Because I live with someone that has
celiac decease I have decided that I would make gluten free meals everytime I cook dinner. At
first, I thought it was going to be hard and it is if you're not in
the right mindset. When I looked into cooking GF I found that most of what I make is already gluten free dish anyways, or can be easily reworked to be.
Maybe it's my supportive nature but I
just would feel awful if I made cookies/cake/bread in our house that
Hubster cant eat. I like to bake, cook AND share. You just
cant do that when the people to whom you will be sharing cant digest
what you have lovingly made for them.
So, I guess my point is; living
gluten free is easier then you think.
Think about all the stuff that you would miss if you didn't eat
gluten. Cake (very sugary and fattening), cookies (same as cake),
muffins (most of them are comparable to the formers) and any other
rising bakery item. All of those things are delicious, I know, and
you can and should have them. IN MODERATION. The great thing about
gluten free bakery items (I think anyways) is that they aren't that
easy to find and they are expensive. So they aren't laying around the
house, waiting to be gobbled up. At least we don't buy them that
often. There are also great recipes for GF desserts. I love no bake
cookies. They are easy to make and so tasty!
Now, main dishes.
One of the things that I find most frustrating about the GF diet is
that the food is so much more expensive. What I do for my family is I
make meals that don't normally contain gluten. Things like; BBQ
Chicken, Brisket, Beef Tacos, Jambalaya and Chicken, Grilled Fish
and many more. I also take lots of things that have gluten one the
side like a bun, noodles ect, and I replace the gluten with something
else. One of our favorite things to eat is sloopy joes. But instead
of having buns with it (GF buns can run around $5 for 4 buns. You can
get 8 GF buns for sometimes under a dollar!) we bake a potato and
scoop the sloopy joes on to that.
Living gluten
free is all about imagination! Think of your favorite foods that you
love and figure out a way to make them GF. Also, the best tool of
all(!) is the internet! I have found so many delicious recipes
online. Here are some of those sites that I love and follow.
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