ruthla

I've been using xanthan gum in my gluten-free baking, but I've recently cut all obvious corn out of my diet and I've been feeling healthier as a result. I just found out that xanthan gum is corn-derived. Is there an alternative that's 100% corn-free?

Every week for Shabbos (Jewish Sabbath) I've been making a gluten-free challah for myself, plus getting wheat challahs for other family members who don't have a problem with gluten. I'm always nervous about cross contamination, no matter how careful we are. For those without gluten sensitivities, Jewish law requires bread to be made from wheat, spelt,...

We just finished up my daughter's Bat Mitzvah earlier today. We got the cakes from Open Original Shared Link including a gluten-free flourless cake so I could actually eat some for once!! For the main course, we ordered fish and grilled veggies (plus pasta since it's my daughter's favorite and she doesn't have any problems with gluten.) I only hope I didn...

Ok, a friend of mine who lives close by was doing shopping in one of the "kosher stores" about a 40 minute drive away, and she was able to pick up the gluten-free oat matza for me. It cost $30 for a one pound box, so I'm just getting the one box this year; I'll still get the cheaper matzah for other family members so the oat matzah won't get used up quite...

Rice crackers are a problem for me, religiously, on Passover. I would not allow any guests to bring rice products into my kosher-for-Passover kitchen. Thanks for the link! My other option is to try spelt matza. I know it's not gluten free, but it's lower in gluten than wheat and maybe I could tolerate it for one week a year. Or maybe it...

Does anybody know where I could find gluten-free oat matzah? I can't imagine not having something to use at the seder, but I also don't want to eat something that might sicken me. I'm an Orthodox Ashkenazi Jew, so it needs to be 100% kosher for Passover, and I don't eat rice or corn during Passover.

I made the hamentashen from the recipe posted at the beginning of the thread, but with a few changes in the flours. They came out great! The dough was a bit crumbly to work with- but my daughters did the labor intensive part, not me. They came out absolutely delicious, and my oldest told me that they taste BETTER than the wheat-based ones we received from...

I realize you posted this a year ago, but I'm planning to skip any recipe that calls for matzah meal. There are plenty of potato starch based recipes out there. There are Jews, with no allergies or food sensitivities, are extra strict about Passover observance and cook without matzah meal. This means that they don't get matzah wet or use matzah meal or crumbled...

This year (5768/2008) it's Thursday night March 20th and Friday March 21st so it's time to bake hamentashen again! I knew I could count on this website to get a recipe for hamentashen that doesn't rely on doctoring an overpriced gluten-free cookie mix.

Urgh. I stupidly ate some baked ziti the other night (made with rice pasta, but I shouldn't have had the dairy) and now I feel like crap. I can't test any new foods until I get all this dairy out of my system, which might take a few weeks. And with only 6 weeks until Passover, there really isn't time to recover from the dairy, test oats and then recover...

None of these seem to be available in any stores near me (I'm near Fairway and Dr. B. Well Naturally and not too far from Wild By Nature). Are the Irish steel-cut oats gluten-free? I know I can get those locally.

It came out really good last week, and we didn't finish all 6 rolls that I made, so I froze them and thawed them for this week. Yeah! 1 less thing to cook on a busy Friday! I now keep a baking mix made up in a resealable container. I mix 1 cup white rice flour, 1/4 cup cornstarch, 1 tsp salt, and 1 tsp xanthan gum. I usually make 2 cups worth at a time...

Maybe try a low-carb gluten free diet? I personally never lost weight on lowfat diets, but I've been on a low carb diet for about 6 months, and in that time I lost about 20 pounds and I've pretty much maintainted it, although I still have about 30 more pounds to go. Low carb is the ONLY way I've ever been able to lose weight. Most low carb diets are...

Uh oh, these sound dangerous! I'd better not buy any! I'm quite certain these aren't low carb.