Gluten free food options

You can find paleo recipes to cook since that type of living is grain free

I have also made gumbo with a almond flour/coconut flour mix for the roux and couldn't tell a difference although we usually use homemade stock (which I think makes the gumbo)

I don't have Celiac's, but trying to stay away from Gluten. BTW, I'm feeling alot better and less fatigued. I don't understand the downvotes you are getting.

Anyway, stay away from wheat and soy sauce is the easiest rule. You can find substitutes for flour, such as rice flour and cauliflower crusts. Your wife is just going to have to avoid bread, crackers, starches and breadings.

I made a crawfish stuffing with rice flour last night and it was delicious. I also bread wings in rice flour and bake or fry.

corn grits are gluten free (polenta).

I have not yet tried a roux with a substitute for wheat flour. Maybe someone else has. Otherwise, just protein and veggies.

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Where do you go out to eat locally in Baton Rouge and still keep on the diet?

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You can eat anywhere. Just can't eat any products made with flour i.e. bread, pasta, gumbo, fried food, pizza, etc.

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You can eat anywhere. Just can't eat any products made with flour i.e. bread, pasta, gumbo, fried food, pizza, etc.

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Not true, depending on how gluten affects her there may be a risk of cross contamination. I know people with celiac that if the smallest amount of gluten is on something they get sick. I have celiac but won't get ill like that.
A place may say the food is gluten free but if they don't have prep things in place to avoid cross contamination. It doesn't matter.

For example, if they fry French fries in the same oil as they do breaded onion rings, she may get sick from that

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Do you know what the difference between a hamburger and a piece of meat is? The bun (which is made of wheat).

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if you're still eating a greasy burger patty with cheese on top of it, the difference is negligible. The gluten isn't the issue, unless you have a medical aversion to it.

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So, taking it a step further -- if I don't eat pizza, but I instead eat just the tomatoes that make up the sauce, the cheese and the meat that I put on top -- and then I am healthier than before, what was it exactly that I eliminated from my diet that caused the change?

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Then you're just eating on a low carb diet. are you still eating the greasy pepperoni or sausage on top? Then chances are you'll still feel like shite. It isn't caused by gluten UNLESS YOU HAVE CELIACS OR ANOTHER GLUTEN SENSITIVITY.

Take a 2 normal non celiacs people and give them each greasy unhealthy burgers. One with a gluten free bun and one with a regular bun. You really gonna tell me the guy with the gluten free bun is somehow healthier just because the bun doesn't have a certain protein in it? That is absurd and anyone who tries to make that argument has no knowledge on the subject of gluten.

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Can you share specifics on how you made this gumbo? I am really curious. I don't buy into all the Gluten sensitivity crap but I do know Celiac is real and those people truly do need to avoid gluten. My SIL has Celiac and she loves gumbo so I would love to find a recipe to make that she could eat.

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I use 3 tablespoons of almond flour and 3 tablespoons of coconut flour(not sure why the mixture of the two, but that is what the recipe called for) and I add 1/4 cup of bacon grease (I have also used coconut oil when I didn't have bacon grease). I don't time, but I whisk the roux like a crazy person til it gets a dark color (please note the roux will be almost like sand, not liquid but it always dissolves just fine). I then add my veggies. Once they are good I put our homemade stock in with a rotisserie chicken and sausage and let cook for about 45 min to an hour