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Tips on Gluten Free Foods [moved from LA board]
Hey there Gluten Free People,
O.K.... it's been three months and many product trials later and I have found out a few great things on my quest for a good freakin' bread! I have tried every gluten free "store bought" bread out there and by far the best bread I have eaten that is delicious is Whole Foods Sandwich bread. (The ONLY bread! The other breads are just not doing it for me! It rather eat a corn tortilla, rice, potatoes or wrap my stuff in a lettuce leaf!) Call ahead and make sure your Whole Foods carries their bread. Some keep it in their freezer. Some stores carry the fresh gluten free breads. The sandwich bread is yeasty and yummy and toasted.... oh my goodness! You can use it for bread crumbs, too. Butter and have a grilled cheese! Bread puddings. Cut off the crusts, brush with garlic olive oil and lightly brown then top with pizza sauce and toppings and have pizza. French toast, again. Yee hah! Their grain bread is great, too! Their pies - I didn't care for the crusts at all. However, for pies... macaroons broken up and formed into a pie shell and lightly baked then cooled and filled with pie filling is delicious. Brown sugar, butter, vanilla and nuts can be used as a browned crumb topping for fruit pies. It works great with cream pies! And ground almonds were used to thicken foods, long before flours. Instead of soy sauce, Tamari wheat free sauce is the way to go. Soy may not "bother" you, however, the wheat used in most soy sauces still affects your small intestine. Take great quality liquid vitamins to get your nutrients! Trader Joe's has a gluten free Tiramisu in their freezer section and some carry a flourless cake. They will print you out a gluten free list of the foods they carry, if you request one.
Los Angeles Gluten Free Restaurants
Anyone out there gluten intolerant?
Looking for restaurants in Los Angeles area (especially Santa Monica, Venice, Marina Del Rey).
Just discovered I have been sick because my body can't digest the protein gluten.
About 1 in every 100-200 people have it and it takes the average person 11 years to be diagnosed.
It doesn't just cause bloating, it can cause lymphoma, narcolepsy, lupus, hepatitis (!), depression and all sorts of skin disorders. The small intestine gets damaged by the gluten and it is an auto immune disease called Celiac. Itchy rashes, weight loss or gain, anemia, Parkinson's...
This disease is so serious and can be treated so go online and check it out!
If you know a child or adult who is ill and can't figure out why? A gluten allergy is a possiblity.
