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December 2011
Coeliac Disease and living Gluten Free for life
Written by Tracey. Monday, December 26th, 2011
On February 17th 2011 I discovered that I had Coeliac Disease and would have to immediately live a gluten free life. At the time I thought that it was the end of the world, that my life had ended that day.
After reading everything I could possibly find on the condition and with the help of The Coeliac Society I decided to tackle my condition head on.
I emailed all the gluten free suppliers and asked for free samples so that I could try all the different brands of gluten free food stuff and then choose which ones that I prefer to purchase or get on prescription.
I learnt to make a gluten free alternative of all my favorite family meals. For example switching all flours to gluten free flour mixes, oxo cubes to knorr stock cubes, bisto gravy granuels to bisto best powder. With the exception of bread, biscuits and cereal for my husband, we are a gluten free household. I keep my bread, biscuits, cakes and crackers in a separate container to prevent cross contamination.
Before a holiday, look online for translations that explain the condition and show them to the chef when you eat out.
If eating out at home phone the restaurant a few days beforehand and ask to speak to the chef. They will be able to come up with a safe dish.
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Cooking gluten-free can alyaws be a bit tricky. In some recipes you need to cut back on the butter and it depends on the flour mixture you use. We do most of our baking with Pamela’s Pancake and Baking Mix. It has almond flour in it and also has the baking powder in it. If you look up Pamela’s on the web and get to their site, click on recipes. They give you all kinds of things to make using this mix and they really taste good. The chocolate chip cookie recipe is on the website and also on the side of the package. It is really easy and I make it for my daughter (who is Celiac) and her friends love them. It really is easier than mixing flours too. I just refrigerate my cookie dough for about 1/2 hour to 1 hour before baking. We just made blueberry scones with fresh blueberries with this mix and they were delicious. You can also make great muffins (recipe on the side of the package) and add an apple chopped up fine with some cinnamon and sprinkle a little brown sugar on top, yum! Good luck! Our gluten-free baking has improved and we are alyaws working towards making yummy things that everyone can enjoy! Was this answer helpful?