Hey, Tracy here again at GL Heritage Brewing Company for a podcast pop-up.
We are at the Amehrstburg Farmers Market and we're having a blast.
You definitely have to follow GL Heritage Brewing Company on social media or their website
so that you can catch up on all the events that are coming up because they do have the
farmers market all the time as well as other events.
Okay, right now I have Chris Brecka who is part owner with your husband or are you full
owner of Healthy Creations.
So nice to meet you.
Thank you.
Now Healthy Creations is a gluten-free store in Windsor and it's just at the corner of
Dugal and Cabana and I've been there and I love, love the food here.
You've had really good wraps.
I've had them before and pizza crust.
Yeah.
It's amazing.
Yeah, our pizza crust is pretty popular.
It really is.
It's so good.
So when did you guys start?
I actually started baking gluten-free things in 1998.
Oh wow.
Yeah, so got a few years experience.
Did you have to go gluten-free or did you just choice?
My son was sick and it took two and a half years to figure out what was going on with
him and then he was diagnosed with celiac.
So I started making gluten-free food for him because the food that was available back then
was horrible, not very good.
And the carbs are through the roof and some of them like you go in the store and it's
like.
It was definitely not appealing for a three-year-old.
So I started making things at home thinking I was going to be, yay, you can eat this.
And I actually started working out of my home at a little makeshift bakery that my husband
made in the basement.
And I did that for almost 11 years.
And the product development during that time was a huge benefit for us when we opened the
business.
And that was in 2009 at our location at Dougal and Cabana.
Okay.
You have also a location in London?
I have a, yeah, we have an affiliate in London.
My cousin runs.
They actually just relocated.
So this is a nice plug for them, I hope.
They moved from Springbank to Meadowbrook.
So they're kind of looking to get their regulars back shopping and find some new folks out
there who need gluten-free stuff.
Because I was looking, they are right next to us and the pie crust looks amazing.
They have pies and it really looks good.
Our pies are pretty popular, yeah.
You have a little bit of everything going on there.
We have a lot of products, you're right.
Some days I'm like, we need to trim this down.
Let's make stuff that's not as popular.
And honestly, we're making, we're just making this stuff all the time.
And I keep touching her brioche hamburger buns.
I can't believe how soft they are.
Yeah, I'm going to be buying some of those because I think I might have ruined a package
by playing with it a little too much.
But even the biscottis, there's a lot of stuff.
And I noticed a pancake mix.
Yep.
It's an all-purpose mix so you can use it.
Like a Bisquick.
Yeah, but I call it Crisquick.
I like that.
That's clever.
That's very clever.
Why not?
Hey, that's great.
I'm going to have to get some of that too so put one aside for me.
All right, I will.
So obviously there's not going to be any new products coming up yet?
Yeah, we're always tweaking and messing around with stuff.
So I do have a few items that we throw out every once in a while in addition to the things
that we always carry.
But we really try and encourage people to give us some feedback too so that we know
the things that they're really liking and maybe we will keep making those things.
But we definitely stick to the tried and true ones, obviously.
We have a lot of customers that will buy turtle bars and date squares.
Those are popular.
Cheesecake, that kind of stuff.
And our bread products are staples, I guess.
So people come in for their loaf of bread, maybe pick up a few other items.
So honestly, I'm not just saying that because she's sitting here.
I was looking at the carb content because I mean, that's a big thing with especially
with gluten free stuff is the carbs are usually through the roof.
And these are really it's really reasonable carb content.
Not too bad.
Yeah, we're using whole grain.
So we're trying to trying to balance it.
It's a healthy carb.
So don't be discouraged if you see the package, which is nice because the other ones that
you buy in the stores, there's so many fillers.
We try to use minimal ingredients.
I kind of describe it as you know, what grandma used to make in her in her kitchen.
Just the things that you have on hand.
There's no added preservatives.
There's no flavor enhancers.
There's no different things like dough softeners or any of that.
And you don't need it.
You never know that that wasn't in there.
I love it.
So you guys do a lot of markets as well as the stores.
Actually, we just we just started today.
This is our first one.
So we're hoping to to get some good relations going on.
And I definitely think you guys should do a lot of markets.
And it seems like you've had quite a few people stopping by here.
And just to let you know, we have the Fort Malden friends of Fort Malden and the kids
are putting off the muskets right now.
So that's the sound that you might have just heard in the background.
If it picked up, I'm not sure.
But thank you so much.
I do appreciate you for being on here today.
And definitely if you can't get out to healthy creations, catch them on social media.
And you have a website as well.
Yep.
Okay.
Instagram, Facebook, everywhere you go and the market here.
We'll be back.
We'll be back again.
Oh, definitely dates to be here.
So.
Thank you so much and thank you for joining me for another episode of YQG In Bloom.
You guys have a great day.