Hi! I've accepted your friend request. The healthiest options involve NOT replacing the breads, etc. but for starters UDI brand multigrain bread is the best gf bread out there. My breakfasts are either a piece of toast and a couple of eggs with fruit, or an omelette with lots of veggies, or gf cereal (Nature's Path has a bunch but they are not really that healthy). I also make a hot cereal out of rice hot cereal and add flax, hemp hearts and other stuff to it. One can also by gluten-free (i.e. no cross contamination) oatmeal ... but it's very dear so I don't).

Does your wife have issues with dairy or soy? Sometimes taking out gluten is not enough initially -- I can have dairy now but couldn't for a number of years.

I am impressed that you have such a forward thinking neurologist. My neurologist just stared into space recently when I asked him whether accidental gluten ingestion could be causing my symptoms!

Oh! You're in the UK -- just noticed. I recall hearing that the admissable gluten levels are HIGHER in UK products, which likely would not be good for your wife. Just something to watch for.

This site has some amazing recipes. http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.ca/
Also, many people have gluten-free recipe boards on Pinterest -- I find quite a few that way.
Even though she really shouldn't replace all the starchy stuff -- this is my favourite pizza crust recipe because pizza is important -- it's excellent: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Gluten-Free-Pizza-241924

There are a number of good rice pasta brands available (and corn too).

You can use corn starch, potato starch or tapioca starch to thicken things (first two are good with gravy, first and last for sweet things). If you're in the UK, you likely add breadcrumbs to hamburgers, etc. -- not needed.

My favourite baked goods are made out of this little book -- very healthy, high in protein and not made with junk: (comes from Canada though it's on Amazon so you might be in luck. You would just need to make sure you can access the ingredients locally): http://thenograinerbaker.com/

That's all I've got for now, but feel free to message me if you have questions. I'd love to help :-).

Eggs are good of course but you can make gluten free pancakes, waffles, quiches and such. If you're just wanting to be as simple as possible while you get used to things then eggs, fruit, gluten free yogurt, gluten free breakfast meats and gluten free granola (though she may want to avoid oats for awhile in the beginning because many gluten intolerant people can't tolerate those either.) You can make a breakfast casserole using eggs, cheese, meat and/or vegetables very easily. We often do this, it's like a quiche but you don't have a crust. I mix everything up, pour it into a 9x13 greased pan, bake and then we just cut squares of it for breakfast or a snack. Easy to do and you can vary them quite a bit so you're eating the same thing but you're not.

I normally eat the following for breakfast

1.) 2 scrambled eggs with shredded cheese and spinach
2 pieces of bacon
Green tea

2.) Smoothie (spinach, strawberries, milled flaxseed, coconut water truvia sweetner)

3.) 2 boiled eggs

4.) 2 scrambled eggs, 2 sausage patties

Try to stay away from the Gluten-Free foods initially. Sometimes the grains make me ill even though they are gluten free.

Good luck

I agree going gluten free has helped with my asthma. Thanks for the book advice!

I usually have yogurt or eggs. If your wife likes oatmeal, be sure to get oats that are specifically labeled "gluten free." Buckwheat is another grain that does not contain gluten, in spite of the name, and the kind that you cook for breakfast is good with maple syrup. Always read labels, just to make sure that anything you buy wasn't processed around wheat. Some of the pancake mixes, like Pamela's and Bob's Red Mill, are very tasty, and pancakes are quick to make.

I hope that going gluten free solves the problem for your wife!

I'm reading that book, "Wheat Belly," and amazed at how so much of what he writes makes total sense. I have one week GF now, but wondering how to count calories.... ???

Are you using MFP to log what you eat? I'm able to find most of the gluten free foods that I eat, and I also use the recipe function for recipes that I make from scratch.