GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); Thanksgiving is full of gluten-filled landmines. If this is your first Thanksgiving on a gluten free diet, you might not realize the challenge that awaits you. Read this list and make sure you’re ready to stay gluten free this Thanksgiving. Even if you’re not new to the gluten free diet, a refresher of the… [Continue Reading]
Am I Gluten Intolerant? How To Find Out
October 7, 2011 By 44 Comments
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); In last week newsletter I mistakenly said that the only way to know if you are gluten intolerant is to try a gluten free diet. My wonderful newsletter readers wrote back to let me know that I was wrong. Here’s the question that I was responding to, followed by my readers’ responses. Q: My… [Continue Reading]
10 Reasons You’re Not Staying on a GF Diet
August 25, 2011 By 29 Comments
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); The emails that my readers send me tend to go through spurts. Sometimes all of the emails are very encouraging. Sometimes they are filled with questions from the curious. At other times, the emails are filled with whiny complaints and excuses. We’re in one of those phases right now, so here’s some tough love.… [Continue Reading]
“I’m Starting A Gluten Free Diet. When Will I Feel Better?”
May 19, 2011 By 220 Comments
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); One of the more frequent questions that I see in my email runs something like this: “I’m about to start a gluten free trial because I think it may help with some of the symptoms I’ve been suffering with for years. What I don’t know, and I don’t know who else to ask, is… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Waffles
August 29, 2009 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); Our family has found a new favorite weekend breakfast – gluten free waffles! You all know that we’ve been on the gluten free diet for years now, so that first bite of homemade waffles was absolute heaven! We stuffed ourselves! The recipe is a conversion of the “Basic Waffles” recipe in Joy of Cooking.… [Continue Reading]
Grocery Shopping for Your Gluten Free Diet – Week One
May 28, 2009 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); This is the second post in a series on Starting the Gluten Free Diet. Click here for a list of the other posts in the series. To make sure that you get all of the posts in the series sign up for free email updates in the right sidebar. For more help getting started… [Continue Reading]
What to Eat on a Gluten Free Diet – Week One
May 21, 2009 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); The hardest part of the gluten free diet is probably when you realize that wheat is in almost every processed food imaginable. So don’t think about that now! Give yourself a week to mourn the fact that you can’t buy normal bread and pasta, and that Campbell’s soup can no longer dwell in your… [Continue Reading]
Getting Started on a Gluten Free Diet
May 17, 2009 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); Hello all, This week a commenter mentioned that she was developing several celiac disease symptoms and asked for advice on starting a gluten free diet, so I’ve decided to use her questions as an impetus to write a series of articles. I sat down last night and jotted down a list of 10 actions… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Sale at Amazon: Pasta, Flour, Pretzels, Cookies
April 23, 2009 By
I just got an email from Amazon about a Grocery Sale that they are running for Earth Day. There are several great deals on gluten free foods, especially gluten free flour. And if you have trouble finding gluten free pasta and gluten free cookies at your local stores, now is your chance to stock up.
What’s in a Frugal Gluten Free Pantry?
January 30, 2009 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); This is the fifth part in a series “Gluten Free Grocery Shopping on a Budget” in which Heather shares how she feeds a family of 6 a gluten free diet for $350 – $400 a month. In this last post, Heather gives us a peak into her pantry. **If you have any questions for… [Continue Reading]
Frugal Gluten Free Diet: Part 4
January 28, 2009 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); This is the fourth part in a series “Gluten Free Grocery Shopping on a Budget” in which Heather shares how she feeds a family of 6 a gluten free diet for $350 – $400 a month. Here are Heather’s responses to some of my follow-up questions: 1. Did you use a price book to… [Continue Reading]
5 More Tips for a Frugal Gluten Free Diet
January 26, 2009 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); This is the third part in a series “Gluten Free Grocery Shopping on a Budget” in which Heather shares how she feeds a family of 6 a gluten free diet for $350 – $400 a month. (And she says she could do with less if she really tried!) 6) Buy less expensive cuts of… [Continue Reading]
5 Tips for a Frugal Gluten Free Diet
January 13, 2009 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); This is the second part in a series “Gluten Free Grocery Shopping on a Budget” in which Heather shares how she feeds a family of 6 a gluten free diet for $350 – $400 a month. (And she says she could do with less if she really tried!) Heather: Here’s an expansion of my… [Continue Reading]
How to Feed a Family of 6 for $9.16 a Day
January 9, 2009 By
Frugal gluten free grocery shopper shares her tips on
Breakfast on a Budget – Cream of Corn Cereal
January 6, 2009 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); The theme for January’s posts is Kitchen Management – things like gluten free grocery shopping on a budget, stocking a gluten free pantry, and how to clean a messy kitchen. The posts will be shorter and more frequent than normal (since I won’t have to multi-test as many recipes) and there will be several… [Continue Reading]
Spoonbread Corn Muffins Inspired by Tayst in Nashville
November 30, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); The thermometer mercury is dropping here in Alabama and I’m ready for some good, hearty non-Thanksgiving food before I start the Christmas baking. So I made up a new corn muffin recipe. A few months ago we ate dinner at Tayst in Nashville and they served us the most delicious corn muffins. They were… [Continue Reading]
A Gluten Free Thanksgiving
