bob's red mill: review and giveaway

Update: This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to the winners: Manda, Noelani, and Ella!

Here's why I love Bob's Red Mill: If you are looking for any sort of shelf-stable ingredient, chances are that Bob's makes it...and it's good.

We regularly use BRM gluten flour, textured vegetable protein, shredded coconut, and coconut flour. These products are all excellent. So I was super excited to try three of their products I had never used before...

During the past couple of weeks, I've experimented with the all purpose gluten-free flour, garbanzo bean flour (naturally gluten-free), and apple, cinnamon, and grains hot cereal.

I used the gf flour in a zucchini bread inspired by this recipe. The package recommends including xanthan gum in your recipes (a thickener and stabilizer), but I just added a little bit of cornstarch and was amazed at how well it held together.

The garbanzo bean flour made it into two recipes. I made a batch of really delicious laddu (no-bake and very easy!), and also made these falafel patties from the recipe on the package. They were a bit dry, but the flavor was incredible, and they would be perfect served with some tzatziki.

And finally, I had the cereal with a little stevia to sweeten. Though the texture is different from oatmeal, the experience is otherwise pretty similar. What's nice is that it's unsweetened, so you can control how sweet you want it. But without any sweetener at all, it's a bit bland. Honey or maple syrup would also be fantastic. And it is so filling...I couldn't finish this bowl!

There will be three winners from this giveaway, each of whom will receive a package of one of these three products. The winner will be selected randomly, and the giveaway is open until Wednesday, 6/27, at 8 pm.

To enter, leave a comment for each of the products that you would like an entry for (up to 3 entries, one per product).

For more entries...

1. 'Like' my page on facebook.

2. Follow my blog on bloglovin'.

For each of these two entries, leave a comment saying you did what was required, and specify which product you'd like the additional entry to go towards. If you already like my facebook page or follow me on bloglovin', let me know!

Hope this isn't too confusing. You can have up to five entries total, each entry counts toward only one product.

Good luck!