Well, while I am personally not on Gluten Free, I do get the question about Gluten-free at work occasionally and one of my coworkers has to deal with Seliac's (I may be spelling that wrong) disease and so I've asked him questions on going gluten free as well.

I can say some basic, familiar, staples to have around.

Eggs,
Rice,
Beans,
Fruits,
Vegetables,
Unprocessed meat.

There is a lot of gluten-free breads nowadays and pasta as well, though they do tend to be pricy. You can look into buying Rice Flour and making your own too. A lot of prepared items do use some amount of gluten in them so you'll want to be looking more at preparing your own things.

Double check canned goods, if you use them, as well as frozen goods too. Frozen is usually gluten free if it's just bulk vegetables. A lot of seasoned vegetables have small amounts that's included in the seasoning and helps make them a little saucy and the seasoning to cling more to the vegetables.

Omelets with a small salad is nutritious and as gluten free as you use for your ingredients.

Black Beans and Rice is a complete protein.

Lentil Soup is an excellent protein that's relatively easy to prepare and tends to thicken itself from the lentils cooking, or with a slight puree, so no need to make a roux.

Switching to Corn Starch or Arrowroot powder for most of your thickening in sauces and soups will help too.

The big thing I've seen though and heard from people going gluten free is you really have to watch the labels and read nutrition information. A lot of things we don't even think would have flour in them do, so you have to be careful when shopping cheap. Almost anything that labels "Gluten-free" on it seems to have a slightly higher price tag just for showing it! Especially so if it's something more unusual like pasta, bread, or cereals.

Put together your own seasoning blends of spices so you know just what is in them. That way you can use rubs for your meats and seasonings more readily on your vegetables.


I hope this helps a little bit. :)

It helped immensely. Thank you so very much!

Glad it helped out. :)

Well there has been a great deal of response over on the faccc journal for you.

Wenchinthegears in particular is truly in the know of gluten free the whole family have to be gluten free for medical and health reasons this is the link to the relevent comment http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/...../#cid:26451866

I knew we had some GF people just couldn't remember who and there is also advice from others there that should be of help too.

*hugs* from yelleena

The comments on the journal were very helpful and we thank you greatly!
We hope other members who were at a loss or needed more gluten free ideas also got some help. :)

I'd second the rice flour, though there's also using corn meal (or corn flour) that isnt bad in the price either :3

Whats more, cook with beans- what I mean by that is, I have seen my fair share of brownie recipes, for example, that use pinto beans or chickpeas as their base!

(Just make sure you drain them well, or, soak them thoroughly in a pot of water if dried, then use a strainer!)

Something new to look into! Thank you for the advice!

Theres a few of my dishes that use gluten free as well :B

Of course, some do have Almond flour, so if you're nut allergic, you're screwed :P