Simply G Free – Support For A Gluten Free Lifestyle

I recently acquired some very handy items for living gluten free from a company called Simply G Free.  The name really says it all.

The products are all meant to help you live gluten free more simply and help avoid cross-contamination.

The metal kitchen tags are clearly marked “gluten free” and can be affixed to any pot handle or cooking implement that has a small hole.  I have put mine on my pasta claw, my favourite pot and my measuring spoons.

The rectangle stickers are great for the fridge or freezer for left-overs and make-aheads. They don’t come off in the freezer, like some stickers and you can easily put them on your plastic or glass containers or storage bags.

I use the oversized star shaped stickers when I go to the bulk store, so that my gluten free items are easily recognized and there is room on them if you want to write what the item is.

I also got a simplygfree bracelet which has not left my wrist since I put it on. It is a great reminder to friends, family and wait staff that I must eat gluten free and it also helps to raise awareness.

You can get all of the above-mentioned items in a kit or you can purchase them separately.

Simply go to www.simplygfree.com and order these reasonably priced items.  Check out the entire website while you are there and you will find valuable information on cross-contamination and so much more.

Honey Baked Chicken Breasts

INGREDIENTS
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
3 tbs cup butter, melted
4 tbs honey
1tsp GF Dijon style mustard
Pinch of curry powder

DIRECTIONS
Place the chicken pieces into the slow cooker.
Combine the butter, honey, mustard and curry powder in a small bowl and mix well.

Place chicken in an oven proof casserole dish.
Pour mixture over chicken pieces.

Cover and cook on low for 1 hour. (Baste about ½ way through)
Serve over brown rice and have a spinach salad on the side.

Serves 2

Astoria Mills – Gluten Free Baking Mixes

Feel good and enjoy all the foods you love again!

About Astoria Mills

Certified Gluten Free

Gluten Free – Lab Tested – NO DETECTABLE GLUTEN

Kosher Parve

Blended in a Dedicated and Certified Gluten Free Facility

Facility is HACCP

Pharmaceutical Grade Blending

Made in Canada

Premium Blends

7 Mix Baking Mix System works together to make anything you want – gluten free!

Superior Taste – you can serve anyone!

Bulk Blends – 20 Kg Bags

Artisan Quality – gluten free!

Commercial Baker tested, Chef tested, Restaurant tested, Customer tested, Celiac tested

Nutritionally Enhanced with proprietary Vitamin and Mineral Formula

Contain Resistant Starch for added nutrition

Store Support

Your store/bakery location profiled on our website

Your store/bakery mentioned on Facebook – 23,000 plus members and growing

See Thru, Resealable Packaging

QR Code on each package for in-store shoppers with Smart Phones

Shipped from Ontario

Customer Support

Gluten Free Baking Classes online video

Instructional Videos for each mix

Free eCookbook with 300+ Recipes and a Chapter for each mix

Suggested Menu Planning for Gluten free families

Starting a GF Diet Plan for newly diagnosed gluten intolerants or celiacs

In -Store Demonstrations in some areas

Gluten Free Workshops & Cooking Classes

How Does the Astoria Mills Cooking and Baking System work?

Below is an brief explanation of the Astoria Mills Baking System and what you can make using

these mixes. For exact easy to follow step by step recipes see the Astoria Mills Gluten Free

Cookbooks (an e-book by Trina Astor-Stewart.

A. THREE BASIC FLOUR MIXES (Corn is all non-GMO)

Because no one gf flour blend will do it all, Astoria Mills believes you should have the best mix

for whatever item you want to make. Use these three Basic Mixes in your favorite recipes or

utilize our 100’s of already tested traditional style recipes from the Astoria Mills Gluten Free ECookbook.

The recipes are in easy step by step format, easy for the novice cook to follow, as

well as the experienced baker

All Purpose Flour – Mix #1

An Enriched blend containing white rice flour, potato and corn.

