Cooking for a gluten free diet can seem daunting at first because everything seems different.\u00a0 Don’t be afraid of failure, you\u2019ll soon be gluten free diet wiz cook!<\/p>\n

When faced with a gluten free diet for the first time, many people think \u201cI can\u2019t eat anything!<\/em> What am I going to eat now?\u201d\u00a0 Faced with new ingredients and new recipes, many fear their new culinary creations will fail.<\/p>\n

Actually, starting a gluten free diet is the start of a new culinary adventure, and a healthy one too!<\/p>\n

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If you should have any fear of failure at all, it should be of ingesting gluten.\u00a0 If you have a gluten allergy or celiac disease, the consequences of eating any gluten can be severe.<\/p>\n

That part isn\u2019t so fun.\u00a0 So accept that you must drop many foods off of your personal menu, and focus on what you can eat.<\/p>\n

When you stop and think about it, a lot of what you can eat is the same as what you always did eat, for example:<\/p>\n

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• Fruit<\/li>\n
• Vegetables<\/li>\n
• Meat<\/li>\n
• Beans<\/li>\n
• Lentils<\/li>\n
• Gluten-free grains such as rice<\/li>\n
• Tubers like potatoes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  The above list is general and doesn\u2019t even cover everything.\u00a0 Most of the food types listed above can be expanded into dozens of individual raw ingredients.<\/p>\n

  What is true is that some recipes you are used to must be adjusted.<\/p>\n

  For example, you can\u2019t use regular soy sauce.\u00a0 So what?\u00a0 You can get gluten-free tamari sauce (San-J in my favorite), or you can use salt instead, and adjust other seasonings.<\/p>\n

  Let\u2019s say you adjust the seasonings and what you come up with doesn\u2019t taste quite right.\u00a0 So what?\u00a0 I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll be able to eat it, and better luck next time.<\/p>\n

  Experimenting is the key. The worst that can happen is that you may produce something truly inedible.\u00a0 But this is an extreme case.\u00a0 It won\u2019t be poisonous.\u00a0 Maybe you need to save your biggest experiments for the weekend when you have time to make a second meal, in the unlikely event that the first attempt was beyond redemption.<\/p>\n

  On the other hand, most of what you make will be just fine.<\/p>\n

  Besides, bookstores are full of gluten-free cook books.\u00a0 You\u2019ll find gluten free recipes on this website and others on the internet.<\/p>\n

  Do not let your gluten free diet intimidate you.\u00a0 Focus on what you can eat, and go ahead and make lots of delicious gluten free food!<\/p>\n

  What are your challenges with gluten free cooking?\u00a0 Leave a comment and hare your experiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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