Prompt: What's New

[runpunkrun]

Happy New Year, fam! Our prompt for January is What's New. Have you recently learned something that makes gluten-free living easier? Tried a new recipe? Perfected an old one? Finally gave that weird new snack at the store a try? This prompt is for new things, even if it's only new to you.

To fill this prompt, you can:

1. Slide into the comments of this post and share a link to a recipe, product, or resource and why you like it.
2. Write up a favorite recipe and post it to the comm.
3. Post a review of a related product or cookbook to the comm.
4. Try someone's recipe and reply to their post (or comment) with any changes you made and how it turned out.

Monthly prompts are only for inspiration and not a requirement. You can post whatever you like to the comm whenever you like as long as it meets the community guidelines.

Here's what's going on in the comments:

• Franz deli style gluten free sourdough bread at Costco from runpunkun
• vegan gluten-free chocolate pudding from rosefox
• Update on Sweet Loren's Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough from runpunkrun

Comments

Franz deli style gluten free sourdough bread at Costco??

[runpunkrun]

My exciting news is that the last two times I've been to Costco, they've had Franz's deli style gluten free sourdough bread in a two pack for only slightly more than a one pack costs at my local grocery store.

This has become my favorite commercial sandwich bread. It doesn't have a strong (or any, really) sourdough taste, but it has a lovely, open chewy texture and the slices are HUGE. I use one, cut in half, for a sandwich. Toasts well, too. And there are instructions on the bag for how long you can leave it on the counter, and they are specific! and helpful! Once opened, it stays fresh for around five days.

[panisdead]

I've been leaning hard into frozen fruit and vegetables as a way to adjust portion sizes for who's eating without letting produce molder in a drawer, and also just as a way to know that I'll have some on hand when I want to funnel it into myself.

[runpunkrun]

Smart. I hate it when the produce goes all weird down in those drawers.

[rosefox]

I learned how to make vegan gluten-free chocolate pudding!

This recipe is quadrupled from the original and makes about eight cups. Reduce as needed for smaller quantities. Makes an excellent potluck contribution.

Recommended brands: Westsoy organic soy milk, Diaspora Co. Anamalai cocoa powder, Enjoy Life mini chocolate chips.

Ingredients

3/4 cup water
3/4 cup gluten-free cornstarch
6 cups plain unsweetened soy milk, ideally the sort with no added thickeners
1 cup vegan sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup vegan dark chocolate chips or small pieces of dark chocolate
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Directions

Measure the water into a wide bowl. Add the cornstarch and mix to form a pourable paste.

Into a medium saucepan (ideally nonstick), sift the cocoa powder through a strainer, pressing lumps through with a silicone spatula. Add soy milk, sugar, vanilla, cornstarch paste, and chocolate chips (no need to pre-melt them). Heat the mixture over medium heat and stir constantly until the grains of unmelted chocolate disappear and it's glossy and thick. Chill for at least 1 hour... if you can wait that long.

[runpunkrun]

Oooh, that sounds lovely.

Do thickeners in the milk interfere with the pudding in some way, or do you just prefer as few additives as possible?

[rosefox]

I just default to the simplest non-dairy milk available because I don't know how additives would affect the recipe. It would probably work fine with anything.

[runpunkrun]

I might give this a try with the nut milk in my fridge, then! Thanks for sharing.

Update on Sweet Loren's Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough

[runpunkrun]

I updated my review of Sweet Loren's Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough to say that I liked it a lot better if I let the cookies cool for at least 30 minutes before eating. So if you read my original review and were like, no thanks, it's more positive now!