Use to make gluten free: Muffins, pancakes, snack cakes, cookies, pan breads, biscuits, crumble

toppings, roux sauces, deep fry batters, use for dredging and coating meats, fish and

vegetables. (also used in combination with Astoria Mills Pastry Flour – Mix #2 in various recipes)

Pastry Flour – Mix #2

An Enriched blend containing sweet rice flour, potato and corn.

·        Aztec Harvest Blend – Mix #4

Whole Grain/Germinated Seed Blend

Both a flour and a stand alone mix. Make gluten free: Flat breads, hot porridge, chappatti, artisan breads, pumpernickel bread, add to any recipe for more whole grain/germinated seed goodness. Corn free.

·        Pizza & Bagel – Mix #5

Make gluten free:Pizza, bagels, pitas, kaiser rolls, baguettes, artisan breads, donuts.

A complete mix, all you add are liquids.

·        Brown Bread Mix – Mix #6

Make gluten free: Sandwich Breads, Hamburger/Hot Dog Buns, Dinner & Sub Style Rolls, Pitas & Donuts – Rice Free.

·        White Bread Mix – Mix #7

Make gluten free: Sandwich breads, hamburger buns, hot dog buns, sub-style buns, dinner rolls, pitas, Texas Toast, Braided Challah, donuts, artisan breads.

Use to make gluten free: Pies, pastry, cookies, yeast breads, biscuits, scones, moist chocolate

muffins, cakes and brownies. Also use to make: puddings, gravies and a flour with which to

knead dough and to dust baking pans.

Fine Flour – Mix #3

An Enriched blend containing potato and corn

Use to make gluten free: Tortes, fine cakes, crepes, breads, biscuits, fresh pasta, pierogis,

wraps, lasagna noodles, phyllo dough, use as a kneading and dusting mix.

Astoria Mills gluten free mixes for breads, pizzas, buns, main dishes and desserts.

You can tell the difference when you taste it !

www.AstoriaMills.ca

Girl’s Day Out! A Gluten Free Success

Girl’s Day Out – April 2012

Sometimes it just seems necessary to get together with a bunch of other women and have a good time.

Yesterday, my girls and I got together.

We met at my mom’s place and from there we went to Pizza Dee’s in Wasaga Beach, Ontario.

My mom and her friend go there quite often and she suggested that would be a good place to have our girl’s day out lunch because they offer a gluten free menu.

Mom was right!

Pizza Dee’s employs the cutest little waitress and I am kicking myself for not getting her name.  This girl went out of her way to make sure we had a great time.

The food was great and there was lots of it.  Price? Absolutely affordable.

My gluten free pizza was yummy. (I am having the left-overs tonight for dinner at work)

The other girls all had the pizza/salad deal and lunch was enjoyed by all.

Our Dessert was a wonderful gluten free chocolate layer cake that I purchased from Holly’s Sweets & Eats on Commerce Drive in Barrie.

 

 

 

 

I can’t get over how absolutely gorgeous the cake was and like all of the other treats I have tried from Holly’s, it was incredibly good.

I think this day did us all a world of good and we will be doing another soon.

Thanks for listening,

Aunt Jayne

Aunt Jayne’s Gluten Free Recipes in a Decorative box

This is a wide variety of Aunt Jayne’s recipes in a pretty box.

We have even included 10 blank recipe cards to write your favourite recipes on.

Click here: ajscarepackages

Free delivery on all A.J’s Care Packages in the Barrie area!

This includes:

The city of Barrie

Alcona                                                                 Churchill

Alliston                                                               Gilford

Angus                                                                  Innisfil Heights

Barclay                                                               Lefroy

Baxter                                                                 Sandy Cove

Bell Ewart                                                          Stroud

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If you wish to have your care packages delivered to one of the above areas, please call 705-999-1414.

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Aunt Jayne’s Gluten Free Recipe Box

You can own a collection of Aunt Jayne’s recipes!

