So with the health issues of my husband and my son, along with my 10 year old who has some major allergies and tummy issues, I'm considering all our family going off of gluten.. Anyone here done this? How did you transition and what did you do to make it more affordable? Thanks www.glutenfreeonashoestring.com is a great blog with recipes and tips on things like cooking gluten free noodles.
There was a thread on here awhile ago about this. I am on my phone right now so I can't post a link but will later.
I think this is the link I was referring to: http://www.homeschoolspot.com/showthread.php?t=33582&highlight=gluten+free
My son went off for a year. We had a huge improvement in his health but were able to narrow down his issue to a sensitivity to soy products. So, now we can have gluten back as long as it is home made. Most gluten containing products out there are very processed and full of additives. A favourite book of mine was "Gluten Free Make-Over's" Our goal right now is just to make more food from scratch, eat less out of a box, and eat more local, fresh food.
I was gluten free for a couple years, and have a blog on it: www.goingglutenfree.blogspot.com . I went back about 4 years ago - eating wheat again - and got retested. I've been eating that way for a while b/c the tests came up negative. I went back to gluten free beginning of the year. I will say the key is buying good gluten-free flours and making your own stuff. There's a lot of GF free stuff out there on the market, but some of them have to had junk to them to give them a good texture. And, as you've discovered, many things are EXPENSIVE!!!! Most Chex are Gluten Free (well, except wheat and bran, obviously! HA HA HA!). I found that to be an easy cereal transition. Right now it's only me that is GF. So each week I buy one cereal (that the kids aren't allowed to touch), 1 loaf of GF bread and 1 box of GF crackers - actually, I think it will last me for two weeks b/c I'm actually trying to eat A LOT of REAL food vs. packaged. Most REAL Food is gluten free!!! That's the good point. All vegetables, all fruits and all plain meats are gluten free, most dairy products are as well (be careful w/ pre shredded cheese, sometimes they add a flour type substance as an anti-caking agent). To start, I would transition everyone to eating mostly real foods and start getting rid of prepackaged foods. Also, this last time, I transitioned by spending November and December working down to one serving of bread a day….if I had toast, I didn't have a sandwich, etc…. It's not as hard as one might think….good luck!!!!
