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Salad Dressing ?

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jessdreams
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Hi all...

Has anyone here had problems with salad dressing even though they appear to be gluten free?

What about white vinegar? Everything I read says this is ok but I swear I got sick after eating a baked potato w/ salsa on it...the only thing I can think of is that it is the vinegar.

And I think this would explain my issue with the salad dressings too.

Either that or I am going crazy!

Any help greatly appreciated!

-Jessica

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missy'smom
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White vinegar should not be a problem. It sounds like you're dealing with cross-contamination or gluten ingredients. Check the labels and call the companies if necessary, post the what kind you're using or do a search here or list the ingedients for us so we can better advise you. If these are items that you're getting when you eat out then there is no way of knowing if it's gluten-free or not unless you ask the staff or manager to tell you what the ingredients are or to ask to look at the labels yourself.

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gdobson
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Hey Jessica,

The way I hear it is people that still have some damage from gluten should avoid vinegar until they are completely healed. The vinegar tends to irritate it.

As for dressing, I just can't help it. I don't trust them. I've called and double checked on a number of them. But I go back to the ones marked gluten free. I just tried Nasoya dressing a couple weeks ago which was a creamy dill ranch type dressing. I thought it was really good.

Gina

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Guhlia
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If you're having problems with salad dressing, I suggest making your own. You can get a salad dressing shaker on amazon .com for about $5. I just mix equal amounts of lemon juice, oil, and rice vinegar (test yourself on this to make sure you don't get sick), then I add sugar and cilantro to taste. It's very good and tastes great on both regular salads and spinach salads. It also makes a great marinade for zuchini squash slices for the grill. Rice vinegar is generally tolerated better by Celiacs who have vinegar issues.

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aikiducky
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Or skip the vinegar all together... I don't like vinegar, I find it too acidic in taste, so I just use lemon juice. Olive oil, lemon juice, a bit of salt, and some herbs is my staple dressing recipe. I don't even make it before hand, just sprinkle everything on top of the salad and then toss.

Pauliina

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marciab
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I can't tolerate vinegar either, so I've been looking for salad dressing and sauce recipes.

This one is good ...

Tahini / garlic dressing

2 - 3 cloves garlic

pinch sea salt

2 tbsp tahini

1 lemon, juice only

1 tbsp EVOO

1 - 2 tbsp + water for desired consistency

Press garlic in garlic press and add to other ingredients. The original recipe calls for using a mortar to pound the garlic, but it really didn't make a difference in the flavor.

Does anyone know of a website that has other recipes ?

I have a salad dressing recipe that uses raw pumpkin seeds as the base too. It's pretty much the same ingredients as above, just 1 cup of pumpkin seeds ground up in the food processor and either dijon mustard or anchovies for flavor. I like anchovies myself. The anchovy paste that you get in the tuna fish section has too many ingredients we can't have, so I just buy the anchovies in the can ... I like it best with only 1/2 a can of anchovies though. Be sure to grind the anchovies with the pumpkin seeds.

Marcia

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tom
Posted
Hi all...

Has anyone here had problems with salad dressing even though they appear to be gluten free?

What about white vinegar? Everything I read says this is ok but I swear I got sick after eating a baked potato w/ salsa on it...the only thing I can think of is that it is the vinegar.

And I think this would explain my issue with the salad dressings too.

Either that or I am going crazy!

Any help greatly appreciated!

-Jessica

Many many celiacs who were symptomatic before going gluten-free have candida overgrowth, which makes ANY vinegar problematic.

The candida symptoms are often masked by the more severe celiac symptoms.

There are some Amy's gluten-free & vinegar-free dressings but I never thought they were near as good as those I make myself.

Usually evOliveOil & juice of 1/2 lemon, in ~3:1 ratio. (Common oil:acid ratio) w/ fresh pressed garlic, sea salt & freshly-ground pepper it's superb.

This site has some salad dressing recipes, I think.

Open Original Shared Link

I have my own list of some gluten-free vinegar-free dressings but can't find it right now. Grrrrrr

Some were Ginger-Lime-Cilantro, Ginger-Sesame(Tahini), Creamy Avocado, . . .

Basically u can take any salad dressing from any of the many great cooking sites & use lemon juice (or sometimes lime) in place of vinegar.

Fresh, quality ingreds are important but once that's taken care of it's a breeze to make a fantastic dressing. I usually make it in the bowl the salad will go in, and sometimes it's better w/ some time to blend.

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Gentleheart
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I can't have vinegar either. Can you make a really good ketchup and a mustard without vinegar? I miss them.

tom Contributor
tom
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I can't have vinegar either. Can you make a really good ketchup and a mustard without vinegar? I miss them.

OMG I practically daydream about good mustard. I used to usually have 3 or 4 varieties on hand. No yellow kidstuff either.

I haven't heard of any to buy or a way to make it. I have made mayo tho. Using lemon juice. It was quite good too.

happygirl Collaborator
happygirl
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Jessica,

Not sure how long youhave been gluten free, but I see you are pretty new to this board.

If it is the case that you are new to the diet, you probably haven't fully healed/fully recovered, etc. You ay be reacting to non-gluten things bc your body is having trouble digesting them (bc of not healing, etc.) You might be able to introduce it later on. (I learned this first hand---thought I was glutening myself----but I wasn't, I just couldn't tolerate some things yet).

Best of luck to you,

Laura

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ravenwoodglass
Posted
Hi all...

Has anyone here had problems with salad dressing even though they appear to be gluten free?

What about white vinegar? Everything I read says this is ok but I swear I got sick after eating a baked potato w/ salsa on it...the only thing I can think of is that it is the vinegar.

And I think this would explain my issue with the salad dressings too.

Either that or I am going crazy!

Any help greatly appreciated!

-Jessica

I know we are not supposed to react gluten wise to distilled grain vinegars or alcohols but both my son and myself have clear gluten reactions. We use Heinz white distilled vinager it is corn or wood derived (I can never remember which) or Heinz apple cider vinager ( not the flavored apple one as that contains malt). We also use rice vinager and wine vinager with no problems.

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missy'smom
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My apologies to Jessica. I didn't know about the vinegar. I've learned something new.

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