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starter shopping list for gluten free needed

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NaughtyNigel · 08/03/2008 17:46

am so utterly fed up with DD and her moods/behaviour have pretty much decided to not wait for the dietitian appointment, which may take 6 weeks, and think i'm going to take the plunge and try GF o see is it will make a difference.
So i need a little guidence. which supermarket will be best and what do i need for the basics?

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smoggie · 08/03/2008 18:09

Hi
It's a while since I've bought it as ds1 grew out of his gluten allergy at 2yrs so I haven't looked specifically for g-free for 2 years (just nut, egg and celery) but as I recall...Sainsbury's was by far the best.
Their 'Free from' range was very good - lots of biscuits, bread, cakes, frozen food (pizzas, lasagne, pies)that were suitable.
The bread is always a bit dry and not great -better toasted I found. I did try making it in the breadmaker but never quite got the hang...although I think quite a few on here have so mught be worth doing a search in the allergies section.
Watch out for gluten in things you wouldn't normally think of - some sausages, stocks, sauces etc. It's used a lot in thickeners for sauces/bulking agent for sausages (rusk).

Tesco not bad now, but I just remember finding more that ds1 would eat from S'bury's.
HTH

NaughtyNigel · 08/03/2008 18:17

thanks.
is it true i'll need a spearate toaster/breadboard? don't mind as can get value range ones until i know if there's any difference to DD. also can i use our breadmaker for GF bread - I suppose it would be different from a toaster as you can scrub it?

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hennipenni · 08/03/2008 18:25

Whether you would need seperate equipment for your DD would depend on how sensitive she is to gluten. Our DD is on a W/G free diet, we use the same chopping boards, grill pan etc but always prepare hers first. We also use just the one bread maker for all our needs as you can scrub them. HTH.

Sainburys free from sausages are the biz and also have hidden veg in too.

tatt · 09/03/2008 06:49

Sainsburys is good for most things and ours even has gluten free food in the freezer section (just a few things, their pizza is good). If you look carefully you can get beefburgers in the regular frozen section that are gluten free and cheaper - look for 100% beef and check the allergy information. However our Sainsburys don't sell xanthum gum (Tescos do) which is invaluable for making normal tasting gluten free cakes.

I am a terrible cook but make acceptable gluten free bread in the breadmaker with doves bread flour. It tastes more bread like if you use rice milk rather than cows milk. The shop bought gluten free bread is revolting. I have tried a different bread recipe and it was a miserable failure so I strongly recommend starting with Doves. Don't forget you can make cake in the breadmaker too.

Basics - pasta, bread and ordinary flour, xanthum gum, rice based cereal or cornflakes for breakfast, Sainsburys jaffa cakes and pizza for when you don't have time to cook, cornflour, rice, potatoes, oven chips with no wheat coating (quite a lot of chips/roast potatoes have a wheat coating), baked beans and cheese for quick baked potato with ....meals.

We love buckwheat pancakes but you'll probably have to go to a health food shop for buckwheat flour. If you see any Mrs Crimbles brownie type cakes are fantastic, but I've only seen them in Asda and a health food store. Asda also had buckwheat which you can grind to make flour (never tried that myself, the health food shop man said people do when he runs out of flour).

If you're very busy there are lots of other things that would save time but they tend to be pricey.

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