Anyone here have celiac? Help!!!!!!!

I have celiac disease as well. I have actually found that the bread substitutes are not all that great... so I just go breadless. There is a good pizza crust you can get from Udi's.

You can buy a lot of gluten free stuff off of Amazon much cheaper than in your grocery store.

I love corn tortillas as a bread substitute... I make quesadillas, chicken ceasar wraps, etc.

You can't go wrong with proteins and salads and fruit though... that is 90% of my diet.

There is also a gluten free group here.... good luck!!

The easiest is to not even try to substitute. Gluten free stuff is expensive, full of sugar and most of it tastes like crap. It means learning to eat different things. There are some good pastas made from brown rice and corn pasta is actually pretty good. I find the rice pastas taste ok hot and fresh but get a vinegar taste in leftovers. It's also got a different texture than wheat pasta and you have to be careful cooking it because one minute it's a rock and the next a pile of mush.

Most canned soups have gluten as a thickener, a lot of processed meats use gluten as a thickener, ice cream the same. We try to eat whole foods, I do a lot of cooking from scratch and don't buy many of the gluten free products. In the long run, we eat healthier now because we avoid a lot of processed foods.

I am gluten sensitive and when GF about 4 years ago. At first we tried to subsitute. Like this poster said, its' expensive and tastes lousy. We decided instead to go whole food for the most part. In the long run it's easier and healthier. If you must have rolls, see if you can find Chebe mix in your local grocery or on Amazon. Makes great roll or bun, freezes well, is not terribly expensive, and unless I tell guests they have no idea it is GF. We also use staples like rice flour, rice noodles, etc and get them at the asian market. Udi's and Rudi's both make a satisfactory sandwich bread, but are expensive and are frozen. I keep some in the house, but it's for that rare occasion when I just have to have pb&j or grilled cheese. Pizza has been the hardest thing for use. I love a nice, tender, slightly sweet hand tossed crust. There is just no way to mimic that without gluten. Udi's pizza dough is not bad although we are getting pretty good at making our own. I also use a lot of corn tortillas on a regular basis. My favorite for bread is corn bread. Adluh corn meal has a great recipe on the bag, no flour needed.

First off, you're awesome for going gluten-free with your husband. My husband did the same for me, and it means a lot.

The transition is a little tough, but it will become second nature. GF substitutes are expensive and used to be pretty nasty, but the options are becoming wider and better-tasting; your best bet, though, is to create new eating habits that aren't grain-based or that are based on naturally gluten-free grains. For example, corn tortillas are already safe, so have some tacos or breakfast burritos. Cream of Buckwheat has always been gluten-free and makes a good hot breakfast cereal for people who liked Cream of Death, er, Wheat. Stir fries are safe so long as you use gluten-free soy sauce (plenty of those available). I generally have yogurt and fruit for breakfast, which is safe.

If you want to add some bread, your safest bets are Schar (you can mail-order these -- they have amazing bread and pasta), Udi's, and Rudi's products. If you like mixes. Pamela's pancake mix is great. Do not, under any circumstances, eat Glutino tapioca bread. It's disgusting.

There are plenty of gluten-free treats available, too (again, mail-order is your friend), but a gluten-free cookie is just as bad for you as a gluteny one -- you don't want to make that the backbone of your diet.

Consider joining the Celiac Disease Foundation. They have a wealth of information and put on a great annual conference (I've gone with my family twice). They also lobby for clear gluten-free labeling laws, which is particularly important for us.

If you have a favorite restaurant, talk to the managers and chefs about your new needs. They'll probably take good care of you. There are a handful of restaurants around here that take good care of my family and me. Plus, gluten-free menus are becoming more common in chains (Outback, Chilis, Macaroni Grill...).

There is a Celiac/Gluten-free group here on MFP that you can join, and, if you are so inclined, you can add me and look at my food diary. I can't promise you I'm the healthiest eater (I'm usually not too bad), but I can promise my food log is 100% gluten-free, so it may give you some ideas.

Now is probably the best time to find out you have Celiac. When my grandma was diagnosed a decade or so ago, the only good snack out there was glutino pretzel rings (which are pretty dang good); now there are tons of options and the internet is overflowing with information. It isn't a hard diet for a Celiac to stick to since we feel SO much better and glutenings tend to be more severe the longer we're on the diet, but even my husband doesn't find it difficult (though he will eat gluten at a restaurant or friend's house, granted, which is FINE. I love that he doesn't bring it in the house).