Gfree casserole, aka Mesa Sunrise Roast

I used to love Special K Loaf. Since I don't eat Special K now, I've experimented with a few different flakes. Gfree corn flakes do well so I was pleased with them for a while. Now that I've gotten bolder, I decided to try these flakes by Nature's Path since they're so packed with nutritional grains like quinoa, amaranth and flax.
In short, I liked the casserole a LOT. My dad said it was my best casserole yet.



Roast Recipe

5 Tbsp butter (appr 1 stick of butter)
1 C. chopped onion (Can brown them, though not necessary for it to be tasty!)

3 envelopes George Washington broth OR 3 cubes buillon OR chicken seasoning (to taste)

5 eggs beaten (I use eggbeaters substitute)
1/2 C. chopped nuts (I used almonds for this, and walnuts the time before)
1/2 C. milk (I used almond and soy milk mixed)
12 oz. tofu or cottage cheese (I used the tofu spread-for sandwiches from Whole foods bc it's seasoned nicely)
6 oz. Mesa Sunrise Cereal

Bake ingredients 1 hr at 325 degrees

Finding the Perfect Bread

Currently, I'm still looking for a good sandwich bread. I have a good sandwich bread for sweet pb&j sandwiches (Food for Life's brown rice, juice sweetened, in a pink bag)...but what about salty? nuttin

As for hot dogs...yes hot dogs!!...I got the perfect bread, on the first try. This is really good bread, and for now, I'm using it as a bread for the salty kinds of sandwiches.

Now that I know they have burger buns as well...YAY!!

Book every person should read!

I know I just said every person should read this book, and I do think everyone should read it. As for those who think they may be celiac or gluten sensitive, I think you should buy it and read it cover to cover. It has really important information on testing options, recipes, symptoms and diseases that many times benefit from a gluten-free diet. I didn't know the last part, when I read it it was so interesting that something like letting go of one ingredient can affect a person's behavior or symptoms so much.

Celiac, gluten-sensitive, or not...Please read this book! You'll be amazed at what you learn!

Yummy biscuits anyone??

Breakfast is my absolute favorite meal of the day. So I was scared and yet hopeful at the possibility of trying these Whole Foods Gluten-free Bakehouse biscuits in my array of breakfast foods this morning. Along with my tofu scrambler (a la 'fantastic world foods' box) and tater tots, biscuits and gravy were on the menu. I tried a homestyle gravy mix (finally found a gluten-free one!) from Mayacamas that I got at a health food store in Mississippi. It was ok, so-so. Almost like white gravy, but I was disappointed with a little pepper in it, or other kick of spice. On to the biscuits. I was happily surprised at how soft the inside was after just heating them up (do not bake too long to keep the texture more light/fluffy). I honestly didn't see much of a difference in texture from these and regular biscuits. Good job Whole Foods Bakehouse, and, YAY!! They are the same taste too! yumm...I can eat biscuits!!

Good g-free waffles! And other kinnikinick products

Kinnickinick (hope that's the right spelling) has quite a few good products in the frozen section of your local W.Foods. I like their pizza crust, glazed donuts are 'alright' if you have no other options, and my favorite, WAFFLES!! I have eaten the Van's waffles many times, but they don't have the same texture, taste, and fluffiness of these. These are my favorite g-free waffles so far.

Now, to spare those of you that are trying a lot of new g-free products, you will soon realize that there are some products that are really hard to come by....that taste and have the same perfect texture as the w.wheat counterparts.

Some kinnickinick products that have not yet been perfected IMO (in my opinion) would be their: animal cookies (good taste, bad texture), chocolate oreo-type cookies ('k-toos'), smoreables (smore graham crackers, very gritty texture!), and (fluffy) doughnuts. Their doughnuts are more like cake doughnuts. The taste of the doughnuts are good though.
I haven't tried any of their sandwich breads yet, so more on that later...

