Corn Bread: Food-Tek

Last Sunday we were pretty much out of everything, so I served up some wheat free, gluten free enriched minute Corn Bread from Food-Tek.

So yes, the corn bread was finished in a matter of seconds, but perhaps a little more effort might be worth it. First off the Food-Tek corn bread comes in a bag containing 4 packs of mix. Also included is a plastic measuring cup and a plastic container to heat the bread in. Though I'm not a fan of all that plastic, I can understand the need to be able to put this stuff together at home. It still seems like a waste and a little to space-age for me.

The instructions say to fill the thimble-sized measuring cup to the 40 cc mark- only there is no 40 cc mark. I spent about 30 seconds trying to get the water measurement correct. Finally I added the water to the container, then added the corn bread mix. It tells you to shake vigorously for 30-45 seconds which I did, then removed a dripping cover, and loaded the small container into the microwave and gave it about 1 minute of waves. I then inverted the container onto a plate - which did not come out cleanly- and gave to Rob to try. Unfortunately the corn bread was more like a cake of sugar, lacked flavor, and didn't have a whole lot of nutrition.

While I do think any company that makes gluten free products deserves to be commended, this corn bread certainly wasn't on top of our list. I will say though, that this probably is a perfect product for kids who have celiac. They can make it up with ease, take it along to a friend's house, and never be without a snack.

Ingredients:
Corn starch, sugar, corn oil, yellow corn meal, nonfat dry milk, dried egg, vanilla, baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, salt, citric acid, niacin, thiamine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid.

Nutrition Facts:
Serving size: 35 g
Servings per container: 8
Calories: 150
Calories from fat: 35
Total fat: 4 g
Sat fat: 0 g
Trans fat: 0 g
Cholesterol: 5 mg
Sodium: 180 mg
Total Carb: 26 g
Dietary fiber: 0 g
Sugars: 13 g
Protein: 2 g