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  1. Mack the Knife
    Double yum! I can feel my arteries clogging as I type this!
  2. Mack the Knife
    I recently bought Bette Hagman's book "The Gluten Free Gourmet Bakes Bread". I have tried a few recipes and they have all turned out pretty well. Unfortunately, two thirds of the recipes in her book use something called Garfava flour which is completely unavailable in Australia. She suggests substituting Romano flour but I can't find that either. She also...
  3. Mack the Knife
    You can drink cider instead of beer. They are almost all gluten free. If I go to a pub and they don't have gluten free beer (which is most of the time) I usually get a cider instead.
  4. Mack the Knife
    I really haven't liked any of the store bought breads I have tried. So I have gotten into baking my own gluten free bread and am having a lot of success. Unlike the store bought breads my bread is delicious, rises really high, is light and can be eaten untoasted. Baking your own bread is a bit time consuming - so when i measure out the ingredients I do...
  5. Mack the Knife
    There are some cheap brands of cornstarch that are made with wheat instead of corn. They call it wheaten cornflour in the ingredients. You need to watch out for that too while baking and when ordering in restaurants.
  6. Mack the Knife
    You should be fine as long as you use different pots, colanders, wooden spoons, and serving utensils
  7. Mack the Knife
    Good point. Have you replaced the equipment you used for baking before you were diagnosed? Anything wooden like boards and rolling pins need to go. Stand or hand mixers and food processors need to be cleaned really, really well. Any baking trays or pans need to be looked at too. If they are old and scratched they should be replaced as they can harbour gluten...
  8. Mack the Knife
    It sounds like you are not eating enough carbs. No wonder you are hungry all the time. You don't have to eat grains to get carbs. Potatoes are a good, cheap source of carbohydrate and you should incorporate them into your diet. Sweet potatoes are especially good because they are low GI. You can roast them, bake them, mash them, etc just like regular potatoes...
  9. Mack the Knife
    I sub polenta for cornmeal all the time. I live in Australia and I can't actually find a product called cornmeal here. Polenta (either coarse or fine) seems to work very well. But I've never had the real thing so it's hard to be sure.
  10. Mack the Knife
    Try googling Fructose Malabsorption.
  11. Mack the Knife
    You can add chopped banana to rice pudding while you are cooking it. It blends in and infuses the dessert with a subtle banana taste. You can do the same thing with porridge. My favourite breakfast is gluten-free toast or waffles, spread with honey, topped with chopped banana and yoghurt, and cinnamon sprinkled on top.
  12. Mack the Knife
    Bette Hagman uses a Rye flavor powder to make gluten free rye bread. That might help. It doesn't seem to be commonly available though. She lists her supplier as Authentic Foods in California but I don't know if it is sold anywhere else.
  13. Mack the Knife
    My sex drive disappeared a few months before I was diagnosed. I've been gluten free for five months now and it still hasn't returned. I'm still having gastro issues, my iron levels are still in the basement, and I am constantly tired and overly emotional. I have started the process of trying to work out if I have another food issue going on. I'm going...
  14. Mack the Knife
    Also, if you are teaching cooking classes, be aware of cross contamination issues. It is really not good for you to be in a room with lots of wheat flour flying around. It takes as little as a crumb to make you sick. Some people get sick just from breathing it in. Also be careful of using wooden spoons, colanders, and scratched non-stick cooking pots and...
  15. Mack the Knife
    Try this place. You can order online. Specialty Food Shop The Hospital for Sick Children (Main Floor) 555 University Avenue Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8 Open Original Shared Link
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    I am having the same problem. I have been gluten free for five months now and some of my digestive issues got a bit better after a month or so. But they didn't go away entirely and are now getting worse. I saw my doctor this morning and she's sending me off to get a fructose test. Apparently Fructose malabsorption Open Original Shared Link is the most...
  17. Mack the Knife
    I eat quite a bit of millet. It is definitely gluten free. CC could be an issue possibly. I've come across a few brands that have the "May contain gluten" statement on the back.
  18. Mack the Knife
    I take Buscopan. It helps with the inflammation and severe cramping. Just don't mix it with alcohol. Open Original Shared Link
  19. Mack the Knife
    I've had to pull over and get my girlfriend to take over the driving when I've started to vague out after getting glutened. I am really not safe driving when I am in that state. She's made me promise to call her or a taxi if I'm driving on my own when it happens.
  20. Mack the Knife
    Biscuit with sausage gravy? I'm not sure what that is but it sounds interesting. What is a biscuit in America? I know that what we call a biscuit in Australia is what Americans call a cookie. So what is a biscuit?
  21. Mack the Knife
    My household is almost entirely gluten free. My partner has fructose malabsorption and can't eat wheat anyway so it was an easy decision. I do most of the cooking and all the baking so everything is gluten-free. She has a container of oats to make porridge but apart from that it's all gluten-free. She doesn't have to be anywhere near as careful as I do...
  22. Mack the Knife
    The safest and easiest way for you to eat fish would be to seal a piece tightly in aluminium foil with some butter or olive oil. Then just toss it in the oven on a lowish heat for about 25 mins. Then it's done. No cc issues and heaps healthier than battered fish. It takes very minimal effort so it shouldn't inconveience your cook too much. Sometimes I...
  23. Mack the Knife
    Also, rice keeps very well in the fridge for a few days. I often cook up a big pot of rice and put most of it in the fridge. That way I can graze off it during the week. You can have it cold with beans, salad, canned fish or hard boiled eggs; Fry it up with onions and peas etc to make fried rice; toss it into the pot when you are heating up leftovers, or...
  24. Mack the Knife
    Rice, legumes and vegetables are also staples of Egyptian food. I cook a lot of North African food and usually it's just a matter of avoiding bread and pastry recipes and substituting rice for couscous. Does your cook do Tajines? That's sort of a slow cooked stew. If it's served with rice it should be gluten-free. I think you need to embrace rice. Maybe...
  25. Mack the Knife
    Your daughter was probably thinking of glutinous rice (also known as sweet rice or sticky rice) but despite its name it is actually gluten free. However, Chinese food uses a lot of soy sauce which is usually not gluten free. I generally stay well away from Chinese food unless it is from one of the very few places that cater properly for Coeliacs. Indian...
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