I know there are a ton of gluten free recipes out there, but I'm looking for some good ones that are tried and true and most of all, doesn't taste like shredded cardboard. Any other tips you have would be appreciated.
Anything fresh/whole: meat, fish, beans, veges, fruit, rice, herbs/garlic/ginger, etc. is gluten free, and delicious!!!
Just skip the bread, pasta and anything else that's processed and you'll be good.
www.glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com .....you can't go wrong here!
It's a lot of trial and error, so always be open to trying new stuff. For example, we found we like coconut aminos much better than GF soy sauce (barely any sodium, has nutritious value, not as strong a flavor for my husband who's not a fan of soy sauce). Some great bloggers/FB'ers:
Elana's Pantry
Gluten Free on a Shoestring
Stephanie O'Dea's Year of Slow Cooking (crockpot365.blogspot.com I think)
Karina's Kitchen Gluten Free Goddess
The Lighter Side of Low Carb
I know I'm forgetting some! But if you're on Facebook, once you start liking most of these, you'll see recommendations for others. Elana's Pantry has the best recipe for chicken nuggets/tenders using 4 ingredients, we make in big batches and freeze. She also has a great savory pizza crust that is only a few ingredients.
You can make your own multi-purpose flour, but it's easier and more cost effective for me to buy it. GF Pantry's all purpose flour has never done me wrong and I get it from amazon.com with their subscribe and save (along with some other GF flours, like almond, coconut, tapioca). I stuck with recipes for a while before venturing out and 'winging' it. The GF bisquick has been great - I use it with some of these recipes and they turn out great: http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/impossibly-easy-mini-.... It's great for the homemade version of Red Lobster biscuits.
We use spaghetti squash for a lot of pasta recipes. For actual pasta, we prefer the Tinkyada (sp?) and Buckwheat. I almost always have to double the sauce (we actually use half the pasta for 1 jar of sauce), because the pasta sucks up so much and dries quickly, especially when reheated.
For quickie things in a pinch, my son and I fell in love with these products: http://www.celiac.com/glutenfreemall/sbetter-farms-gluten... ($8.49 at giant eagle). Their tenders are better than anything I've tasted in a long time. I heard that General Mills is coming out with GF hamburger helper, but I haven't looked for them to try.
Good luck!
Elisabeth Hasselback has a great gluten free cookbook. Recipes are very easy and both kid and adult friendly. Love her devil dog recipe!
We eat delicious, gluten free meals on a daily basis and I have never owned a gluten free cookbook! :) (Our youngest has Celiac disease, so by necessity we have to make our dinners gluten free if we want to sit down and eat the same thing.)
First, focus on whole foods....no need to even modify!! One of my favorites things we make is lean, thin cut boneless pork chops, baked in a roaster with apple slices (lots) and onions, and a sauce of vinegar (GF of course) and a touch of soy sauce (also GF, we like San-J.) With this we serve potatoes (fav. recipe is new potatoes, sliced thin and sprinkled with butter, parm, and pepper...delicious!) and sometimes rice.
Really, any fresh meat, vegetable, fruit, etc is okay to make a meal out of. We use brown rice for a starch, and on the rare occasion we want to use pasta I have found several rice/corn mixes I like. I personally don't care for the ancient grains (quinoa, amaranth, etc...they have a taste you need to acquire.)
We make our own "cream of" soup for casseroles, etc from a homemade powder base...it's delicious, versatile, and costs us the equivalent of about 10 cents a package, compared to 3 or 4 dollars for GF cream of mushroom soup. If you're interested, I can give you the recipe to that in a pm.
I have also started making pumpkin pies without the crust and I LOVE them. :)
I have a family who has varying food allergies. I lucked out and found a cookbook called The Kids Allergy free Cookbook. It has tons of recipes that are gluten free, dairy free, peanut and tree nut free, soy free, the 8 most common allergens are not in any of these recipes. (oops looks like I had the title wrong)
Here is a link from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Allergy-Free-Cookbook-Kids-Recipes-...
We've been gluten free for the most part for 6 years (we don't do as well when we travel, and we pay the price later).
I don't do many "recipes" per se. We stick with "grandma-style" cooking . . . a protein, a starch (rice or potatoes) and veggies.
For pastas I like a brand called "Andean Dream" (it's quinoa). I get it at Whole Foods or you can order it from Amazon, etc.
Also, Whole Foods has a list that they will give you at the Customer Service Counter - it tells you every gluten free item in the store. There are many cookies, pretzels, oatmeal items, breads etc. to choose from. My favorite sandwich bread is the Rudy's brand in the blue package.
When we first went GF I cried for about 2 weeks . . . it was so tough. And the first time to Whole Foods for all the GF items took me 3-4 hours (I'm not kidding). But once you get going it's easy. The only hard part of being GF is traveling - but even then you can find restaurants with GF menus (PF Chang's, Pei Wei, Outback just to name a few).
Good luck.
