Food Review: Udi's French Baguettes

After I was diagnosed with Celiac disease, I was unable to have one of my all-time favorite foods: Garlic bread. I thought I would never be able to have garlic bread again. I loved eating garlic bread with a helping of spaghetti and meatballs.

Then I discover Udi's French Baguettes. A few weeks ago, my boyfriend and I decided to have a pasta night. We had a package of these baguettes in the freezer and we decided to add garlic bread to the meal. You cannot have spaghetti and meatballs without garlic bread, right? My boyfriend knew that it had been a few years since I had any garlic bread.
The Udi's French Baguettes toasted nicely in the oven. It was crispy on the edges, and soft in the middle. My boyfriend was able to make decent garlic bread out of these baguettes.

As usual, I was pleased with Udi's, for their high quality food items. The French Baguette was amazing. Not only is it great for garlic bread, it is also perfect for dunking in soup.

It is hard to find this product, so I would recommend going to your local organic/gluten free shoppes. Sometimes you get lucky and find this item in the chain supermarkets. It is moderately priced, but, it is well worth it.

To purchase some online, click on the above photo.

photo credit: http://www.celiac.com/glutenfreemall/images/udis_french_baguettes.jpg

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