Anyone tried to cut down on wheat?

[fartmeistergeneral]

I can't imagine cutting down on bread, pasta, cereals. What's the alternative? Anyone got any ideas - child friendly.

[maggiesmama]

rice or corn pasta is delish

[fartmeistergeneral]

corn pasta - do I just get this in supermarket? Does it taste similar?

[threebob]

I eat no gluten - lots of meat and 2 veg type meals, leftover roast and microwaved veggies instead of a sandwich.

Veggie baton with hummous as a snack or a handful of crisps (always popular).

I don't eat pasta apart from sometimes making a lasagne with potato pasta (which is fab).

Breakfast is rice porridge or rice flakes (special ones without malt) lots of yoghurt, fruit and rice bread with philadephia on it.

I like eating things that are expensive but naturally gluten free like cashew nuts rather than pay a fortune for horrid crumbly bread. Substitution only worked for me after about 2 months once I had forgotten what the original tasted like.

And now - don't miss it.

[fartmeistergeneral]

what's potato pasta?

[maggiesmama]

go to the wheat free section in the supermarket. lots and lots of options. prefer corn pasta to rice pasta, by the way

[fartmeistergeneral]

bumping this, am knackered and going to bed!

I'll bump again tomorrow.

[threebob]

Here it's just the normal free from pasta happens to be made from potato flour. it's very absorbant so makes a great lasagne.

But I think you'll find less resistance by serving naturally wheat free food.

[fartmeistergeneral]

anything else?

[flack]

Alternatives, er, potatoes? That includes chips, roast, boiled, mashed, casserole. Add some ketchup, they won't miss the pasta... what about rice? Brown, white, basmati, rissoto...Boiled egg instead of a sarnie in child lunchbox? Rice cakes with spread in lunchbox? Lentils, pearl barley, quinoa, arame or pulses for tea (admittedly, my children won't eat, but DH & I happily tuck in while they have something else).

Heap up with vegetables and keep the starches a small part of the main meal.

Bread: so many options. eg., You can get rye bread in Lidl that has almost no wheat. It's like wholemeal, though, so go for a rice or corn flour bread if your children wouldn't touch wholemeal.

Corn biscuits (scones) or buckwheat pancakes (American style).

Cereals: porridge, corn flakes, readybrek, rice puffs, puffed millet etc. in health food shop.

My children eat all of that fine, although they love wheat bread, too. I imagine it's very hard to be completely wheat free, but cutting down just seems easy to me.

[threebob]

I'd say it's easier to cut it out altogether

1. you can see if wheat was actually a problem.
   
2. you stop missing it, craving it - which is actually a symptom you have a problem with it.
   
3. You can't lie to yourself in the manner of a dieter.
   
4. Come on - beautiful french baguette or crappy rice bread that needs toasting and is still bloody awful - which would you choose!