Hudgson Mill Apple cinnamon Muffin Mix

 I decided to try out this mix, from our local grocery store. Apple Cinnamon muffins sounded good on a cold fall morning.

The box, despite being regular sized, contained a rather small bag of mix.

And did not make very many muffins.
This can be good, when you only need a few GF muffins, but the packaging is deceptive...
I don't quite agree with the choice of words on the packaging directions. They said to stir until moistened.
Usually that means that the batter will be VERY thick. But this batter was not that think.  It was the consistency I expected for muffin batter; thicker then pancake, thinner then scone...

Anyways, I placed the papers in the pan and filled then 3/4 up with batter.

And into the oven.

They looked lovely, and I was encouraged by the the abundance of little apple chunks in the batter.

Sadly, they did not taste that good.

There was an aftertaste that I was not fond of. Not sure exactly what it was, but it coated your mouth and made the orange juice I was drinking taste off.

The consistency was rather dry, so the juice was necessary.

They also held onto the paper wrappers. You had to peal the paper off in little peaces, and you ended up eating some of the paper. But since the muffin was not that good, the paper flavor was not detrimental.

Overall; I don't think I'll get this mix again.

Hodgson Mill Penne Pasta

I picked this up at my local grocer on sale.


They size of the individual noodles were on the smaller side. Reminds me of the size of the Blue box macaroni…

They help up well to being mixed into sauce. There individual flavor did not detract from the dish.

I took the leftovers to work the next day and they did not hold up as far as I had hoped. Depending on the noodle’s proximity to the sauce, they were either mush, or dried out.

Most GF noodle do that.

So depending on the regular price, I would get these again.

Amy’s Tamale Verde Cheese.

360 calories. 20% of your daily fiber needs and 10g of protean


Amy's Cheese Tamale Verde, 10.3-Ounce Boxes (Pack of 12)

There was not much filling to the tamale. I would say it 5/6 of the tamale was the crust.

Despite that, I would probably get it again.

It was not too spicy. Had a good flavor.

The texture of the Tamale was good. And it came with a side of beans and rice. Mostly rice.

I needed a little dollop of sour cream or something…

Gluten free cafe, Lemon Bar

These things are not bad.


Not supper filling, despite the hefty serving of flax seed.

The lemon flavor has a slight chemically aftertaste. Like a lemon flavored medication, or cleaning product.

Overall probably one of the better snack bars out there.

Our local Whole foods has them at $1.50 a bar. If you get the box it comes to $1.25 a bar.

That’s a little steep in my opinion, considering what it is, but maybe there a better price somewhere else.

Gluten free café Veggie noodle soup

Too spicy.

I don’t like my soup to burn my mouth when it’s cold.

When I opened the can, I licked the sauce off the lid before tossing it in the recycle. The sauce was spicy enough to burn a little as I put the bowl in the microwave. So I didn't feel very excited when the microwave beeped.

The noodles were very limp/soggy. They were however a nice brake from the vegetables, which were holding the spicy.

The Vegetables were also squishy, overcooked. And a little too heavy on the tomato for my taste.

I thought about adding sour cream, to cut the spice. It would make it more like taco soup, but then I thought about the noodles, and I declined.

I suppose since I was sick, soup that did not require chewing, is alright. But I don’t think I would want this on a day I was healthy.

Gluten free café, Chicken noodle soup

I have been sick, so Hubby bought me soup.

Normally I make soup. It’s not hard. Can of Broth, can of chicken, boiled, with some noodles.

But Since Hubby bought them for me “special” I tried them. Chicken noodle was  first. There was not much chicken. The noodles were very limp/soggy. I suppose since I was sick, that noodles that do not require chewing, are alright. But I don’t think I would want this on a day I was healthy.

Ruby's Dinner

Gluten free Chili
Gluten free fires
Gluten free Chili fries!!!

Ruby's does not have a GF Menu per say.
We wondered in early one Saturday and asked the manager what was GF. She got a Binder from the bake. In that binder is a spread sheet of menu items cross-listed with allergens, and thy have collected all of the food labels off of the big industrial boxes for you to look at.

Our local one even had a print out of an e-mail from the Chili manufacturer stating that they had been tested and passed GF certification.
 
The chili was good. Not ground beef, but really thick shredded beef. Almost like a sandwich filling...AYH...Next time I'm bringing my own bread and making my self a sloppy jo!

Purely Decadent-GF Cookie dough Ice cream

You don't know how much I like Cookie dough ice cream.

I do. I loved it. I go dairy free when I can, which includes ice cream.

So this is the ONLY GF DF cookie dough Ice cream I know of:

It's GOOD.

It's creamy

The chunks of cookie dough are plentiful.

VERY yummy!



Glution multigrain New York Style Bagles

Yuck!
First of all the "bagels" looked like it had been cookie cut-ered from a large sheet of focasea bread.
Ther are over a inch tall!
Second, the bag said "tastes best when toasted" but as soon as they were no longer frozen then crumbled abart. Toaster could not handel that.
VERY crumbly.
Dense.
Dry.
NOT going to get them again.
But I don't know what to do with the other 5 in the package...

Spaghetti Mama's

In Sandy Utah is a wonderful Italian place.  Spaghetti Mama's
The had a whole Gluten free page.
Hubby ordered the GF spaghetti and chicken parm
I got the GF Stake and penni.

And for desert the table shared a GF brownie with ice cream!

5 people for under $80 (including drinks)

It was good. My uncle who has never never had GF thought my penni was as good as His.

The websight is not look GF frendly, but the resturant was.
If you are in Sandy UT give it a try!!

Rice/corn flakes and Strawberrys

While visiting my grandmother in Utah this past week, I tried a new cereal.
I did not really like it, so I felt not need to try to SQUEEZE it into my luggage to bring it home.
It was Rice and corn flake cereal with dried Strawberry slices in it.
The box looked promicing.
However the flakes tasted stale.
The strawberries were TOO dry.
I tried letting them all soak in the milk, hoping to soften the berries and freshen the flakes, but it just made pudding instead.
I could have swarn that it was Glutino brand, but I can not find the product on their web sight.
In fact, I can't find the product anywhere. So perhaps I'm behind on this one and Glutino stooped making it already.

Baby bag-safari themed

I can't believe I have not posted this story yet!
SO about a year ago My sister in law told us she was going to have a baby.
She wanted Giraffes, and lions for the baby room.

Well about three years ago a friends of mine got married and bequeathed to me several boxes of fabric. And in those boxes was a safari themed fabric.

So I made my sister in-law a bag. The fabric is directional and it was almost a linen type fabric. It took hours and hours, and when it was done. It looked AUFFEL. Terrible. Sooo bad.

So At like 9:30pm on Christmas eve, hubby drove me down to Baby Depot and I bought a plain Green bag with Brown trip. We took it home and I Appliqued some of the animals that I had cut out of the leftover fabric.

The second try is the bad you see here:

You got to know when to quit.