As far as shopping goes, the best resource is trader joe's. They have the only affordable prices on things like rice milk (we also buy it at costco), coconut milk, and gluten-free food. Their brown rice pasta (we like the penne) is the only rice pasta that doesn't taste like cardboard. Trader Joe's also has wheat-free cheerios and dairy-free chocolate chips. You can buy dark belgium chocolate at TJ's and use it to make flourless brownies.The only chicken bouillon I have found that is dairy-free is organic "better than bouillon" that comes in a jar. I use it in everything, especially beans/rice. Sprouts (for the locals) has fantastic gluten-free, nitrate-free sausages that are made out of chicken instead of pork. We like chicken apple and spicy italian.
There are tons of gluten-free things at our walmart. They even have betty crocker cake and brownie mixes that are gluten-free. I am sure we will be seeing more and more mainstream gluten-free products due to the explosion of food allergies, autism, and celiac disease.
Our dinner tonight: Penne (brown rice) with garlic, tomatoes, spinach, chicken italian sausage (sauteed together) and watermelon smoothies. For the smoothie I fill the blender up 3/4 of the way with watermelon, then the rest of the way with frozen strawberries and add the juice of one lime. You have to try it, it's divine.
Oh, and if Max wasn't allergic to peanuts and eggs, I would make pad thai every other day. My mouth waters just thinking about it.
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Those smoothies sound delicious! Do you have a good recipe for pad thai? I haven't found a good homemade one...just curious. Keep up the amazing cooking job. Your kids are eating so well.
Thanks for all the info Mary Ann. It's really helpful. I think we'll be on the bandwagon soon, not immediately, but soon.
I tried to get wheat-free Cheerios at ours but they don't have it! So I got some Gorilla Munch but it's full of sugar. Boo.
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