I've been out of cooking mode for a while, but I recently noticed that Netrition is selling Carbalose Flour, the flour component of Carbquick. Maybe they've had it for years, but nevertheless.....

I'd love to hear any opinions any of you who've tried Carbalose might have. I'm not a baker, but there are times when a little flour substitute would sure come in handy...

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Highest Weight 172
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Haven't tried the flour version, but I have used the Carbquick version (which has leavening & fat in it) and found that it works pretty well for certain baked goods and has a minimal effect on my BGL.

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I've used both products and like them both. Carbquik, of course, is a bake mix, meant to be "Bisquick-like" and it does a pretty good job.

Carbalose is the flour product that they MAKE Carbquik with. It is not truly a straight-across flour substitute but it DOES take you a long way towards getting there.

The Tova website has some recipes and some of the other boards also have pages dedicated to this product.

I just bought some more, in fact!

Char

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Thanks Char, I was wondering how direct a sub the Carbalose was. I've just barely started playing with Carbquick. I'll snoop around for recipes

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I made crepes last night using a straight sub, flour for carbalose. I didn't adjust anything else. They turned out very well. My crepe recipe is from the older Joy of Cooking--it has always been a family tradition to make crepes with strawberries for Mother's Day breakfast. It was nice to be able to make them again. My next projects will be pie crust and rolls.