Gluten Free Chicken Nuggets using Udi’s Ancient Grain Crisps!

 

I am so happy that the gluten free offering now available to coeliacs in the UK is expanding at such an impressive rate. When my brother was diagnosed over 5 years ago, there seemed to be a fairly limited selection of pre-packaged gluten free foods on the shelves – and to be honest, some of it was pretty ropey. But luckily for Evie (my coeliac 6 year old daughter) and I, things have changed in the past few years! Not only are supermarkets manufacturing their own really good GF products, but there are now some fabulous new brands jumping on board with some exciting, innovative bakes, cereals and snacks.

 

 

Take Udi’s Gluten Free for example, which is set to revolutionise the lives of the growing UK gluten-free community with 19 new products from its award-winning US range recently hitting the shelves in Tesco! Bringing its 20 years of baking expertise and innovative recipes to the UK, Udi’s aims to show shoppers how they can enjoy a gluten-free lifestyle without compromise.  The full range includes freshly baked gluten-free bagels in three delicious flavours, soft brown and white sandwich bread, classic white rolls and finger rolls, tasty muffins, toaster pastries, granola, fruity breakfast bars and mince pies as well as a number of UK firsts including some extremely tasty Ancient Grain crisps which are full of quinoa, flax, sesame, millet and black seed. The Jalapeno Crisps are quite simply HEAVEN (and go very well with a glass of full bodied red!).

 

The Aged Cheddar Ancient Grain crisps are also perfect for creating the speediest chicken nuggets ever! Simply dip strips of chicken breast into beaten egg then coat in the crunched up crisps and bake for about 30 minutes at 180oC until golden brown, turning after 15 minutes. I used about half a packet of crisps, 1 egg and 2 chicken breasts to make 18 substantial nuggets – enough to feed a hungry bunch of girls!

 

 

Served hot, they got the thumbs up – we also ate them cold as part of our picnic

when we were out and about – still good!

  

 

 

Simon Hazlett, managing director of Udi’s, said

 

“Those who enjoy a gluten-free lifestyle no longer need to miss out on or compromise on the foods they love, as we are offering the widest choice catering for breakfast, lunch and dinner.”

 

THAT is what we want to hear!

Here’s looking forward to our next day out with plenty of Udi’s gluten free energy snacks at the ready!

 

Thank you for stopping by!

 

Jill x

 

To find out more about Udi's, click here

Nature's Path - Product Review and Exciting News for Coeliacs!

Gluten free living is a way a life for our family. I, my 6 year old daughter, my brother and my Grandma all have Coeliac disease – planning our daily diet and being completely (and I mean completely!) organised is something we all have to make a conscious effort to do, especially having a gluten free child.

Searching for energy snacks which I can keep in my bag has been an on-going process since Evie’s diagnosis eighteen months ago. Fruit is great but always gets squashed (unless I remember to box it up!) and raisins just don’t cut it on a long, activity focused jaunt in the sun.

So, thank goodness for Nature's Path’s Berry Bobbly and Choco Knobbly Rice Bites! We were sent a box of each recently to taste test as a completely independent party, and I have to say, we loved them...



With the main ingredient being Brown rice flour, they offer a great boost of energy and whilst the dried raspberries and blueberries in the Berry Bobbly bars really set the taste buds tingling! Evie really enjoyed her snack in the sun this weekend and it kept her going until teatime...

 

 

I am also REALLY EXCITED to read that Waitrose will be also be stocking three new gluten free offerings: 2 x Nice & Nobbly snacking bars (Trail Mix & Choc Chip) plus Hot & Steamy (3 x flavour porridge multipack) from mid-April...

PLUS!!! The sumptuous Nice & Nobbly granolas that Evie and I both LOVE LOVE LOVE (and used to buy from Tescos until they stopped stocking them – ahhhhhhh!) will now be sold throughout the entire Waitrose estate! I don’t have a Waitrose near me, but trust me, I will be making a special journey to stock up on all these goodies next month!

Nature's Path are a family-run, passionately independent, sustainably-driven, deliciously-healthy organic food company that believes in a "leaving the earth better than we found it” policy. I asked the Head of UK Marketing at Nature's Path what he thought their most important value was...


“Enthusiasm - what you see is what you get - we are a Canadian, independently-owned family business who actively champions an organic way of thinking.”


I also asked if it was possible to replicate a gluten free version of cereals such as Oatibix and Shreddies as this is one of the cereals that I miss the most and he answered:


“Curiously we have a gluten-free style of Shreddies undergoing tests at the mo - it’s not quite right at present and unless it’s stunning we won't waste our supplier’s time (this line is a personal mission of mine).”


Oh yes please! We love personal missions in this house especially if it means breakfast becomes and easier, more varied meal. We are waiting your 2014 and 2015 product launches with much anticipation Nature's Path!

Thank you for taking the time to read this post!

Jill x

If you want to find out more about Nature's Path’s click here



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