Additional Stuff I’d Blog About if I Weren’t Feeling So Cruddy April 30, 2007
Posted by Karen Joy in Arizona, God/Christianity/Church, Homeschooling, Introspective Musings, Loving Nature!, Medical Stuff, Parenting, Random Stuff, Sports Stuff, The Kids, Travelling.6 comments
This whole past week has been beset by a particularly icky strain of the flu. All six of us have dealt with it at least once, and now it looks like it’s going around a second time, which does NOT please me.
I just thought I’d note things I’d blog about if I didn’t need to go lay down:
- How I think I was made to live in Scotland (though I am not malcontented with my desert location)
- Mishaps with a “gentle” self-tanner (or, Karen Turns an Unsightly Pale Creamsicle Color)
- More gluten-free food reviews
- My 12 month old cuts her first molar
- Tahini works really well ILO peanut (or any kind of nut) butter, and to my surprise, *all* my kids like it.
- I missed church for the second Sunday in a row, this time caring for one more puking child.
- Various thoughts on the Diamondbacks and Suns.
- Completing my travelblog on our recent trip to the Midwest, including notes on how Iowa’s idea of what an “interpretive trail” and “visitor’s center” is varies widely from Arizona’s (or Karen Gains New Appreciation for Arizona State Parks).
- My 5yo Wesley’s possible auditory processing problems/phonemic UNawareness.
Ah, well. You’ll just have to imagine all of those. Maybe I can get ‘em in later.
Gluten-free Honey Dijon crunching satisfaction April 30, 2007
Posted by Karen Joy in Celiac Disease, Cooking/Baking/Food/Recipes.1 comment so far
Before I found out about celiac disease, 4.5 years ago, one of my favorite snacks was Snyder’s Honey Mustard and Onion Pretzel Pieces. They are broken pretzel chunks (probably left over from the manufacture of non-broken pretzels, but who cares?) loaded with tangy and sweet honey mustard flavor. Missing out on this tasty treat has been one of those wee heartaches that go along with adopting a gluten-free life.
Recently, though, I discovered Lundberg Farms’ Honey Dijon Rice Chips. If I could insert a little squeal of delight right here, I would. I was already a fan of Lundberg Farms, for their extensive gluten-free products, their longstanding eco-friendly farming practices, and their diverse, high-quality products.
These rice chips are satisfying on so many levels: They are thick — yet not dense and hard, but light and crispy crunch. The flavor, which is all natural, is spot-on: tangy and a bit sweet, the perfect mix of honey and mustard, with a wee bit of sesame flavor.
As with most natural and/or gluten-free products, they are a bit pricier than your normal grocery store snacks: I spent $2.59 for the six oz. bag, which I polished off in two sittings. Many of Lundberg Farms’ products can be purchased directly from them, but it’s not any cheaper that way.
All eight flavors of the Rice Chips are gluten free.
I found Lundberg Farms’ website a bit hard to navigate — most of the info I wanted was under the obscure heading of “Info”. The gluten-free list was further buried under Info-Special Diets, then click on the label next to their GF icon.
Ingredients
Brown Rice, brown rice flour, organic masa flour, white rice flour, high oleic expeller-pressed safflower or sunflower oil, organic sesame seeds, cane syrup and honey, salt, evaporated cane juice, rice flour, spices (mustard, black pepper, red pepper), garlic powder, onion powder, sunflower oil, gum arabic, vinegar powder, citric acid, tartaric acid, turmeric (color), less than 2% tricalcium phosphate (anti-caking agent), and tarragon oil.
| Nutrition Facts |
| Serving Size | 1 oz (28 g) |
| Servings Per Container | 6 |
| Amount Per Serving | |||
| Calories | 140 | Calories from fat | 60 |
| % Daily Value* |
| Total Fat | 7 g | 11% | |
| Saturated Fat | 0.5 g | 4% | |
| Trans Fat | 0 g | ||
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g | 4% | |
| Sugars | 1 g | ||
| Other Carbohydrates | 16 g | ||
| Vitamin A | 0% | • | Vitamin C | 6% |
| Calcium | 2% | • | Iron | 0% |
