Stick To It!!

Breadsticks!! And not just any breadsticks - cinnamon breadsticks with delicious white icing. If you don't think the bread is big enough news, you MUST try these breadsticks. Six to a bag, a good hearty texture - and moist! - the delicious flavor made these an excellent dessert! I can just say it didn't take me much longer than the weekend to make it through half a bag. If you store your gf goods in the fridge like me, I would recommend warming these babies up in the microwave (or oven) for a delicious treat. I savored every bite. Plus, with only 7 grams of sugar per stick, plus high protein and a few grams of fiber, these make for a scrumptious, nutritious, quick breakfast too!

A Toast!

Have you ever had that gluten-free bread, possibly made from rice or pecan flour, that's about a quarter the size of real bread, that you pretend is bread because you haven't had real bread in so long? And then you toast it so that it tastes slightly more like real bread, and put butter on it so it tastes slightly better than almost-real bread? Do you remember the look and texture of that soft, airy, normal-sized piece of bread, perhaps homemade, and then sticking it in the toaster, allowing the aroma to fill the kitchen in the morning? Then taking it out once the toaster pops up again, and spreading butter on its warm, crisp, toasted surface and letting it melt in, then taking that first, delicious, soft-on-the-inside, crisp-on-the-outside, warm, buttery bite? I suggest that you try it with this new brand of bread - the New Grains Bakery Marvelous Gluten Free Multigrain Bread. Let me just say, I had to catch myself a few times while eating it, from some disconnect in my head that I was eating real, wheat bread. This happened several mornings this week, after which I consciously reassured myself that it was truly safe to eat. This bread is truly a prize, I will have to acquire some more on my next visit to the house as I simply cannot go without my morning toast - and I haven't tried French toast yet!

Roast Beef is Better In a Sandwich

The only thing missing was some fresh, crisp, lettuce. But, as a college student nearing the end of the month, such fresh garnishing was commonly absent from many of my meals. A peeled carrot on the side would suffice. As I took my first bite into my roast beef and cheese sandwich, I was rewarded not only with a satisfying lunch, but with an appetizing sandwich as well. New Grains Bakery Marvelous Gluten Free Multi-grain Bread had done it again. While perhaps still a little dry and crumbly as is the difficulty with making any gluten-free sandwich, New Grains' bread held together surprisingly well, and its delicious flavor added to the sandwich rather than had me reaching for my glass of milk to wash down a viscous paste which would not go of its own accord. As far as sandwich-making goes, this bread is a win, peanut butter and jelly as well. With cold sandwiches I would recommend butter, mayonnaise, etc. (or ranch as I prefer) - but that's to be said about the improvement of any sandwich, no?

An Introduction: A Slicin' Time With Gluten-Free Bread

Driving up to the New Grains Gluten Free Bakery, I was surprised to see not a business, nor even a sign, but instead a beautiful house with some bike ramps in the front yard. As I was let into the house by Nicole, I walked through their beautiful living room, past one of her children sitting on the couch watching a movie, and down into the basement where her husband, with flour-covered hands was busy working away in the bakery. I was briefly introduced and told about the bakery equipment, including a slicer and a grinding machine for making their own flour. Tim is the one with Celiac, as are, I was told, five of his seven children. Clearly there was a motive, just in this family alone, for some good gluten-free baking. As we were talking, I was handed a large, beautiful loaf of bread. "Multigrain" the label declared along with the precious-to-any-wheat-free-dieter-phrase: "gluten-free". I instantly compared this beauty to the shrunken, sliced foam I usually bought at Smith's when it was on sale. That definitely wasn't multigrain, and it was probably half the size of this glorious fare. I had a tendency to cradle it like a baby as I walked back up the stairs, and patted their large dog on the way out. When I got home I tasted my first, plain slice - the heel. Delicious. I placed my treasure in the fridge and headed off to my first class for the day, already off to a good start.