TV experts, website popups, sporks (don't ask)..........and gluten free food.
My 3 year old son is a lively, healthy little boy who unfortunately has severe allergic reactions to many differing foods. He has a pretty varied diet and loves fruit & veg, but sometimes you can see he wants food he knows will make him poorly. Bread, pasta, biscuits, cakes etc. We have tried many gluten free products but the major feeling I get when he tries a GF product I have given him is embarrassment. There I am, the man he loves and trusts, trying to pass off heavy, stodgy, taste free food as special 'treats'. Too many times have his little eyes turned up to look deep into mine with the unsaid assertion that if I ever try to mix cardboard into his diet again he will put my Ipad down the toilet......
So all I can say is thank you to the good people of Juvela and their range of gluten free products. The first one we tried was their cereal flakes. Despite my sons deep scepticism of another one of daddy's "try it, it's yum!" moments, he gave it a go.....and loved them. He liked the flakes plain and crunchy. No milk. I, despite not actually NEEDING to eat them, couldn't help but eat the odd big bowl with milk and a sprinkling of dried mixed fruit. (purely for research purposes of course). Light, crunchy, tasty. Could the range actually restore my sons faith in me?
Emboldened by this sudden turn of events we moved on to the Juvela pastas. Fibre Penne first. Then Fusilli. Both were enthusiastically devoured by my son. And it actually didn't matter what was served with it. Tomato sauces with chicken. Cheese sauces with broccoli. The pasta was light and had none of the slight graininess which other GF pastas can have. Judging by the boys face it looked like he had actually put his head in the bowl and ate his way out.
By now, with my food hero status seemingly assured we moved on to the biggy. Flour. Or as Juvela calls it, Harvest White Mix. Both the bread and the cupcakes that were made seemed to go down well. Again there was a lightness which is rarely found in GF products. My son seemed to enjoy the almost unique experience of the whole family wanting to eat 'his' food for once. Thanks to Juvela it won't be a one off.
For more info on Juvela products go to www.juvela.co.uk
