The greatest thing since sliced bread? Sliced gluten free bread!

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I can't believe I already took a hiatus from blogging after I only posted three times! My grad school thesis is really gearing up, so I have immersed myself in my poetry for the past few months. That can drive me mad, so I'm back to interacting with the real world.

A few weeks ago I went to my doctor and got the official Celiac diagnosis. It sucked, but being gluten free already and trying out all of these foods made it more manageable. So, since this is now my life, I will be much more committed to posting.

I've been wanting to blog about this product for a long time.

Bread: it's the one food that you will find in practically all cultures in our planet Earth. Sliced bread, Naan, pan, religious celebrations, even the Magna Carta notes harsh punishments for anyone trying to cheat bread-making bakers. Bread is a staple and a necessity. And yet, it's the one thing that immediately gets knocked off of your list when you can't eat gluten.

freeze it, burn it, smother it

So, what kinds of gluten free breads are out there for us glutens? Well, it's mostly very small looking loaves made of potato and tapioca starch, and you can find them in the frozen section of your grocery store.
The most popular is Glutino's gluten free breads. They have all kinds of varieties, which is fabulous. However, these breads are always frozen and take a while to defrost. In addition, they don't taste great alone: I usually have to burn them to a crisp in a toaster oven and then smother on the butter. Having to unfreeze then burn your bread takes too much time and a bit of that normalcy from our gluten-filled days.

On a fated Sunday, I walked into a nearby Trader Joe's and asked if they had gluten free baguettes. The nice man showed me the gluten free bread section and guess where it was--not in the freezer section!!! I felt like I had just seen the Wizard of Oz behind the curtain. Gluten free bread that I could just eat out of the package? It's right here with the regular breads? And it's in a cute package? I walked out without the baguettes but with my new bread, clinking my sparkly red shoes.

My BFFs!

The bread was Udi's, a company I had never heard of, and since I've become a faithful follower. The bread is perfect. It's still a small loaf, (why does GF bread always smaller? Aren't we more likely to devour a huge bag of bread? Are they just trying to give us less for our money? I digress--) but it's a fun looking package and it comes in a few varities, white bread and whole grain. I eat this right out of the package. It has more holes than regular bread, kind of like Swiss cheese, but who cares? I use this when I have soup, to dip into olive oil and vinegar, to make grilled cheeses, to scoop up left over pasta sauce, and to just snack on.

Udi's is a wonderful company and I will definitely blog about them more. The best part is that they give everyone a Coupon  for $1 off any of their products! This loaf of bread cost about $4, so that dollar helps :)

This bread gets a big fat, holey A.

Eat on,
Amanda