Gluten Free Recipes and Gluten and Casein Free Recipes That Are Family Favorit

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Gluten Free Recipes and Gluten and Casein Free Recipes-Family Favorites.

Gluten free recipes for soups, meals, and breads are included. I have easy gluten free diet recipes for desserts and snacks that will gladden your heart while helping you heal.

I use Pacific brand unflavored rice milk in many recipes. For powdered milk I use Vance's DariFree, but that is a personal preference. These substitutions will be mainly for creamed soups or frostings. My regular recipes generally don't include casein at all.

For most people time is at a premium in today's world. Often the mother works full time, and cooking from scratch is time consuming. The availability of pre-made gluten free meals is limited though, so some home made meals will be necessary, especially while healing. You can find some certified gluten free mixes on the Gluten Free Meal Mixes Page. They do help save time on those days when you cannot cook from scratch.

Time Saving Tips

The best way to maximize your time is to make large meals when you have time, and freeze portions for the times you can't cook from scratch. Even if you only have leftover rice from chicken and rice, for example, it can be substituted for the bread or noodle portion of a different meal, provided the meat and vegetables are seasoned gluten free. This works well in families where only one person is on the gluten free diet. Cooking two separate meals daily is just too hard. Gluten free meals 2 or 3 times a week for everyone will give you enough portions to freeze for the other days.

It is hard to be the "odd man out" if you are the only one who is gluten free. Especially in the case of children, it is important to make them feel as normal as possible. So the more meals that they can share the same food, the better. Substituting one portion is much better than an entirely separate meal. Home should be one place they don't have to feel different. It is wise to prepare their plate first though, so that a gluten covered serving spoon is not accidentally used for their serving. In substituting one portion they learn how to work around their dietary limitations too.

White Sauces and Roux

Because of the fast pace of life today, many people have never made a white sauce or a roux. I have a page of instructions on how to make these thickeners with gluten free flours. You will need them to thicken stews and make a version of "cream of" (ie: mushroom, chicken, celery, asparagus) soups that is gluten and perhaps dairy free. They will be helpful for several of my gluten free recipes.

Recipes

Soups

Chicken Soup

Green Bean Soup

Cream of Tomato

Main Dishes

Chicken and Rice

Beef Stew

Turkey Pot Pie

Stuffed Peppers

Meatballs Recipe

Fried Rice Recipe

Desserts and Snacks