Thanks for all the positive comments on my last post. I honestly feel like I’m jumping on some diet bandwagon with this, but I guess I’ll find out in a few weeks if I feel noticeably different. Coincidently Sarena suggested that I go to Natural Foods Warehouse to find some gluten-free items at good prices and guess where I was about two hours before her comment?
Apparently, I don’t know not to put my finger over the camera lens. To my credit, I was very upset at the time because it was the last broadcast of a radio program (radio free lunch) on davefm, my favorite station that is turning into a sports station in a few weeks. The DJ was crying so then I was crying and now there is going to be no alternative/modern rock stations in our whole city. Anyway, yes, that’s somehow related to the fact that I put my finger over the camera lens.
I digress. I always digress. It’s how I think. Multi-tasking at it’s finest.
A few weeks ago, I purchased a Groupon to Natural Foods Warehouse. It’s about a 15-20 minute drive from my office, but it’s a relatively easy drive, so I thought I’d just go during lunch. It makes more sense to do that since it’s in the total opposite direction from my house. Like the name suggests, the inside looks rather warehousey.
They don’t have any produce, but they have a lot of packaged stuff (and some freezer and refrigerated too) and it’s all decently priced, at least for natural foods. I got really excited, however, when I saw one thing…
You can’t really tell from this picture, but that top of Kombucha is in a dark brown bottle and the bottom row is in a clear bottle. The dark brown bottle is the original formula – the one that they took off the shelves two years ago (I specifically remember that it was two years ago because I really wanted some when I was getting my wedding dress altered and they didn’t have the new formula then.) because of the small alcohol content. I knew that they had begun to sell the original formula again in the darker bottles but I’d never seen it in person until now.
No joke, I got carded for buying it. It was also 50 cents more expensive than the kind in the clear bottle. Other than bottles of Kombucha, I just kind of bought some random things, but one thing that I did get that’s worth noting is gluten-free bread. I did a search yesterday for “best gluten-free bread” and the Huffington Post ranked Udi’s as the favorite, so I thought I’d try it while I had this Groupon.
It’s definitely smaller than regular bread, but honestly, it tasted pretty similar to me. It was a little more dry and crumbly, but I thought it was perfectly fine tasting. Expensive, but perfectly fine tasting.
I spy a hungry Golden Retriever. Although he was visibly less excited about gluten-free bread then regular.
They have THE kombucha?!?!?! I need that. Where is this place? Yes, I realize I could google it… which I will quit being lazy and do..
It’s WAAAAY up 141 – in John’s Creek.
Thanks for the review on the Udi’s! I went to our local Manna store and picked up my first GF bread and I got the Genius brand. I saw the same article in Huffington post
They were out of Udi’s but I remembered from the comments that a few people ‘Genius so I’ll try that one tonight.
I’ve never tried the Kombucha but I keep thinking I want to try it but never take the chance.
It wasn’t bad at all. I just popped the slice into the toaster for a few minutes.
I LOVE that store! I don’t buy a bunch of prepackaged foods because they are so expensive for our dietary needs, but I go there to stock up on GF pastas and travel goodies when I know we are going to need some things for a trip. I’m so glad you went and found some things to get you by. I’m definitely trying the Kombucha next time I go. I’ve never had it…
Did you get the Groupon when it came out? It was a few weeks ago, but if not, maybe it’s still available?
I’ll have to try that Udi’s bread. I hate their bagels so I haven’t thought to try their other products.
I’ve never tried their bagels. The only other Udi’s product that I’ve tried is their chocolate chip cookies which are sometimes on Manager’s Special at Kroger for some reason. They are delicious, I think.
I’ve still never tried Kombucha. I’m scared of it. Glad you found some good products to help you cut out gluten. I hope it helps!
This kind of sounds like the Naturally Yours here in town. Like a smaller WF!
I LOVE the hungry doggie in the picture at the end, never would have noticed it hehe! Glad you had a productive trip to the natural warehouse! I have NEVER tried Kobucha (sp?), what does it even taste like?!
A lot of the GT’s brand kombuchas honestly sort of taste like fruity vinegar. Then you have some other brands (Bucha, for one) that have added sugar and they taste more like tea.
Just caught up on the GF experiment, and it seems like you’re approaching it wisely. It’s a controlled way to see if it may or may not help. Good luck!
Ahhh I just wrote the longest comment ever, and got a server error when I hit submit! Let me try to remember here…
I like Udi’s bread. They have several restaurants in Colorado- I think they’re based there. There’s another great bread that I need to remember and let you know about…
I first tried kombucha 3 years ago while waiting for a table at Dogfish in Rehoboth beach. I had no idea what it was, but saw it in the nearby natural foods store and tried it. I wonder if it was the “classic” formula? Kombucha always gives me a buzz, period!
I remember when 99.1 HFS ended suddenly one day. I was OBSESSED with that station all through high school and into college and went to the HFStival every year (did you?). I started listening to Elliot in the Morning after college, and have been for 10 years now! I think that even if I move, I’ll still listed through the web whenever I can. HFS is back now, but it’s not the same..
Yes! I definitely went to one or two HFStivals back in the day!
I bought some Udi’s recently because I won a coupon and I like it for french toast and regular toast with butter. It’s definitely a lot smaller though!
I’ve passed by that place a bunch of times! Are the prices generally good?? Like better than the grocery store? I feel like they should have good prices since it has “warehouse” in the name…
Yeah, some things are definitely cheaper.
LOVE the original formula of Kombucha.