New Gluten-Free offerings at select Subways in Texas
Since January, Subway has been testing a bun made of egg whites, corn starch and tapioca starches for customers with gluten sensitivities at 700 outlets in Dallas and East Texas. They are even offering a gluten-free brownie for dessert made by French Meadow Bakery. It sounds like Subway has trained their staff well, and has gone to great lengths to insure little chance of cross contamination. The gluten-free blogger at TastyEatsAtHome is lucky enough to live near one of the Subways that is test marketing the gluten-free offerings. Read her review about the new products.
I really hope that Subway will decide to carry these food items. The convenience of being able to get a sandwich at a Subway again would be amazing. Eating gluten-free gets easier everyday as more restaurants begin to offer food specifically for us!
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Puccini's Smiling Teeth Gluten Free Spaghetti & Pizza
Puccini’s Smiling Teeth is a restaurant that offers gourmet pasta, pizza, and salads. Keep this restaurant in mind when traveling through the midwest as there are locations in several Indiana cities, Indianapolis, Bloomington, West Lafayette to name a few. As well as a couple in Lousiville & Lexington, Kentucky. Of course I have dined at the West Lafayette location, however I believe all locations are now offering a gluten-free pasta and pizza.
The pizza crusts are made by French Meadow Bakery and can be topped with over 40 toppings. See a full list of available toppings on the Puccini’s website, left-hand side of the page. The gfree pasta that is available is made by Ancient Harvest Quinoa, which contains corn and is not a viable option for individuals with both a corn and a wheat intolerance. When ordering your pasta dish, please be aware that you cannot get the spaghetti and meatballs, as the meatballs are made with flour. You also must not order the chicken piccatta, as the sauce is manufactured in a facility where cross contamination might be an issue. Also keep in mind that although there are many varieties of Quinoa pasta available, Puccini’s only offers the gfree spaghetti noodles at this time. So when you order gfree baked ziti, you will get a baked spaghetti. The meat sauce is okay to eat, but do not order anything with meatballs.
When dining at Puccini’s recently, I ordered the chicken alfredo (which came with the spaghetti noodles). I thought the sauce was good, however some of the noodles were stuck together. I know this has happened to me at home when I didn’t stir the gfree pasta regularly while cooking. I think that it also helps to add oil to the water before adding the pasta. The gluten-free pastas cost a dollar extra at Puccini’s. I would like to see them carry the ziti or a spiral shaped pasta along with the spaghetti noodles.
Find a Puccini’s location near you.
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Today we went out to lunch with the family at Arni’s, Lafayette Market Square location. My sister-in-law was dining there a week or so ago and saw a table card that they were offering a gluten-free pizza. I was very excited to try it out as I was really missing Arni’s pizza. The crust is made by The Grainless Baker. The crust of course has a rice base, but also has gelatin to give the dough a little bit of air. The herbs in the crust of the pizza, help hide the flavor of the rice. See the full ingredients list by clicking here.
I think the gelatin gives the crust a chewy texture, instead of the crispy crunchy Arni’s crust I remember. However, the gelatin also seems to keep the crust from crumbling apart or sagging from the weight of the toppings. I thought that this is probably as good of a pizza I’m going to get going gluten-free. It definitely beats Monical’s Gfree pizza, hands down. Monical’s pizza doesn’t reheat vary well; It always ends up tasting heavily of rice. I reheated my leftovers from Arni’s in my toaster oven for dinner and it was just as good as it was at lunch. I’ll be back for this I’m sure. Once you finish your pizza, make sure you try the Gluten-Free Caramel Cheesecake! It is delicious.
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I was so excited to see that PF Changs is releasing a selection of frozen entrees that mimic meals that you can order at their fabulous restaurant, that I jumped on the Internet to find out more information. Sadly you won’t be able to find any gluten free selections in the freezer section of your local grocery store yet.
I went ahead and sent them an email expressing my interest in purchasing their gluten free entrees. Maybe if enough of us write to PF Changs that will encourage them to release a gluten free line.
Find out more about the P.F. Changs Home Menu Frozen Entrees
Email P.F. Changs about a GFree Line
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