Gluten Free And Allergies

[lorka150]

I have tonnes of food allergies, but combined with a gluten-free diet, I am allergic to rice and buckwheat - two flours I would love to bake with (I used to bake all the time). It's so frustrating because a lot of things are sweetened with rice syrup or use rice or kasha.

Any suggestions? Anyone else in this boat?

[Guest nini]

I've heard of this... I think in your case you are going to have to stick with a diet of fresh fruits, veggies, and meats and dairy if you can tolerate it... there are other flours you can bake with such as quinoa and tapioca. Can you tolerate the corn pastas? If not I have seen quinoa pastas that are pretty good.

Stay away from as much processed stuff as you can since the majority of the gluten-free processed foods use rice

[tarnalberry]

You may want to see how you do with qunioa, amaranth, teff, and millet. (All are available in flours and whole grains.)

[Merika]

Lorka,

I'm allergic to rice too. I still eat it I too have tons of allergies (food, not pollen). I am experimenting with cutting out some of my allergy foods, but not all. I probably would feel better if I cut them ALL out, but then I'd be dead (haha) from starvation.

I tried quinoa and a bunch of other grains initially. I found none of them sat well with me. I think I'd probably be best of eating NO grains at all. Maybe you could switch to potatoes? You can cook with potato flour and bean flours, and avoid grains that way.

My son really likes the quinoa pastas. Best wishes,

Merika

[skbird]

I've thought about going grain free, and if I needed to bake something, I'd use tapioca or buckwheat (as it's a fruit). If tapioca works for you, then you have some options. For example, Chebe bread mixes use tapioca only (also known as manioc). Also, the bean flour route is a good suggestion.

I hope you can find something that works for you!

Stephanie