gfcf on a budget

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These are my ways to make it affordable to us.

First I keep it simple-fresh fruit,meat,veggies and eggs are all gfcf easy to

get and reasonable to buy. I buy as much as I can at walmart these are the

things I have checked on and are gfcf{always best to double check for yourself

before buying} Sams choice soft drinks, great value marshmallows,great value

wortershire sauce,sams choice semi sweet chocolate chips,walmart brand sugars

and cornstarch, Crisco,peter pan peanut butter,fleishmans unsalted margerine,

and McCormick brand single ingredient spices and extracts.THIS CEREAL IS GFCF

BUT CARRIES A SMALL RISK OF CROSSCONTAMINATION-malt o meal corn bursts.Quaker

brand mini rice cakes-apple cinnamon flavor. We make our own rice milk-saved us

a ton of money so far. I got an air popper for pop corn-a bag of pop corn for

the popper is very cheap and it makes a good snack. I also make popcorn

balls-again simple to make and very inexpensive. I make the no flour peanut

butter cookies-cheap easy to make and good. Buddig lunch meats{verified 8-16-01}

are gfcf but do contain some additives. Ball parkall beef otdogs are gfcf. I

bought a small coffee grinder for about 10 dollars and can grind up my own

flours in it. Grinding your own rice,bean and nut flours save big money. A grain

mill is best but like I said we are on a tight budget. I bake from scratch-save

money because it is much cheaper than mixes. Use reccomended recipes-less waste

on terrible recipes.Make your own bread and save any disasters{makes good bread

crumbs for meatloaf,chicken nuggets,or french toast. Buy a good quality stand

mixer-some recipes just do not turn out well with out one-gfcf flours can be

tough to work with especially for bread and a good mixer will save you time and

prevent disasters{which saves money if the food is eaten and not pitched} I now

use vanilla powder in stead of extract-you use less of it so you save money. If

you can buy in bulk or join a good food co-op it does save money. And finally

since I consider time money bake in bulk and freeze it so you can pull it out as

needed and not have to worry about baking every day. Well one more thing baking

soda works great as a all prupose gfcf cleaner. I hope this has been helpfull to

someone. F