SO many Flours

After searching, and trying and baking and researching more, I have found:

NOTHING.

All of the All-Purpose Gluten Free Baking mixes I have tried have a problem I'd rather not deal with. They taste funny. They fall apart, they suck in liquids like a camel, and then keep it all through the baking process. Gluten free mush can be delicious... but not so great in bread-type food. I really love Almond Flour and have a whole bunch of it, and a place where I can get it for a reasonable price (WinCo Foods FTW). I can also get white and brown rice flour for almost less per lb than wheat flour there. But I can't seem to find some of the things that seem to be the binding-blocks of most Baking Mixes, and I just haven't found them for sale at a price worth paying in my area.

So- My next step, I think, is to start researching gluten-free oats, sorghum flour, and sweet white rice flour. I will find you at a reasonable price! Starting, I think, with Amazon. I'll admit, sometimes free shipping makes up for a lot.


I'll be reporting back with whatever news breaks next...
love and allergy-free kisses!

Jo Aich.

New Grains Gluten Free Bakery

-photo from the New Grains website

 For those of you who have given a try to Gluten Free bread only to find that it is either tastes like grass, or is very dry or is totally tasteless... go here. It might change your life.
I have felt every one of the above things, and I cannot seem to make a good loaf of my own bread to save my life (which, honestly, it might). So I talked to a good friend of mine who has recently discovered that she has Celiac Disease and she pointed me to Macey's Grocery where they sell this bakery's products.

There are so many options! They have rolls, hamburger buns, english muffins, special order cakes, sliced bread, cinnamon raisin bread, a good assortments of cookies and bars for individual sale and in packs... and so much more.

Individually packed cookies- photo from the New Grains Website

They even have an egg-free version of this always gluten, dairy and soy free sliced bread. Happy dance for me!! The downside is for me and other food fighters like me is that some of their other products do have soy, eggs and all of them have some sugar. Still- look through their products and their information, and you'll likely find something you'll love without pain. I did and I love this bakery!

Egg-Free version of sliced bread- photo from the New Grains Website

I have tried some of these products, but mostly I have had the sliced bread. The sourdough is delicious and so is the multigrain, but I buy the egg-free at least once a week. The bread is dense and moist, so I generally toast it for the max time on my cheap toaster- and I can honestly say that even then it still sticks to my teeth, but OH MAN. This bread tastes so good!

Also, just look under the New Grains Foundation tab on their site. They are working with other places to start a Gluten Free Culinary Institute training facility. I think with their ability to cater to this and other food sensitivities, I wonder if they'd let me in for night classes or something, because it is a GREAT idea.

I am officially a huge fan of New Grains Gluten Free Bakery, and I have found so many things to love there, and their pre-sliced bread makes my day, sometimes.