2nd Azure Standard Order

We ran out of all the cookies and noodles from Azure Standard and I was a little hesitant to order again because the first order was so confusing. When I finally just got online and did it, I was surprised to find out it was much easier because they had saved our account number, shipping and drop number etc. So we are excited to have noodles, spelt and gluten free flour and cookies again.

Ideas for gluten free cooking from Katuska

Here are some tips for gluten free cooking from my sister in law who lives in Utah. She is a great cook and very creative, too.

"Hawaiian Hay stacks (do not use campbells cream of chicken, make your own (so easy) with broth, spices and corn starch. Replace the chow mein noodles with something else crunchy.
Polenta with spaguetti sauce on top
Rice and lentils, the kids love it! and with the left overs i make soup the next day. The only one that frowns is Dave.
Taco Salad ( I add rice and beans so it is more hearty and filling)
Grilled salmon with mashed potatoes and salad (wild caught, i don't like dyes added to my fish or anything else I eat for that matter and you can get it cheap at winco).
Kalua pork with rice
teriyaki chicken with rice (you have to use La Choy brand of soy sauce because kikoman has wheat in it so just read the ingredient label.)
I have a recipe for pancakes with cornmeal instead of any kind of flour. This site only uses everyday ingredients and you don't have to buy anything expensive. I will look for it and forward it to you.
Another alternative to buying the expensive flours is to get a really expensive blender like BLENDTEC, we have VITAMIX but you have to buy a separate cup ( for $100, a rip off in my opinion) and grind the rice, beans, etc... and make your own flour, it pays for itself in my opinion.
We complement meals with rice, potatoes, instead of pasta. Also, there is a quinoa/corn pasta that used to be sold at Maceys. I prefer it over the rice pasta (yuk!). Here is the link so you see what it looks like. sometimes you can especial order stuff at your store, like Maceys and I do not know that you have Maceys in Idaho.
http://www.quinoa.net/145/163.html. I paid around $2.75 for each small box of the curly noodles.
Also, you should be able to find HARINAPAN it is a corn based mix used for AREPAS which we eat for breakfast (eaten in Venezuela and Colombia and a main staple in their diet). here is a picture so you know what to look for, Maceys sells it too and it retails for about $1.99 per bag. sometimes you can buy it for $1.75 in some latin markets around here."

prices per pound

Azure standard noddles per lb.
shells $2.34
rotini $4.06
organic spaghetti $2.82
10 lbs elbow macaroni $2.34
organic lasagne $4.76

Jules.com
50 lb baking mix in bulk $2.99 lbs

julesglutenfree.com

I stopped by Cliff's market this week with the kids. I love shopping there. I would go more if we had unlimited resources.
I had a nice visit with a mom of 8 who has been feeding her family gluten free for awhile. She buys noodles through azure standard. Some of her flour and baking mixes she orders from julesglutenfree.com. If you buy bulk flour you can get free shipping.
We will stock up on it after we get our tax return. I should probably do an elimination diet to figure out what other foods are bothering me besides gluten and sugar. I'm a little afraid of what I'll find out, it couldn't be worse than what I've already given up, right?

Supermoms

It is 1:19pm and I haven't even started lunch and Grant is behind in his school work again. The good news is that I have found a supermom with 8 kids who cooks gluten free and homeschools 6 of her kids and she is willing to share her recipes with me. Maybe there is hope.

Pancake Mix

8 c. whole wheat flour (we use rice flour)
2 1/2 powdered milk
1/4 c. baking powder
2 c. white flour (We use more rice because we can grind up rice in our grinder and it is much cheaper than the other gluten free flours, but you could try oat, potato, tapioca or any gluten free flour that you like.)
1/2 cup sugar

To use mix:
Stir 2 c. mix, 2 eggs, 1/4 c. oil, and enough water for the right consistency.

Pancakes are the one food that still turn out when you substitute flours in a recipe.

Here are some places I've found to shop for gluten free stuff.
Cliff's Market in Caldwell, ID
Fred Meyers
Azure standard www.azurestandard.com
There are many other online stores, but I haven't written down the addresses. If you know of some, I'll include them in the list.
Wal-mart and Win-co are throwing in a few gluten free mixes here and there on their shelves, too. Win-co also has a variety of flours in bulk. Spelt is the natural form of wheat before more gluten was added. Our family can handle spelt flour in baking as long as we don't mix it with too much sugar. Spelt, rye, tapioca can all be found at Winco in the bulk section. Happy shopping.

apple pie

This was an experiment. I had some extra tamale dough, so I used it as a pie crust and added some apple pie filling, then added the strips at the top. It turned out pretty good.