Gluten-Free Pizza!

Well, Last night my husband made gluten-free pizza for dinner. It was really good! It is the first time since my diagnosis that we've used a gluten-free dough. I honestly couldn't tell the difference in the taste. The mix for the crust that we got was by Bob's Red Mill and is make with whole grain brown rice flour, potato starch, whole grain millet, whole grain sorghum flour, tapioca flour, potato flour, evaporated cane juice, xanthan gum, active dry yeast, sea salt, and guar gum. The dough had a good texture. It reminded me of the thin crust pizza's you can buy at the grocery store. Normally, when we make pizza we use a heated stone in the oven and a pizza paddle, it usually makes more of a thicker crust pizza that's about 12" in diameter, but we forgot to put the stone in the oven to pre-heat so we used a round pizza pan that we have. In order for the crust to fill the 16" pan, we wound up with the thinner crust. I had two slices last night and brought one more for my lunch today. I really couldn't taste any difference.

Day 2

Well, I had a little bit of a break-down last night. I think some of the reality of having Celiac disease really hit me, that, and some of the frustration over the current monotony of my diet in the last week decided to rear its ugly head. The fact that my diet in the last week has consisted mostly of yogurt, oatmeal, and carrots with peanut butter has felt rather lackluster and boring, but what other choice do I have when that is all that is in our pantry that I know I can eat. Dinner has been a litlte bit better, Peas, Corn, Ham, and we went out and bought some gluten-free Spaghetti made with white rice. I'm still holding out judgement on the spaghetti because I think I over cooked it a bit when I make it the first time. We're having it again for supper tonight, hopefully I won't over cook it this time. One new discovery I made here in Columbia, was that HyVee has a very good natural foods section that has a wide variety of gluten-free products (about 2/3 of an asile with specific gluten-free products with few more often mixed in with the regular organic/natural foods). They have very good prices based on what I've been comparing them to. We did pick up some fruit and some Flat Earth Chips which have a serving of fruits and/or vegetables in them and are gluten-free (some contain milk and soy products). Have a good day.

First Post

This post is just the beginning of my gluten-free journey. I plan to post the discoveries I make along the way. Most of the other gluten-free resources I've found deal mostly with living gluten-free in large enough places that there are bakeries and restaurants that the gluten-intolerant and celiacs can go. I live in Columbia, Missouri, a city of less than 100,000. It's difficult to find many places and resources for Celiac patients here. There are a few natural food stores and some of the local grocery stores have large organic food/natural food sections, but in all of my research thus far (I've only recently discovered my intolerance), there aren't any bakeries or restaurants that specialize in GF diets. If you are from Central Missouri and know of any resources to help me, please, let me know. Have fun and enjoy!