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Enjoy Life Foods: Plentils!!

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I’d like to apologize for not having blogged…practically all summer. It’s been a busy one! Updates soon.

That said, I’d like to write about a wonderful product I tested at the beginning of the summer, and have been meaning to tell you about, and now I finally am!

Occasionally, I just really need some chips that are…well, cheesy. Being allergic to dairy, though, gone are the days of sour cream & onion chips, or any other dairy-flavored chip. So when I get this hankering, I just buckle down, and remind myself that feeling that awful just isn’t worth it.

Enjoy Life Plentils have solved that problem for me. They sent me a box of four (that’s right — FOUR) different flavors. The Margherita Pizza flavor is my favorite. It’s SO delicious, but there are no dairy products! You can see in the photo that they print right on the bag: Gluten free, & free of the 8 common allergens.

Not only that, but they also have lentil flour in them! They’re quite a bit healthier than your average chip. A win in all categories.

Go check them out! You won’t be sorry. http://www.plentils.com/index.php

Excuse me while I go buy some more of those Margherita Pizza chips…..mmm….

Enjoy Life Chocolate — Part 2 of 2: Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mega Chunks

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I consider myself to be very lucky in that I’m not allergic or intolerant to soy. Many people are, though, so chocolate is a problem. Go look on almost any package of chocolate you have nearby, and you’ll see the ingredient “soy lecithin.” Yes, even that small trace amount can negatively affect people who can’t tolerate soy.

That’s what I consider to be the GREAT news about Enjoy Life Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mega Chunks.* They’re soy-free! (I take for granted that they’re gluten-free and dairy-free, or else I wouldn’t be eating them. Anything else is gravy for me.)

I just had to bake them into chocolate chip cookies.

 

The cookies turned out really well, and I really like the mega chocolate chunks. They’re about twice as big as a regular chocolate chip.

I asked my dad (who, to my knowledge, doesn’t have any food issues) if he could taste a difference between these and the popular brand of semi-sweet chocolate chips he keeps in the freezer. He said he couldn’t, which I took to be a good thing.

Between my inability to eat gluten, dairy and corn, that cuts out the vast majority of processed and pre-packaged goods. When I see a product that only has three ingredients (Evaporated Cane Juice, Natural Chocolate Liquor (Non-Alcoholic), Non-Dairy Cocoa Butter), I’m thrilled. In my book, the fewer ingredients, the better.

The cookies (and just the chunks themselves!) disappeared so quickly that I’ve already made a second batch of cookies with them (and had to supplement with regular chocolate chips)! They’re delicious…in or out of cookies.

If you’re local to Utah County, you can find them at Good Earth. You can also find them at Enjoy Life Foods Where To Buy.

 

* In the interest of full disclosure, Enjoy Life contacted me and asked me to review these two products. They are not paying me, and I’m writing what I actually think.

 

Enjoy Life Chocolate — Part 1 of 2: Double Chocolate Crunch

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Okay, people. I’m here to tell you about two Enjoy Life products. Part 1 is about Double Chocolate Crunch Granola.*

It’s really good. I mean, REALLY good. My father, who does not eat gluten-free, loves this stuff. My husband very carefully tested it (chocolate sets off his migraine), and thinks it’s very, very tasty.

I could eat this every day, but there’s one problem for me, and it’s specific to me: I have a condition called gastroparesis. Mine is a (thankfully) mild case, and it’s doing really well right now, but there’s one troublesome ingredient: ground flax. For most people with Celiac or gluten intolerance, ground flax is a wonderful ingredient to have because it’s an excellent source of fiber. For me and my gastroparesis, too much fiber can set it off and cause some unpleasantness for me.

The ground flax in the Double Chocolate Crunch gives me just enough discomfort that I probably won’t be buying much of it in the future. On the other hand, that’s a very good thing, because otherwise I’d be eating FAR too much of it, and going bankrupt in the process. It’s very frustrating to have my mouth saying “more, please!!” and my stomach saying “I don’t think so.”

Good stuff, and free of all the main eight allergens: wheat, dairy, peanuts, tree nuts, egg, soy, fish and shellfish.

It’s also certified gluten-free by Gluten Free Certification Organization (GFCO). According to their information packet they sent me, “all Enjoy Life products are tested down to 10 ppm to ensure they are gluten-free.”

Do yourself a favor, and go get some of this Double Chocolate Crunch. You won’t be sorry. To find out where you can buy it, go to: enjoylifefoods.com/where_to_buy

Next up in Part 2 of 2: Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mega Chunks

* In the interest of full disclosure, Enjoy Life contacted me and asked me to review these two products. They are not paying me, and I’m writing what I actually think.