Gluten Free. What do you miss

Riverwalk

TerriBull your GD might like wraps/flatbreads made with gram flour (chickpea) which is GF. It's a staple of India/Asian cooking so doesn't have a speciality price tag!

Gram flour

Thanks Riverwalk, I'll look out for that.

Bread! nothing remotely matches 'proper' bread.

My son diagnosed with coeliac disease in his 40s no more kfc's or mcdonalds.

I make gf cakes for our allotment cafe, one of which is a lovely coffee and walnut cake, found the recipe online.

I have always struggled with bread it makes me choke so I rarely eat it. I watched Mary Berry make a Nordic loaf it looked straight forward enough. It’s on my baking list for the weekend it might be worth a try providing you don’t have a nut allergy.

You can use any plant milk to replace cow's milk in drinks. Almond and hazelnut are my favourites. Obviously oat milk is a potential problem if you need to avoid gluten.
I'm sensitive to both wheat and lactose and I miss cream, butter and butter icing and I really miss warm, fluffy scones.

Warburtons soft white rolls are good dolphindaisy.

I miss baguettes most I think, but GF bread is much better than it was even 5 years ago, I actually prefer that the loaves are small because it stays fresh, as I’m the only GF one in my family.

My favourite thing is Nairn’s biscuits, the GF ones are all delicious.

You are certainly right about the size of the slices for the price. My son and grandson are both gluten free too. We adapt very well. I definately think most people who are gluten free would say they miss the bread.

TerriBull your GD might like wraps/flatbreads made with gram flour (chickpea) which is GF. It's a staple of India/Asian cooking so doesn't have a speciality price tag!

Gram flour

I don't miss anything, I'm not a coeliac but my granddaughter is and when she was first diagnosed she often said she went to children's parties where there wasn't a lot for her to eat. Gluten free products, aren't as nice as regular ones imo, although she seems to like the pasta which is good. I tend to have a range of products in for her when she comes to us. I've made gluten free cakes with Dove's flour and use it for thickening gravy when she's here on Sundays for a roast dinner. She likes Schar bread rolls, they are okay for a gluten free bread, a big like bagels imo. She also likes Schar's pain au chocolat. I always have those two products in the freezer they are expensive but she likes them more than anything else. One brand in particularly, very expensive loaf falls apart it's not very tasty either, I've learnt to avoid it. She is able to have porridge which she likes so will often have that for breakfast. Although there are a fair range of products for gluten intolerant people these days, it's certainly opened my eyes as to how consumers have to pay through the nose for them and the loaves of bread are so, so tiny!

Bread, most GF bread is awful, I've found a couple of loaves I tend to keep in the freezer for toast but I used to love a crusty French loaf or soft white rolls never found suitable GF alternatives.

I don’t eat the bread as sandwiches but I’ll eat it toasted no problem. But I definately understand you.

Kitty may I ask how you found out you were gluten intolerant ?

I'm not coeliac but gluten intolerant and I miss nice bread. I don't miss much else really as I have managed to work round it.