My favorite mix so far

This is my favorite gluten free pizza mix so far. I prefer thinner crusts (almost the cracker crisp type crust) but I'll probably never achieve that with gluten free pizza. This is the closest thing I've found however. I had to experiment a bit to get it right. This mix makes TWO pizzas and I use a very large 14" pan (actually closer to 16 inches when you include the edges which curve upwards.) If you were using a much smaller pizza pan you might get 3 pizzas out of the mix.



I do the mix exactly as per the instructions let it rise the recommended 30 minutes THEN I divide the dough into two equal parts. One part I usually save and refrigerate (in a bowl and topped tightly with either foil or saran wrap) and I've used it up to two or three days later with perfect results. Then the other half I'll use the day I make it since I usually only want to do one at a time. After the dough has risen (it only seems to rise slightly) I grease the pizza pan using Crisco...my preference and I like the results better. I don't roll it out. Rather I put the blob of dough in the center and use my hands to punch it down and push it outwards around the pan bit by bit. So my hands don't stick to the dough too much I use a gluten free flour mix such as the Amy's baking mix on my hands as much as needed so probably a bit of this will get worked in as I spread the dough out in the pan. The dough would be impossible to roll out in my opinion or at least I don't want to mess with it due to the relative stickiness of the dough. After the dough is all evenly spread thru the pan and with a bit of an edge I poke some fork holes around the bottom here and there. Then I bake the bare crust for about 10 to 12 minutes in the oven at 425...it will be faintly starting to brown at this point. This pre-cooking is important for gluten free crusts! Remove from oven let it cool about 5 minutes then put on your desired toppings. With everything on it goes back into the oven for less than 10 minutes...just to heat everything up and melt the cheese basically. The crust will brown a bit more in the process.



Even done in such a large pan the crust isn't as thin as you'd expect but you avoid the soggy bottom so common to GF crusts. My whole family loves this pizza and the wheat eaters of the family don't really notice or care about the difference in the crust. The taste is quite nice it has that usual yeast flavor of a wheat crust and there are no weird rice flour tastes at all. If anything it's somewhat bland but that's probably a good thing for a gluten free crust.More detail ...

Simply the Best Stevia Product!!!

I've used this product for quite a few years after trying MANY other brands and forms and still find this to be the absolute best stevia product--hands down! I don't know what we would do without this product. We use it every day all day for coffee tea sweetening yogurt fruit etc. All our family members like it too. One bottle lasts for over two months usually three. It has no aftertaste a few drops is all it takes and finally we've been able to almost eliminate sugars from our diet without "suffering". There are 2880 drops in a 4 oz or 120ml bottle according to the manufacturer. We love it!

UPDATE: Received new shipment and bottle label has changed. Now states there are approx. 600 servings per bottle at 5-8 drops per serving or to taste. Last few bottles seemed slightly weaker but still the best of all the other brands by far. We still love it!More detail ...

This is great stuff

I received this mix along with a waffle maker as a gift. It's so good that I keep buying this same brand mix when I run out.



I cut the Farmhouse Waffles recipe in half (so that's 1 cup Farmhouse Pancake and Waffle Mix; 1 egg; 5/8 cup water; 2 tablespoon melted butter) and it's more than enough batter for 2 waffles in a full-size Belgian waffle maker.



Easy to make and very tasty.More detail ...

Lowers Blood sugars

I bought the Navitas Naturals Chia seeds. They are great. I put them in a shaker bottle. I use them on sweet potatoes in salads and coleslaw and just learned that they can replace half of the fat in baking. At first I didn't know if it was lowering my blood glucose or if it was something else but I confirmed it the other day. I had stopped using the seeds and my morning blood glucose shot up to the 140's. I decided to start using the seeds again and within a few days my blood sugars dropped to the 120's and the only thing I changed in my diet was the addition of chia seeds. I love them. I haven't made the gel yet I have only used them raw and they are like eating poppy seeds which I love. Hope this will help other diabetics. Navitas is a quality product and is very reasonably priced. I will definitely continue to buy them.More detail ...