Aunt Jayne’s Gluten Free Recipe Box.

Cuisine Soleil – Review of a Canadian Gluten Free Company

First, a little history lesson:
At first, products were sold in various local public markets in North-West Québec and in the Montreal area. Today, Cuisine Soleil still attends the public market in Rouyn-Noranda – the home town of the company. Customers can enjoy Cuisine Soleil’s products and give direct feedback on new organic and gluten free products waiting to be commercially launched. The company owns a certified organic vegetable garden and sell their fresh produce at the market and some local restaurants.
2007 – The year 2007 marked the beginning of the distribution of Cuisine Soleil’s products in independent natural health food stores of different regions in the province of Québec.
2009 – Cuisine Soleil’s products are distributed all over the province of Quebec by Aux Mille et Une Saisons, a division of UNFI. Our Brown rice and buckwheat flour can be found at Sobey’s under the IGA banner in Québec.
2010 – Cuisine Soleil expands its product line and introduces an organic gluten free all-purpose mix. Later the company adds to its list of products, an organic chickpeas flour and a tapioca flour.
2011 – Cuisine Soleil expands the distribution of its products to Ontario and across Canada with Ontario Natural Food Co-op and Puresource. We are planning a new line of healthy and organic products for the end of the year.

I recently was given the opportunity to try out the flours of Cuisine Soleil.
If you look back through my recipes, you will notice the name Cuisine Soleil on many of them.
I have really enjoyed using these high quality, certified organic, gluten free flours. I have used them in many of my old favourite recipes and trust them enough to use while developing some new.
It is a great feeling to know that the flour I am using is pure and safe for celiacs and that my recipes will turn out every time.

Check out their cool new website http://cuisinesoleil.com and say hello to Marc Paquin and Blandine Arseneault .
Tell them Aunt Jayne sent you

Gluten Free Buckwheat Pancakes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup Cuisine Soliel buckwheat flour

2 ½ tbs MoreFiber™Baking Blend

1 tsp baking powder

1 egg (or egg substitute)

1 cup Almond milk (or rice milk)

2 tbs butter (or equivalent)

 

DIRECTIONS

Preheat a lightly greased griddle to 375ºF

In a medium bowl, combine the dry ingredients.

In a 2-cup measuring cup, whisk together the wet ingredients.

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix well.

Spoon onto the prepared griddle and cook until golden brown.

Flip and cook the second side until golden.

Stir It Up!

A.J’s Care Packages

This care package is a medley of Aunt Jayne’s favourite mixes.  Makes a great gift!

Each package contains:

1 Jar Aunt Jayne’s Coffee Mug Cake Mix – Chocolate

1 Jar Aunt Jayne’s Coffee Mug Cake Mix – Spice

1 Lg. Jar Aunt Jayne’s Gluten Free Muffin Mix

1 Lg. Jar Aunt Jayne’s All Purpose Flour Mix

1 Lg. Jar Aunt Jayne’s Gluten Free Biscuit Mix

1 Shaker Aunt Jayne’s Seasoning Salt Mix

1 Shaker Aunt Jayne’s Montreal Steak Spice Mix

Directions are included and BONUS – free recipes are included!

The Jars come with lid covers and tags, so they will look cute on your kitchen counter.

Mexican 7 Layer Dinner

Lightly grease a large casserole dish

1^st layer 4 cups brown rice (cooked)

2^nd layer 4 cups chili

1 cup corn niblets

3^rd layer 1 can refried beans

Heat in a 350ºF oven for 20 minutes (Or until hot)

4^th layer 1 small jar salsa

5^th layer 2 cups diced green pepper

6^th layer 4 cups crushed tortilla chips

7^th layer 3 cups shredded cheddar

Serve with sour cream and a tossed salad.

 

NOTE: This can be made in individual dishes too!

Don’t forget to check your labels!