Eating Wheat and Gluten Free

If you would like to go out to eat delicious and fit in Plano is a totally gluten free establishment. They also have a store and bakery with all gluten free items.
Located at: 930 W. Parker #420, Plano, Texas 75075
SE Corner of Parker & Alma behind Chubby's
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good luck
http://www.delicious-n-fit.com/default.asp?id=205370&...

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As others mentioned, you need to avoid other grains (rye, barley and most oats) to avoid gluten. Also, gluten is a hidden ingredient in many processed foods (e.g., soups, broths, seasonings, etc.). Here's a decent list of unsafe ingredients:
http://www.celiac.com/articles/182/1/Unsafe-Gluten-Free-F...
(Note: this may get chopped, just go out to the
www.celiac.com website (a really comprehensive one that has recipes too!) and on the left look for the lists of safe and unsafe ingredients).
As it suggests at the end, there are many ingredients in processed foods that are unknown, so unless the product is labeled GF, you need to contact the manufacturer.

My favorite cookbooks are by Bette Hagman (gluten-free gourmet), with her Fast and Healthy being my favorite. It has a wide range of recipes. However, I find that I still use my joy of cooking and that it's not that difficult to convert most recipes. You can find gluten-free flour mixtures that you can replace one for one with wheat flour in recipes. For baked goods, you usually want to add some Xanthan gum, since the gluten-free flours don't have the elasticity of a wheat flour. But, if you stick with a whole foods diet (fruits, veggies, beans, unprocessed meats, nuts and seeds), you can naturally avoid gluten.
There are also quite a few blogs out there for folks on the GF diet and they have some excellent recipes. And, this is the most comprehensive celiac website (including recipes): www.celiac.com

Also, if you are on the diet for medical reasons, then you really should have your children screened as well, since it is a genetic disorder and is is currently one of the most underdiagnosed diseases in this country. The sooner kids start the diet, their chances for long term health impacts (e.g., cancers, autoimmune disorders) decreases.

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My best friend made this the last time we were over for dinner and it was wonderful!! Raw broccoli (tops only) chopped up small, with bacon crumbles, raisins, and pine nuts. I could have eaten the whole bowl!

I just bought a cookbook called Sofie Safe Cooking. It has some great recipes free of milk, eggs, wheat, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, fish & shellfish. It may be more that you are looking for, but it has tons of recipes kids will eat.

Not sure if you're doing this because you have to, or because you want to but if you're avoiding gluten, you need to eliminate more than just wheat from your diet. People with celiac have to avoid other grains as well that also contain gluten such as buckwheat and rye. As mentioned, there are a ton of cookbooks out there. Check with your local library. Also, there are a bunch of blogs and websites written by people coping with celiac that have recipes listed. This is a great one: http://glutenfreegirl.blogspot.com/ and here is more info on celiac: http://glutenfreegirl.blogspot.com/2007/05/do-you-have-ce...

Grab a big bag of Pamela's pancake mix at Whole Foods or order it off their web site ( cheaper that way). You can make gluten free pancakes, cookies, muffins and it is so easy.
I've been using it for five years and people rave about my cookies. My son has eaten pancakes baked with this mix for years and loves them.
K

wheat IS gluten, so if you are eating gluten free, that would mean wheat free... there are a TON of good gluten free cookbooks out there, one is called the gluten free gourmet. good luck! also, places like sprouts and whole food market have a good selection of snack foods that are gluten free.

Hi D., check out the book called "Gluten-Free Gourmet Bakes Bread" by Bette Hagman. You may find it useful for baking muffins and other snacks. If you are looking to order different kinds of flours for baking, check out www.authenticfoods.com or www.glutenfree-supermarket.com

Hope this helps.
C.

I actually don't know much about what is available, but while shopping at Whole Foods Market recently I saw a box of pasta that was gluten free. I can't remember what it was made of though! It may have been rice or soy based.

There are several web sites that offer recipes for gluten free. Glutenfree.com,celiac.com,glutenfreepantry.com. You can check out the celiac web site for all kinds of ideas and info. The is also a fantastic gluten free restaurant in Plano called Delicious 'n Fit. It is at Alma & Parker Rd in Plano, ###-###-####. I was diagnosed in '05 & have had my stuggles too.
Hope this helps,
J.

There is a website that a girlfriend of mine subscribes to called http://www.savingdinner.com/ and they have gluten free as she needs the gluten free. I have tried some of them as she shared them with me and they are really good. Good luck.

I do have some recipes that are really good....bread and muffins. Email me your email and I will send them to you.

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you need to visit Bonnie Minskie's website. SHe has healthy recipies.

Hello, my daughter is allergic to wheat. So everything is wheat free in our house, but there are some gluten in the recipes. If you are still interested, email me back on what kind of recipes. Also you can google wheat free recipes & tons will come up.

Take a look at this yahoo group
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/foodlab/

Check out the book, Body Ecology Diet by D. Gates. There are a MILLION recipes there. There are some on her website, www.bodyecologydiet.com . Also I believe there are some good resources on www.pecanbread.com

We are currently eating gluten, casein, corn, soy, sugar, legumes and chocolate free. We eat LOTS of meat and veggies and sprinkle in quinoa (YUM!) and buckwheat. We limit fruits to an afternoon or evening snack.

At the Sprouts grocery store, they sell bars called Lara Bars. They are DELICIOUS and absolutely clean diet-wise. My kids LOVE them.

Sprouts has a booklet of all their gluten/wheat-free products on the stand by their sales ad just inside the front door.

Hope this helps---private message me if I can be of more info.

there's a great book out.........
gluten free for dummies

it has quite a few good recipes

Hi D.!
I can help you! I am a distributor for Homemade Gourmet. We offer meal solutions for people on the go that are quick and nutritious. I have a list of wheat and gluten free mixes and recipes that you can just put together in a few minutes (literally) and have more choices in your diet.
Visit my website at www.homemadegourmet.com/Kathy3080 or call me at ###-###-#### and I'll be glad to visit with you and send you some ideas!
K.