Gluten Free Lifestyle

With 15 to 25% of consumers indicating they want gluten-free foods and over 110,000 Americans diagnosed with celiac disease, gluten-free cooking is on the rise.

Gluten-free doesn’t mean your cooking has to be flavor-free. Gourmet Garden fresh herb and spice varieties are gluten free and are the perfect way to spice up your cooking.

Gluten is everywhere, therefore it is important to always read labels and check ingredients especially with highly processed foods.

In order to maintain a gluten-free lifestyle, below are some tips and facts about gluten-free living or click here for some delicious Gluten Free Recipes.

 

Red Foods

Foods to Avoid

Biscuits, breads, crackers, croutons, crumbs, doughnuts, tortillas, or wafers.
Unless Labelled Gluten Free.
Green Foods

Superfood Quinoa

Quinoa, pronounced ‘KEE – NO – WAH’, is a rich source of protein and also contains essential vitamins and minerals as well as being 100% gluten free. Quinoa is related to spinach and beets and has features of a grain, although it is actually a seed. There are two common types of Quinoa: the Traditional and the Inca Red. It is easy to incorporate Quinoa into your diet as it can be added to a range of different meals to create texture and nutritional value.
Yellow / Orange Foods

Cereals

Avoid > cereals that include wheat, rye, oats, spelt, kamut, those containing malt syrup or malt flavoring.

Safe > amaranth, buckwheat, flax, millet, rice, quinoa, sorghum, soy and teff.

Brown Foods

Pasta

Safe > pastas include those made from brown rice, quinoa or 100% buckwheat. Also safe are oriental rice noodles or bean threads.
White Foods

Thickeners (substitute for wheat flour)

Safe > cornstarch, arrowroot, agar, gelatin or bean (chickpea flour), rice flour (brown or white), potato starch & tapioca flour.
White Foods

Oats

There is debate as to whether oats contain gluten or not, as sometimes commercial oats are grown in close proximity to wheat and therefore may become contaminated.

Safe > gluten free oats.

White Foods

Alcohol

Gluten cannot survive the process of distillation, which means most spirits are safe! SAFE spirits include: Gin, Vodka, Whiskey etc

The sulfite in wine can sometimes cause people to have a reaction, which is often thought to be gluten related, however; most wine in general is safe.

Avoid > beer, ale & lager

White Foods

Dairy

Avoid > dairy substitutes that contain barley malt, grains or oats.
White Foods

Vinegar

Safe > those made from wine, rice or cider.
White Foods

Condiments

Avoid > soy sauce.

Check Labels of > ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise and dried mustard powders (some contain wheat flour).

Safe > Tamari and Coconut Derivative Soy Sauce which are both soy sauce substitutes.

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