Gluten Free, R U?

Thursday, November 10, 2022

Feel Good Foods - Potato, Egg and Cheese Pockets

Not bad but not great. Definitely does not look like the photo at all.

These cost $6.99 at Wegmans and I would not spend that again but if they were on sale, I might purchase them again.

I followed the "best" cooking option: 1 minute microwave into a preheated 450 oven for 12-16 minutes. They looked good but when we bit in to them there was not enough egg mixture inside in to offset the pastry outside. But the flavor was good.

I was more hopeful as to my overall liking of this product but again it wasn't bad at all, just not as great as I wanted it to be.

Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Lucky Spoon - Lovely Lemon Cupcakes

Soooooooo much better than the strawberry ones we had. Seriously, it was like a whole different company made these. Perhaps something was wrong with the pack of strawberry ones I had. These lemon ones were even on clearance and were so much better.

The lemon cake was soft, light and delicious. The icing was a little stiff but I assume that might be due to the clearance situation... I bought them on their expiration day date at Giant. Even still, these were so good. I would completely buy them full price without question. I even thing there was a little lemon icing between the top icing and the cake.

Writing this right now, makes me want to go back and eat the other ones. Yummmm

Sunday, November 6, 2022

Daiya Pumpkin Cheezecake

On that same Wegmans trip that I got the Katz items, I also was able to get this item. We recently had the regular Daiya Cheezecake and really enjoyed it. So I was confident this would be just as good.

And it was, maybe not AS good as the regular one but I wouldn't turn this down if offered to me and I would buy it again.

I love the size of this cheezecake. It is perfect for two people and two forks ;) Yes, we did eat this all in one sitting! It was well worth the calories. The crust is delicious and only on the bottom so it doesn't overwhelm the actual cheezecake or the flavor. I found it to be the correct balance between the two.

I will also admit we didn't follow the defrost instructions properly and we still loved it. I should really get another one and follow the actual defrosting instructions to fully review the item ;) I guess a trip to Wegmans might be in order, although will there be any left there. They were there when I went back for the Katz items but I didn't get one then...hmmm perhaps not the best idea I had.

My gluten free history

When I turned 30 years old, I started to gain weight that I couldn't lose and I was getting back to back colds. The final straw was I got bronchitis and I had to take an antibiotic to help me get better. The side effect for 4% of people on this antibiotic was gastrointestinal issues. Yes, I was part of that 4%. The medicine basically stripped away whatever had been protecting me through my first 30 years of life. You see I have always had gastrointestinal issues since I can remember. My father also had the same issues and my paternal grandmother too. I was so sick from the medicine (or so I thought) that I had to go back to the doctor and do a series of tests. During this time I was following the BRAT diet (Banana, rice, a, toast). Saltines and toast were my go to comfort, little did I know they were NOT what I should be eating. My co-worker gave me an article about food allergies and there was a quiz. You only needed to answer 4 of the 8 questions with yes to fall under their designation and I had answered 6 of the 8 with yes. I was on my way. My husband and I cleaned out all our cabinets of the 7 allergens… all that was left was rice. After a few weeks, I was feeling somewhat better when I stayed at a home where they told me to eat whatever was in the fridge. I saw the rice and started eating. Within a hour I was violently ill. I couldn't understand. I took the rice with me to work the next day and when I told my other co-worker about my issue she asked to see the rice. It was orzo… pasta… gluten/wheat filled pasta! I had my first allergen to check off the list as being an issue. It turned out at the time dairy and eggs were also triggers but I have since been able to add them back. My husband and I went on a full gluten free diet and within a few months I had lost my weight, stopped living in my bathroom, looked healthy and was not terrified to eat things any more. Now it has been 15 years and while I have gained some weight back (darn those yummy gluten free cookies and pretzels) my issues are still in check and I couldn't be happier to figure out what was wrong with my body and be able to fix it.