Joy's Gourmet Spreads
But wait! I found a way to have both yummy baked potatoes and garlic bread and still be GFCF!! Whoot! (Or should I say “Joy! Oh joy!!”) Joy’s Gourmet Garlic Joy is a line of fabulous local Florida products (but you can buy online if can’t find it at your local store) that’s Gluten Free and Dairy Free. As a matter of fact, most products are simply four simple raw blended ingredients: Garlic, Canola Oil, Lemon Juice and Salt. The Garlic Spread also comes in various fun flavors: Sun Dried Tomato, Chipotle, Olive Tapenade, Eggplant and Artichoke.
They also have a line of Olive Tapenades that are GFCF, but I’m not a big fan of olives, so I can’t review them (there are some with Feta and Blue cheese tho — so be careful which one you grab – they all look very similar!).
For lunch today (leftover grilled sausage, edamame and rosemary roasted new potatoes), I used the Garlic Spread to jazz up the leftover potatoes (they’re just never as good microwaved the next day as when they come out of the roasting pan, all crispy and fresh…). I was lamenting the lack of butter (there was nothing like it to “freshen up” day old potatoes…) when I spied a white container in the back of the fridge. Ah HA! Yes! Garlic Spread. YuM! I happily grabbed it and put a bit on the side of my plate (it’s a really sharp, full, robust garlic flavor, so just a little dab ‘ll do ya!). It was wonderful. It made my sad little old potatoes New Potatoes again. 