How to Avoid Gluten
- When choosing pasta, what you can have instead is rice or zucchini noodle.
- If you want oatmeal, attempt gluten-free oatmeal instead.
- Bread, you can look at bread made from rice flour or almond flour.
- How about wraps they are usually made from wheat try corn wraps.
- What can you have instead of wheat there are flourless options or to use cornmeal.
What to Know about Food Labels
Ingredients to look for on the food label and avoid.
- flour
- triticum vulgare
- triticale
- hordeum vulgare
- secale cereal
- triticum spelta
- malt
- spelt
- wheat germ
- wheat protein
- semolina
What to make When you have very little Time?
What to do when you have been rushing around all day dealing with kids. Not a lot of time. Maybe only 10-15mins to cook. You need to feed hungry little ones. What can you make with very little time.
- omelet
- nuts
- veggie and hummus
- gluten-free corn chip with cheese
Preparing Meal at Home Main Focus on Gluten-Free
When you start to eat gluten-free option, it can be a lot to take in. After you become comfortable with 2-3 dishes, you can make slight changes by changing the spices or changing the protein or vegetable.
- Roast with rosemary carrot and onion
- Bake chicken thigh with roasted garlic and pepper spice
- Beef stew with lentil potato and peas
You can start off with a simple dish or something you like. Just experiment.
Saving Money with Gluten-free Choices
What you can do to save money when starting gluten-free is to add more vegetables to your dishes. Try to spend more time in the kitchen, you can make your own snacks. Choose one meal with bean, chickpeas or lentils.
Gluten-free Breakfast
When you think of breakfast, it usually contains carbohydrates. What you can have instead is the following:
- salmon with gluten-free cracker
- yogurt with nut
- bowl of fruit
- omelet
- avocado with gluten-free toast
It is best to start small with eating gluten-free rather than to overwhelm yourself.