I can't eat gluten either. Try health food shops or internet suppliers for gluten-free muffins, cookies, bread, pasta etc. Most of them taste a bit crap though so you'll need to experiment. Best to make your own using soya flour, potato flour, rice flour, buckwheat flour, chickpea flour (often called garbanzo) and chestnut flour.
Gluten-free foods: Fruit and vegetables (and their juices), most herbs and spices, yoghurt, cream, cheese (check for modified starch just in case), wine, fizzy drinks, meat, nuts, seeds, pulses (beans), plain chocolate, ready salted crisps, ice cream, potatoes, all types of rice, unbattered fish and other seafood, milk, sugar, honey, most soya products (e.g. soya milk, soya yoghurt, soya beans), conserves, rice cakes, salt, eggs, and mayonnaise.
Don't eat: couscous, croutons in soups and salads, deep fried food (usually coated with flour before cooking), barley, pizza, pasta, battered fish (most fried fish is battered), anything you can buy from a bakery (unless it says gluten-free on it), most processed food (modified starch=gluten), most chocolate bars except plain chocolate, pancakes, foods coated with flour before being fried (watch out for chinese - this happens to chicken and in most sweet and sour dishes), rye bread, most snack bars, muesli, tortillas and breakfast cereals.
Unlikely culprits:
Soya sauce except Tamari (used a lot in chinese dishes), most sausages, meatballs (flour is often used for binding), beer, thick sauces (wheat is often used as a thickener), beef burgers (flour is often used for binding), salad dressings, some caviar (usually cheaper ones), many crisps besides ready salted, some frozen potato wedges, some frozen chips, pilau rice seasoning and some canned soups.
Some people are less sensitive than others to oats, so you may be able to eat porridge, snack bars and oat cakes occassionally. If you are super-sensitive try to eat mostly home-made meals to avoid cross-contamination of gluten.
Examples of gluten-free meals without using alternative products are chilli con carne with potatoes, omelettes, most casseroles (watch out for barley), jacket potatoes with cheese, undressed salads, risottos, paellas, most potato dishes and simple meat/fish with rice or potatoes. Beware of eating these dishes out though as wheat may have been used as a thickener. If in doubt, ask.
2006-08-11 05:53:04
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answered by Rebecca C 2
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