RE: Re: Uplifting shopping experience

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Thank you so much for checking! It’s

on my list.

Laurie

lbilyeu@...

From: SillyYaks

[mailto:SillyYaks ] On Behalf

Of Lori

Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006

3:15 PM

To: SillyYaks

Subject: Re: Uplifting

shopping experience

Just got off the phone with

the distributor for KA ME Hoisin Sauce.

I called because the ingredients listed food

starch modified and

natural flavors. (I am always getting

confused over what means what

and when it applies as far as the language goes,

so I either avoid it

or check on it.) The CS rep checked the

manufacturers list and the

food starch is corn, the 'natural flavors' are a

garlic emulsion that

contained no wheat, barley, rye or oats. The

jar has a 'contains'

list under the ingredients (soy products), but I

don't quite trust

the new labeling until the kinks are worked out

and old product is

off the shelf.

Lori in ATL

> >

> > Me, I love grocery shopping when I can

be leisurely. That sounds

> like a fun

> > trip. What's the brand of the hoisin

sauce please? I've been

> searching for

> > use in this recipe, which I tried with

duck sauce and wished for

> hoisin. We

> > skipped the tortillas and just rolled it

all up in the lettuce

leaf:

> >

> >

> >

> > Beijing

Chicken Wraps (from Weight Watchers Ultimate Flex and

Core

> Cookbook)

> >

> >

> >

> > 2 tablespoons cornstarch

> >

> > 8 chicken tenders (3/4 lb)

> >

> > 2 tsp canola oil

> >

> > 8 scallions, cut in 2 inch pieces

> >

> > 1 tablespoon + ¼ cup hoisin sauce

> >

> > 4 (7-8 inch) fat-free flour tortillas

(substitute corn or rice

> tortillas, or

> > omit and roll in lettuce)

> >

> > 4 leaves Boston lettuce

> >

> > ½ cup diced radishes

> >

> > 2 tablespoons chopped unsalted peanuts

> >

> >

> >

> > Coat chicken in cornstarch. Brown in oil

on medium-high heat,

about

> 2

> > minutes on each side. Transfer chicken

to plate.

> >

> > Add scallions to same skillet and

stir-fry until crisp-tender,

> about 2

> > minutes. Return the chicken to skillet

and add 1 tbsp of the

hoisin

> sauce;

> > stir-fry over low heat until coated.

> >

> > Line each tortilla, if using, with

lettuce leaf, 2 chicken

tenders,

> 3 tbsp

> > scallions, 2 tbsp radishes, and ½ tbsp

peanuts. Roll up and serve

> with

> > remaining hoisin for dipping.

> >

> >

> >

> > (Per serving: [1 wrap + 1tbsp Hoisin

sauce]: 337 cal., 9 g fat, 1

g

> sat fat,

> > 0 g trans fat, 51 mg. chol, 734 mg Sod,

39 g Carb, 3 g Fib, 25 g

> prot, 94mg

> > calc. Weight Watchers Points: 7)

> >

> >

> >

> > Laurie

> >

> > <mailto:lbilyeu@> lbilyeu@

> >

> > _____

> >

> > From: SillyYaks

[mailto:SillyYaks ]

> On Behalf

> > Of Lori

> > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 5:57 PM

> > To: SillyYaks

> > Subject: Uplifting shopping

experience

> >

> >

> >

> > I just wanted to ramble for a minute to

anyone who cares to

listen

> > about the wonderful time I just had at

Whole Foods. I know,

> > wonderful time and grocery shopping, not

usually in the same

> > sentence. It just put me in a good

mood for some reason.

> >

> > I went in search of mochi because all

you guys have made me want

to

> > try it. Since I was sure I was

pronouncing it wrong, I didn't

ask

> > anyone for help, just started foraging

in the most likely

places.

> > While I was wandering around I noticed

that I was seeing a lot

more

> > gluten free stuff than I had ever

noticed before. It has been a

> > little while since I did any serious

market research.

> >

> > I found a reduced sodium soy sauce that

was not on the shelves

> > before, also GF Hoisin Sauce and fish

sauce. I don't know what

to

> do

> > with those yet, but I found them.

Baby steps, right?

> >

> > I also noticed that the WF Bakery is

back to its full GF product

> > line. They had reduced it because

the demand to expand to other

> > stores quickly was so high (or so I was

told when they took my

> > chocolate raspberry cake away from

me). And in the

cookie/cracker

> > isle, there were at least 3 times the

choices I remember from a

few

> > months ago. More brands, more

types of cookies. (No oreo-like

> > cookies, darn it.) And the GF

pastas have been promoted two

> shelves

> > up to just above knee level. No

more crawling on the floor! And

> > I 'm not even going to pretend that the

Ian's fishticks are for

my

> > niece (I bought 3 boxes).

> >

> > Okay, I think I got it all out of my

system. I'm just really

> > encouraged that there have been so many

changes in such a

> relatively

> > short time. And, maybe it offsets

a little bit of the

> McControversy?

> >

> > 'nuff said,

> > Lori in ATL

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >