Gluten Free Food Reviews

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Glutenfreefoodreviews.com is celebrating it’s first birthday in January!

To celebrate, I am giving away a birthday gift box of my favorite gluten free products! Some of them I have reviewed, and others I will review to kick off the new year in January.

Mixes, snacks, crackers, sweets, cereals, breads- the birthday box will include a little bit of everything!

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2. Leave a comment to this post and tell me you favorite gluten free product, or suggest a product for me to review in 2008.

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4.Entries must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on 12/31/07.

A winner will be selected at random and announced on this site, and only one entry per person pretty please.

This grand giveaway will kick off a new feature for 2008! Each month I will feature a gluten free giveaway to kick off and announce the theme for each month. Fun Fun Fun!

In the meantime I will be vacationing with my wonderful family, attending the gluten free wedding of my dear sister Kristina and enjoying some fun and relaxation. I will return in January to announce the winner and get 2008 started out right- gluten free all the way!

Happy Holidays!

(Oh, and give the Cause You’re Special Homestyle Gluten-Free Pie Crust Mix a try for your holiday Pies- it is truly wonderful! I used it for my Thanksgiving pies and my gluten eating guests had no idea it was gluten free. Seriously! They even asked to bring some leftover pie home if that tells you anything. A full review with lots of photos will be posted in January.)

Ahhh, more bagels, Since I enjoyed the plain Glutino bagels so much, I just had to try their sesame flavor. Now, my sister Kristina swears by the Kinnikinnick bagels ( a review of them will be along soon!) I have found these to be chewy and satisfying. One of my old bagel favorites was the fresh baked sesame flavor from Wegmans. If you have ever tried their fresh artisan breads, bagels and muffins before going gluten free, you know what I mean.

These bagels come five to a package and are double packaged for optimum freshness. I purchased m ine for $5.89 at my local grocery store. These bagels are quite large and filling!

The overall texture and density were comparable to the plain flavor ( click HERE to read the review for more details). The only difference was the generous coating of sesame seeds on the exterior of the bagel. No kidding, I would cut, bite or slice the bagel and the sesame seeds would be EVERYWHERE. For maximum flavor and texture, this bagel should be toasted. The toasted sesame seeds add a nice flavor, and I would definately buy these Glutino sesame bagels again.Â

PROS: nice chewy texture, yummy sesame flavor

CONS: sesame seeds fall off everywhere, needs to be toasted for best results

Rating: 4 1/2 stars

Where can I buy these yummy bagels?

Glutino - Premium Sesame Bagels
From: glutenfree.com

Ingredients: Corn mix (corn starch, skim milk powder, evaporated cane juice, salt, glucono-delta-lactone, pectin, sodium bicarbonate, sodium alginate, modified vegetable cellulose), water, tapioca starch, sesame seeds, margarine (palm and palm kernel oils, soy lecithin), skim milk powder, evaporated cane juice, liquid edd whites, safflower oil, liquid yolks, guar gum, yeast, salt, thiamin, niacin, vitamin B6, riboflavin, iron, calcium.

Once upon a time I made a mean teriyaki stir fry. Really- I loved it. Then my need to eat gluten free got in the way. Bye bye soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, kung pow sauce- the asian inspired sauces I loved were not on my gluten free “approved list.” It was almost a year before I even realized there was gluten free soy sauce and 17 months before I tasted it. Yum. So, when I spied this Amy’s Teriyaki Bowl frozen meal for $4.89 at my local grocery store, I had to give it a try.

 This is what it looked like straight from the box. Not bad, eh? I was thrilled to find all those veggies on top.

I opted to cook this gluten free teriyaki meal in the mircrowave for five minutes, There are directions on the box for an oven method- however, it requires a whopping 50 minutes in the oven. Uh, no thanks!

This is the “after” shot. Again, not bad.

Like other Amy’s Bowls, the vegetables turn out perfectly cooked- tender but not soggy. The peppers seemed to disappear, but at least the green beans and broccoli tasted good. The rice was cooked OK, but seemed too chewy for my taste.

The sauce tasted sweet and tangy with just a hint of spice. However, when the sauce, vegetables, tofu and rice combined, all I could taste was the sauce. I felt pretty disappointed because I actually like the taste of the rice and distinct vegetables- losing that made me feel like I was just eating a bowl of teriyaki, not a meal that had teriyaki as an ingredient. I know my opinion may not be a popluar one, since I have read many positive reviews of this gluten free product. I guess I differ on this one due to personal taste. It is a good gluten free product, but probably not one I would buy again for a while.

This would also make a great and healthier cloice for lunch at work- it boasts a mere 4.5 grams of fat, 10 grams of protein and 290 calories.

Pros: healthier lunch choice, lots of veggies, cooks evenly

CONS: sauce overpowers the rice and vegetable flavors

Rating: 4 stars

Where Can I Buy This Product?

WellnessGrocer.com

Read what Rebecca at VegFamily.com has to say about Amy’s Teriyaki Bowl!

Click HERE for nutritional information and ingredient list