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jimmie25
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I'm very new to gluten free diet, my doctor believes I have celiacs disease and told me that after the endoscopy (is that what they call it..) I'll have to switch to gluten free products. So far all the bread I've found in my local grocery store is terribly expensive. Having made my calculations, I'll probably be cheaper off baking my own bread. Problem is: I'm hopeless when it comes to baking or cooking for that matter, it's never been a hobby of mine, neither a talent, really... If anyone could share some easy reciepies, I'd appreciate that.
I tried baking gluten free carrot cake today and in my humble opinion it turned out to be very delicious, I didn't even burn it, as I usually do when I try to bake something
How have you adjusted to your diet? Feel free to share your favorite reciepies!
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I'm very new to gluten free diet, my doctor believes I have celiacs disease and told me that after the endoscopy (is that what they call it..) I'll have to switch to gluten free products. So far all the bread I've found in my local grocery store is terribly expensive. Having made my calculations, I'll probably be cheaper off baking my own bread. Problem is: I'm hopeless when it comes to baking or cooking for that matter, it's never been a hobby of mine, neither a talent, really... If anyone could share some easy reciepies, I'd appreciate that.
I tried baking gluten free carrot cake today and in my humble opinion it turned out to be very delicious, I didn't even burn it, as I usually do when I try to bake something
How have you adjusted to your diet? Feel free to share your favorite reciepies!
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From my experience home baked bread tastes better than the gluten free variety in stores. I am TERRIBLE at baking-soooo I got a bread machine, a package of Bobs Red Mill bread mix and presto! Yummy, home baked bread! And I have been very creative at finding things that I can substitute for bread when I am just too lazy to make it lol (yes I can be too lazy to pour ingredients in a machine and plug it in) Feel free to add me!0
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My best advice is to not count on bread. Baking gf bread can be difficult, but check out the blog glutenfreeonashoestring.com. She's got a ton of good recipes. But, gf baking is not always conducive to weight loss!
Also, if you want to try gf premade breads, email the company and let them know you have just been diagnosed and would like to try their product, and would really appreciate some coupons. Sometimes it works!0 -
I have been baking GF bread for over 7 years, and it is not always good for your weight loss as mooglysmom wrote. But feel free to add me as a friend, if you like. I can send you some recipes for the more healthier types
Also, if you are going for an endoscopy - you´ll want to keep eating gluten and not go glutenfree until after you have had this proceedure. If you go off gluten now, they might not see the effect gluten has on your intestine. Or which is what my specialist told me, at the time of my diagnosis.
Hope everything goes well for you!0 -
I have not had any good experience with store bought gf bread it was all very dissappointing to me. I choose not to eat bread and substitued it with lettuce leaves for some things. I have emailed some companies and got coupons and others have actually sent me free samples to try. I did find that UDIS makes a gf pizza crust that I love and it very good. I make vegi pizza on it and yum yum. You can add me if you like. I was diagnosed with an intolerance for gluten and have been gluten free since Jan 27th. It is a learning experience and so far so good for me.
Also do not go Gluten free until after your endoscopy I did it before and I refuse to eat the gluten now to see if it is really celiac disease or just intolerance. I feel so much better and do nto want to feel like I use to when I had the gluten in my diet. Also the GF bisquick is a good package item so far. Tammara 0 -
I like Udi's for pre-made and Pamela's Bread Mix for make-at-home. If you like Pamela's you can buy big containers of it in a case through Amazon.com's Subscribe & Save program and I think that's the cheapest it gets.
If you're used to baking bread with wheat flour you may imagine you can just swap out the wheat for rice flour (and that certainly would be cheaper) but it doesn't really work that way (unless you like eating a crumbling pile of crumbly crumbs). Over time, I have begun to think of bread as a "treat" food (like truffles!) and I generally use other things (rice cakes, lettuce leaves, etc.) or otherwise adapt my diet to not rely on bread as a staple food. In the short run buying substitute foods that are GF is EXPENSIVE but will make the transition easier. In the long run, start looking more at incorporating whatever GF grains and carbs work for you, in a "non-substitute" way. If you can appreciate them for what they are rather than thinking of them as "fake" versions of bread, cake, etc., you'll have a more positive experience with your food.
But, yeah, GF food is just more expensive.
I have never been organized enough to do it, but if you save receipts from all your special GF foods, and add them up at tax time, I think you can get a rebate.
The person who linked to GF on a Shoestring is right on. That site has a nice homemade bread recipe that is the cheapest and tastiest I have seen. Here are a few websites I like that have gluten free options:
http://www.theppk.com/ (a lot of yummy GF options on this primarily vegan site)
http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/ (totally GF + other allergy-friendly)
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I can see that you all have more choices of glutenfree things than we have over here in Denmark. But on the other hand we get a monthly financial aid to cover the cost (only if you have been diagnosed with celiac by a gastroscopy).
I mostly buy GF products from finax, schar, orgran and sometimes order exciting things from England. Otherwise I buy GF grains and make my own breads. Most of the premaid breads are very dry and even what you can buy at bakeries is more expensive than it´s worth.
I hate when I´m going to visit someone (always have my own food with me) - and they buy a cake or bread for me, out of the goodness of their hearts or worse - try to bake some bread, doing theGF substitute for wheat in one of their regular recipes!!
But it can also be a godsend, when the mother in law has baked one of her chocolate cakes 0 -
I have had Celiac disease for 4 1/2 years... Almost all of the gluten free products are expensive.. And depending on the recipes you use, it is expensive to make your own breads too... I have found Udi's products. About $5 each package. But they freeze so I can save them... I have a few recipes for baiking bread.. I have a really good one for rye bread.... When using a bread maker, do not use the quick rise setting. This makes the bread crumble.... You may friend me if you want me to share recipes....I also have a recipe for "flour mix" that I use in place of regular flour and seems to work well.....Especially in my peanut butter cookies...I usually make these when I have to take something to share when invited to friend's houses...0
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dhencel - is this real rye bread or are you subbing something?? (Since rye is a big no no??)
Yup, I love the Udi's bread and pizza crust. I want to try their muffins and cupcakes! Our store just got them in, and they now have premade pizzas!! And the price was not terrible at all!! I really want to try it.
Don't give up gluten at ALL (eat like you normally would) until after your endoscopy. I had mine more than a year after I went GF so they couldn't tell anything at all - it was for something unrelated, but based on prior symptoms they checked just in case. The GI basically said she was sure I have Celiacs, but I will never have a definite diagnosis. It's a bummer, but seeing as I feel so much better while GF (and my arthritis is gone, along with the bloating, and migraines and all that other 'fun' stuff!).0
