French Meadow Bakery

The organic, all-natural French Meadow Bakery sent me some gluten-free tortillas and gluten-free fudge brownies recently.  Both were frozen upon delivery and once thawed came out just fine.  Individually, here is what I found.

The gluten-free tortillas were the flour version and a bit on the small side.  Once thawed they were just like any other tortilla. I could not tell the difference taste or texture wise with these tortillas as compared with the ordinary flour tortillas.  My family didn't find anything different with them either.  They were just average but a bit small.  I would probably only buy them if I needed a gluten-free version for a specific reason because I like my tortillas a bit bigger than these.

The brownies are wrapped individually and small (12, 1 oz brownies in a box) as well but thawed quickly and were a nice treat.  The portion size is actually just right.  We are just used to baked goods being so over sized these days.  I loved that I could take one out of the freezer and put it in my daughters snack box and it would be nice and fresh for her at snack time.  They tasted sweet and had a cakey texture.  I passed them around to friends and family and everyone liked them but said the same thing, "There should be a deeper chocolate taste to these brownies!"  I could not agree more, especially with 'fudge' in the name.  They are a nice little treat or sweet fix but to be a real brownie a more intense chocolate flavor is needed.

French Meadow Bakery prides itself on vegan, Kosher, gluten-free products. They are available at grocers nationwide.  I purchase mine at my local Wegman's. 

MPR Rating:  Three Stars.

Disclaimer:  MPR was not paid for this post.  Products received are for review and test purposes only.  Opinions are MPR's only. 

Fun Find- French Meadow Bakery

Recently I had the pleasure of getting a free coupon to try out French Meadow Bakery products.  I picked up a loaf of their rye bread and loved it.  It's compact in size, thin in slice and quite perfect for toasting.  Found in my grocer's freezer/health food section and priced around $3 it isn't a stretch to pick up a bag and take it home each week. 

The French Meadow Bakery began in 1985 with, "The bakery’s vision, to create a variety of delicious, innovative breads and sweets goods, blossomed into an extensive and award-winning line of baked goods known for their great taste, texture and functionality. French Meadow Bakery offers a line-up of organic and all-natural products including yeast-free, vegan, sprouted grain and Kosher Parve options in many forms including breads, tortillas, bagels and desserts. We are certified USDA Organic by Quality Assurance International. The founder’s passion for unique and trend-setting foods for all consumers still manifests itself in such popular products as Women’s Bread®, Men’s Bread®, Hemp Bread and Healthseed Spelt Bread®."

I love that it is organic and that the company has a wide array of products that are found in many stores.  Check out the French Meadow Bakery selection near you! 

Disclaimer:  MPR was not paid for this post.  Products received were for test and review purposes only.  Opinions are MPR's only. 

Moon Dough- Magical Molding Dough

Spin Master toys presents Magical Moon Dough a molding dough that never dries out.  It's wheat-free, hypo-allergenic and it is for ages three and up.  We received our Farm set as part of a Team Mom review. There are two other sets available- Puppies featuring a dog house and Diner where kids can create fast food items out of the moon dough.

Our Moon Dough kit ($19.99) included one molding barn base with a ramp and handle to crank out the farm animal molds- a chicken, cow and sheep plus a fence mold and hay mold.  There were three dough colors in our set- blue, yellow and white as well as a plastic playmat to offset the farm scene.  My four year-old was immediately interested in the brightly colored play set and she loves other molding clays so she couldn't wait to attack this set.  The first thing we noticed is that the moon dough texture takes a bit to get used to. It may not dry out but it is crumbly coming out of the package. If the bag falls on the floor like it did with us it goes everywhere creating quite a mess.  It also sticks to clothes and hands, which I found irritating, but she didn't seem to notice.  I suggest wearing a smock to play with this stuff.    While I found the moon dough to be interesting in concept and messy. My kid loved it.  She liked cranking out the animal molds and watching them slide out of the barn.  Once she created the animals she had a whole set to play with and used it like she would a plastic farm set of toys creating scenarios for the animals to play in.  It held her interest longer than Play-doh does because she could create all these characters with an incredibly light, very easy to mold dough.  The crank handle was not hard to use and the animals popped right out and didn't stick to anything on the way out.  This made play time tantrum free, which I was grateful for as well. 

MPR Rating:  Three Stars (from Mom), Four Stars (from the kid).

Disclaimer:  MPR was not paid for this post.  All products received are for testing purposes only.  Opinions are MPR's only.