Hi Ben – not exactly sure what those products are at that specific store, but just make sure you look at the ingredients and organic is best.

what about the almond flour and coconut flour at winco? are those ok? They’re only like $3 a pound.

@Kyli – Hmm not sure what to tell you. Try again? I used Honeville flour many times for this and it works for me. Could have been a measurement problem?

@Vibeke – He uses honey still. Honey doesn’t bother most people with FM (in small doses no guzzling from the bottle). But as we say on the site test each food and create your own custom diet.

Side note: Trader Joe’s almond meal is not certified gluten free and has caused our severely sensitive Celiac daughter to get sick from eating it.

And lastly, I hate suggeting anything, since you guys are so great and generous with your information to help people, but I can’t get over it when I read of you using the microwave and also see teflon pans. It makes me cringe. When one is spending so much effort to heal their bodies, it doesn’t make sense to add harmful substances from teflon and the microwave kills so much of the beneficial parts in food. Takes me under a minute to heat up coconut oil in the cast iron or stainless steel pan or re-heat food. We threw out all our old teflon along with the microwave – love the extra counter space!
~All the best

TJ’s almond flour is NOT blanched.
We live 5 hours away from one, but when we are near, we stock up. The unblanched tastes more like whole wheat. We like it in the SCD lois lang bread and in pumpkin muffins better than the blanched. But in pancakes, crackers, and cookies we like the blanched best.

Also, their canned fish is in BPA free tins.

I buy up tons and it keeps for months in my cool cellar. (I’d guess about 6-8 months)

@ Wendy – Thanks for the comment I’m glad your enjoying it, thanks for the tips on different brands of almond flour. I didn’t even think about that. Try making raisin cinnamon pancakes they are a big favorite of mine! If you have any other tricks you use I’d love to hear them.

Great tip Wendy!

The closest Trader Joe’s to me is about an hour away but it may be worth the drive at that price!

I normally use the almond flour from the following stores online:
http://store.honeyvillegrain.com/blanchedalmondflour5lb.aspx

http://lucyskitchenshop.com/flour.html

But currently I’m trying some organic almond flour found here (which I really like!):
http://www.benefityourlifestore.com/organic-almond-flour-blanchedfinely-ground-p-326.html

All three of the companies above make great products and I can personally vouch for them!

@Amy – Hi thanks for getting back to me, let me know what you think of the pancakes!

I will give an idea I just had. I just went into the health food store and a tiny bag of almond flour was like 12 bucks, so I said forget that. I have a spice grinder that I think will do the same thing with a bag of almonds. Of course it may not make that much of a difference as bags of almonds are expensive too, but it may save a bit this way and spice grinders (the tiny ones) are only maybe 20 bucks.