Finding the perfect Hambuger

I didn't know how hard it would be to find a good hamburger. I assumed good pizza would be hard to come across...but hamburger patties that taste good and are vegetarian (what used to be known as Grillers) have been impossible to find so far. I've tried 3 or 4 different boxes, including the Amy's Bistro burger patty, and the Sunshine breakfast and barbeque patties. Let me say that they are all disappointing to me. I think my mind is so used to the succuluent Morning star Grillers, that I just can't see myself eating these patties. I think, for now, good-tasting patties that are gluten-free and vegetarian are one in a million. I just haven't found that one yet. :/
So, the veggie burger search madness continues!!! lolol

The runner-up for best-tasting g-free pizza......Kinnikinnick!

About a week ago I shared my favorite g-free pizza crust. It's still my favorite, but this one is a close second...

This week I went to my local Health food store and they had quite an array of gluten-free products (a whole aisle...yayaa!). I saw this pizza crust in the frozen foods section and thought I'd give 'just one more' a try.

I wasn't disappointed. The flavor is great. The only thing to consider: It takes a while to really cook the crust so that it's not too soft and mushy. So I suggest baking the crush for about 8 mins then add toppings and cook longer than the label says, until crust is fully-baked. This crust takes a lot longer to fully cook than ones you are used to, I think.

Surprisingly, this pizza is not only gluten-free, it's dairy and nut free! I couldn't believe how tasty it turned out.

Happy eating!

Gluten-free Bread- My Favorite from Frozen

Forget Ener-G gluten free breads you see on the aisle at your local market. They just aren't going to satisfy your need for good-tasting bread.

If you're like me, and you crave creamy, juiced-up Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches, then this is your new favorite bread!

At Whole Foods market you can find Food For Life's Fruit-Juiced sweetened Brown Rice bread in the frozen, GFree frozen section of the store. I have tried the almond one from this brand (not as good), tried Glutino's frozen bread in Corn (not so good for me), and none can compare to this if you want a delicious PB&J. This bread has a slight, juice-flavored aftertaste that I just love!

Happy G-free eating!

Best gluten-free frozen pizza

After trying numerous frozen pizza doughs, I finally found what I think is the best tasting. The texture is not doughy like some others, but the taste is pretty good.
I've tried frozen and boxed (even Bob's Red Mill powder mix was lacking in taste), and none tastes as good to me. This texture isn't doughy, so don't expect it to be. Purely based on taste, this is my favorite thus far.

One day I'd like to find a tasty AND pizza-like texture out there. For now, this one will have to do! :)

Popular, available frozen pizza (can be found at Target) Amy's does a 'decent' job with their rice crust pizza, just don't get the one with vegan cheese!
Amy's regular cheese GF pizza is still not much like regular pizza but the taste of the cheese and sauce is good and the crust is alright if you're not focusing on the texture.

There she is: Glutino's frozen pizza crust. Add the sauce, toppings and cheese, and...yummy!

Betty Crocker GFree choc chip cookies

In a word, awful.

Perhaps me using vegan ingredients (soy milk, and egg substitute) made the texture flat and lifeless.

Perhaps it's just the awful taste of the mix.

I think the latter is true. Don't buy this mix, unless you want to laugh at how bad it is! :/

Bisquik Mix

Today I ate pancakes for the first time in a long while. I have been gluten-free for about 7 months and I have grown to love trying new g-free foods. I haven't felt deprived since going gluten-free and honestly, I can say I am content and happy to be gluten-free (most of the time). Only when people order pizza around me do I get super jealous/mopey. Everything I eat now feels lighter and healthier (except cheese! my weakness) and so I have no regrets changing to a new lifestyle without the typical flour. Hard at times, but worth it nonetheless. My body without gluten is much more energetic and I don't feel tired in my skin anymore, so I thank God for revealing what I needed to change to make me feel so much healthier and stronger.

Ok, on to the Bisquik mix. This pancake/baking mix is very good. I didn't hope for much, after trying the GF Betty Crocker cookie mix, which was just awful tasting in my opinion. This mix gets 2 thumbs up. Adding cinammon and sugar gives a pick me up to the plain taste. And the consistency is just like your regular pancake mix. Yay!