Review: Gluten Free Muffin-in-a-Cup Mixes from Wheat Free Market
Welcome to the final month of 2012 and since it’s the holiday season!
I figured sharing some decadent chocolate bars with you all would be a great way to end the year with a tasty bang. I want to introduce you to the Keen-Wah Decadence Chocolate Bars from a lovely LA-based company called YogaEarth.
I first learned about YogaEarth and the Keen-Wah bar line about a year ago when I was visiting Los Angeles. Instantly I loved their products and wanted to know how I could get my hands on them. You might recall that I’ve mentioned how much I love their powdered coconut water, and I love these bars as well.
Here are a few reasons why…
1) The Keen-Wah Decadence Chocolate Bars are gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegan!
2) YogaEarth works hard to source really high-quality ingredients which are organic and fair-trade. They’ve added protein to their bars which is derived from the gluten-free grain called quinoa. The bars are then sweetened with coconut palm sugar which is a natural unprocessed sweetener which is very rich in minerals.
3) Sometimes it’s just absolutely wonderful to splurge and eat something that’s decadent, but won’t throw your gluten-free diet off the rails. There aren’t any highly-processed ingredients, cheap addictive sweeteners or bad-for-your-health additives.
4) They give back… according to the company, “YogaEarth donates 1% of sales to women microentrepreneurs via the non-profit organization kiva.org‘s sustainability-focused lending program focused on communities in the developing world where YogaEarth sources its ingredients (i.e., quinoa from Peru).
My personal reason for liking the bars is that the flavor profiles are interesting, rather sophisticated, but without pretense. Anyone can enjoy and appreciate the flavors in these bars. You don’t need to be a health-nut! Everyone I know loves a good chocolate bar… well, these aren’t ‘your mama’s’ chocolate bars. They’ve got depth and taste that you’ve probably not experienced before.
The Keen-Wah Decadence bars have really been a hit in the yoga community and at high-end establishments and hotels. It’s where YogaEarth has spent a lot of time cultivating a loyal following and that’s why I decided to reach out to them and get some of these goodies for you!
Okay… on to the giveaway!
To celebrate the holidays with a healthy spin on a chocolate treat, I’m giving away a mixed-flavor case of Keen-Wah Decadence Chocolate Bars to one lucky winner.
“Keen-Wah Decadence Chocolate Bars” giveaway includes:
4 bars of Chocolate Chia – 75% dark chocolate with fruity notes… yum!
4 bars of Coconut Almond – quinoa, almonds and coconut smothered in dark chocolate… double yum!
4 bars of Cayenne Cinnamon – mildly spicy flavor paired with sweet dark chocolate… triple yum!
Here’s how to enter…
In order to be considered for the “Keen-Wah Decadence Chocolate Bars” giveaway, you must complete these 3 steps:
1. Leave a comment below sharing the biggest challenge you face being Gluten-Free during the holidays. It could be family woes, recipe favorites that you can’t make anymore, the stress of being glutened at a holiday party… whatever your issue is, tell us!
2. Register for my monthly newsletter in the box here (if you’re already on the list, then you’re good to go!).
3. “Like” Gluten Free School on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gluten-Free-School/248602998493188 & share this giveaway on Facebook tagging Gluten Free School in the post so I can see that you’ve done it.
You can get extra points for completing the following options:
Get 1 bonus point for each of the proceeding actions that you can take:
1. Follow Gluten Free School on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/gfreeschool)
2. Tweet the following:: Enter to win a box of Keen-Wah chocolate bars @YogaEarth #glutenfree giveaway at @gfreeschool https://jenniferfugo.com/?p=1659
Thanks for entering and I look forward to picking this month’s winner! Contest ends Wednesday 12/12/12 at 4pm ET. To be eligible for this prize, you must live in the US.
I am trying to make the holiday cookies for my family and friends all healthy. Low glycemic and low sugar. I have collected my recipes and am ready to go. Towards the aim of keeping on track, I am not even going to keep the high sugar gifts people ten dot give me. I will can or recycle to others. The food pantries can use the stuff I can’t eat.
My biggest challenge during the holidays is getting others to come eat at our house without bringing food with them. We make great tasting food, but everyone feels they have to bring something and then we risk having things brought into the house that will make us sick.
