Dr. Lucy's Cookies

Over the past 6 months or so, I've been starting to see gluten-free packaged food items showing up at Starbucks. They started with dried fruits, which are great but a little boring, and now they have cookies! Recently I was in a situation where I didn't have time to grab breakfast and was in need of something a little bit more substantial than a coffee and a banana. To my surprise, by the register were these cute little packets of cookies. I was like, Yes! something that I can actually eat.

Before I dove into these cute little cookies, I decided to read the packaging. The cookies are made by a Dr. who also happens to be a Mom of a child with allergies. Upon reading further, the cookies not only were gluten-free, but were also allergy-friendly, trans-fat free, Vegan, cholesterol free, and Kosher. I thought yowza, these things are bound to be devoid of flavor. All the fun has been taken out of them :)

To my surprise, the chips in the chocolate chip cookies were yummy and the cookie itself did not have a strong gluten-free flour flavor. With that said, the cookies were very hard and crumbly and at best put off my hunger satisfaction for about an hour.

I think that Dr. Lucy's being available in a place like Starbucks, with national distribution, is an amazing step forward for the gluten-free world, however someone has got to do something about the quality of the taste of the products that are being put out.

Brewburgers Omaha, NE

Last weekend, the fiance and I took a road trip to Omaha, NE for my old roommate Erin's sisters wedding. Alyssa and I are friends from the many trips that she took to Chicago to visit her sis and the year stint that I lived in Minneapolis (her current residence). With the popularity of Diners, Drive-in's and Dives, a Food network program, the phrase "road trip" and "Triple D" are becoming synonymous. You can't do one without the other. It's the new Sonic or Crackel Barrel for road trips...places that you can only hit up when you are on the road.

So, without further ado, we stopped at an Omaha location called Brewburgers:



I had the Old Fashioned Sandwich and the fiance had a Burger. I must say the burgers looked big, juicy with a nice soft bun. The onion rings were massive and the cheese jutted straight out from all sides. On the other hand my Old Fashioned (bread on the side since I wasn't eating it) was light as a feather. I know it's not as fun since I ate the brisket with mustard and side of french fries...but I'm telling you this meat was delish. I ate an entire plate of this brisket and I was in heaven. I didn't feel overstuffed or heavy. Lean tender meat. Awesome. For those of you headed to the middle of America, you have to stop in Omaha to try BrewBurgers.

As Guy would say, not only did we roadtrip to Omaha, we took a trip to Flavortown USA.