All but gluten, Vanilla Snack cakes review

Next I tried the All But Gluten brand Vanilla Snack cakes.

"Vanilla cake with a vanilla crème filling and covered in chocolatey coating"

 

I thought the cake was a little dry and the chocolaty coating a little thin. When you bite in; the cream squirts out as the top and bottom pieces of cake slide in different directions. Very messy and sticky. But overall a good flavor.



Honestly, not sure what this is a gluten free version of.
A google search got us: Tastykake

 "a snack-sized circle of delicious vanilla or chocolate sponge cake, lined with a thick stripe of peanut butter or vanilla créme, and then coated in delicious chocolate "
never has a Tastykake so can't comparer.

All But Gluten, Sliced white loaf review

Our Safeway has started caring a new line of gluten free products.
all but gluten
So lets start with the bread

I tried it along with a loaf od UDIs and it was just as good.
Decent texture, flavor and appearance.
Made a sandwich and it held up very well.
Future purchase depends on price.

Chili corn dog casserole, gluten free. With Moon rabbit foods corn bread mix

Recipe for gluten free
Chili corn dog casserole
two can Chili (Hormel is labeled GF)
Package hot dogs (Hebrew national Beef Franks are labeled GF)
Cornbread mix (Moon Rabbit foods)
shredded cheddar cheese

instructions:
Make corn bred batter per packaging.
Pore chili into pan.
Place hot dogs on top of chili
Layer with cheese
Spoon Cornbread batter on top.
Sprinkle with cheese.
Bake per the corn bread package instructions, plus an extra 10 min or so. The chili under the bread adds extra moisture making the bread take longer.

We liked it. The moon rabbit corn bread is a little bland on it's own, so it was a nice balance to the chili. I could have even gone with a spicier chili. I could have added some diced bell peppers to the chili, or even some caned corn.

Super fast assembly, of things that you can have around. Open a couple of cans, mix up some cornbread, and into the oven.

Moon Rabbit Foods, Gluten free Corn bread mix, review

So, what goes better with Chili then cornbread. And since I had not made the Moon rabbit Foods, Gluten free Corn bread mix yet, I gave it a try.

First of all, one bag makes two 913 pans. That's a lot of cornbread. So as instructed on the back, I made half of the bag.

The instructions are to use soft butter, and cream it into the mix using an electric mixer.

For the first few seconds, even on low, it shot the mix into the air, and made me cough. I would say cut the butter in first, then move on to mixing. I would say use a STAND mixer, as it was very stiff and difficult for my hand mixer.

The package recommended folding in shredded cheese.

This caused pockets of cheese that were melted, and gave a false reading of "done-ness" when I checked the bread. Leading to overcooking.

 

The results were very dry and fragile. Making them imposable to remove form the pan.

 

The second half of the bag went a little better: I mixed up the batter using margarine. And did not add anything to the mix. I then spooned half of the batter into a parchment paper lines pan. 

This made it a  breeze to remove. We however found the flavor rather bland. A little honey butter helped, but not much.



 

 

What did I do with the other half of the batter? Tune in next week.

Gluten free, Dairy free, Pumpkin cookie

Pumpkin cookies (gluten free and Dairy free)
2 1/1 C Gluten free flour blend (king Arthur)
1 tsp BK Soda
1 tsp BK Powder
1 tsp xanthan gum
1/2 C shortening
1 1/2 sugar
1 1/4 C pumpkin puree
1 egg

Mix everything together.   350 of 18-20 min.

I tried making them with Betty Crocker a while back but I did not have Betty Crocker this time so I tried a different recipe, with King Arthur GF flour this time.

Immaculate brand Gluten free cookie dough review

Immaculate brand Gluten free cookie dough
Best gluten free cookie dough!

Best texture, and flavor of any of the pre-made refrigerated cookie dough I have ever tried

Up-cyceling leftove pasta #3 Taco salad

Gluten free Taco Pasta Salad

Cooked Corn Pasta

1 lb browned ground beef

Package GF taco seasoning

1 Can black beans

Olives, sliced

Red/yellow Bell peppers diced

green onions diced

Sour cream

Add half of seasoning to meat, other half to sour cream.

Toss all together.