November 23, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); Thanksgiving is only four days away and I will be in charge of all of the cooking this year. (Mom is on the DL) So, it’s high time that I planned the menu! We’re having a low-key Thanksgiving this year; just my mom and dad, John, David and myself. I want to keep the… [Continue Reading]
Save up to 25% on Gluten Free Pantry Mixes
November 10, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); It looks like Amazon is really pushing its gluten free products during November. You can get a 25% discount on certain Gluten Free Pantry mixes (10% off +15% Subscribe and Save discount) when you purchase before November 30th. Here’s a list of what is on sale: Chocolate Truffle Brownie Mix Country French Bread Mix… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Bread: Banana Bread
November 8, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); Last Monday morning I was cleaning up the kitchen and discovered that we had somehow accumulated 10 very ripe bananas in the back of the freezer. John has been asking for a loaf of banana bread for several months and he’d obviously done a good job at stashing away the bananas that I would… [Continue Reading]
An Overflowing Menu
November 3, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); Menu Planning for Two (weeks that is): Sometimes it really helps me to brainstorm my menus in my blogging software….and since the menu is already in a post, I thought I’d share it with you. If any of the meals, catch your eye, let me know in the comments and I’ll make a note… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Menu Swap Roundup for August 18th
August 17, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); So last week, I spent way to much at Walmart and have no grocery budget left for the rest of the month. Everything I’m making this week is coming straight out of the pantry. Luckily, we have a good supply of staples on hand and this week’s menu wasn’t very difficult. Next week may… [Continue Reading]
Two Minutes to Homemade Bread
August 4, 2008 By
Making homemade bread is easy when you have a stash of homemade bread mix in the freezer. Follow along as I make a stash of my favorite gluten free bread mix.
Multi-Grain Flat Bread: Gluten Free Bread Without Starch
June 18, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); If you haven’t guessed by now, most gluten free bread recipes are a bit scarce in the nutrients we’re accustomed to seeing in wheat bread. One reason is that wheat breads are usually fortified with vitamins and minerals during the manufacturing process, and the other is that gluten free breads depend heavily on starch… [Continue Reading]
How to Bake a Gluten Free Angel Food Cake
March 27, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); Please welcome our guest author:Natalie Naramor, Gluten Free Mommy Homemade angel food cake requires very few ingredients and is a snap if your gluten free flour mix is already prepared. It can be intimidating to work with egg whites at first, so visit Gluten Free Cooking School’s archives on How to Beat Egg Whites… [Continue Reading]
22 Days to Go: Gluten Free Flour Tortillas
March 24, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); These were so yummy and so easy to make. We used them in Last of the Sweet Potatoes soft tacos, which I’ll get around to posting some day.
Open Thread: Your Burning Gluten Free Questions
March 10, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); Hi everyone, Last weeks open thread went so well that I’d like to try another one. This week you can head down to the comments and leave your most urgent question about living gluten free or you can chime in and answer someone else’s questions. Since I’ve been horrible about answering the questions that… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Gusto: Mixing it up
January 31, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); A few weeks ago I sent out a call for you favorite gluten free mixes. Gluten free flours are definitely one of the more overwhelming aspects of gluten free cooking, but it helps to hear what mixes are working for others. I’m really excited to try some of the mixes below. I mean, who… [Continue Reading]
Spinach and Mushroom Lasagna (GF,CF,SF)
January 24, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); A few weeks ago Gluten Free Mommy called my bluff and asked me to post the Spinach Mushroom Lasagna that was in my menu for that week. I had to sheepishly admit that I hadn’t even come up with the recipe yet. I gave it some thought and decided to go for a gluten… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free, Soy Free All Purpose Flour Mix
January 5, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); Sometime in my early days of gluten free baking I learned the following: Truth #1: Gluten free baking takes longer than non-gluten free baking. Truth #2: I still have only 24 hours per day. Conclusion: If I’m ever going to get around to cleaning the kitchen or folding laundry, I need to reduce the… [Continue Reading]
Best Gluten Free Recipes from 2007
December 31, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); I only have an hour and 15 minutes left to look back on 2007, so here is a quick roundup of my most popular blog posts from the year (determined by the number of times each was viewed). There has been some recent comment action on several of these, so you may want to… [Continue Reading]
Black Bean Enchiladas Recipe
December 9, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); Somehow we end up with orphaned packets of taco seasoning in our pantry. I’m not sure how it happens; maybe there is a taco seasoning fairy. But when they show up, we’re always happy to see them because it means we’ll be having Black Bean Enchiladas for supper. This recipe started out one night… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Spiced Apple Pancakes
September 29, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); The fall air has made it back to Alabama this morning and it is lovely. A perfect day to drink hot tea on the deck and enjoy the cool air, sunshine, and birds. It was also a perfect morning to play with my pancake recipe. The Gala apples that have been sitting in the… [Continue Reading]
7 Great Things About a Gluten Free Diet
September 5, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); The first few days and weeks of life on a gluten free diet are tough. You’re not sure what to eat. Lots of the food in your pantry is full of gluten. And, many of your favorite comfort foods are off-limits just when you really need some comfort. But, there is hope. Here are… [Continue Reading]
