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i would also suggest that you look at organic products on the shelves there are a lot of gluten free alternatives around now, your not alone with this.

i would also suggest that you look at organic products on the shelves there are a lot of gluten free alternatives around now, your not alone with this.

Hola Nancy,

I've recently come across a blog by a girl in Seattle that I am finding to be very interesting (even though I don't currently cook for anyone with Coeliacs).

This is her sites' remit: Food, glorious food.... And now, a glorious life, free of gluten. After several years of inexplicable medical emergencies, I was finally diagnosed with celiac disease. Now, I feel better than ever in my life. And food tastes better than ever before. Let this be a guide to living gluten-free.

She's a great writer and I'm sure her journey will be of interest to you. Can't hurt to drop by and see what you think. [link]

Good luck with the lifestyle change!

If you have a breadmaker you could try The Breadmaker Bible, it has a whole range of "special diet" bread which include several gluten-free recipies (such as basic white bread made with xanthum gum as George mentioned above to mascapone, organge and raisin tea bread made with tapioca flour) and other speciality bread made with such items as tapioca flour, cornmeal, soya flour - it also suggests the Coeliac web site - hope this also helps

Just a thought, try your local library, but look in the health section and not cookery section.
If not find a local independent healthfood shop, they are likely to have books on the alergy.
My local independent shop has books- www.dailybread.co.uk

hope this helps

Thank you George - that's fantastic news and good to know there is edible gluten-free stuff out there afterall. I have just shopped at Tesco and found the xanthum gum so will be busy baking this weekend! The BBC web site is really good, yes, my husband found some good recipes there last night. Thanks also to Mary for responding - I am going to look at the Clementine cake right now - I think I watched her making it on TV a few weeks ago - it looks delicious! Happy cooking.

Goodness George, what a fantastically helpful response. I was just going to say that I cook for two coeliacs and use cornflour and rice flour a lot (but watch out with cornflour - some of it is not gluten free!). I buy gluten free pasta which everyone likes, it's based on rice flour. I make gluten free cakes using ground almonds a lot, they are moist, rich cakes. Nigella's Clementine cake is a good one [link] You might also like to look at www.celiac.com. Good luck Nancy.

Hi Nancy,

I think it`s really hard for people who are diagnosed with coeliac`s as there still isn`t enough labelling on food at the moment so its a struggle sometimes to come up with different ideas, my friend has coeliacs and I know how expensive the breads, cakes and other products are not to mention that the bread is like a brick, however there is a product available now that acts like a gluten but is gluten free and its called xantham gum and is available in some supermarkets and is good for using as a raising agent, also the bbc`s website has some gluten free recipes on it www.bbc.co.uk/food and also there is a very handy book available that lists over 11000 foods from own brand products and well known brands sold in supermarkets and shops that are gluten free this book is free to coeliacs and all you have to do is register on the coeliacs uk website here is the link to obtain it www.coeliac.co.uk , it is a invaluble tool to have when shopping and gives you a lot more variety, finally you can also obtain products through your doctor which is a lot cheaper as well if you are on a low income....if i remember any more info i will post again but i hope these little bits help you.