And we're off!
It's official! Starting today our family is gluten-free (GF)! We, we sort of started yesterday night with our taco night but since the boys had soup for lunch and treats at their church class it kind of blew any effort made at night.
As I type the boys are enjoying their second serving of the GF cinnamon raisin muffins that I made. I am thrilled that these turned out so well, but I think that it helped having a good mix rather than trying to make them from scratch. I used the Whole Foods brand, 365 Everyday Value.
Having products like this, that are 'value' priced is helpful since GF shopping can be quite expensive. To give you an idea, just this muffin mix, which has no flavor, requiring you to add your own, was $3.49. For a similar product (15.5 ounces, yields 12-16 muffins) it would be about $2.99 (or if you are frugal, $.55 for Jiffy).
Eric and I spent Saturday and Sunday with help from Papa Paul & KK, getting our kitchen GF ready. Every book we've read (and we've read lots) has suggested having separate cookware for GF foods vs. gluten-full foods. Since Papa and KK are letting us live with them, we wanted to make it convenient for us without stepping all over their toes.
On Saturday we went through ALL of the cupboards and labeled things with stickers that said 'no' on them if they have gluten in them. We also bought a new mixer, new bowls, new tupperware, and a few other cooking tools all in red to use for only GF cooking.
After we went through everything then we went grocery shopping. Whole Foods is in Pasadena and offers the most GF selection of the stuff we want. Traders Joe's, Vitamin City, and Sprouts are all closer but they offer a smaller selection. They'll be good for quick stops to get more pasta, rice flour, and xanthan gum.
Then I spent all afternoon, while Eric tried wrangling the kids, cooking! I made 64 GF chicken nuggets with flax seed, 15 GF muffins, four one-quart bags of GF noodle & veggie soup, and GF taco meat. I know that this change is going to be hard on me with regards to lunch, since we are used to sandwiches of all sorts. Given that one loaf of sandwich bread is $7.99 that's not going to be an option any more.
Here are the fruits of our labor:
Honestly - I had a blast! I'm an organization freak so by the time I was all done organizing I was hyped up and ready for a club.
And the best part, the GF muffins were actually good and the boys devoured them this morning!
Having products like this, that are 'value' priced is helpful since GF shopping can be quite expensive. To give you an idea, just this muffin mix, which has no flavor, requiring you to add your own, was $3.49. For a similar product (15.5 ounces, yields 12-16 muffins) it would be about $2.99 (or if you are frugal, $.55 for Jiffy).Eric and I spent Saturday and Sunday with help from Papa Paul & KK, getting our kitchen GF ready. Every book we've read (and we've read lots) has suggested having separate cookware for GF foods vs. gluten-full foods. Since Papa and KK are letting us live with them, we wanted to make it convenient for us without stepping all over their toes.
On Saturday we went through ALL of the cupboards and labeled things with stickers that said 'no' on them if they have gluten in them. We also bought a new mixer, new bowls, new tupperware, and a few other cooking tools all in red to use for only GF cooking.
After we went through everything then we went grocery shopping. Whole Foods is in Pasadena and offers the most GF selection of the stuff we want. Traders Joe's, Vitamin City, and Sprouts are all closer but they offer a smaller selection. They'll be good for quick stops to get more pasta, rice flour, and xanthan gum.
Then I spent all afternoon, while Eric tried wrangling the kids, cooking! I made 64 GF chicken nuggets with flax seed, 15 GF muffins, four one-quart bags of GF noodle & veggie soup, and GF taco meat. I know that this change is going to be hard on me with regards to lunch, since we are used to sandwiches of all sorts. Given that one loaf of sandwich bread is $7.99 that's not going to be an option any more.
Here are the fruits of our labor:
Honestly - I had a blast! I'm an organization freak so by the time I was all done organizing I was hyped up and ready for a club.
And the best part, the GF muffins were actually good and the boys devoured them this morning!
posted by Shelly! @ 8:33 AM
3 Comments
3 Comments:
Wait to go Shelly! I'm impressed with your organization.
That is amazing! I wish I were like you! (With the organization) I try to be but then I fail! (: Are you going to be GF as well? If so I would love to know how you feel after a while. I am excited you found me!!!
Thanks Amelia and Amanda!
I love to organize and would think it would be great to be a professional one :)
And yes Amanda - we are all gluten-free! I mean, if we eat out then we each get to pick what we want (Will's of course HAS to be GF). Are you interested in GF living? In two weeks Will's mood and coloring has dramatically improved!
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