My greatest challenge is convincing other people that, YES, even a “little bit” of gluten can and will make me sick.
the cookies and snacks are not friendly
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opps sorry about the extra comment but please count that as I follow you on twitter and tweet https://twitter.com/cjsorel/status/275612402794512384
The biggest challenge is feeling like an outsider at parties, since everyone is eating this that and the other and I have to make sure I ate before hand so I don’t starve.
The biggest challenge I face being Gluten-Free during the holidays would have to be all the traditional foods I crave during this time of year. My family makes 13 courses of heavy gluten invested Polish food. It’s hard to say NO to such delicious food! But there are so many other alternatives that I have tried to become more conscience of my ingredients.
I am trying to avoid gluten because it interferes with my arthritis and makes it worse. I am also a diabetic so any recipes that I get need to cater to both. I try to cook my family at least 1 gluten free nutritious meal a day.
It will be my first gluten free Christmas and I still didn;t find a perfect recipe for gf/vegan cookies and cake. 🙁 It is tough to make food you are used to in GF version. Huge challenge.
My biggest challenge during the holidays is my family likes to have the same holiday meal each year. And I still haven’t been able to convert some of the things to gluten free. Particularly the baking which I’ve always done. I have always enjoyed the baking times with the family and am disappointed that I can’t eat what I make.
I shared on my FaceBook but don’t know how to tag.
cookies are my biggest challenge at family events…I ate them for years but now I can’t
I’ve registered, liked on FB, shared, and would love to win this giveaway! My mom’s friend’s daughter has celiac’s disease and the toughest is keeping gluten-free goodies on hand for her that are as tasty as their wheat equivalents. These bars would do the trick!
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And I follow on twitter as @LiveLearnEat – fingers crossed!
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Hmmm biggest challenge during the holidays? What’s worse when flour-filled goodness is staring you in the face and you have no other option but to avoid it while others enjoy it? [That’s nothing…I’ve actually become a master at that.] No, want to know what I haven’t mastered? The ‘What Is Good Scale.’ That is QUITE a challenge! You see, I hate to be rude in any way. Esp if a friend has gone through the trouble to buy the $8 gluten-free flour and spent time making a treat for you to enjoy. But after a while of eating gluten free my idea of ‘good’ has diminished. When someone bakes something for me and asks what I think, I never say, “That’s terrible.” I don’t want to hurt their feelings, and if I think back to other gluten-free baked goods I’ve had, it might not have been great but it wasn’t the worst I’ve had either. I’m laid back and with all the restrictions, I’ve altered the ‘good’ scale to the mediocre. Granted there has been some awesome gfree things made for me…but when someone asks me, “How’s that?” My typical response is, “Don’t ask me.” That is a challenge around the holidays because when people hear g-free attached to any food, they run. I want to discourage the runner and encourage them to try it, but I never trust my own judgment.
my biggest challenge is self-restraint and feeling sorry for myself if I can’t eat something that looks delicious
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Family and friends feel that I can eat a little wheat, but we know differently. For these reasons(get over yourself,they say) I basically forgo eating anything that looks suspect. If there is trust with the other person regarding surfaces and contamination I will eat certain food stuffs. The thing that bothers me most is the urban myth concerning gluten free oats! Wo started this? Anyway have a joyous holiday season. regards, karen
My biggest difficulty is going to holiday parties because I usually cannot eat anything there. I have to eat beforehand and sometimes it is hard not being able to enjoy the holiday sweets with everyone else!
also, I didn’t know how to tag you in my FB post, but it is there on my wall…amy eidson clark. Thank you!
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One of the biggest challenges for me during the holidays is baking. It can wear me out. It’s amazing how a cookie recipe can turn into a 3 hour production for me – from the measuring, to the baking, to the clean-up time… Suddenly I feel like I’ve run a marathon, and need to lay down. Plus, I always do the Celiac sign of the cross before I put anything into the oven & hope that the recipe turns out 🙂
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The hardest challenge for me as a teenager around the holidays is being invited to cookie exchange parties and other events. It’s a challenge to decide how to deal with social events like this. If I am going to a party, I make sure I bring something to share so I know I can eat. I also invited friends to do things like bake gf cookies at my house.
Kate
They sound very good! Would love to try them!