Gluten Free

SWood426

Hey Guys!
So i've recently been diagnosed with Celiacs....so I now have the unfortunate lifestyle of eating Gluten Free.... Does anyone else eat Gluten Free?! Do you have any good recipes?

I've no longer got all the bread cravings that I used to...and it's not so bad anymore because Im not even tempted to eat anything I shouldn't because I end up sick as a dog for the next 24-36 hours...

I'm also allergic to most fruit and most nuts...almonds included, which eliminates Almond Flour....not fun!

I currenlty CrossFit and I was doing the Paleo diet for a while, but it just doens't work for me due to my nut and fruit allergies...I was just dropping too much weight.

Anyone have any suggestions/Advice!?

firsttimersluck

I went Gluten free KINDA for a while just to try it out. 

I cut out all grains for a while, and now that I'm slowly converting to vegan I have no choice but to add it back in, but I'm only adding back in the whole wheat, barley, etc. None of that white flour crap.. 

I know at first it may seem overwhelming but it's really not bad. Spaghetti squash is amaaazing instead of pasta (I avoid pasta at all costs anyway) 

I'm glad you've reconsidered Paleo.

Cutting out so many things for paleo cuts out a lot of options.. And you are going to need some of those options .. Make legumes (beans) your new bestie. They will make up those vitamins/nutrients that you are lacking from the grains and nuts. 

You CAN use other flours. Coconut and Quinoa flours are incredible for baking. 

Quinoa will always be your new bestie.. It's a powerful little "grain-like" seed. 

I have no specific recipes since .. I pretty much don't cook with flour period.. But you won't struggle much to find new recipes that are GF since it's a new "trend" in the US. 

SWood426

Thank You so much!

Yea...it's definitely different...it's only been a couple months and i'm starting to get used to it...mostly it's just difficult to go out to dinner. I'm much more comfortable making something at home...but that's not quite as much fun. 

Unfortunately I'm not able to use Coconut flour/oils because I'm allergic to Coconut as well... big surprise! Can't have all the good stuff!

I have heard good things about the Quinoa flour...but I've only tried the pasta, which wasn't bad.

I guess i'm just going to keep chuggin along here...

Thanks again!

souptin

Hey! I am GF too

I do not have the limitations that you have however.  I also dont think being GF is unfortunate...this allergy has been the best thing to happen to me in terms of health all the little temptations of sweets and stuff that was so easily accessible is just no longer an option and I never eat processed foods anymore..win win!

as for food tips, I started making a lot of Indian style food-very full of flavour and filling and actually not that hard to make.
I homemake almost everything now that i used to buy including salad dressings, sauces, soups all that kind of stuff.
If you are craving a bread like option bisquick makes a GF variety ( I dont know what flours are in it) but I know the biscuits I make with it are divine and such a treat!
For going out, dont know if you have any where you live, but I'm in Canada and I LOVE swiss chalet! the dipping sauce is GF as well

dewingedpixie

I have celiac disease. I was diagnosed over 8 years ago. This is my 9th year on the diet.I dont tolorate soy protein or oats, and I am suspected to have pancreatic issues so no high fat or high sugar. I'm on a low fat high protein diet.

9 years ago the products were absolutely aweful, today they've come a long long way. There are many wonderful breads now, and they even offer whole grain options. Just know they are typically higher calorie and not as fortefied as their gluten containing counter parts. If you let me know what you like bread wise I can reccomend breads, mixes, and possibly even recipes.

I reccomend tinkyada brown rice pasta with rice bran for pasta. Just watch it like a hawk at the end of the cooking. Another option I like is to sub the pasta out for steamed veggies. Its very filling and low calorie. I really like a mix of squash and eggplant with peppers and broccoli for this.

Rice will become your friend. There are many types of rice. I stick with brown rice as the staple, but I eat a lot of alboro, and basmati as well.

As to flour blends many reccomend a mix of rice, tapioca, and potato starch with a binder such as xanthem gum. This binder makes up for the lack of sticking that you'd get from the gluten. To make the blend mroe wholesome I always use brown rice flour. I also really love blends with sourghorum. I use this inplace of soy flour in many recipes because it has a similair protein to carb ratio and I tolorate it well. I could use garfarva but I have a tendency to taste the beans in the foods so I use sorghorum instead as it has a milder almost sweet aftertaste rather than the bitter one I taste on the garfava. Note I have a very sensitive pallate FI jokes you could blind fold me and I could be given foods with different artificial colors and tell you exactly what color it is based on the aftertaste. Unfortunatly this isnt a joke because I can tell you Red dye #40 (mettalic) pretty quick and Yellow 7 (sour), and Blues (bitter).

As to your main foods I reccomend going to a diet with mostly whole foods. I eat a very produce ladden diet with a lot of lean dairy and meat.

Once you get used to the diet you'll be happy to know there are a lot of good options for eating out. Eating out is always risky though.

larnen

My FI is on a gluten free diet, and I cook for him a lot.  We have a really great health food store around here that has all kinds of food for people that are eating gluten free.  I found a really great Bob's Red Mill bread mix and a biscuit mix that is really great.  We eat tons of rice.  Try looking on Pinterest.  I have found a ton of recipes there.  The easiest thing I have found is to take a recipe I like, and then make it gluten free by substituting out the wheat products with gluten free products.   

SWood426

Thanks ladies! I appreciate all the help/advice!

MerAndTrick

Hi from a fellow Crossfitter!!!

My GF is also a crossfitter and recently diagnosed as well.  It's been an ok transition for her because she doesn't have nut allergies, and eats mainly Paleo.

I eat Primal... but have also cut out Gluten even on cheat days.  One of the things we've found thats been great is Flax Meal.  Are you allergic to that?  We use it a lot to make chicken cutlets, as breading in recipes etc.

Best of luck!

SWood426

hello!! I haven't had any problems with Flax thus far, but my Doctor told me to be somewhat careful of it because my mother is highly allergic to it...and It seems like I continue to take on all of her allergies...

So far the transition at home has been okay, it hasn't been difficult and I feel like a million bucks...but eating out is the real test....