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Product Review: Cloudies Original Cloudbread

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 The Cloud Bread Company sent me samples of 3 varieties of their Cloudies Cloudbread to taste and review. Today I am reviewing the Original Cloudies flavor. In case you did not read my last post, Cloudies are a gluten-free bread made with egg, cream cheese, baking powder and baking soda. They are sold frozen, 4 packages per box, with 2 Cloudies in each package (so 8 pieces per box, enough for 4 sandwiches). At only 35 calories per piece (so 70 per sandwich), Cloudies are far fewer calories than a traditional slice of gluten free bread but Cloudies are fairly small - about 3 1/2 inches in diameter. One of our easier "special breakfasts" my daughter and I like to make on a weekend or school day when we're up a bit early (which is almost never) is what we call an "egg sandwich" Our traditional method is to use a Glutino English Muffin (closest we've found to a Thomas' English Muffin), peanut butter on one piece, jelly on the other, and then the filling is

Product Review: Cloudies Cheddar Cloudbread

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The Cloud Bread Company sent me 3 varieties of Cloudies Cloudbread to taste and review.  This post is about Cloudies Cheddar cloudbread. I first heard of cloudbread last fall when I participated in a Nourished Festival blogger session and I was disappointed that the product was not available anywhere in Northern California to sample. Fast forward a few months and the company contacted me to see if I was interested in samples and of course I said yes!  Have you ever had a sandwich on gluten free bread that basically falls apart while you are eating it, and you are left with your sandwich filling on your plate and hands with little pieces of soggy bread hanging off? Well, my Cloudies sandwich stayed in tact!  I decided to do a Cloudies take on a Tuna Melt, without the melt, using a Cheddar flavored Cloudie to substitute both the bread and cheese in a traditional tuna melt. Here is the recipe: Cloudies Tuna Melt, without the Melt Ingredients: - 2 pieces Cheddar Cloudies bread (1 individ

Product Review: Goodie Girl S'Mores Sandwich Cookies & new branding

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 Goodie Girl sent me some boxes of their new S'Mores Sandwich Cookie to try as part of this weekend's virtual Nourished Festival .  I've been a huge fan and unofficial ambassador of Goodie Girl cookies for years and wrote about them back in 2017 as a how-to-not-feel-left-out when Girl Scouts Cookie season approaches. Since then, Goodie Girl has added many new products including breakfast biscuits and a variety of sandwich cookies including an Oreo-like Chocolate Cream Sandwich and ever-so-fun Birthday Cake Sandwich .  Let me tell you, their sandwich cookies are the best out there- even better than gluten varieties like Oreo. The new S'More is also delicious. I'm not sure how they do it but they are full of flavor, not too crispy and the filling is oh-so-satisfying w/o having to make your own "double stuffed" variety. I still like the Glutino sandwich cookies but can't stand the other gluten free brands and if given a choice, will pick Goodie Girl e

Product Review: Mom's Place Gluten Free Soft Pretzel Mix and more...

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  Mom's Place Gluten Free sent me some products to sample and review as part of the upcoming Nourished Festival . I also participated in a blogger event a few weeks ago where a member of Mom's Place Gluten Free answered our questions. During this session I also learned that they had sent custom samples to each participant based on each of our unique dietary restrictions, and that their web site has an Allergen Filter so you can easily find the products that you can consume - so from the get-go I was impressed with this business. Before I go into a long narrative let me summarize to say these products are the real deal. Delicious, high quality, wow.  I don't recall where I first heard about Mom's Place Gluten Free but in 2019 I must have stumbled upon them while reading an article about disaster preparedness. As we have earthquakes out here in Cali, I've been planning to put some emergency food in our shed but just hadn't gotten around to it. Mom's Place Glu

Gluten Free Lasagna-stuffed Chicken Meatloaf

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 I love making lasagna but did not have enough ricotta for a full batch so I started thinking if there were other ways I could use the same ingredients (but less ricotta) to make a similar dish. I decided that  instead of making a chicken bolognese for the base, I'd make a chicken meatloaf. Then I did some googling and sure enough there were already some other people who had a similar idea. This recipe is based on this one: https://twistedfood.co.uk/lasagna-stuffed-meatloaf/ only I used chicken instead of beef and modified the ricotta filling to be my standard lasagna filling. It's less work than my lasagna recipe as well. I hope you enjoy it. Ingredients for meatloaf: 1 lb chicken breast, ground (I grind mine fresh with my Kitchen Aid stand mixer meat grinder attachment) 2 eggs, beaten 2/3 cup seasoned gluten free panko bread crumbs (I used Jeff Nation Creations) 1 tbsp dried parsley 2 shakes garlic powder 1 tsp salt 1 1/2 tsp pepper (we love pepper- use less if you're les

Product Review: Homefree mini cookies

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 As part of last week's virtual Nourished Festival, Homefree sent me some samples of their mini cookies to try and review. In addition to being gluten free, Homefree are free of nuts, dairy, egg, wheat, fish, shellfish, soy (except for soy lecithin), rice, potato and legumes so I think it's safe to say they are pretty allergy friendly. Their lemon and holiday sugar cookies are also corn free. Homefree sent samples of 6 of their flavors, of which I've tried 3 so far: chocolate chip, double chocolate chip and vanilla. Let me start by saying I'm generally a chewy cookie fan, and these cookies are crunchy, but that didn't stop me!  First off was the double chocolate which I had with milk. They had a very deep chocolate flavor which surprised me. They are super crisp and absorb the milk nicely when dipping, while still remaining some crunch along with the milk.  Next up was vanilla which also great flavor. So far vanilla is my favorite - and apparently my daughter's

Product Review: Josie's Best & Metta's Gluten Free Mixes

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 As part of glutenfreetop10's participation in the online Nourished Festival (running through tomorrow- it's free!),  Metta Gluten Free Flour  and  Josie's Best Gluten Free Mixes  sent me some of their products to try.  The recipes I used were from my daughter's Raddish Kids cooking club subscription. She has been a member for nearly 2 years and it has been one of our best investments as she has really expanded her cooking skills and we've gotten to eat some great food too. Raddish provides gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, vegetarian and vegan  dietary modifications for each recipe in the subscription so we've been able to make each one gluten free. Josie's Best Gluten Free Mixes Josie's Best sent me 2 mixes to try: "The Muffin and More" and "The Pancake". I started with "The Muffin and More" which is an all purpose mix which can be substituted 1:1 with all purpose flour in recipes. This mix is also gmo-free and contains p