tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559850219424554239.post9093449343087763211..comments2023-09-25T11:48:08.067-04:00Comments on Unapologetically Fat: Gluten-Free Product ReviewsJoGeekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16093660035883346402noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559850219424554239.post-23644254779027251392011-07-19T14:54:07.692-04:002011-07-19T14:54:07.692-04:00Bob's Red Mill products are awesome. I use a l...Bob's Red Mill products are awesome. I use a lot of them on the rare occasions I bake. I especially like their coconut flour and amaranth flours. :)Mavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159539883712835177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559850219424554239.post-40075848793186700142010-12-26T14:34:45.707-05:002010-12-26T14:34:45.707-05:00Loved your blog! I'm definitely a new fan. I&#...Loved your blog! I'm definitely a new fan. I'm also a fat woman, and like your partner was very sick before I realized it was gluten that was making me icky. I wanted to tell you that I love LOVE the King Arthur pizza crust (and cake, and muffins. The bread, not so much.) Bob's Red Mill tends to use bean flour in their mixes and I don't like the beany after taste. King Arthur is as good as any homemade pizza I've made. My non-GF teenage daughter likes it better than the regular kind.Shaunta Alburgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16387709390606530911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559850219424554239.post-2331112656810815342010-12-20T13:23:24.745-05:002010-12-20T13:23:24.745-05:00I've had to go wheat/gluten free in the last c...I've had to go wheat/gluten free in the last couple of months and for pasta I am extremely happy with Tinkyada Rice Pasta. Mu hubby even likes it and he doesn't like pasta in general. I have found with rice pasta it is very important to have a big pot and lots of water. Regular wheat pasta I would use a smaller pot, but that didn't work with the rice pasta.<br /><br />Going gluten free is a royal pain in the derrière, but I am managing it. Luckily (or unluckily) I have a number of friends locally who've had to go gluten free, so I have recipe resources at my disposal. <br /><br />I need to lay my hands on a good bread recipe, I've been waiting for one of my friends to have time to email me hers, along with her pizza crust recipe. At the moment I would commit mass murder for a sandwich :DJeanChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08506460151352291506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559850219424554239.post-54345892672011283962010-12-18T09:34:38.892-05:002010-12-18T09:34:38.892-05:00Sounds like the vote is for Ancient Harvest pasta!...Sounds like the vote is for Ancient Harvest pasta! I'll have to look for some. I'd love to make my own of course (a ravioli press is on my christmas list!) but I also like to have a box or two in the cupboard for a "pick up" meal if we're tired or going out. Thanks for the advice!JoGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16093660035883346402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559850219424554239.post-69504015576115381992010-12-18T03:37:46.135-05:002010-12-18T03:37:46.135-05:00Trader Joe's makes a pretty good brown rice pa...Trader Joe's makes a pretty good brown rice pasta (some people have speculated that it's made by Tinkyada). At least, the penne is good; haven't tried the long stuff. But there's very little margin for error cooking it; too little and it's like rubber, too much and it's like glue. And I like the Ancient Harvest elbows too, although the same warning applies about cooking time.<br /><br />For long pasta, I think I'm going to get a pasta machine and make my own; I did ravioli with this one recipe that turned out great, and would probably be even better in a machine. I've heard that the storebought GF pastas don't do as well with straight pasta as with tubular.Meowserhttp://fatfu.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559850219424554239.post-87174297684508107692010-12-16T21:12:50.335-05:002010-12-16T21:12:50.335-05:00Just reading the comments above me more carefully ...Just reading the comments above me more carefully and I see someone else has recommended the quinoa/corn pasta as well, and it is "Ancient Harvest" not "Ancient Grains."