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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Vitamix

32–ounce Dry Grains ContainerFor Christmas, Ryan and I finally broke down and bought a Vitamix. We bought the general all purpose wet blender as well as the dry blender. It cost a million dollars, but, BUT, we can now grind our own flours. Ryan is so happy about being able to buy 20 pounds of brown rice without me complaining. Much. If anyone wants to bring over their brown rice and give it a whirl, you're more than welcome. I've thought about buying sorghum pearls to to grind my own sorghum flour. We'll see . . . I'm lazy. And tired.

Sprouts Sucks

Ever since Sprouts took over Sunflower, it has sucked. Big time. Their products are either no longer there or there is an empty space on the shelf where it should be. It's pissing me off. I go there, pay more money for basic groceries, and find out the item I came there specifically for is not available. It makes me so angry! I composed an email to Sprouts corporate, and the store manager Tony Duval contacted me directly. You can email him ST20MANAGER@sprouts.com to voice your concerns too. Please do it! He's asked that I send him a list of the products I'd like to see in his store. This is the list I've put together. Some of these items they already have, others they don't. I'm hoping they add the items they don't have, and then, GASP, I may be able to shop at one store. I can't even think about it. That would be so nice.

Gluten Free:
Udi's: bread, hamburger buns, hot dog buns, bagels, pizza crust, dinner rolls
Unknown Brand: doughnuts
Food for Life: brown rice tortillas
Schars: bread crumbs
Pamela's: brownie mix, cookie mix
Kinnikinnick: S'moreables
Bragg: liquid aminos
Bob's Red mill: xanthan gum, potato starch, sorghum flour, tapioca starch

Gluten/Dairy Free:
Unknown Brand: pumpkin pie

Dairy Free:
Earth Balance: tub butter, stick butter
Daiya: mozzarella, cheddar
So Delicious: coconut milk ice cream, coconut milk yogurt
Tofutti: Sour Supreme Better than Sour Cream, Better than Cream Cheese
Soyatoo: Soy Whip
Justin's: dark chocolate peanut butter cups