I use defatted coconut flour which I buy here: http://www.simplycoconut.com/coconut-products-store.htm

Warning: It is challenging to work with. I found the recipes I got with it often didn't work out well. And there's a pretty strong coconut flavor in everything.

I think the best over all source for gf vending places is:
GLUTEN-FREE FOOD VENDORS

I'll add it to useful websites.

There is a favorite links page in TGF. I'll put that in useful websites, too.

Cara

Junie:

Here's the link to the tests that need to be done: http://jccglutenfree.googlepages.com/diagnostictesting

Thank you very much Kim....I will look into this and take info to my Dr next week

I am so glad to see the TGF file in a sticky by itself!

Thanks Curious, for stickying the baking thread, but I agree it would be more appropriate to have it bundled in with other recipes if we get that far. There are really only a few of us that bake without flour (I think!). But it may be catchin on!

i have gotten VERY positive responses from members of my club about the recipes here. i spend a lot of time tweeking recipes to make them low fat...low sugar...low sodium for them. this is totally new to most. a very health conscience choice for all. my kudos to all. i'm looking forward to ALL the recipes.

keep me and cara posted when the new sticky needs to be placed. do y'all want the one unstuck? ( you can still add to it )

Thanks, Curious, for the Baking Thread sticky.

I like Kim's idea with the different recipe threads listed on one page. Karri Ann's recipe file was great, but only one person could maintain it. Since we all add recipes here at some time or other, a self-maintaining recipe sticky would be wonderful.

I like the TGF stickied, too.

myst

You know... I think this was once suggested at OBT (possibly by mrsd?).

Should we ask for a Recipe sub-forum?

Each thread could be a food category, and then everyone could enter their recipes as posts within it. We could each keep our own post for our own contributions within each category, or we could add each recipe as a separate post. (I'd prefer to keep all mine together in a single post within each category for easy access of my own...but I think that part is can go either way)

Our recipes wouldn't be alphabetized within the categories, but it would be categorized...and we could "stick" the individual topic categories so those didn't float around after every entry. Should I find out if we can do this? I think we probably can.

What would we call it? Help me here~

Gluten Free Recipes
Gluten Sensitivity/ Celiac Disease Forum Recipes
Recipes
Food

What categories? Help me here, too! Kim, do you have the old index categories.


Meats and Main Dishes
Salads and Vegetables
Gluten Free Breads/Pasta/Rice
Desserts
Appetizers
Snacks

How do we handle other "free's" ... all separate categories?
GF/CF
Grain Free
Flour Free
Egg Free


Then perhaps other topics for ??

Kitchen Cross contamination
Flours and GF cooking ingredients explained
Favorite GF Products (personal recommendations of things we like)
GF Manufacturer Lists (like online lists by Frito Lay, Hormel, etc)
GF Restaurant/Menus (links to those found online)

What do you all think? I've been trying to live one day at a time, but this does beg a bigger question. Was it Claire who talked about hanging the curtains? It is hard to live one day at a time without staying frozen in time, and that doesn't seem right either. It is hard to begin moving forward, even day by day, without thinking about the FUTURE. So, I guess I'll ask...what is everyone else thinking here?

Cara

I don't know if it would be possible, but it would be nice to have the "free" recipes within each catagory (maybe at the bottom). Many of the regular recipes can be modified to be free of dairy, eggs etc. so someone needing an appetizer might start in the appetizer category and eventually get down to find one that will work for them. Unfortunately I need GF, dairy free, egg free, soy free, nut free recipes. I doubt there would be much in a category with that title. However, the rolls I make (based on Cara's bread recipe) would be there. Last night Eric was enjoying a sloppy joe on his roll and he said "this is so good--you should sell it-- I bet you would make a million dollars!" I will try to remember that next time I have to bake.

--Judy

People can also attempt to put headers on the title of the recipe, as being

GF/CF/EF/YF etc?

I suppose some recipes can be posted in a couple categories, too...but that begins to sound very complicated...