Really healthy eating on a budget

PipneyJane

Hi Jenny

Have you been tested for Coelic’s disease? I was listening to a Freakonomics Radio podcast about it and thought of you. Amongst other things, the prevalence is surprising. Italy routinely screen all children and find it to be 1:300, that’s one person in every 300! The episode, together with a complete transcript, can be found here: http://freakonomics.com/podcast/demonization-gluten/

- Pip

PipneyJane

Lolly_willowes wrote: »

I know this post has been quiet a while but the name of flatbread made with chickpea flour is socca and there are loads of recipes online.
And whilst this isn't a cheap recipe this cake recipe is naturally gluten free as long as you watch the baking powder.
It won't let me post a link. Fine cooking website orange and almond cake by Claudia roden
It is a faff as you boil oranges for a couple of hours and almond flour isn't the cheapest ( better priced in aldi) but this has real cake texture and no one I served it to could tell that it was gf.
My brother is coeliac and he loved it as a treat.
As for cheap healthy food I have an aldi and a lidl near me and I check out the veg offers ahead of time and then do a brief menu plan in my head. They are also often cheaper for things like quinoa which is great when gf used in salads for work ect.
I also eat a lot less meat but I'm not gf myself, just aware for others.
Eggs, cheap protein that are versatile and delicious!

I have the recipe. It’s a traditional Jewish Passover recipe and that made me think of something else: if you live near a Jewish community, now is the time to find and stock up on ground almonds, rice flour, potato flour and “kosher le pesach”/“kosher for Passover” baking powder which, by definition, won’t have wheat flour in it. Passover is in a couple of weeks and the prohibition on leavened items means that anything that is Kosher for Passover will be wheat free.

- Pip

JennyP

Pretty sure I am not coeliac! I don't have symptoms of it. But Freakanomics podcast - not heard of that though read the book!

Great tip about going to Jewish shops. Not sure where my nearest are though.... I have just moved back to west Yorkshire from london so would probably have to go to Manchester.

janb5

Waitrose have a kosher section too- not sure if Tesco`s have?

K9sandFelines

JennyP wrote: »

Lemon - for an otherwise cheap sardine recipe. It uses the zest unfortunately or I would use juice which we keep in the fridge. I will give it a go without the zest next time and see what the difference is.

Tesco also now sell frozen zest. I know you have little freezer space; butit might be something to consider in the future.

PollyWollyDoodle

PipneyJane wrote: »

I have the recipe. It’s a traditional Jewish Passover recipe and that made me think of something else: if you live near a Jewish community, now is the time to find and stock up on ground almonds, rice flour, potato flour and “kosher le pesach”/“kosher for Passover” baking powder which, by definition, won’t have wheat flour in it. Passover is in a couple of weeks and the prohibition on leavened items means that anything that is Kosher for Passover will be wheat free.

- Pip

I'm no expert on Jewish or kosher food, but I don't think it's necessarily the case that it will be wheat or gluten free. 'Unleavened' means no yeast - it could still have wheat flour in it.

doingitanyway

PollyWollyDoodle wrote: »

I'm no expert on Jewish or kosher food, but I don't think it's necessarily the case that it will be wheat or gluten free. 'Unleavened' means no yeast - it could still have wheat flour in it.

Exactly right.