Product reviews

I've been meaning to write this one for a while now, I have two different  brands of noodles that I adore using and then I have 2 bread mixes that I'll go over.


The pasta:

Years ago I was referred to as the pasta queen, I loved making, eating and sharing different pasta dishes. When I would go out to dinner something using pasta was usually what I would order (to the point that I shocked people if I didn't get a pasta dish). When I  first thought about going gluten free I rebelled against the idea because I thought I would have to give up one of my favorite things, I was even getting really good at making homemade pasta, the thought of giving it up was heart breaking. At this point my mother was already gluten free and when we would have spaghetti we would make her rice noodles  while we still had out normal wheat ones. I had tried spaghetti with her rice noodles... it just wasn't the same.

 Scene then I still have yet to find the perfect gluten free spaghetti noodle but I have found some great gluten free noodles that leave me feeling satisfied with my pasta dishes instead of cheated like I thought I would.

 I love these elbow noodles, like it says on the package it tastes like traditional pasta and no wonder because they are made in Italy. Italy actually has one of the highest diagnosis of celiac's disease, before beginning school the kids are tested for celiac's. It's one of the greatest places for a Celiac or gluten intolerant person to visit  because their society is so educated and aware of the disease.  It's pretty cool, anyway back to the noodles. These elbow noodles have a  very mild taste by themselves and there texture is the closest to wheat noodles  that I've found so far.  I love them.

 And a close second in my pantry is....

 These are very yellow in color (they are made from corn flour) I very much enjoy these noodles and find them a little hardier than the elbows. I like these for if I have to cook something a little longer and don't want the noodle to break down to soon or if I'm going to make a cold pasta salad with them.

Both of these I highly recommend  for your general pasta needs. I am just beginning to dabble with making my own gluten free pasta (like ravioli) but I haven't found the perfect recipe yet, I will let you know when I do.





The flour mixes.

I love this all purpose flour so much. Everything I've made using this (Both from a recipe and off the top of my head) has turned out beautifully and tasted amazing.

This bread mix I need to try again. It tastes wonderful after it first cooled and then it was left overnight and I didn't care for it (although that could be because I added a strong cheese and garlic to it before baking  and it didn't taste the best cold) I'm leaning towards It was the cheese's fault because the texture and bread it self were really good. I remember being extremely happy with it at first and then wonder what the hell happened the next day.


I also recently tried Pamela's gluten free bread mix (I have no picture of it) But I LOVED  the loaf it made. We ate it all with in  24 hours I will be getting it again and sharing what I make with it :)

Bisquick biscuits

 I'm beginning to love Gluten free Bisquick. I usually have it in the cupboard to make waffles with but the other night Mr beam wanted biscuits with dinner and instead of mixing my own flour mix I grabbed the Bisquick.

I made cheesy garlic biscuits. I gotta say I was impressed with how they turned out, with a little tweaking they could taste just like the red lobster biscuits.