[connieelee6]

I am fairly new to this. But is there anywhere on the internet I can purchase gluten free food at affordable prices? Everything is so expensive. I'm the only one allergic in my home so I don't need much. Thanks

[sleepingbean]

Avoiding pre packaged gluten free crackers, breads, and such will save you a lot of money! Just changing the way you eat. I am an at home mom so I am able to spend a lot of time baking. I bake almost everything from scratch (gluten-free/CF breads, pancakes, waffles, cookies etc).

Some things we do without (crackers)

And others we have subbed, skipped or replaced. We used corn tortillas in the beginning and homemade roti naan type breaks made of millet flour. Easy. Lundberg rice cakes have been a huge snack hit for me. I put nut butter and dried fruit on mine. Yum!

The girls liked almond butter mixed with coconut and honey and then they just dipped veggies into it. Also very good!

So there are ways to get out of spending a lot of money.

I buy Gifts of Nature gluten-free flour mix in bulk, which is a little less then $3 a lb. Rice flour is around 50 cents a lb and you can do quite a bit with rice flour and a little starch.

We do tend to buy in bulk where we can to cut the costs as well.