<br /><br />To my palate the taste (while slightly richer) would be difficult to distinguish from wheat under any kind of a sauce.Elizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559850219424554239.post-80229226438931237712010-12-16T21:09:47.663-05:002010-12-16T21:09:47.663-05:00I had a temporary gluten intolerance after abdomin...I had a temporary gluten intolerance after abdominal surgery and I found that I LOVED the "Ancient Grains" Quinoa Pasta (quinoa and corn, actually). In fact, I like it so much that I still use it over wheat pasta even now that I can eat as much wheat as I want. The only drawback is that it comes in only 3 shapes (spaghetti, macaroni and rotini--and the rotini is hard to find). To me it has a texture identical to wheat pasta and better flavor.Elizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559850219424554239.post-24652910911952708642010-12-16T20:55:15.610-05:002010-12-16T20:55:15.610-05:00oh and I forgot--go with Tinkiyada rice pasta--the...oh and I forgot--go with Tinkiyada rice pasta--the texture and flavor are TEN TIMES better than any other gf pasta product out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559850219424554239.post-82871093934210448522010-12-16T20:53:28.958-05:002010-12-16T20:53:28.958-05:00Good reviews! Ive been gluten-free for a year now...Good reviews! Ive been gluten-free for a year now, and I heartily recommend Pamela's Pancake and Baking mix for light, soft, not-whole-grain-tasting, grit-free pancakes. It also makes great pumpkin bread. (its not for the lactose intolerant though--the mix contains milk products.)<br /><br />Also, for cakes and brownies, I've found Namaste mixes to be better than Better Crocker. Not as dense, not as gritty. Truly like "real" cake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559850219424554239.post-34912076687841535392010-12-16T20:51:10.010-05:002010-12-16T20:51:10.010-05:00Yeah, it's been our experience that the rice p...Yeah, it's been our experience that the rice pastas all taste like library paste. They go from not-quite-done to overcooked mush in a heartbeat, too. The best we've found is Tinkyada (Tinkada? I don't have any on hand to check just now...) brown rice pasta. It does better with cheesy sauce than marinara, but even then it's just not the same.<br /><br />The DeBoles corn pasta (again, in my experience) is whole-grainy but yards better than the rice stuff. Still not the same as wheat pasta, but I wouldn't be put off it by your experience with the rice stuff.<br /><br />If you can find it where you are, I highly recommend Ancient Harvest brand quinoa pasta. We've bought it at Whole Foods and Harris Teeter, as well as some specialty stores. (We're in the southeastern US.) I had to do a Google search to find the brand name, and it appears you can order it from Amazon, too. It's got its own flavor, but the texture is good.<br /><br />Good luck finding the products that taste best to you!Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06527752008268604988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559850219424554239.post-28177259920858797952010-12-16T18:51:07.367-05:002010-12-16T18:51:07.367-05:00Funny you should mention the Bob's pizza crust...Funny you should mention the Bob's pizza crust, I had my own adventure with that last night. The yeast I got with mine fell flat, and I also didn't realize that if I was mixing by hand instead of using a stand mixer (since I don't have one), I'd have to mix it longer to get everything to soak in. So I tried the second half of the mix with my own yeast (which is actually Bob's, too, strangely enough), and this time I proofed a tablespoon of yeast with a tablespoon of sugar and got it nice and fizzy, then did my mixing. It turned out perfectly fine that way, though as you said, kind of bland, which was actually not such a bad thing since we were having it cheeseless with anchovies.Meowserhttp://fatfu.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559850219424554239.post-64643541934081077612010-12-16T09:58:55.823-05:002010-12-16T09:58:55.823-05:00Ooh, Betty Crocker makes GF cake and brownie mixes...Ooh, Betty Crocker makes GF cake and brownie mixes? I will have to see if my MIL (also gluten-intolerant) has tried those.KellyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00107695659185335269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559850219424554239.post-26627235770111922662010-12-16T08:10:10.967-05:002010-12-16T08:10:10.967-05:00I'm a fellow unapologetically fat woman who re...I'm a fellow unapologetically fat woman who recently found out she's gluten intolerant. One thing that took me forever to find was a bread that I like. If you don't have one yet, I suggest Udi's. It's actually soft! So many of the others I tried were like eating a really dense brick. Blech.<br /><br />Best of luck in your gluten-free adventures!Anna Guest-Jelleyhttp://www.curvyyoga.comnoreply@blogger.com