great place to get the basic recipe and then you can modify to suit your family’s tastes. With the costs of g-f ingredients what they are this is a super helpful way to avoid waste and failed options.