Flour Question

[ebrbetty]

hi guys, I've been doing pretty good adapting recipes to gluten-free, made a great seafood pasta with white sause today but I'm lost when it comes to flour..If a recipe calls for a cup of flour or I need to bread chicken what type of flour would I use? rice?? I've been using cornstarch when its only a TBLS or for thicking a sause.

thanks

[wolfie]

I have been using a gluten-free All Purpose flour mix made by Bob's Red Mill. There are several out there. I actually just bought a 5 lb bulk package of Bette Hagman's mix online the other day to use when the Bob's runs out. I used cup for cup with the Bob's. I made my homemade chocolate chip cookies with it and couldn't really tell a difference!

Kim

[ebrbetty]

kim, I have the bobs all purpose, It made me sick, I think its the bean flour he uses.

[wolfie]

This new one I ordered online does not use the bean flour...only white rice flour, potato starch flour and tapicoa flour. I was going to mix it myself, but for 5 lbs it was only $10.79, so it seemed better to do it that way. It can be used cup for cup as well, according to Bette Hagman's cookbooks.

HTH!

Kim

[ebrbetty]

that sounds great..where did you order it from? I was thinking of getting one of her books..do you have any?

[wolfie]

I have her newer one "The Gluten-Free Gourmet Cooks Fast & Healthy". I borrowed a couple of her others from DH's coworker who is Celiac too and they are great cookbooks! She has that flour mix and her 4 bean flour mix in the books, plus TONS of other great recipes! You could try the library first to see if you like them or will use them.

I got the flour from www.ener-g.com

Here is the direct link to the flour:

Open Original Shared Link

[ebrbetty]

thanks bunches kim

I'll take a look for the cookbook..we have a used bookstore in town. I'm sorry to say I'm banned from the library I took 3 books out 12 years ago and never brought them back, now I can't find them

[wolfie]

You are very welcome!

I have the same problem with library books! LOL! I have been better since I have had my kids, but I can't seem to ever bring them back on time. We have a small library in town that doesn't have overdue fees....I like that A LOT! hehe!

In my opinion, the cookbooks are worth the $$. I find myself getting bored eating the same thing over and over and I am so sensitive to so many different things that it is nice to be able to try new recipes.

[ebrbetty]

ya, thats whats going on with me..I'm eating chicken so much I think I'm going to wake up and find I have wings and feathers lol

I now seem to be having trouble with soy, had it this week and it felt like I was glutened, I wish there was an easy way to figure out the intolerances, its a guessing game