Barilla Chickpea Rotini

 

I like chickpeas. I like pasta. I liked this chickpea pasta. It wasn't amazing but it certainly wasn't horrible. I like the consistency but there wasn't any taste to it that I could tell. 

 

I also liked that this wasn't sticky at all, in fact I was shocked that it wasn't sticky. I almost assume gluten free pasta will be sticky and just clump as leftovers. This did not and that is a pleasant surprise. 

 

I definitely recommend you try this pasta and if you do let me know your thoughts on it.

 

Wegmans Plant Based Burgers

Imagine my shock when I found a plant based burger that was gluten free. So many are made with wheat or gluten but Wegmans came through with a gluten green plant based burgers.

I did get these for free from a Wegmans newsletter coupon and honestly I would easily pay for these. I really liked these burgers. It is has been 20+ years since I ate beef but this reminded me so much of beef burgers from way back when. I loved the "spice" and the texture after cooking was very good.

Full disclosure, I thought the burgers looked and smelled like dog food when I opened the package. So I was very very skeptical BUT once cooked up these burgers looked good and tasted sooo good. So don't let your first impressions get in the way :) I look forward to adding these to my meal rotation.

Gluten Free Mint Oreos

Stop the presses!!! I found the elusive gluten free mint Oreos!!! And they are incredible!!! 

Mind you I LOVE mint and I already loved the regular gluten free Oreos. This is cookie heaven to me. 

Someone mentioned that these taste like Girl Scout Thin Mints and I agree for the most part. Although I like the chocolate covering on Thin Mints and that is obviously missing here but the flavor is there. 

I also love that these have more filling than regular Oreos but less than the double stuff. I think they are perfectly filled and I wish the regular Oreos would use this same filling amount. 

These will become a regular in my house for sure. I happened to get these on sale for $3.33 at Giant Food Stores but I’d be willing to pay full price. I seriously love these cookies.

Wegmans Cauliflower Bites

 

Not bad. Not great. Not crisp enough on the outside for me but if I had them again I might investigate how to make them crispier. 

And I would have them again but only on sale or with a coupon which is how I got them in the first place. I was shocked they were gluten free since they were breaded. So I had to try them at least. 

We enjoyed them with ranch dressing and also tomato sauce for dipping. Although the bites were fine on their own with the breading having some nice seasoning. 

It was only enough for the two of us to have an appetizer/snack as there is not a large amount of bites in the box. I wouldn’t think one box would work for a party or larger get together more than two people :)

If you try them, let me know your thoughts.

Katz Cinnamon Rolls

 

Much smaller than I expected but oh so tasty. In fact I’d say, such big taste in a little roll. The icing was just sweet enough and the cinnamon wasn’t overpowering. 

I was confused by the directions. It states to leave frozen until ready to eat but then it states to microwave for 5 seconds if thawed. 

The first set I microwaved for 20 seconds from frozen and it thawed them ok and the second set I did for 5 seconds from thawed and I’d say they turned out the same. Next time I’ll thaw them fully regardless of directions and try them that way. 

But they still tasted great. Katz has impressed me with their offerings lately. I recommend trying their items and let me know what you think.