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Gluten-free finds
By: GingerJ1 Date: August 18, 2024, 9:17 pm
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I'm starting this thread to centralize information about
products/restaurants that make being gluten-free a bit less
onerous.
Let's post our finds of GF foods that are actually tasty!
I'm gluten-sensitive, not celiac, so restaurants that don't
quite manage to avoid cross-contamination are generally okay for
me; I may have a small issue the next day, but I won't get sick.
So please take GF restaurant food recommendations with that
caveat in mind.
Pizzas:
-The absolute best GF pizza I've found was at BJ's Ale House.
It's a big chain, so you might find one nearby.
-Disney World! They have a nice selection of GF foods, and the
pizza is very good. My Disney buddy prefers their GF to regular
Disney pizza.
Subs:
The bread will make or break a sub for me, so I was leery of
trying these, but I found two great ones.
-Larry's Giant Subs have the best GF sub buns! They are so good
that I suspected they were trying to put one over on me.
-Firehouse Subs has a really good GF bun...but they sometimes
run out. You can buy extras* to take home, too! I think you can
buy buns at Larry's, too, but I forgot to ask.
Hamburgers:
-Culver's has great GF buns; I had a grilled chicken breast on
one of their buns today, in fact.
-Red Robin has a good GF bun, too. And you can buy some to take
home*.
PANCAKES!!!
-IHOP now has "gluten-friendly" pancakes, possibly a couple
other GF items as well. My sister clued me in about this. I have
missed pancakes so much! They were lovely, light, fluffy, and
tasty.
*Both of these cost about $2.50 apiece. A tiny bit pricey, but
beats the heck out of NO buns, IMO.
What have you found that you recommend? GF recipes and mixes are
welcome, too.
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Re: Gluten-free finds
By: farmgirl Date: August 19, 2024, 7:49 am
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So cooking (and formerly baking) are hobbies of mine. I mostly
eat at home and make my food from scratch and when we eat in
restaurants it's local places rather than chains. But I have a
few GF things I buy -
Udi's hamburger buns. I rotate bread brands and am currently
using Udi Whole Grain. Canyon Bakehouse 7-grain bread is okay.
I buy O'Dough's everything bagel thins when I'm at my son's
house in CA but they don't have them anywhere I shop locally.
Schar pizza crusts (my local WalMart sells them in packs of 2).
These are thin crusts, which we like. I don't really like GF
frozen pizzas - too much cheese, too much salt.
King Arthur's website for GF baking recipes. I've had mixed
success with GF baking, but their GF pie crust recipe is my
go-to. But I can't roll it out, I use the "smush" method and
stick to single crust pies.
Krusteaz cake mixes - I find so much better than other brands.
For pasta - Barilla (readily available in my area) or Tinkyada
(less available and more expensive)
For noodles in soups, I use rice noodles from the Asian market.
For crackers, I LOVE Crunchmaster multi-grain crackers. My
husband likes them better than any other cracker (and he's not
GF)
Tate's GF chocolate chip cookies are great, but they are a
little overly sweet to my taste. (I'm used to homemade cookies
and use half the sugar.)
Most cookie recipes I find work just find using GF flour (and
adding Xanthan gum if the flour mix doesn't include it)
I like hearty pancakes rather than fluffy ones - I use primarily
coconut flour, flax seed, & cornmeal for the flour. And lots of
greek yogurt. I don't follow a recipe but base it off of an old
Epicurious recipe for Whole Wheat pancakes.
The only cereal we eat other than oatmeal is granola. I make it
from a recipe I've used since the 1970s (from the old Recipes
for a Small Planet cookbook) but when we are traveling we buy
Kind or Simply Elizabeth brands. My homemade is better. We use
it to top greek yogurt and fruit for no-cook breakfasts, we
don't eat it plain.
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Re: Gluten-free finds
By: acl-ny Date: August 19, 2024, 7:55 am
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We don’t need to be gluten free, but we love the crunchmaster
crackers. They have an almond flour one that’s really good too.
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Re: Gluten-free finds
By: Thetis099 Date: August 19, 2024, 9:57 am
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I have thought hard about this, and come up with very little for
eating out anywhere but local restaurants and food trucks that
aren't national chains. If ever visiting my part of the
country, I could send people to the best local eats at non chain
restaurants for those with gluten sensitivity.
Top regional chain - "The Piggie" as locals call it, or Pig 'N
Pancake has good gluten free pancakes but they do use cow's milk
in the batter. I can eat them occasionally - that small amount
of cow's milk only causes mild symptoms, but I usually get eggs
and hash browns with gluten free toast. They also have good
omelets, but asking them to make an omelet with no cheese
usually confuses. :) Like IHOP, breakfast is on the menu all
day. I like The Piggie better than IHOP by miles.
National chains - before I stopped eating dairy, Starbucks egg
white sous vide egg bites were good (roasted red pepper,
spinach, and feta cheese). Of course, they make some with yolks
and meats too. Used to be a goto in a pinch, because Starbucks
is everywhere.
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Re: Gluten-free finds
By: northbayteky Date: November 14, 2024, 2:29 pm
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I have been watching a couple on youtube that do Italian food.
She's from Italy, I think. She's got a heavy accent and they
spend time there a lot. Anyway, I just watched a video of them
making farinata, chickpea Flatbread. They used chickpea flour
and said it's gluten free.
Pasta Grammar is their youtube channel and if you want a gluten
free pizza, this sounds like it could be a likeable substitute.
HTML https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.pastagrammar.com/post/how-to-make-farinata-italian-chickpea-flatbread-recipe&source=gmail&ust=1731701899737000&usg=AOvVaw1NKA8pSk0gY5apjx1TguUp
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Re: Gluten-free finds
By: acl-ny Date: November 14, 2024, 4:36 pm
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[quote author=northbayteky link=topic=2972.msg285463#msg285463
date=1731616160]
I have been watching a couple on youtube that do Italian food.
She's from Italy, I think. She's got a heavy accent and they
spend time there a lot. Anyway, I just watched a video of them
making farinata, chickpea Flatbread. They used chickpea flour
and said it's gluten free.
Pasta Grammar is their youtube channel and if you want a gluten
free pizza, this sounds like it could be a likeable substitute.
HTML https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.pastagrammar.com/post/how-to-make-farinata-italian-chickpea-flatbread-recipe&source=gmail&ust=1731701899737000&usg=AOvVaw1NKA8pSk0gY5apjx1TguUp
[/quote]
That looks interesting!
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