If you’ve been diagnosed with coeliac disease, then the only treatment is to follow a strict gluten free diet. Even the smallest amount of gluten can cause your symptoms to return. So, you need to be very cautious about what you eat, and always read ingredients lists of any food you buy carefully.

But that doesn’t mean that you have to say goodbye to all your favourite dishes. Even if you love Italian food like pizza and pasta that are normally made from wheat. There are lots of great gluten free products out there that you can use to create amazing meals, and plenty of easy to follow recipes to get you started.

What you can and can’t eat

When it comes to gluten free ingredients for your cooking. The good news is that many of the basics are completely safe. This includes unprocessed meat, fish, fruit and vegetables, as well as staples like rice, potatoes, beans and pulses. Due to the addition of gluten to many processed foods, many people revert to cooking from scratch. Using naturally gluten free ingredients to create healthy, well balanced meals for themselves and their family.

Ingredients that you can’t eat on a gluten free diet include anything made from or containing wheat, barley or rye. Along with anything that contains flour made from these grains. A handy substitute for flour is cornflour. Which is naturally gluten free and can be used to thicken sauces or gravies.  Gluten can turn up in all sorts of unexpected places, from sausages to sauces and even in stock cubes. So, always read the label to make sure you’re only using gluten free ingredients.

It’s important to remember that however careful you are in selecting your own gluten free ingredients Cross contamination can occur if you prepare your gluten free meals alongside normal foods. This can happen when you use the same utensils or chopping boards, and it can even happen if you use the same pans without cleaning them thoroughly. To be confident that your diet is completely safe, you should have separate items for gluten and gluten free ingredients.

Finding gluten free recipes online

Here at Glutafin, we’ve assembled an expert team of qualified dietitians and talented chefs. To help make your move to gluten free cooking as simple, and as tasty, as possible. You’ll find dozens of delicious recipes here on our website, from puddings to pancakes, light bites to world cuisine, pasta to pasties.

Our chefs have been working hard to make sure that you don’t miss out on a wide range of your old favourites just because you are following a gluten free diet. You can browse by mealtime, with breakfast, lunch and dinner recipes using gluten free ingredients. Or you can browse by food type, such as fish dishes and meat and poultry. We even have a special section for children’s gluten free recipe ideas. Plus a range of meals that meet other dietary or lifestyle requirements, such as vegetarian and vegan recipes.

You can also find lots more recipe ideas online that are made using only gluten free ingredients. BBC Good Food has over a hundred gluten free recipes, while Jamie Oliver offers over a thousand gluten free meal ideas for you to choose from.

Make the most of your Taster Box

All of the Glutafin recipes use products that you’ll find in our free taster box. You can apply for one of these to be sent to you free of charge as soon as you’ve been diagnosed with coeliac disease.  It includes our recipe book, Delicious Dishes which uses gluten free ingredients found inside the box. So you can see for yourself the variety of meals you can make. This will help you to decide what to order when you set up your first gluten free prescription.

Eating a strictly gluten free diet can be challenging, but discovering new dishes can be hugely rewarding too. By following the recipes available online, you can create many of your old favourites, gluten free, so you never have to miss out.

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