Looking for good tasting gluten free peanut butter
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Looking for good tasting gluten free peanut butter
I went to the store and the only one that actually stated gluten free Smart balance. Is there any others that anyone could recommended. Also if you have any other ideas of good tasting gluten free items (pasta cookies ect.) please let me know as i just starting gluten free today and trying to make it as smooth as possible transition.
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Hi Doug
I am also a newbie, gluten free for a month. i really like the quinoa pasta - it stays firm and tastes the most like "regular" pasta to me. I seem to be sensitive to peanuts so I have given up my very favorite food, peanut butter, in favor of almond butter, which is quite good. If you can tolerate eggs, I have been eating a lot of poached eggs on gluten free toast or hashbrowns. So far my favorite brand of gluten free products is Glutino. Just got a loaf of their cinnamon raisin bread and it's delicious. My ND advised not to exchange gluten junk food for gluten-free junk food so I'm trying to stay away from the crackers and cookies, but again the Glutino brand snacks I've tried have been pretty good. Hope this helps a little.
I am also a newbie, gluten free for a month. i really like the quinoa pasta - it stays firm and tastes the most like "regular" pasta to me. I seem to be sensitive to peanuts so I have given up my very favorite food, peanut butter, in favor of almond butter, which is quite good. If you can tolerate eggs, I have been eating a lot of poached eggs on gluten free toast or hashbrowns. So far my favorite brand of gluten free products is Glutino. Just got a loaf of their cinnamon raisin bread and it's delicious. My ND advised not to exchange gluten junk food for gluten-free junk food so I'm trying to stay away from the crackers and cookies, but again the Glutino brand snacks I've tried have been pretty good. Hope this helps a little.
Leslie
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Doug,
Smucker's Organic Natural Peanut Butter contains only peanuts and a little salt. It doesn't say gluten-free on the label, but it surely is. I no longer eat it, because I seem to react to peanuts, also, but it has a better flavor than most of the other GF peanut butter brands that I've tried. The problem with all "natural" peanut butters, of course, (and all "natural" nut butters in general), is that without the additives used in conventional brands of nut butters, the oil separates and rises to the top, so you have to stir the contents to get it remixed again, when you open the jar. Storing it upside down helps to reduce the problem, since it puts the oil at the other end of the jar.
If you want crackers to go with that peanut butter, some of the best (and safest) are distributed by Edward and Sons. Their Unsalted Plain Brown Rice Snaps, for example, contain only two ingredients, organic brown rice flour and organic white rice flour. Be sure to check the ingredient list before you buy, though, because they sell many different types of "Rice Snaps". All of them are gluten-free, but some of them contain other ingredients that many of us cannot tolerate. I like their website, because it makes checking the ingredient list for each of their products quick and easy.
http://www.edwardandsons.com/es_shop_snaps.itml
They also sell other gluten-free items, including gluten-free ice cream cones, for example. Incidentally, there are casein-free ice creams available, made from coconut milk or other non-dairy milk, and many of them are excellent (if you find it difficult to do without ice cream). They are available in places such as health food stores, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, etc.
http://www.edwardandsons.com/specialdiets_celiac.itml
Most health food stores carry their Rice Snaps, and you can also buy many of their items on Amazon.
Tex
Smucker's Organic Natural Peanut Butter contains only peanuts and a little salt. It doesn't say gluten-free on the label, but it surely is. I no longer eat it, because I seem to react to peanuts, also, but it has a better flavor than most of the other GF peanut butter brands that I've tried. The problem with all "natural" peanut butters, of course, (and all "natural" nut butters in general), is that without the additives used in conventional brands of nut butters, the oil separates and rises to the top, so you have to stir the contents to get it remixed again, when you open the jar. Storing it upside down helps to reduce the problem, since it puts the oil at the other end of the jar.
