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That's good to hear.
It's not clear exactly what it is or isn't. Here's the ingredients,
in decreasing order:
carbalose flour(enzyme enriched wheat, vital wheat gluten, wheat
fiber, high protein patent wheat flour, vegetable fiber, canola oil,
salt, dextrose, emulsifiers, enzymes, ascorbic acid, sucralose,
calcium propionate), palm oil, buttermilk powder, baking powder, egg
white powder, lecithin, salt, natural flavors.
I'm going to use it as it seems like a good product. But for those
here that eschew "processed" foods for natural, there seems to be a
lot of some kind of processing involved.
So far I've used it in choc pudding and pancakes. For the pudding,
it was great. The pancakes were also pretty good. I followed the
recipe on the box. Previously I've always used Atkins pancake mix,
but used it all up now. I'd say they taste better than Atkins, but
the texture is a little weird. You have to cook them longer, till
well done, and even then they don't hold together very well as real
pancakes would and still seem undercooked. Next time I'm going to
increase the eggs to 2 from the 1 in the recipe to see if that helps.
Susan - 28 Dec 2008 20:37 GMT
> That's good to hear.
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> here that eschew "processed" foods for natural, there seems to be a
> lot of some kind of processing involved.
Any time you eat any kind of flour or milled grain, it's processed.
Only kernels are whole grains. To guess how much of the ingredient
content is just plain old flour, rather than isolated wheat proteins and
fiber, the macronutrient breakdown is a bit of a guide. For me, my bg
meter is the best source of info; I'm *very* sensitive to bg rises from
wheat.
> So far I've used it in choc pudding and pancakes. For the pudding,
> it was great. The pancakes were also pretty good. I followed the
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> increase the eggs to 2 from the 1 in the recipe to see if that helps.
It's definitely, hands down, much better tasting than Atkins' bake mix,
which I found bitter. I know that there are some recipe adjustment tips
from a chef on the Tova Industries or some CarbQuik web site.
Adjustments I've read about are the addition of some additional
leavening for some recipes and additional liquids, a la the dry as bone
brownie batter I failed to adjust with more milk or water recently.
My pancakes with it have been fairly high, fluffy and held together, so
you may want to play with liquid content, eggs are a good idea, too.
Also, I add some sweetener and vanilla to my pancake batter. And for SF
maple syrup that tastes real, I add natural maple extract to a bottle of
SF syrup. BIG improvement.
Susan
Susan - 28 Dec 2008 20:40 GMT
CarbQuick trouble shooting guide:
http://www.tovaindustries.com/carbalose/recipe-faq.htm
The Toll House cookie recipe is a staple 'round here now.
Susan
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> The Toll House cookie recipe is a staple 'round here now.
Note: I do NOT use Nestle's choc chips; I use the bittersweet (65%?)
Ghirardelli chips.
Susan