Alexia Artisan Breads Whole Grain Wheat Rolls with Flaxseeds

By: Tanya Taylor, PhD | Mar 20, 2006

Alexia Whole Grain Wheat Rolls is au natural, made with whole wheat flour and other grains including flaxseed. These rolls go straight from freezer to the oven for only 8-10 minutes, and then to your plate, and they come out looking exactly like it does on the package - very appealing. Split it down the middle and add a little margarine [my favorite is Fleischmann's Olive Oil Spread], and bite in to a surprisingly good tasting roll. I say surprisingly, because sometimes I find whole wheat breads to be coarser in texture than regular breads, but not so with this product. It's actually quite delicious, soft inside, with a harder crust outside. I thoroughly enjoyed eating it until I bit into some kind of tiny plant like particle. Was that flaxseed? soy grits? I don't know, but when I'm eating a roll, I don't want to taste anything but bread unless I put it in there. There's not a lot of these 'tiny surprises' in the bread, but I didn't enjoy this extra addition. However, once I knew that it was there, the second time I baked up a batch of rolls and ate one ... I still didn't like the extra tiny bits, but at least I expected them.

One roll (which is a serving) is 90 calories, 1 gram of fat, 220 mg sodium (9% of daily recommendations), 3 grams of fiber (11% of daily recommendations), 1 gram of sugar and 4 grams of protein. There are 8 rolls in a package, which cost me $2.58 at Wal-Mart. I think this is a great alternative to regular rolls, but just remember, you're adding almost 100 calories to your meal when you add a roll, so don't over-do it.

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