Product: Against The Grain Gourmet Three Cheese Pizza – $10.49+
Pizza.
It’s the go-to dinner of most people everywhere. Need an easy dinner, just bosh one in the oven or, even better, stop by the local pizza place and bring one home, already ready to eat. Simple, right?
Well, yes…if you are most people. I used to be most people…and then gluten-intolerance hit. I thought, for awhile, my pizza days were over. Which, naturally, meant it was all I craved.
Thankfully, I have discovered fantastic gluten-free frozen pizza crusts as well as gluten-free pizza crust mixes in order to make up my own. That also gives me freedom to toss whatever sounds appetizing on the pizza shell, and to let my creative culinary juices flow. Yeah…we all love coming up with flavor combinations for the pizza right?
Sure.
But there are days where you come home from a long, stressful day at the office, and you want pizza, but you don’t want to put a lot of effort into it. Thanks to advances in gluten-free products, there are a myriad of different gluten-free frozen pizzas out there. These are your simple take out of package, put on baking sheet, and bake according to package. Remove before cheese browns. Enjoy. Yes…that kind.
And, I think I hit it out of the park with Against The Gain Gourmet’s Gluten-Free Three Cheese Pizza. This isn’t the first product by Against The Grain that I have consumed. I absolutely was knocked head-over-heels with their gluten-free baguettes. And, truthfully, they hit it out of the park with their pizzas too.
Nothing could be simpler. An easy bake in the oven at 400 degrees for about 15 minutes and then viola…dinner is served. I don’t have the proper pan (or stone) to get a crispy crust, but I’m okay with that. The pizza cooked up amazing!! You wouldn’t even be able to tell it was frozen. Yes…it’s so good you could pass it off as your own creation, done from scratch. The crust has this amazing flavor to it…a little cheesy…with a bit of a crisp, and then soft. It was amazing. Top it off with three different cheeses, in this case, mozzarella, cheddar, and Parmesan. Those are deliciously spread out over a tasty layer of tomato sauce. What makes this even more fantastic is the blurb on Against The Grain Gourmet’s Web site, declaring that each of their products are prepared by hand using fresh, all natural ingredients, with no preservatives, artificial flavors, trans fats, or additives. As they say, “We crack each egg, shred our own cheese, and chop fresh spices.” What other company can guarantee that level of freshness to their products? Not many.
This pizza was phenomenal. Beyond any frozen pizza I’ve ever had. Beyond any fresh pizza I’ve ever had. The cheesy flavors melt together and create this powerhouse of pizza flavor. The flavors, the pizza…it speaks for itself. It was really, really hard not to eat the entire thing in one sitting. Yes…it’s that delicious!
I love something about a company that finds no need to fancy up their packaging with pictures of the food inside. Not Against The Grain. Instead, they simply leave a window in the box, so that you can see the food that awaits you. No smoke and mirrors. No image that looks absolutely nothing like what is actually inside the box. What you see is what you get. And what you get is one of the best gluten-free products out there from a company that prides itself on doing gluten-free right!
Whether you need to eat gluten-free or not, I urge you to find Against The Grain’s pizzas (probably at Whole Foods) and try them out. I promise you…you won’t be disappointed. And, now the gluten-free community has a pizza to brag about. Because this…is pizza voodoo, my friends. It’s a wonderful, amazing, orgasmic, gluten-free food that has set the bar high for all the other frozen, gluten-free pizzas out there.
Slice up a piece for yourself. Go ahead. Oh…and would you mind if I came over for a slice?
The Celiathlete 