If you want crackers to go with that peanut butter, some of the best (and safest) are distributed by Edward and Sons. Their Unsalted Plain Brown Rice Snaps, for example, contain only two ingredients, organic brown rice flour and organic white rice flour. Be sure to check the ingredient list before you buy, though, because they sell many different types of "Rice Snaps". All of them are gluten-free, but some of them contain other ingredients that many of us cannot tolerate. I like their website, because it makes checking the ingredient list for each of their products quick and easy.
http://www.edwardandsons.com/es_shop_snaps.itml
They also sell other gluten-free items, including gluten-free ice cream cones, for example. Incidentally, there are casein-free ice creams available, made from coconut milk or other non-dairy milk, and many of them are excellent (if you find it difficult to do without ice cream). They are available in places such as health food stores, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, etc.
http://www.edwardandsons.com/specialdiets_celiac.itml
Most health food stores carry their Rice Snaps, and you can also buy many of their items on Amazon.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Doug,
As Tex mention, the Smuckers is very good! Earth Balance Coconut and Peanut Spread is another.
Have you, by the way, ever googled for a GF store? I did, was amazed to find a store near me that only carries gluten free products. I would have never known that if I had not searched.
Kind bars are gluten free and can be found at many stores, Whole Foods is one.
A lot of GF products are trial and error. Some taste horrible, while others are quite good! Udi's GF bagels are known to be good as well.
Blessings!
Mandy
As Tex mention, the Smuckers is very good! Earth Balance Coconut and Peanut Spread is another.
Have you, by the way, ever googled for a GF store? I did, was amazed to find a store near me that only carries gluten free products. I would have never known that if I had not searched.
Kind bars are gluten free and can be found at many stores, Whole Foods is one.
A lot of GF products are trial and error. Some taste horrible, while others are quite good! Udi's GF bagels are known to be good as well.
Blessings!
Mandy
Hi, I have tried many g-f breads. The best one is Udi's. They make bread, bagels, hamburger, hot dog rolls and pizza crusts. The are the lowest in price. They make good grilled cheese sandwiches and french toast. Tinkyada pastas are the best I have used and I buy it by the box online. A good deli meat is made by Hormel, they make many types and most are g-f. Purdue shortcuts are g-f. I always look for gluten free on the package. Jon
Those are the two flavors that I prefer, also.gluten free items
I love the Glutino bagel chips. They have a great texture, unlike some of the stuff, and would never know they're GF, they're so good. I also like Rudi's GF bread better than Udis. It's bigger in size & toasts better, I think. I was visiting Dallas & in Trader Joes and also came across some of their own brand GF rice tortillas, to mimic the flour tortillas. I hadn't seen them before, so will ask my health food store if they have them or if not, can get them. Am sure if they do, they'll be higher, but guess we're stuck with the higher pricing at the health food stores.
You can't change the wind, but you can adjust the sails.
Lulu,
Corn tortillas are much cheaper, if you can tolerate corn. Check the label to be sure that they are safe, because as you get farther away from Mexico, some companies ruin corn tortillas by adding wheat flour to them.
Tex
Corn tortillas are much cheaper, if you can tolerate corn. Check the label to be sure that they are safe, because as you get farther away from Mexico, some companies ruin corn tortillas by adding wheat flour to them.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Corn Tortillas
Usually do use the corn tortillas, but saw them & wanted to make a recipe with apple pie filling that I'd found & sounded so good to bake, so just had to have 'em. They were really good. Thanks Tex. I still haven't been tested for corn, dairy, etc, or for that matter the gluten. As long as I'm doing so much better, I've put it off. I do rely on corn too much, then with them saying the GMOs are in it, kind of worrisome, but thinking about getting organic corn products. The things they are putting in our food now should be illegal, but I guess Monsanto has more money than God, and hard to do to even make them label it.
You can't change the wind, but you can adjust the sails.
Justin's Nut Butter has many flavors of peanut, almond and hazelnut butters some with chocolate. It is gluten and dairy free and no GMOs. You can buy at Target. Comes in jars and individual serving packets.
http://www.justins.com/
http://www.justins.com/