Wheat free recipes and ideas

MimiJane

I remember sending away for a testing kit and, yes, according to that it was systemic.

One thing I found alarming was that (apart from the usual symptoms) rashes started appearing all over my body. I went to my doctor, who attempted to treat the various symptoms separately with various pills and, of course, nothing worked. She eventually told me she didn't know what else to do It was at this stage that I decided to "go it alone".

I've found the forum savvy that I found so helpful at the time, though the format seems to have changed quite a bit. It's ...

http://www.healthyawareness.com/forum/default.asp?b=42

It might help to have a look.

I found it very educational in learning all about candida and the people using it were great and offered some really good advice.

Mimi x

blue-kat

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anyway, i cant recommend 'Healthy Gluten-free Eating' by Darina Allen and Rosemary Kearney enough..[/quote]

the soda bread recipe is excellent - another free-from recipe you'd never guess, that stands up on taste test.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/whitesodabread_74765.shtml

more of their recipes:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/mostof_coeliac5.shtml#about_darina_allen_and_rosemary_kearney

blue-kat

mrsmortenharket wrote: »

Can I use the doves farm plain flour to make a cheese sace or pastry/crumble?

yes - or use corn flour or even easier, just warm creme fraiche and add your cheese, no flour needed at all.

I've found the Dove's Farm White bread flour makes a good toasting loaf in the Panny BM - but quite sweet and I'd guess high GI.

I'm looking out for the Brown bread flour to try.

basketcase

Hi!

Can't eat wheat without feeling carp and reeeeeeeally miss proper bread! The wheat-free stuff is nearly all expensive and horrible.

1) Is it possible just to substitute oatmeal or, possibly, barley flour for wheat flour in 'ordinary' bread recipes?
2) If so, are there any adjustments that need to be made - amount fluid etc
3) And could I use it in the 'No Knead' bread recipe?
4) Any way to leave bread in the fridge overnight (or while at work) and bake during breakfast/after work?

As you can tell, I've not made bread before. Well, I did once bake bread, but couldn't bring myself to break the jewellers window with it...:rotfl:

thriftlady_2

No is the short answer I'm afraid. Oatmeal doesn't have enough gluten to make a decent loaf. You will be able to make some sort of edible and probably tasty 'bannock' type loaf but don't expect it to be like real bread. Most soda bread recipes I've seen have at least some wheat flour in them.

belfastgirl23

If you have a breadmaker does it have gluten free recipes in the handbook? I know my panasonic does...

dawkins

You can either:
1) use a variety of flours you buy individually from a health food shop (rice flour, quinoa flour, buckwheat flour etc, depending on recipe) and find a recipe - a quick online search found this site http://www.csaceliacs.org/recipes2.php?catid=6
or 2) buy branded gluten-free flour like Doves Farm bread flour, which comes with bread recipes on the bag.

If you can get it from the library, I would recommend reading Andrew Whitley's "Bread Matters" which has a good section on gluten-free baking. It also has some interesting discussion about why quick baking techniques (bread-machines, modern industrial processes) may produce wheat bread which more people are intolerant of, because they don't allow the development of enough lactic acid bacteria to neutralise the parts of gluten people are intolerant of. Of course, I'm not suggesting this would help if you have full-blown wheat allergy or coeliac disease.
Coincidentally, a long slow rise for wheat bread (overnight for example) is the easiest way to tie bread-making in with working and makes really tasty loaves in my opinion.

You could also try making wheat-free cornbread or socca (chickpea flour bread/crepe) both of which are delicious in my opinion, even though I eat 'normal' bread!

wigglebeena

Does it have to be bread? You could make oatcakes, very quick and easy, just different looking. or as dawkins says gram flour pancakes are nice. So are maizemeal ones (lovely actually, esp. if you get proper stone ground maize meal from the whole food shop instead of the cheap supermarket stuff). Potato pancakes, baked potatoes... Rice in soups or salads...

Penelope_Penguin

Is this thread any good - gluten free bread

Penny. x

basketcase

thriftlady wrote: »

No is the short answer I'm afraid. Oatmeal doesn't have enough gluten to make a decent loaf.

Thought not...

Thanks for getting back, anyway