Crepini Egg Wraps With Cauliflower

Crepini makes an interesting product: eggy crepes with cauliflower.

The package suggests using them to replace your wraps, buns, breads, taco shells, crepes and pancakes.

Crepini describes the crepes as a healthy alternative to breads as they have no sugar, dairy, grains or carbs. Perfect for people with diet restrictions.

But they are really tasty and fun. Family without diet restrictions loved them, too.

They don’t taste like much of anything. A bit eggy. The caulifloweriness was minimal. While I made savory wraps, they’d also work well with sweet fillings.

They are quite sturdy and hold up well while filling and eating.

The package suggests eating them straight from the refrigerator or heating for 10 seconds in a microwave or skillet. Didn’t seem to make much of a difference in my experience.

The package I bought at Costco is labeled gluten free, with fourteen 10 inch wraps for $8.99. Ingredients are eggs, cauliflower powder, olive oil, sea salt, xanthan gum, spices, and citric acid. Each large wrap has 30 calories.

The Crepini website notes a number of versions of the product. A friend found smaller size wraps at Aldi’s. And the Crepini website product finder says some are available at Walmart.

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.

 

 

 

Corned Beef List (GF) for St. Pat’s and Beyond

Corned beef should be gluten free. It’s basically salted beef. However meat is NOT regulated by the FDA. It is regulated by the USDA which (the majority of the time) follows FDA guidelines for wheat and gluten free labeling. Having said that…..

The labels or websites for the following brands state that their products as ‘gluten-free’:
• Colorado Premium – all corned beef products
• Freirich – all corned beef
Giant Eagle (listed on package)
• Grobbel’s Gourmet corned beef briskets
• Hormel
• Market Day: Corned Beef Brisket per their product key
• Mosey’s corned beef per Costco website
• Wegmans corned beef brisket
• Thumann’s cooked corn beef brisket, first cut corned beef (cooked and raw), top round corned beef (cooked), cap and capless corned beef.

As always, please verify that your choice is gluten free.

Happy St. Pat’s day and beyond!

This list was last checked March, 2015

Garden Lites

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Thank you Diane for sharing!

Great finds in the frozen food section at Costco today. Garden Lites Zucchini Chocolate Muffins were well priced at $9.99 for 14 individually wrapped GF muffins.  At 120 calories each with 4g of protein and 5g of fiber, I can easily justify one for breakfast or a guilt free snack. I also bought Garden Lites Zucchini Souffles – 7 for $9.69 after $3.25 instant coupon. What do you buy at Costco?  Share your favorites by leaving a reply below.