Wheat Free/Gluten Free Food Resources

Since there are several people here with food sensitivities I have compiled a list which may be beneficial to those of you with wheat or gluten intolerances.

Gluten and Wheat Free Food Resources
What works for me may not work for you. Always check labels and ask manufacturers/grocers/food prep workers as many questions as you need to in order to determine if what you want to eat is safe for you.

Bakeries:

Udi's
http://www.udisglutenfree.com/
By far the best muffins and bread I've found so far. Eating one of their muffins you can't tell you're not eating wheat.

Mariposa Baking Company- http://www.mariposabaking.com/
Great coffee cakes, biscotti, muffins, and other bakery items.

Outside the Bread Box http://www.outsidethebreadbox.com/
Outstanding graham crackers! S’mores anyone?

The Grainless Baker http://www.thegrainlessbaker.com/
Excellent Carrot Cake.


Grocery Items:

Something Good - www.somethinggood.us . Australian company that makes Gluten, Dairy and Nut Free boxed baking bread and cake mixes. The Chocolate Mud Cake is the absolute best I've found. It tastes as good as home made. These products are available in Australia, USA and can be shipped anywhere. Updated 04-03-2010

San J Wheat Free Soy Sauce, Wheat Free Low Sodium Soy Sauce, as well as a kickin' asian bbq sauce and others. All Wheat Free.
http://www.san-j.com/

Sun Bird Asian Seasoning Mixes http://williamsfoods.com/
The Spicy Orange Beef, Sweet and Sour, Mongolian Beef, Beef and Broccoli, and Fried Rice packets are wheat free. When used with San J Wheat Free Soy Sauce and corn starch they create some very nice meals.

Kim’s Foods Original Barbecue Sauce http://www.kimsfoods.com/products
Wet and dry BBQ seasonings

Bone Suckin' Sauce
http://bonesuckin.com/Bone-Suckin-Barbecue-Sauce-Gluten-Free-Information.html

Glutino http://www.glutino.com/content/view/53/62/
Lemon Wafer cookies, Pretzels, Chocolate Peanut Butter candy bars, frozen pizza and other tasty products.

Kinnikinnick www.kinnikinnick.com
An alternative grain to wheat. This company makes many items. The doughnuts are quite good.


Tinkyada Pasta. http://tinkyada.com/
Incredible brown rice pasta in many shapes.
Available at most health food stores or on-line.

Vita-Spelt http://www.purityfoods.com/
If your allergy is to wheat, not gluten , Spelt may be a flour and bread option for you to try. Vita-Spelt has a great white Spelt flour that looks just like wheat. Add one teaspoon of Guar Gum (a binding agent that is added in place of gluten which is mostly absent from Spelt) for every cup of Spelt flour and bake your recipes as directed.

Alexia frozen foods http://www.alexiafoods.com/where.html
This company has some frozen products which are wheat or gluten free.

Immaculate Baking Company http://immaculatebaking.com/index.php
Refrigerated G/F and Dairy Free chocolate chunk cookie dough

Grocery Stores:

Whole Foods Market
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/nutrition/wheat-free.php

Trader Joe’s http://www.traderjoes.com/static/lists.html

Most Natural and Health Food stores

Restaurants:

Garlic Jim’s Pizza http://garlicjims.com/gfmenu.asp
Awesome BBQ chicken pizza! Their G/F menu is tops.

Pizza Fusion http://www.pizzafusion.com/menu/
Great pizza and salads. Ask for the Gluten Free crust for most menu items.

P F Chang’s http://www.pfchangs.com/menu.shtml
Gluten free menu includes one soup, a few appetizers and a handful of main courses.
Menu expanded March 2010 now includes beef items and more menu choices!

Pei Wei (fast food version of PF Chang's)
http://www.peiwei.com/index.html

Indian food:
Most Indian food is fine for people on a G/F or W/F diet. Stay away from fried items like Samosas as well as Naan.

 

Way cool - thanks for the links.

As for me, corn is not a problem so I eat a lot of cornbread and corn tortillas.

 

I also eat a lot of corn products.

Packaged food items are the most challenging because of the amount of ways wheat can be hidden in a product. www.celiac.com is a great resource for lists of food items which are safe and which can cause challenges to wheat and gluten intolerant people. As in all cases read the labels and determine which product is safe for you to eat.

My personal list of prepackaged "safe" foods from regular grocery stores includes Frito's brand corn chips, Mission tortilla chips, LARA bars, along with some potato chips, rice cakes, dried fruits, nuts and not much else.

