Gluten-free advice

If you live near a Sam's Club, they have several gluten-free cracker options! I like to eat them with tuna for a quick lunch.

There is a gluten free group on here. I've eaten gluten free for like five years now. What started as a way to encourage my wife (who was recommended to go gluten free for a health condition) turned into discovering that I was Celiac.

Canyon Bakehouse and Sam's Choice breads are my favorites. Canyon Bakehouse is also likely the cleanest in ingredients.

For Quick Breads, I like King Arthur flour. For yeast, I use an Italian brand called Caputto's gluten free (they make regular flour too, so get the right one). For yeast raised breads, there's no comparison. I have found nothing gluten free to raise like Caputtos. It behaves almost just like regular flour. I've made pizzas, Belgium Liege Waffles, soft pretzels and much more with it and it turns out amazing. I'm wanting to make some Sticky Buns soon.

For pasta, it's all up for debate in my family. Barilla's is likely the best, but we also eat others. For instance, it depends on the usage. For chicken noodle, rice fettuccini turns out best and doesn't fall apart. I like chickpea pasta too. Barilla's is mostly corn, so I limit it.

For crackers, try the ones from Schar. They are usually not in the cracker section, but in a section all to themselves. Another brand to try is the ones from Lance -- they have GF Peanut Butter and Cheese crackers. I hate crackers made from rice flour. It's like eating just crunchy nothing.

There are some refrigerator cookies which are great. Look for them in the refrigerator sections.

Udi's sucks. Not sure how else to say it. Hamburger Buns are just OK. I hate their Pizza dough. And my wife is allergic to cow dairy, so don't even get me started on fake cheese. God it's horrid.

What you'll find, with time, is that you can eat healthier snacks and adjust. Hummus with veggies, we eat GF pretzels, sometimes (on rare occasion) potato chips cooked in avocado oil or coconut oil. Popcorn is great.

It's so hard to transition, but after doing it for a while you get so used to it that it's really easy.

Here are my favorites!

- Hamburger Buns - Schär brand Ciabata rolls are so good! They taste like regular buns. My favorite choice for sure.
- Bread - Canyon Bakehouse.
- Crackers - Lance baked original. They taste so good. Very close to ritz crackers.
- Cereal - Honey Nut Chex. Chex brand has a few options and they are not overpriced.
- General Tso - Live G Free (I found this at Aldi, not sure where you are located). I almost cried when I found this because I miss chinese so much! It's so good.
- Other Chinese - Feel Good Foods makes some wonderful egg rolls and pot stickers.
- Puff Pastry Dough - Schär. This stuff is so yummy. I have used it for regular dinner roles, pigs in a blanket, and homemade toaster strudels.
- Noodles - I have found that most of them are good. I like Barilla.
- Baking tips - get all purpose gluten free flour with xanthem gum, or buy xanthem gum seperate and add it. It makes a huge difference in baked goods!
- Pizza - Freschetta is pretty good. I have switched to urban farmer sweet potato crusts because they are much more reasonably priced and still tasty.

I love the GF bread at Trader Joe's as well. I've also discovered Bob's Red Mill GF pizza crust which is about the closed I can find to "real" pizza crust. Bob's Red Mill chocolate chip cookie mix is also excellent. I make the cookies for my son who tells me that they are just like my homemade recipe. Bob's Red Mill also has some great 1:1 gluten free flours. I recently made a GF coffee cake and GF chocolate chip cake using the flour. No one could tell it was GF.
Wishing you all the best. I believe it takes a while to find the products you like, mostly through trial and error.
And if you ever want a nice GF treat, Nothing Bundt Cakes has a delicious GF mini bundt cake!

I would look to cuisines that can be easily adapted to gluten-free, like Thai. San-J is one brand that has GF soy sauce.

https://www.thekitchn.com/the-difference-between-tamari-and-soy-sauce-ingredient-intelligence-174139

I discovered I had Celiac 10 years ago. In that time, as an avid baker, I've found my favourite flour is GF Jules. It has the consistency of cake flour, so very lightweight and measure for measure. My non-Celiac family like the texture of the cookies and breads. Jules has an amazing amount of recipes on her website, too, most of which include dairy free options. I even made a GF King Cake for Mardi Gras last February!

This is quite specific, but I recommend buckwheat flour for pancakes if you make them. I believe that's what a gluten-free, vegan restaurant I get them from uses, and I actually like them way better than I like pancakes made with regular flour.

We started using this pizza cauliflower crust to avoid extra carbs for my diabetic family members. It tastes pretty good, but I recommend baking it on a pizza pan or cookie sheet to keep it from getting cooked to crunchy. I believe we bought it at Walmart, or our local grocery store.

Other than tjs gluten free pancake mix, I've decided to just to stay away from flour. Most gluten free flour is so high in carbohydrates.
I do like the caulipower brand. Their tortillas, chicken tenders and pizza crust is pretty good.
There is this egg white wrap thing that is really good to in place of bread that is 25 calories. Texture is like flour tortillas.

i dont eat gluten free myself, but do prepare and buy food for a senior farmer in our area who has celiac disease and is on a VERY limited income and needs help (no one to help him).

I buy the gluten free flour w/ xanthum gum included to make him baked goods. Gluten free pastas to make those dishes (making him a simple lasagna this weekend). Was planning on making him some muffins this weekend too.

Honestly, the stuff is so expensive that I haven't tried any of the premade products I get for him. I do a lot of soups for us, and its easy to portion his out before adding noodles or anything, or I simply don't include anything he cant have.

He seems to like it all well enough. I Have had the justins peanut butter cups- and those ARE good. but I never met a peanut butter cup I didn't like LOL

my sister (only because she likes to be trendy) likes the cauliflower crust pizzas, but this guy doesn't have a full size oven and I don't think his toaster oven is big enough for a full size pizza, or I would get him one of those.