Rudi's Organic Bakery Review & Giveaway

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The moment has arrived: I'm here to talk to you about some fantastic breads. Have you heard of Rudi's Organic Bakery?

I love to bake bread. I can make it all: sandwich loaves, burger buns, dinner rolls, corn tortillas, flour tortillas, bagels, English muffins, and more. However, I don't always have the time, and if I'm honest, I don't always have the inclination to bake bread. I only bake bread when time and desire are both present. When I can't bake it myself, or don't want to, I turn to Rudi's. Rudi's Organic Bakery churns out top-quality breads that I can trust.

Trust. Let's talk about that for a moment. These days, it seems there's always something negative on television or in print about the food industry. It can be hard to trust those that manufacture our foods. After all, we're putting our lives in their hands! Therefore, it's important to me to find companies who cook with ingredients I know and would use in my own kitchen. It's important to me that my family's foods are:

• all natural
• organic if possible
• full of flavor
• fresh
• from a company who I can feel comfortable supporting.

Rudi's fits the bill. Let's break it down:

All Natural

• "Made with stuff you can pronounce and ingredients you recognize" -- Rudi's

The ingredients in the Honey Sweet Whole Wheat: Organic whole wheat flour, water, organic honey, organic wheat gluten, organic evaporated cane juice, yeast, organic high oleic sunflower/safflower oil, sea salt, organic oat flour, organic vinegar, organic molasses, cultured organic wheat starch, organic barley malt, ascorbic acid, natural enzymes

• No synthetic ingredients
• No chemical pesticides
• No high fructose corn syrup

Organic

• Rudi's is USDA certified organic -- at least 95% of the ingredients are organic
• Organic foods are produced without chemical pesticides or fertilizers -- Important for your health and the environment

Full of flavor

Are they ever! Rudi's makes some of the best breads I've eaten! They have a strong, pleasant aroma, great, soft crust, wonderful, chewy texture, and lots of flavor.

The Cinnamon Raisin bread is addictive! It's thick slices are loaded with raisins, cinnamon, and sunflower seeds. It's such a wonderful treat, with a taste so rich and so filling that you have to read the nutritional information to make sure you're not actually eating dessert! Each slice has THREE grams of fiber! Topped with a smear of cream cheese and a sprinkling of ground cinnamon, Rudi's Organic Cinnamon Raisin bread is heaven on your plate.

My whole family enjoyed the Spelt Ancient Grain bread. Full of great stuff, like spelt, quinoa, flax seeds, kamut, amaranth, and millet, it's a bread that's delicious, chewy, and good for you.

Honey Sweet Whole Wheat was my Picky Eater's favorite bread. The other day, I made her some round sandwiches for her lunch box, and she asked for the crusts to munch on while I was making lunch. Any healthful bread that gets the Picky Eater Stamp of Approval is a winner with me, too. The nutritional facts for this bread are wonderful: 100 calories, 1 gram of fat, and 3 grams of fiber for each generous slice.

Country Morning White is a classic white bread.

 While all those grains in the other Rudi's Organic line are full of goodness and things we ought to be reaching for, sometimes, you just need a white bread. Reach for Rudi's. It's soft, yet sturdy, and has a deliciously rich, smooth taste. We found it to be the perfect bread for grilled cheese sandwiches.

Fresh

• Rudi's Organic Bakery breads have a shorter shelf life than other store-bought breads. I love that. It tells me that they avoid all those weird chemical preservatives that other companies use.
• The breads taste fresh baked right out of the package.

From a Company I Feel Comfortable Supporting

Rudi's Organics has a values list that I love. Go read them. They'll put a smile on your face.

And while you're there, check out who Rudi's partners with. The names include:

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  The Organic Trade Association
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  Community Food Share
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  Imus Ranch for Kids with Cancer

Rudi's is a fun, upbeat, positive company. Check out Rudi-isms for another smile. And connect with Rudi's on Facebook and Twitter. They love to hear from their fans.

Now that you know all that about Rudi's, how would you like to try a loaf for yourself, on the house? You can win one of five coupons for a free Rudi's Organic product. Here's how to enter:

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  You must be a public follower of my blog via Google Friend Connect to win.
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  Leave a comment telling me which product you'd like to try. Visit Rudi's to see all their great organic bakery products. Please include your email address if it's not available in your profile. If I can't contact you, you can't win.
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  Entries must be received by Monday, August 30th, at 11:59 p.m. I will use Random.org to select five winners on Tuesday, August 31st and notify them by email and here on All Home Cooking. All Year Long.

Rudi's Organic Bakery sent me one loaf each of Cinnamon Raisin, Spelt Ancient Grain, Honey Sweet Whole Wheat, and Country Morning White for my review. No other compensation was received and the opinions in this review are strictly my own.