Alternate Flours for Baking:
I found Spelt flour works the best for me and is the most wheat-like of the bunch. If you cannot eat spelt Arrowhead Mills http://www.arrowheadmills.com/health/gluten-free.php makes many different flours. They have an all-purpose baking mix with a combination of flours that is quite good. You can substitute it cup for cup in most recipes without having to add Guar Gum or Xanthan Gum (binding agents substituting for gluten) since it is already in the mix. Because of the density of the grains it can take longer to cook items. The G/F recipes I have found generally have a longer cooking time at a higher temperature than is usually found with wheat based recipes.

Saving the best for last...BEER!
While I pine for my pint of Cooper's Ale BevMo has come through for me.
http://www.bevmo.com/Shop/ProductList.aspx?Ntt=gluten+free+beer&N=0&Ntx=mode%2bmatchall&Nty=1&D=gluten+free+beer&Ntk=All&Dx=mode%2bmatchall

 

Thank you Deer Charmer for adivsing that Betty Crocker has come out with their own Gluten Free baking mixes: http://www.bettycrocker.com/products/gluten-free

 

and oh yum..... http://www.gingerpeople.com/

 

Want an 100% Gluten Free Grocery Store? I found one in Thousand Oaks, CA.!

Simply Gluten Free http://www.simplyglutenfree.org/ordereze/default.aspx

They offer a wide variety of G/F items in store. You can also place your order on-line.

 

After almost two years I had a gluten free oreo type cookie today and it was AWESOME!!! Thank you Glutino for your chocolate vanilla cream cookies. Cookies and milk again. Yum!

 

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I just found Schar Gluten Free products. They have a whole line of items. Check them out here: http://www.schar.com/us/
Their bread rolls are the best I've found so far for hamburger buns.

 

A few weeks ago I discovered corn pasta as a substitute for rice and wheat pasta. Cooking and eating rice pasta was ok for the day I made it but by the following day the rice pasta broke down and no longer tasted good. Enter corn pasta. I was able to make a cream cheese kugel and other pasta dishes and the pasta held up beautifully the following day and for at least the next three days. The corn pasta I used is Sam Mills Pasta de Oro. You can buy their items on-line at Amazon, Celiac.com and other gluten free sites. Other companies offer corn pasta. Google it.

 

So Cal....I found this place here in Michigan. They have a few gluten free spices. (I didn't realize that there was such a thing)

http://www.milfordspicecompany.com

 

Nice! Spice blends are where the gluten/wheat usually sneaks in. Thanks for posting.

 

You are welcome!

 

Boar's Head deli meats are advertising that they're gluten free. http://www.boarshead.com/brochure.php?brochureID=2

 

PF Chang's expanded their Gluten Free Menu. They now offer beef items. The new dark sauce is wonderful. http://www.pfchangs.com/menu/

 

Updated the list to include

http://www.somethinggood.us/
This amazing Australian company produces bread and cake mixes which are Gluten, Dairy and Nut free.
The Chocolate Mud Cake tastes as good as a home made chocolate cake made with wheat.

 

Updating the list to include

TuLu's Bakery http://tu-lusbakery.com/ Awesome coffee cake, cookies and cupcakes.

Seltzer's Lebanon Bologne http://www.seltzerslebanonbologna.com/where.asp

Grainless Baker again. http://www.thegrainlessbaker.com/ This time for their Seasoned Stuffing Mix. It tastes as good as Pepperidge Farm's blue bag.

 

updating the list to include:

Schar Gluten Free products. http://www.schar.com/us/ Amazing line of breads, rolls, cookies, pasta and such.

Riega products: http://www.riegafoods.com/ If you pine for your box of macaroni and cheese their cheese sauce is your ticket back to your favourite comfort food.

 

For people who do not have access to G/F and W/F foods at their local grocery these sites may be helpful to you:

The Gluten Free Mall http://www.glutenfreemall.com/

Amazon's G/F offerings http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=gluten+free+

 

Just back from Brazil, I LOVED eating all the things made from manioc/tapioca. I brought some flour back with me. Gluten free, baby, and delicious!

Here is one thing I ate that I just loved...

http://www.divinerecipes.com/recipe.cfm/recipeid/14037/vegetarian-recipes/Biju-or-Tapioquinha

It's a chewy, yummy crepe-like thing made in a skillet/frying pan. They often cooked it with a white cheese melted inside, like a little turnover.


and there was also a yummy tapioca cake made in a ring mold and covered with grated coconut. oh, my. chewy and yummy. it was a breakfast thing. When I find the recipe, I will post that, too.

Here is where to buy tapioca flour/starch.
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=tapioca+starch&cp=9&wrapid=tljp1295737236403014&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbs=shop:1&source=og&sa=N&tab=wf&biw=1056&bih=585&fp=f2c1557e8fe51804