Gluten/Wheat Free

neverdespairgirl

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

Also remember that not everything contains gluten in the first place. Rice products, for example, are gluten free even if they are not labelled as such (but check the ingredients to make sure there is no added wheat or other gluten ingredients).

You need to be careful, though, if you are a coeliac, as even a little contamination from a factory making different products can be nasty.

nzmegs wrote: »

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it is always best to avoid anything which has been processed and that includes gluten free. Just cook from scratch and avoid wheat. it is pretty easy. I never eat bread or pasta or anything like that and I don't miss it.

There is gluten in things other than wheat! Barley, for example, and some coeliacs can't tolerate oats, either.

jakes-mum

you've actually just missed the Tesco 3 for 2 offer on gluten free which was on for coeliac week. All the supermarkets have their own G/F section but as others have said its rarely cheap. If the person in question is a diagnosed coeliac and under 16 (or over 16 and entitled to free prescriptions) they can get the basics free on prescription, these vary from council to council, in my area this only includes bread, flour, pasta, crackers etc but in Wales you can also get pizza bases, biscuits etc.

Also its worth looking at supermarket own brands as well, they make alot of money splashing the words gluten free on packaging, but if you compare tesco's own brand cornflakes/coco pops/frosties to the Tesco own brand Gluten free boxes, the ingredients are pretty much identical and are also included in the coeliacs UK book as ok for coeliacs to eat.

clare64

We wouldlike to lower the amount of gluten that we eat, can anyone recommend any good gluten-free cookbooks?

jakes-mum

Ive never used a G/F cookbook tbh, I wrote my own, everytime I want to make something gluten free I just google it and write the recipe down in my book if it comes out well Got a wicked bannoffee pie and rocky road recipe that my DS hounds me to make on a regular basis, also make a fairly good G/F yorkshire pudding

chewynut

See if you can get anything on prescription. And I'm afraid as others have said, that's the cheapest you can get it GF simply isn't cheap. You pay more for two GF cakes than you'd pay for a whole pack of non-GF cakes. There's no value or own brand range and the 'use by' dates are awful. I rarely buy anything from Tesco now because there have been packets of cobs so out of date they've gone watery and green on the shelf :eek:

If it needs to be cheap then you're best off looking for cheap foods that happen to be gluten free.

Or, make everything at home. I get Juvela mix on prescription and use it for everything because I hate almonds. With a bit of practise, Xanthan Gum (not made from wheat) and baking powder, you can make GF versions of most things. 9/10, homemade things are far nicer than anything you'll get in a shop. You just have to be organised and prepared to experiment.

Just_a_Girl_2

As a coeliac, I find it easier and much healthier to eliminate those kinds of products rather than trying to replace them.

Amanda65

My best friend is coeliac and really doesn't use many 'gluten free' branded products - mainly as she was diagnosed as a baby 45 years ago and they didn't exist so she has grown up avoiding / substituting and doesn't actually like things like GF pasta etc.

When I cook for her I generally use cornflour as a thickener for sauces, cook rice or potatoes as a carbohydrate and other find things like tacos a good meal. Other than that she pretty much eats what we do, would substitute rice for pasta with a bolognese and loves a roast

davidswife

Thank you to everyone for your replies and advice.