Label reading is the most important thing you can do when you are shopping for food. Even the "all natural" foods can be tainted with additions such as wheat, milk, soy, nuts, etc. Fortunately, there are new regulations which require food manufacturers to list the ingredients which are allergy-triggers at the end of the ingredient list.
If you have a magnifying glass, and don't mind reading all the mile long names of who knows what in that box or bag of food, be my guest! It is much more time efficient to scan down to the allergy list, cross your fingers, and hope for a clear-to-buy!
Showing posts with label Ingredients. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ingredients. Show all posts
8.22.2009
6.04.2009
Pasta
When we decided to try GF, I started to think that our menu was going to be limited and boring. I thought about how flour is in alot of things! Bread is out. No pancakes, cookies, pies... and forget about Italian food!
I was pleasantly surprised to find out that there is tasty pasta made for GF'ers. Fortunately, my sister had already tried many of them and told me and saved me from gagging on the mushy or funny tasting ones. The one she liked best was Tinkyada.
This stuff does not have false advertising on it. It is really good! You can put it in some boiling water and cook it for a minute or two and then cut the heat, cover it and let it sit for 18-20 minutes in the hot water to finish cooking. Can you say, "Energy saver!"?
I have made macaroni salad with tuna, mac-n-cheese, goulash, ziti with meat sauce, lasagne. Does that sound like I am missing out on Italian? Doesn't sound like it to me!
I was pleasantly surprised to find out that there is tasty pasta made for GF'ers. Fortunately, my sister had already tried many of them and told me and saved me from gagging on the mushy or funny tasting ones. The one she liked best was Tinkyada.
This stuff does not have false advertising on it. It is really good! You can put it in some boiling water and cook it for a minute or two and then cut the heat, cover it and let it sit for 18-20 minutes in the hot water to finish cooking. Can you say, "Energy saver!"?
I have made macaroni salad with tuna, mac-n-cheese, goulash, ziti with meat sauce, lasagne. Does that sound like I am missing out on Italian? Doesn't sound like it to me!
5.26.2009
Garden growth
About 10 days ago, my father came over to build a raised garden bed for us as a gift for our anniversary. It was such a wonderful surprise and got filled with plants and seeds the very day it was completed!
Here's some of the progress:
Lettuce from plants
Carrots from seed with onion in the background
Beets from seed with cucumber from plants in the background
"Stringless" Beans from seed
I also planted tomato and pepper plants but they were pretty big already so I didn't show them.
I don't know what it is about it, but planting a seed and seeing it grow is amazing. The dead looking speck turns into a living, food-bearing plant. There is nothing with gluten here! It's easy to pick GF ingredients when they come from a garden!
Here's some of the progress:
Lettuce from plants
Carrots from seed with onion in the background
Beets from seed with cucumber from plants in the background
"Stringless" Beans from seed
I also planted tomato and pepper plants but they were pretty big already so I didn't show them.
I don't know what it is about it, but planting a seed and seeing it grow is amazing. The dead looking speck turns into a living, food-bearing plant. There is nothing with gluten here! It's easy to pick GF ingredients when they come from a garden!
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