Gluten free pasta

[Arzosah]

At the moment, Approved Foods have got 3 x 250g for 99p - I pay £1.50 for a 500g pack at Sainsbo, so thats quite a saving.


NB their email said it was today only. Don't know how true that is.

[nickdutch]

At the moment, Approved Foods have got 3 x 250g for 99p - I pay £1.50 for a 500g pack at Sainsbo, so thats quite a saving.


NB their email said it was today only. Don't know how true that is.

I havent checked their website for ages. Whats their delivery costs and minimum order qty?

[nickdutch]

I have had another look at their prices and although the gluten free pasta looked good I would have to buy up loads to make it worth while on the delivery. most of the other foods that i would normally buy I can actually get cheaper at B+M and even Tesco in some cases. So in practice, they may be good, but only for a small selection of goods.

[Arzosah]

Hi Nick! Very wise - I use a lot of g/f pasta, so I actually bought the max (18.75kg!) and on that basis, I saved about £20, even accounting for delivery charges. But a lot of their stuff is consumerist rubbish, and the rest isn't keenly priced - 10p off a tin of crosse and blackwell soup, for instance, really doesn't cut it!

[nickdutch]

Hi Nick! Very wise - I use a lot of g/f pasta, so I actually bought the max (18.75kg!) and on that basis, I saved about £20, even accounting for delivery charges. But a lot of their stuff is consumerist rubbish, and the rest isn't keenly priced - 10p off a tin of crosse and blackwell soup, for instance, really doesn't cut it!

Thats probably why I haven't used them. I also am gluten free, but the real b@gger for me is the gluten free breakfasts that cost me a ton. Co-op muesli for instance, nairns gluten free oatmeal or kello puffed rice and the like. If you know a way that i can get good gluten free, sugar free, yeast free and dairy free breakfasts then let me know.

[Arzosah]

You can't eat the gluten in ordinary oats? Blimey, thats tough! Breakfast, I have oats, and then throw on them some pumpkin seeds, linseeds and sunflower seeds. Put boiling water on them in the evening, leave somewhere safe overnight, and in the morning I put a dessertspoon of manuka honey on, then a handful of cornflakes for crunch

If I couldn't even use oats, frankly I wouldn't bother with kallo type puffed rice, ordinary breakfast cereal seems a complete rip off to me (I use Sainsbo basics cornflakes, 31p for 500g). Is their basics range puffed rice any good for you? I think thats about 75p for 500g.... otherwise, truly, I'd boil ordinary rice, or maybe make a huge batch of pudding rice once a week. The other thing that occurs to me is making a big batch of crumble topping, with a bit of fruit in - not using wheat, obviously, but gluten free flour isn't far off the price of normal flour these days. You could put seeds in as above ... when I learn to use my oven, I certainly intend to batch cook that kind of stuff.

[Maddie_cat]

Out of curiosity, have either of you been formally diagnosed as being coeliac? Or did you just cut gluten out of your diet and found that you were better?

I had IBS for 20-odd years before my GP suddenly thought I ought to be checked for coeliac disease. I had a blood test which came up +ve and then had to have the biopsy.

As a result of being formally diagnosed as being coeliac, I get a lot of my GF food - bread, pasta, flour, crispbread etc - on prescription. See here for a list of what you can get. It might be worth considering as GF food is blardy expensive!

[Arzosah - I can't eat normal oats either, have to get GF ones]

[nickdutch]

I came up negative for the celiac test, but I was told that i had "gerd" or "ibs" depending on the doctor and their mood or obsessions, but I cut out gluten and stopped being in as much pain and had better clarity of thought (after a time) and general all over well being. If I have gluten containing cheap oats again I have pain again which is a bugger. So self tested "problem" with gluten. Dont get me wrong I am not whiter then white, its just that i try and be good as much as I can without going mental through a restricted diet.
I still have a bad digestion, but I think that could be due to taking too much nicotine replacement therapy (electronic cigarette) as well as other underlying issues (candida, leaky gut, chronic fatigue, poor immune system etc).

[Maddie_cat]

It makes me realise that ITSHTF, I would not survive for very long

[Arzosah]

I was diagnosed by an acupuncturist, who'd also qualified as a nutritionist (I think, it was years ago). I did have an allergy test on the NHS, which pointed up all sorts of things, in mild form, but I don't bother with the NHS any more for chronic conditions at this level - after a certain point, I've found it a waste of energy. I've never actually demanded a test about gluten tho and its certainly never been offered. Hmmmm.

Without going too far into details, there's also the matter of toxic past relationships ...