Excellent Gluten-free Meals From Organic Bistro

Organic Bistro makes an excellent line of frozen gluten-free meals. They are supposed to be in Whole Foods in the Atlanta market but I bought mine at Earthfare in Asheville, NC. I picked up the Sockeye Salmon Cake and Savory Turkey meals.

The Sockeye Salmon meal includes a salmon cake, confetti rice pilaf and three bean medley. It was very good but the salmon cake seemed a little overcooked – before it was packaged in the factory. The cake itself didn’t look like the product on the box which looks like it was cooked correctly. Even so, the whole meal was very good. I’ve had the Wild Salmon before, which is delicious!

The Sockeye Salmon meal is dairy free and the allergens are soy, salmon and egg. There is a low glycemic seal on the box and the meal has a large amount of Vitamin A (40% FDA), Vitamin C (40% RDA), Iron (25% RDA) and Vitamin B-12 (60% RDA). The meal has 32% of your RDA of fiber and 25% of the FDA of fat.

According to the package, the company uses salmon from a fishery which has been certified to the Marine Stewardship Council’s environmental standard for a well-managed and sustainable fishery. The cartons the company uses are 100% recycled paperboard. The line is certified to be made with at least 70% organic ingredients. In other words, Callaway Consumer Products, LLC that makes this line is a fairly ‘green’ company. Their website even includes helpful information about living gluten-free.  

There is nothing but real food ingredients in this product line. Every ingredient is something you can pronounce and understand. This line is supposed to be in Whole Foods nationwide so I’ll be looking for them on my next trip. I still have several meals in the freezer from our visit to Earthfare.

Here is the full list of Organic Bistro Whole Life Meals:

• Wild Salmon
• Sockeye Salmon Cake
• Savory Turkey
• Ginger Chicken
• Chicken Citron
• Spiced Chicken Morocco
• Jamaican Shrimp Cake
• Pasta Puttanesca

The company’s philosophy about food is one we should all applaud, considering many of our country’s food offerings, full of fake ingredients. From the Organic Bistro website –  

Super-premium, real food ingredients are the beginning of each Organic Bistro Whole Life Meal.   Flavorful, colorful and nutrient-dense ingredients make up each recipe.  Selecting organic vegetables, whole grains, legumes, fruits and oils is the beginning.  We balance each meal with wild-caught, sustainable fish or lean, vegetarian-fed, antibiotic-free poultry.  Finishing with organic herbs, spices and nuts for flavor brings our ingredients together to become tasty meals.  Real foods, creatively combined make our meals delicious and healthful.

As frozen gluten-free entrees go, these meals are now on the top of my list. I’m basing my decision on the taste, nutritional value, convenience and use of real food ingredients.