Acid Reflux and other digestive issues have finally forced me to give up chocolate for good, it seems…. Oh woe is me, what am I to eat when I get that sweet thing craving. Oddly enough white chocolate that is not contaminated by wheat is relatively difficult to find. Given that we just passed through Easter season, believe me I tried.
Another pet peeve of mine is Ben and Jerry’s, so many of their flavors have either cookie bits or chocolate in them that I’m left eating vanilla and pistachio, assuming that your can find either of these relatively blah flavors at your local store. B&J has built a business catering to people who want goobers of stuff in their ice cream.
Can you imagine my elation when I found an ice cream product just as good as B&J, but most of its flavors are marked GF. I’d seen Talenti Gelato at my local organic grocer haunts for some time. the only reason I did not try it sooner was the $6 a pint asking price, $2 more than B&J. A $4.49 sale on pints at Healthy Living got me started. True to Italian ice cream tradition, the texture is softer than B&J and easier to stick that spoon into. The first flavor I tried was their Sicilian Pistachio. It’s good. But by far my favorite is their Caribbean Coconut. Try it heaped with fresh raspberries and you’re in for a real special treat. Their strawberry is decent as well.
Glutino is really a mixed bag brand as far as replacement food go. A few things are good, a fair number are “meh”, and an equal number rare far inferior to other products out there. How they became the “General Mills” of GF replacement foods is beyond me except they may have gotten there before everybody else jumped on the GF bandwagon.
One of their products that is worth a try are their yogurt covered pretzels. Yes, they have chocolate covered ones too, but for the choco-deprived they are heaven if you are looking for a guilty sweet snack. Health food this is not.
Happy midnight snacks, GF folks.
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