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MrsMojo 
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Posted: 18 March 2009 at 9:37pm |
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I've just been told that Maggi's range of gluten free recipe mixes will soon be available in NZ supermarkets.
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Posted: 19 March 2009 at 11:30am |
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oooooo! things like packet soups etc?
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Posted: 20 March 2009 at 7:50am |
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I'm not really sure. I think they have recipe bases and stuff. Their beef and chicken stocks have already gone GF (but I'd still check their ingredients for the time being just in case it's old stock).
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Posted: 20 March 2009 at 8:26am |
old stock... LOL 
I hadn't realised their beef stock is now GF... DH will be pleased!
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Posted: 20 March 2009 at 5:35pm |
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oh yey! hope the gravy is not too keen on the gf one
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Posted: 23 April 2009 at 5:07pm |
Good work Anthea. I've noticed a few recipe bases at New World but tbh I'm now so used to cooking things from scratch I don't know if I'll use them. Really happy about the stocks though.
The other thing I absolutely love is Cookie Time's gluten free chunky chocolate chip cookies.
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Posted: 23 April 2009 at 9:20pm |
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Posted: 24 April 2009 at 8:11am |
Thanks for the tip, I hadn't even thought to check whether any of the trident noodles were GF. I picked up a Maggi Chicken Soup for a cup today.
I'm loving that more mainstream brands are bringing out GF foods and driving the price down.
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Posted: 24 April 2009 at 10:00am |
Absolutely! And recently I found a Weight Watchers freezer meal for one (Panang Chicken) which was GF - and hot!!! DH is now jealous
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Posted: 30 April 2009 at 2:40pm |
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How was the chicken soup mrs mojo? And has anyone tried the new Maggi gravy? I have a gf gravy sitting in my pantry that I tried one time and it was TERRIBLE!!!!!!!!! Can't remember the brand.
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Posted: 30 April 2009 at 2:55pm |
I haven't tried the soup yet  but I will let you know when I do 
I usually do all my groceries online but I'm off to the supermarket tonight so I can check out some of the new products available for those of us who are intolerable (oops, I mean intolerant)
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Posted: 30 April 2009 at 3:07pm |
Thanks!
I  Dovedale bread. I emailed Dovedale to thank them for their rice bread and he said that they are about to introduce buns into the market as well YUMMO! 
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Posted: 30 April 2009 at 3:15pm |
My fav breads are vernerdi (the one with all the seeds) and basco GF breadmix (when it's freshly baked it's as soft as normal bread and makes the yummiest sandwiches - if the bread lasts long enough to cool down to be made into sandwiches that is). Also whenever I'm in Akl I stop at Marx Bakery for their bread which is lovely and soft too.
What I really want to find is a nie pastry (either pre-made or a recipe) so I can make meat pies. I haven't had a pie in years.
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Posted: 30 April 2009 at 3:22pm |
I toast all GF bread. I have tried most brands and haven't found one that I like untoasted.
I agree on the pastry, I spent a fortune one time on a ready made one and it was all crumbly and weird. I just make pie mixture and put it in ramekins with potato on top. Same with cheesecake. When I make one for others I always save some of the filling in a ramekin just for me
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Posted: 30 April 2009 at 8:33pm |
I have the yummiest biscuit recipe which you could use to make a cheesecake base. It's also the only cookie recipe I have found that can be rolled out to be cut into shapes with cookie cutters without crumbling (I did mermaid shaped cookies for DDs birthday recently and they looked and tasted great).
Gluten free cookie cutter cookie recipe
Ingredients:
3 cups gluten-free flour mix or baking mix
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/4 granulated sugar
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 1/2 teaspoon gluten-free vanilla extract
1 cup butter
Directions:
Mix or sift baking soda, flour and cream of tartar. Slowly cut in butter. Beat sugar, eggs and extract together. Pour egg mix into flour and blend well. Chill in refrigerator for 2 hours. Roll out and cut into desired shapes. Bake on greased cookie sheets for 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees. Frost and decorate, if desired. Yield: 2 to 3 dozen, depending on shapes desired.
I found the mix had to have a bit more flour kneaded through it after it was chilled because it didn't hold it's shape too well (due to all that butter) I probably used another cup of GF baking mix to get a good consistency.
I'm going to make a lemon ginger cheesecake for my baby shower next weekend and am going to add ginger to the cookie recipe and probably replace some of that sugar with golden syrup to make it into 'gingernut' base.
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Posted: 01 May 2009 at 9:28am |
Yum, sounds great thanks! I will try it out next time I am up for a cheesecake
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Posted: 04 May 2009 at 9:43am |
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I bought a packet of GF Maggi chicken soup on the weekend. It was really nice, I couldn't even tell that it was GF! Great to have something easy to take to work.
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Posted: 04 May 2009 at 9:50am |
I tried mine in the weekend too, was very yummy. I'll be putting a couple of packs in my hospital bag incase the GF meals in the maternity ward are substandard (last time I got a rice wafer and some stewed fruit for my meal).
I haven't been able to find the GF maggi stock yet, except online. There wasn't any in the supermarket when I checked.
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Posted: 05 May 2009 at 7:28pm |
Or Jo, you order a pretty good meal and only half of it arrives! 
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