Monday, October 25, 2010

The Good & The Bad

In my opinion; the best All-Purpose flour recipie (from Cooking for Isaiah) is:

6 cups white rice flour (Bob's Red Mill)
3 cups tapioca flour (Shiloh Farms)
11/2 cups potato starch (Bob's Red Mill)
1 tblsp. sea salt
2 tblsp. xanthum gum (Bob's Red Mill)

Its important to go organic & unprocessed on meat, fruits, veggies, and dairy.  However, some of these items are ok if conventional (save some money!)

Organic:    Celery                       Apples                Blueberries
                   Peaches                    Grapes                Nectarines
                   Strawberries             Bell Peppers      Spinach
                   Cherries                    Potatoes            

Conventional (non-organic):        Onions           Avocado          Banannas
                                                        Sweet Corn   Pineapple        Sweet Potato
                                                        Mango           Sweet Pea       Asparagus
                                                        Kiwi              Cabbage          Eggplant
                                                        Cantaloupe    Watermelon    Grapefruit

We shop at EarthFare but can find some items at Bi-Low & Publix.  You have to watch the prices because its not neccesarily cheaper at the regular grocery.  Here is a list of some basic items we keep at home that are yummy:

Vann's Wheat & Gluten Free Waffles (Bi-Low)
Village Grown Organic Microwavable Steam Bags of Veggies (Bi-Low)
Organic Tortilla Chips & Salsa (EarthFare)
Udi's Gluten Free Pizza Crusts (EarthFare)
Organic Pasta Sauce (for pizza) & Daiya Shredded Mozz. (EarthFare)
Earth Balance Butter Spread tub & sticks (EarthFare)
Organic Eggs & Organic Apple Juice (EarthFare)
EnviroKidz Organic Gorilla Munch Cereal (EarthFare/Bi-low/Publix)
Rice Pasta (EarthFare)   Glutino Crackers (EarthFare)
Rudi's Gluten-Free Bakery Bread (EarthFare - pop in toaster on lowest setting before serving; comes frozen)
Full Circle Organic Soy Milk (anywhere)   Rice Dream Rice Milk (anywhere)
Organic Ketchup (EarthFare)

Some things I use alot are conventional:

Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce                              
Rice Chex Cereal
Marshmallow Creme
Olive Oil or Safflower Oil (can use regular veggie oil)

Its also important to start saving jars & have good storage items.  Fresh foods go bad quickly.  You can freeze things to make them last longer &  give you something easy to warm up during the week

AVOID:     Anything with Root Flour
                   Bob's Red Mill:  Brownie Mix & Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix
                    Mac and Cheese (dont even try it)

Ok....gotta go for now.  Will enter more tomorrow!  Good Luck!

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