Hi Lois,

You can order gluten free specialty items off the internet too. For flours, it's really hard to grind them fine enough in a food processor/spice grinder. I like Bob's Red Mill flours because they also test them for gluten. If you get really serious about baking, you can buy your own flour mill, but the good ones cost upwards of $200.

There are other on-line gluten free stores. I can't really recommend one because I can find everything I need where I live. I'm pretty fortunate that way. If you have to be gluten-free, Boulder is one of the best places to do it! Maybe someone else can give some recommendations?

Claire

Welcome!! :)

I use my coffee grinder to grind up my rice. Its way cheaper than buying a 'grain mill'.

Wow...
 

That is great Lois...that you are feeling better.

Welcome here! <claps hands>

It takes a bit of time to find the "tricks" and keep favorites in your
day.

First off, find some Tinkyada pasta in a store near you. I think pasta is
hard to do without.(even tho I don't eat it alot myself). Tinkyada has a lower
glycemic index and helps with blood sugar too. Many non CD's use it just for
that reason! It is most like regular semolina pasta IMO, in mouth feel.

I like Kinnikinic bread (sorry about the spelling)
and also use Whole Foods Prairie and Tomato/basil. (keep in freezer)
But if you are a cooker/chef you can make many things yourself!

This is a wonderful forum and group of people..so welcome here!;)

I'll have to look into getting a coffee grinder, Kim. Thanks for the suggestion. Mrsd, Tinkyada pasta may be kind of difficult to find around here. We're what you might call "small town". The town where our local Walmart is just got its first traffic light! :D However, if we go to one of the larger towns, I'll definitely keep an eye open for it.
I'm getting really good at reading lables, y'all! Question- does "malt added", or "malt flavoring" mean barley? And isn't barley a no-no for us? I thought so, so I scrupuously passed up all of the rice cereal that listed malt. I finally found one that was popped brown rice. Showed my daughter and she said "Yuk!" But looks good to me!
Thanks, Claire for the link to Red Mill flours. I may not be able to afford them, but if I get desperate I might splurge!
Hugs,

Don't forget the Internet! You can always order stuff and have it delivered. :)

Malt is gluten. Steer clear. That was one of the first mistakes I made.... buying wheat free cereal that had malt in it. The second one was a couple of those delicious Lindt chocolate bunnies. They have malt too. I had a migraine for a week. Hard to forget those kind of consequences. :o (That was four years ago now.)

breakfast ideas
 

Good for you! We have given up on boxed cereal for breakfast. We often have the following for breakfast:

kasha (toast 1/2 cup buckwheat groats in dry skillet, add 1 cup water, bring to boil and cook for 10 minutes or until boiled dry, add blackstrap molasses and a bit of soy/rice/almond/cashew/etc. milk!).

cooked rice cereal (put 2.5 cups brown rice and 11 cups water in crock pot on low overnight. In the morning, stir in 1 cup liquid-of-your-choice, some cinnamon, raisins, and chopped walnuts. Let raisins plump, then serve. Top with maple syrup and a bit of milk-of-your-choice).

chopped fresh fruit combined with chopped nuts, seeds, dried fruits

cooked millet with frozen berries stirred in.

shake (blend in blender: 6oz water, 6oz milk-of-choice, 1 orange, 1 banana, 2 TBS flax seeds)

fruit smoothies ...

Hi lois
 

So glad to see you here.:D
Just like to say that there is lots of good advice here, also if you look for health food stores in your area, lots of good stuff in there to eat.

I think the best advice I got when I first started going gluten free was to find something you can have as a treat. ie cake, cookies, these things I craved, then I found a few reciepes and away I went. My husband also eats gluten free, which is really great. He says now that he prefers the way we eat now, and in fact finds that he doesn't even miss it.

Isn't it amazing how your energy level goes up. Take care, Patricia :)

yes,
 

the internet may be necessary for you, Lois.

I do grits for breakfast for hot cereal. You can add things, like honey, bacon etc..and it is quite good. After I went gluten free.. I found oatmeal very problematic. But I can do whole oats, granolas, the natural kind. I don't understand this myself.

Gorilla Munch is gluten free, you can get it from Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/EnviroKidz-Gor.../dp/B000FBL8FU
Other flavors are there too! Even my son's cat eats it! Loves it, begs for it as a treat. :rolleyes: They have started carrying at Kroger's too. Some local stores will special order things if you ask. Give that a try too.

I am not a celiac..but just intolerant. After a while, I could use some things
with malt in them..small amounts. People vary tho.

With your MG, you may need strict observance and you may find an improvement with the MG over time, since it is autoimmune.

Have you seen this link for gluten-free by mail?

GLUTEN-FREE FOOD VENDORS