Simply Wize Gluten-Free Crusty Bread

There's nothing like crusty bread just straight from the oven.
Great with a little bit of tahini spread (sesame seeds) and a drizzle of honey. Delicious!

Shopping: Lifestyle Bakery

Another wonderful resource for shopping online or buying locally. Lifestyle Bakery offers a range of breads. I love their wit. 'Fancy a Bread with benefits?  Yes, please!

We invite you to browse our selections of Gluten Free, Sprouted Grain, Wheat Alternative and Healthy Living breads and baked goods in order to understand their features and benefits. You are then only a few steps away from finding a retail outlet close to home and enjoying the experience for yourself.

Choose a selection below to learn more 

Gluten Free Sprouted Grain Wheat Alternative Healthy Living

We provide a selection of over 40 bread and other bakery products to help you manage various allergies and intolerances or simply satisfy your preference for better nutrition and naturally good food.   Make a choice »

After visiting their map of locations I found that there are quite a few local vendors stocking their breads. I am most delighted to see Costa Azzurra in Fairy Meadow,  Polar Bear Pizza in Oak Flats and Pinnochio's Pizza in Albion Park stocks their Pizza Bases including Original and Herb & Garlic varities. Score!

Go Vita Shellharbour , Healthy Life and several IGAs are so me of the locations you can purchase the Lifestyle bakery on the lists below:

Wollongong 2500
Shellharbour 2528

Gluten Free Products: Simply Wize Crusty Bread

I just received an email from Wize foods about their new crusty bread mix. Very soon I will be receiving a sample of their Crusty Bread Mix which I am really looking forward to.  They also have a Bread Stick mix which I am really excited about as I love to make antipasto or mezze platters and have been missing nice crusty white bread for the platter.

Simply Wize Crusty Bread Mix produces bread of excellent quality, flavour and appearance, and is 100% gluten free. Made from the finest blend of baking ingredients, this bread mix has the same texture as conventional dough, and the same deliciouse taste.

After visiting the website I am getting hungry for some crusty gluten-free bread. There is a helpful
video showing how to make the bread and information about Stockists and Distributors.







I also found out a that  Simply Wize Brand is a major Sponsor, alongside Coles Supermarket, of The Ceoliac Society’s upcoming Gluten Free Expo to be held in Sydney on Friday the 6^th and Saturday the 7^th of August.
Definitely something to put in my  Google Calendar.

Specials: Country Life Bread at Woolworths - 2 for 1

Today I purchased two loaves of the Country Life Bread I love for the price of one. Score!

That's a saving of $5.68!

 

Better yet, they had one of the new varieties I had been wanting to try: Quinoa, Malt & Roasted Rye. They also had my new favourite,  Flaxseed Sunflower & Sourdough Rye 650g which tastes almost identical to the Soy Linseed bread I used to buy before I realised I was wheat sensitive. I took some of the Flaxseed, Sunflower & Sourdough Rye to my Mum's house and it was the first gluten free bread that she really enjoyed. In fact, everyone that has tried it has said that they would definitely eat it again.  Gluten-free bread has come a long way and with each new product by Country Life I'm getting spoiled for choice.

So what are you going to do with all that bread? 

Pick up some Glad Zip lock bags or sandwich bags and freeze two pieces of bread at a time. That way you can easily keep your bread fresh in the freezer for months and spend the money you saved on some other tasty gluten-free products you might not have tried before.

I love the new packaging. So easy to find my favourite variety which is colour coded purple. I decided to photograph the bread showing a couple of slices out of the pack. 
It tastes how bread should. The flax seed (linseed), sunflower and sourdough a great combination. The quinoa is darker in colour due to the malt. A photo soon to come.

Vanessa Pike-Russell
vanessa.pike.russell@gmail.com
http://www.vanessapikerussell.com.au
http://illawarrafoodreviews.blogspot.com

Country Life Flax seed, sunflower & sourdough rye bread for wheat sensitivity

A new variety of Country Life bread for people with Wheat Sensitivity has arrived!
A larger loaf than most of the Country Life breads, this delicious loaf contains the goodness of flax seed, sunflower in a sourdough rye.

Available at Woolworths Warilla for $5.68 for a 650g loaf equates to $0.80/100g
  

Also blogged at http://illawarrafoodreviews.blogspot.com

Gluten Free Cornbread

A few weeks ago I made some amazing cornbread with some yellow polenta I purchased from an Italian Delicatessan & Cafe in Warrawong, NSW. The bread was so light and fluffy that we went through two loafs in no time. It is delicious hot or cold and the older the loaf got the more tasty it was, the texture changing to a crusty bread with a really unusual texture from the polenta flour in the mixture. This recipe makes two loaf pans and it freezes well.

1 cup gluten free flour (I used white maize meal but you could use one of a number of gluten-free flours listed)
1 cup yellow polenta
1/4c sugar or alternative (the first time I used raw sugar and the second I used agave syrup which has lower GI and tastes great)
2tsp cream of tartar
1tsp baking soda
1tsp cornflour
3/4tsp salt
1/4cup butter (or coconut oil)
2 eggs (or Orgran Egg Substitute)
1 cup buttermilk (or rice milk for dairy-free)

Combine and fill two loaf pans and bake @ 220oC for 25 min

Other variations found on the web include:

Green Chilli Cornbread Recipe
Chilli & Cheese Cornbread (with Polenta) Recipe

Note: To make this recipe gluten free it is important to use baking soda, cream of tartar and cornflour rather than baking powder.
Read more information below

How to make homemade gluten free baking powder
http://www.blisstree.com/bakingdelights/how-to-make-homemade-gluten-free-baking-powder/

Different between baking soda and baking powder
http://chemistry.about.com/cs/foodchemistry/f/blbaking.htm