Re[2]: Spices and Sauces....

[Guest guest]

Hi Harper

Long time no e-mail. I dropped out of almost all of the

celiac mailing lists when it became just too frustrating.

You make a very good suggestion to Lori, and the concept you

mention has helped me immensely. For example, when I go into

the supermarket I go directly to the produce aisle. As a

vegetarian with celiac disease I consider it to be my main

resource. I can not think of anything offhand that would

be in a produce aisle and still be excluded from a GF diet.

It's just an excuse for me really, because I love eating

vegetables. My mouth started watering just now as I was

typing the word, you know, the v word.

<HOMER SIMPSON MODE>

Mmmmmm, veggies

</HOMER SIMPSON MODE>

And then of course there is rice. I like to say that

" Rice is my friend " because it is of course inherently

GF and usually very easy to digest.

These days I always go for the brown rice. It has more

nutrients and the fiber content helps a lot to moderate

the rate of uptake of sugars into the bloodstream.

OK, now I've got the veggies, I've got the rice, the next

thing I need is Curry Powder. I make my own. I use a

dedicated coffee grinder and drop in your basic curry type

seed items like cardamom, mustard seed, fennel, and

coriander seed (which otherwise grows into cilantro).

OK, one more item, soy milk. I find that the Westsoy

brand Organic Unsweetened Soymilk which I buy at the

holy Trader Joes (praise be to trader Joes!) store is

really excellent for sauces. And of course GF.

Well, that's me cooking dinner. And I'll tell you

it's delicious.

Besides, those bread rolls looked sour anyway.

Best wishes

Steve

Tuesday, May 18, 2004, 5:31:47 PM, you wrote:

fac> Or -- instead of depending on special foods, just try

fac> thinking of all the truly wonderful things you can eat that never

fac> have gluten in them no matter how they're prepared, things that

fac> everyone eats.  You'll find more than enough delicious foods to

fac> keep from going hungry.  Until you've settled into an

fac> eating routine, when you go out take some GF-snack to with you,

fac> something that you know is safe and pleasant to eat.  You'll soon

fac> find things you enjoy that are readily available to nibble on --

fac> and you may find you don't need to nibble as often, once you

fac> begin to heal.  For me, that's been the case. 

fac>  

fac> You may well find that you feel so much better that your

fac> life is more active, that you have more fun, rather than

fac> less.  One out of 133 people in the U.S. have CD; many of them

fac> are physically miserable and have no idea why.

fac>  

fac> In the relative scale of things, this is a pretty small

fac> thing to go wrong, although I know it doesn't seem so now.

fac>  

fac> Harper

fac>  

fac> In a message dated 5/18/2004 5:11:40 PM Pacific Standard

fac> Time, sbbongi@... writes:

fac> HI- Go to Glutenfreemall.com and find a zillion products to

fac> buy for cooking!! I've tried the flours and some of the baking

fac> mixes and found them delicious!

fac>

[Guest guest]

For new people -- not everyone with CD has to avoid dairy products. Some do, some don't.

Harper

In a message dated 5/19/2004 6:49:07 AM Pacific Standard Time, celiac@... writes:

OK, one more item, soy milk. I find that the Westsoybrand Organic Unsweetened Soymilk which I buy at theholy Trader Joes (praise be to trader Joes!) store isreally excellent for sauces. And of course GF.