Make your request

Since the Ralphs here in Orange located off of Chapman Ave near the CA-22 doesn't offer gluten-free products, I thought I would check out their website to see what they have to offer.

I mosey on down to ralphs.com and work my way through a bunch of nothing to find the Search section under special orders. I type in Gluten-free. Up pops a listing of Bob's Red Mill products, some McCormick's meatloaf/seasonings mix, and my favorite Tumaro's Tortillas.

Ok FIRST of all, three things? I mean really now, a huge supermarket only offers three things that are "gluten free" on their ONLINE purchasing section?

Second of all, McCormicks and Tumaros are NOT gluten free! I went to their websites to check and Tumaros Tortillas are clearly made of wheat flour and McCormicks warns that they cannot declare any of their seasonings as gluten free.

Not Only is Ralphs failing to deliver GF products. They are LYING!
They say you can special request items by listing the product brand and name of product with a description, but they don't guarantee they will get it.

I'm not asking Ralphs to stock shelf after shelf of gluten-free product, that's why there is Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, and smaller health food stores. I'm just asking for some basics, and for them to not lie.











for: Ralphs
love: Me


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Todays Recipe

Crépes w/Chicken, Asparagus & Mushrooms











Recipe and Photo Courtesy of Glutenfreeda.com


Ingredients:
For filling:
3 Tablespoons unsalted butter
2 Tablespoons gf flour
1/2 cup, plus 2 Tablespoons milk
1/3 cup gf chicken stock
2 Tablespoons shallots, chopped
2 large button mushrooms, chopped
1 cup cooked chicken, chopped
1-1/2 Tablespoons dry Sherry
1/2 lb. thin asparagus, trimmed
1 teaspoon unsalted butter

For crépes:
1/2 cup gf flour
1/2 cup milk
2 large eggs
2 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
Pinch of salt
Few grates of nutmeg
1 Tablespoon unsalted butter

For topping:
1 large egg yolk
5 Tablespoons chilled heavy cream
1 Tablespoon unsalted butter


Directions:
For filling:
3 Tablespoons unsalted butter
2 Tablespoons gf flour
1/2 cup, plus 2 Tablespoons milk
1/3 cup gf chicken stock
2 Tablespoons shallots, chopped
2 large button mushrooms, chopped
1 cup cooked chicken, chopped
1-1/2 Tablespoons dry Sherry
1/2 lb. thin asparagus, trimmed
1 teaspoon unsalted butter

For crépes:
1/2 cup gf flour
1/2 cup milk
2 large eggs
2 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
Pinch of salt
Few grates of nutmeg
1 Tablespoon unsalted butter

For topping:
1 large egg yolk
5 Tablespoons chilled heavy cream
1 Tablespoon unsalted butter

Serves 4

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I think we, the gluten-free community, should work to make our supermarkets cater to us. We need gluten-free items. They need customers

Crazy Delicious

So i'm not really an avid fan of licorice (in fact, black licorice makes me wanna throw up a little), but every now and then a little red twist every now and then is nice. Say, at the movies...

Well I was in my Universities little pit stop (ya know the convenience store type of place that pumps us college kids with late night soda, candy, hot pockets, etc.) and I was looking around at the candy just curious about the nutrition facts. Naively I glance down at the allergen info.












Ingredients go as follows: Corn Syrup, Wheat flour, Citric Acid, Articfial Flavor, Red 40


ooooooook. WHAT the HELL?!?! Now, i thought soy sauce was random as hell to have wheat in it, but LICORICE?!?

That's absurd, reeaaaallly absurd. This means last weekend when I had a few twists of Red Vines, I poisoned myself. wow.

WOW.

All this work for nothing. I wasted my eating of wheat on something I really don't even like. I'm a little angry. At myself. At red vine. I should've been more careful, but I never ever thought licorice would have wheat.


siiiigh


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On Another Note.
I made Gluten-Free brownies today









Bob's Red Mill GF Brownies.

My friend Molly and I went into the only kitchen available for students use, and since they had no pans I made brownie cupcakes. If I had camera, there would be delictable pictures of the whole process. However, I have camera phone pictures. Beautiful, stunning quality I must say.














Mmmm....Brownies with Walnuts.












This was my first experience in GF cooking, and it was pretty successful I'd say. Soy milk + GF Brownie= Crazy Delicious!
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Thank Jesus for my Wii. It's the only thing keeping me entertained right now