Coeliac food recommendations

Firehouse pizza takeaway in Ballymun do gluten free pizza, garlic bread, potato wedges and desserts!!I ordered pizza and wedges last nite....AMAZING!!Pizza how I missed you!!I'm very happy they put a leaflet through my door!

I'm not coeliac myself but I noticed that a lot of the Gluten free range including flour in Tesco in Mahon was half price yesterday. However they do not seem to be reduced online so it may be store specific.
Edit - According to some posts on bargain alerts, it is nationwide

re.mark.able wrote: »

I only found out recently that I am coeliac.
For me I don't compromise with any of the substitutes - xantham gum and other non-natural ingredients that you can't grow in your garden. Most of these are products of GMO'd corn. For me the gluten free breads and pastas were more a stepping stone to get myself off of them - i believe that if you can't digest gluten then you should just accept the fact that you cannot eat bread or pasta and find an alternative.

As regards recipes, my friend makes loaves filled with vegetables or sweets by combining brown rice flour, some baking soda and using fused bananas and oil as a substitute to eggs. I don't know the exact proportions but the outcome is a fluffy, moist consistency that more closely mimics the spongeyness of bread more than any gluten free alternative I've ever come across without resorting to engineered, non-natural ingredients. I don't think the exact proportions are all that important as the reaction isn't as chemically particular as that of wheat bread

sweets?!

Lidl launched a GF range yesterday. They're selling their own bread and rolls, along with loads of Kelkin products way cheaper than they are in Supervalu. Delighted Just checked on the app there, 28 different GF products

Just recently diagnosed and learning ! Someone asked for a sweet chilli sauce which is gluten free but didn't get an answer, I'm wondering does anyone know if there is one? Also while checking online the blue dragon brand of sweet chilli and mango IS gluten free but the blue dragon sweet chilli ISN'T , I'm still learning but I couldn't see a difference between ingredients apart from obvious addition of mango to the one which is GF? Also I read Schwartz stuff is now not GF anyone know why? Alternatives? I love homemade Indian food - thanks

Be Free Wraps are outstanding. Only seen them in Tesco so far but they are really good.

Great to be able to have fajitas and burritos again

NWheat13 wrote: »

Any recommendations for good GF beer and where to get it in Dublin - please don't suggest estrella I hate that stuff.

I like Green's Premium Pils. Nicer than Estrlla imo. Molloy's stock it as do Milano's. Not sure which pubs have it.

If you like ale, then GFA is quite nice. same company make lager, GFL, but I haven't tried it.

madmaggie wrote: »

Do any other coeliacs have the same problem as me? I react to the majority of brands in the stores, only safe ones are Juvela and Glutafin. When I eat out I almost interrogate the staff. I saw a dietician and she said I must be highly sensitive to gluten. I'm not looking for medical advice on this, just wondering if anyone else has encountered the same thing.

I find www.coeliacpages.ie brilliant, especially for ideas on where to eat out. She is also on facebook and twitter. You could also message her. HTH

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

If you like Mexican food, Cortina's Mexican Restaurant, Dundrum, Dublin have a GF menu. I don't know if they have it advertised but the waiter brought the menu when I enquired what was GF. Lovely lunch and very reasonable. Joel's Restaurant also has a GF menu. Restaurants have become a lot more savvy in recent years regarding GF food, but some do fall down as they are not aware of the cross contamination problem.

I was recently given a present of a pkt of Pure Bred Brown bread rolls, and really I couldn't believe how soft and fluffy they were, on the downside, the white rolls were not as nice.

I find it strange that a lot of GF products are also free of dairy, egg, etc., etc., but as I only have to avoid gluten I always feel I am losing out on dairy when I eat those products so I usually bake instead of buying.

A lot of newly diagnosed coeliacs are lactose intolerant/have other food allergies as a result of their wrecked guts! I'm dairy intolerant on top of CD, it kills me a little when I see milk in something thats gluten free.... crisps especially

I feel like a bit of a fraud posting in here cos I'm not coeliac... but I don't eat wheat so thought I'd share some good stuff I've had lately.

Hands down the best GF pizza was in The Twelve hotel in Barna, Galway. It was delicious! Shame I don't live over there.... The Porterhouse in Dublin do pretty good GF pizza base too, I was really surprised. They also offer GF buns for their burgers (but I haven't tried them yet). And a really tasty Dime bar cheesecake dessert.
I tried the GF pizza from Firehouse in Ballymun and could barely stomach a slice of it - it was awful. Really.... soggy? Yuck.

Relish cafe in Drogheda (there are two I think) have a good size GF lunch menu - a separate page at the back of the menu. I had french toast - it was pretty OK, more than edible.

I had a lovely lemon drizzle cake from Sticky Fingers Bakery which only do GF foods - I picked it up a food market in Dublin. It was pricey at €8, but really lovely.

For shopping, ALDI has a decent enough GF range now - breads, rolls (surprisingly soft), bap things I've used for burgers, corn flakes, GF porridge oats, a few cakes, and muffins. Everything I've tried has been pretty good.

I tried Tesco's GF Yorkshire Puddings a couple of weeks ago. I wasn't expecting much, but they were tasty! As were the calorific chocolate puddings (they're beside each other in the freezer section).

And finally... I was pleasantly surprised by Odlums quick-bake GF scones
http://odlums.ie/products/products/quick-range/odlums-quick-bread-mixes/
They were lovely straight out of the oven, and not bad cold either.

I bake quite a bit as well too, but still trying to work out the best flour alternatives. These brownies were good though (but next time I'd add less flour, and add some raspberries.)
http://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/recipes/gluten-free-chocolate-brownie


Anyway, hope y'all don't mind me hijacking your thread :eek:

mirrorwall14 wrote: »

I've done a search of the thread but the curry suggestions are usually jars of sauce. Does anyone make gluten free curry from scratch? I've a big batch to make and its easier to clean the kitchen down and do the full batch gluten free rather than separate meals!

Most curry recipes that solely use spices (rather than pastes) can be used. Simply ensure that you use gluten-free stock cubes and thickeners when required.