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Some Ideas For Gluten Free And No Nightshades

Lisa79

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I am newly diagnosed celiac with an intolerance to nightshades. Been new to all this, its so overwhelming and scary at the moment and get a bit sorry for myself when I try think of meal ideas.

I really am struggling to come up with meal ideas, most gluten free pastas have potato starch.

Anyone else have the same problem. I need some ideas.

Thanks

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I am newly diagnosed celiac with an intolerance to nightshades. Been new to all this, its so overwhelming and scary at the moment and get a bit sorry for myself when I try think of meal ideas.

I really am struggling to come up with meal ideas, most gluten free pastas have potato starch.

Anyone else have the same problem. I need some ideas.

Thanks

I started a thread on this a while ago; here is a link:

https://www.celiac.com/gluten-free/lofivers...php/t55222.html

At least I had a year of just gluten and soy free, before I realized that I had to get rid of the nightshades too. You will find a lot of help on this thread.

The British Orgran pastas do not have potato in them, just rice and corn, but I'm not sure if you get them there.

Anyway, this is a starting point for you, even a tomato-less tomato sauce from Davey Boy's link. I can testify that it is really hard. You can use sweet potato for things like rosti (made from grated potato) and fritters and rissoles--yeah, I know, different taste but your taste buds will have to change. A good way to do swwet potatoes is to dice them and sautee them in a pan in a little oil and a little water. By the time the water evaporates they caramelize nicely.

I make a tomato free lasagna with spinach and mushrooms and a bechamel sauce--you can either google and find a recipe or pm me and I will send it to you. I am avoiding nightshades beause of RA but every now and then, say once a week, I do allow myself a couple of slices of tomato or a smidgen of potato, but no bell peppers, they are deadly nightshades for me.

Hang in there and experiment; grieve for the loss but soon it will become second nature to not even think of them much. It is amazing what we can adjust to when we have to.

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psawyer
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I'm not sure where you are. In North America, there are some manufacturers of gluten-free pasta that do not use potato. Glutino is just brown rice. Potato seems to be the exception here.

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RiceGuy
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Tinkyada pasta doesn't have any potato in it. I don't think DeBoles does either. I do know that a number of cellophane noodles (bean thread) have potato starch, because it is cheaper, but the 100% mung bean starch ones are also available.

I recently began experimenting with a nightshade-free pasta sauce, and it looks, smells, and tastes just like tomato sauce :) It's basically the same idea used in the Nomato sauce products. Easy to make too.

For potatoes, I recommend taro. Like potato, it is a white starchy root. It actually tastes a lot like potato, and can be made in all the same ways as potato, including mashed, baked, boiled, etc. You can even make fries and chips. Only the skin looks a bit strange, and I doubt it's edible.

Turnip and parsnip can also work in place of potato in certain recipes.

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