GF Betty Crocker Mixes Are Here!

They're here!  Betty Crocker's Gluten-Free dessert mixes have arrived.

General Mills has recently launched 4 gluten-free baking mixes: Brownies, Devil's Food Cake, Yellow Cake and Chocolate Chip cookies.  They all mix up easily with just butter, eggs and/or oil - no need for extra flours or weird "gums".  The products are made in an entirely GF facility, so there's no chance of cross-contamination.  While the mixes, at about 3.99 each,  are more expensive than non-GF mixes, they are still less expensive than many other GF cake, cookie and brownie mixes out there and they're much easier to make.

Go to Betty's web site to find out about these products and use their product locator. The website also has lots of good information; there's even a bunch of pages with creative recipes using the new products.  Try the Lemon Lovers' Cupcake, which uses the yellow cake mix.

[from my Examiner post]

Pamela's Recipe Winners

Did you know that Pamela's (of Pamela's Gluten Free Bread Mix) has an annual recipe contest?  I didn't either until I stumbled upon a call for entries.  Do you have a great recipe using a Pamela's mix?  Send it in!  You could win a gift certificate to Sur La Table and the honor of seeing your recipe in print.  

Check out last year's winners:

Grand Prize - Tamale Style Stuffed Bread

Runner Up - Pretzel Twists

Honorable Mention - Mini Corn Dogs

Honorable Mention - Steamed Pork Dumplings

Triumph!!!

In 2004, Ross Cohen, who has celiac disease, was having a hard time finding a restaurant where he and his fiancé, Kay, could eat safely. Kay suggested making small cards that they could give to servers and cooks in restaurants which would explain celiac disease and gluten. Voila – Triumph Dining cards were born!

Now these portable, laminated cards are available in 10 languages: English, Chinese, French, Greek, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Mexican, Thai, and Vietnamese.

These awesome little cards were such a success; Ross and Kay (who are now married) have produced The Essential Gluten Free Dining Guide and The Essential Gluten Free Grocery Guide. The Dining Guide reviews over 800 restaurants in the U.S. and gives advice on their GF (or not) offerings. The Grocery Guide lists over 30,000 gluten free products you might be able to find right in your own supermarket.

So whether you’re dining in or out, Triumph has you covered!
www.triumphdining.com