Gluten free hype was not so good
I admit, once I find a mix I like I stick with it. When tree nuts were thrown into our allergy no-no list I figured we would be okay. I was wrong. Our favorite gluten free items from Bob’s Mill are all processed on equipment sharing tree nuts. Okay you think, but it’s just a trace right? Well it may be just a trace. But just a trace leads to black eyes, diarrhea and crankiness like you won’t believe! And our Dr. keeps telling us the more exposure to tree nut ‘traces’ the more likely for a severe anaphylactic reaction in Bugaboo. I don’t want to experience my son gasping for his breath and possible dying when I can avoid these ‘traces’.
On our last visit to Navan Foods I bought some new mixes. One was of great interest to me since I had heard a lot about this new ‘patent pending’ flour mix. Jules Gluten Free is supposed to be this wonderful new baking opportunity. I did not rush out to try this stuff. I researched. I found she is using a modified tapioca starch in the mix. MODIFIED is my concern. Expandex is the labeled stuff and I am seeing it more and more. It is not natural. It is modified. So I have some hesitancy. We really try to eat healthy. Meats, veggies, fruits and not a lot of sweets. Since I have to make the sweets it is not often, lol. I really hate doing all the dishes. So until now I have avoided the Jules bandwagon. They offered classes using her flour mix to get people to try the flour. I declined. I have seen the expensive, large bag of flour on the shelf before and resisted. This visit to the store Daddy convinced me to try one of the cookie mixes. Ok, I am always looking for new cookies. Especially since our favorite graham cracker has tree nuts in it, ugh. I made a ‘graham cracker’ version on the mix last night. The first pan went in the trash. Complete crumbs. The second trays of cookies are intact. Very dry. Even with cream cheese frosting on top I licked the frosting off and dumped the cookies. A $7 waste.
Allergy people have this cost. I will not be rushing out to get this amazing, new flour mix to try more. I will not be buying the other mixes the store offered. Nope. I had a feeling I would not like it. I did not. There are too many other brands out there that deliver better cookies. We don’t get cookies every day. So when we do, they have to be amazing. Sorry, Jules just did not cut it in our house.
I have added some gluten free/nut free links on the side bar. Check them out. I will be adding more as we find other brands we like. Our favorites are listed here. Have one you like? Leave a comment!
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