GFOH - San-J Thai Peanut Sauce

GFOH is the on-going series of posts in which I present the gluten free products that are always on hand in my cupboards and fridge, thus, Gluten Free On Hand.

I always have a bottle of San-J Thai Peanut sauce on hand. It is gluten free and fantastic. There is nothing about the taste or flavor that would indicate that it is gluten free. It just takes like a great Thai sauce. It is very simple to use. I have used it in a wok. I have marinated with it. I have baked with it. And I have just poured it over chicken and rice, as pictured. It's so sad, I could probably eat this three times a week. I'm getting hungry just looking at this picture.

Gluten free products always on hand

In this inaugural edition of Gluten Free On Hand (GFOH), I consider one of the gluten free grocery items that I tend to always have in stock or on the grocery list.

Lifeway lowfat Kefir, cherry or strawberry.

As someone with Celiac, I am constantly aware of my digestive status. How am I today? Grumbly? Settled? Disastrous? If I am anything but settled, I do everything I can to get back to settled. I have found that I feel better if I include Kefir in my daily routine. I tend to drink it as a mid-morning snack. Look, I'm no dietitian or nutritionist. I cannot evaluate the scientific validity of the claims by Lifeway. I can only say how I feel when I include it as part of my regular routine. The back of the bottle lists twelve active cultures. I won't bore you with them here. I only recognized L. acidophilus. Setting aside the potential health benefits, I simply like the way it tastes and how it gets me through a hungry morning. It used to be narrowly available in grocery stores, but now it seems like I see it in every store.

Of course, the lowfat Kefir is gluten free (not dairy free; sorry dairy free folks). And they have even started putting a gluten free sticker on the lid. I love seeing those words big and bold on product packaging. Even when it should be obvious that a product is gluten free, it is reassuring to see it clearly labeled.

So, all this makes Lifeway Kefir a GFOH product!

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