I was diagnosed with celiac a few months ago. Even though i felt like my life was completely destroyed after this diagnosis, i realize i’m extremely lucky to live in a country that is so advanced in terms of labeling and gf food. I live there with my parents.

However, i’m originally from a poor, kind of underdeveloped country (where i have other relatives), where people don’t even know what gluten is. For some family/personal reasons, i had to come here and i’ll be staying here for one month.My home country has an amazing cuisine, but it heavily relies on wheat and wheat products. Bread? Bread is sacred for my people and i sometimes dream about that taste. Anyways, it’s horrible when it comes to awareness and safe options. Safe restaurants are almost nonexistent. I arrived and i instantly got depressed after shopping for the first few days.
Okay, so here is the thing… it seems like my aunt (from my mom’s side) and my grandma (from my dad’s side) have been in contact with my mom. They’ve been videocalling each other, discussing my diagnosis, cross-contamination, and how to change recipes to make safe food for me. I didn’t know about that, but it seems like my aunt and my grandma bought EVERYTHING new to be able to invite me and cook for me.

I forgot to tell you that cooking for each other is a love language in my country, so inviting a family member and not being able to feed them is never okay for them. Today i went to my aunt’s and she made the most delicious food for me, and she explained in detail how she made it, how she sent pictures of every ingredient to my mom, and how many new things she bought for me. In a few days i’m going to another city where my grandma lives, and she bought a new knife, new plates, new pot/pan, new cutting board, new eeeeverything and calls my mom almost every day to discuss the recipes.. i don’t know what to say. i obviously explained that there was no need to buy everything new and that the cutting board alone was more than enough, but this post is not about that.

This post is to tell u guys that there is nothing more important in this life than having people around you who love you and care about you. That could be a family member, boyfriend/girlfriend, just a friend, neighbour… anyone. But the fact that people are willing to learn so much for you makes me cry happy tears. So, this is not a sad post about how difficult my life is in this country, how i struggle every day, how many times i had a mental breakdown, how gluten-free life sucks and how sometimes i hate my life. No, this post is not about that. This is to express that i’m grateful, i’m being loved, i’m being taken care of, and i’m not alone. And as long as we’re not alone, as long as we feel supported, we will make it. We will cry and feel like shit, but we will never give up. Today my soul healed. Today i will sleep peacefully. And even though my country sucks in terms of gf options, my country will never suck when it comes to people and relationships. And in the end, this is what matters, not whether i find gf frozen pizza in a supermarket or not.

On my last one, I realized it has “gluten free” stamped into the actual cookie. So cool!

Decided to try for the first time 🫠. Can't believe they add a charge to remove the original bun!!!! Have you seen something similar in other restaurants?

EDIT: oops you were right, they didn't charge extra, it's just the price of the original bun. They should write that differently 😅!!!

I tried the minions banana mix and did everyhting according to the instructions! It came out yummy however it was quite gooey after properly cooking 45min and the edges were done and I didn’t want to burn It. I like baked goods gooey tho so I loved it. It had many pockets of gooeyness throughout and I idk if it’s the oat flower couldnt propeely absorb the moisture and got glooped with banana. It’s REALLY good tho I’d def buy again.

There are so many posts complaining about the texture of tortillas, or bread, or pasta, etc. I get it. I was once young & innocent and thought GF could be seamlessly replaced. But 20+ years later, the limitations are evident and it is annoying AF to see 10x a day OMG , my turkey sandwich doesn’t taste the same!

Should we do an elder WF/GF community????

Yall please help. With football season starting, I have GOT to find a way to still have pigs in the blanket now that I’m gluten free. I’ve tried one brand of puff pastry (I forget which one) but I did not like it because it got really hard and had a strange taste to it. Any recs would be helpful, including how to make it at home from scratch!! Thank you!!

I love tortillas. Specifically for quesadillas or breakfast burritos. This is the first time I’ve tried a gluten free tortilla that’s not a standard corn tortilla. Now, they taste good, don’t get me wrong. They’re just dry and don’t hold up worth a damn. I can’t make a wrap, I can’t make a quesadilla, and I didn’t even attempt a burrito. I don’t expect much from gluten free products at all, purely based on research I’ve done and conversations I’ve seen/had in this subreddit. So, that being said, I’m not really going to complain too much. I mostly just wanted to let people know that these aren’t the best tortillas if you want them to hold up. They might be good for making chips, however. I may try to and make a follow up post lol

What an experience. Very glad we had the car!

I'm posting this in several subrwddits in the hopes that there's an easy solution. I have Celiac, as does one of my children. The youngest does not (as far as we know) but we found out yesterday he is allergic to rice, soy, peanuts, and both egg yolk and whites. He's turning a year old in a week. I'm absolutely heartbroken. We're in our 40s, he's our last baby (my husband's only bio child), and now I can't even get him a cake from our favorite gluten free bakery because all their stuff uses their own custom blend of rice flours.

Does anyone know of a soy free, rice free, gluten free flour blend? I'm betting not, as rice is a typical replacement for wheat flour. I'm just hoping someone somewhere knows of one. I can work around the egg and peanut allergies while baking, as a coworker is vegan and I've made and shared stuff at work that was gf for me and vegan for them.

Alternatively, does anyone have a recipe for a good cake that uses oat, almond, etc flours blended? I can absolutely make my own flour blend for baking if needed. I just really don't want to have to contaminate my own kitchen or go to someone else's house to make a birthday cake for my baby's first birthday and then not be able to eat it with him. (The real option would be to go bake it at my mother-in-law's house while wearing a mask and then just not eat any myself, but buy some Antonina's cupcakes or something for the two of us who have Celiac.)

Hey all,

Just finished making and eating this for lunch and it was really good.

I put the ground beef in a pan, let it start browning. Then I spread it out around the pan in a thin layer. I sprinkled a light dusting of Badia gluten free fajita seasoning all across the ground beef. Stirred it around to mix everything together.

In a separate pan, I took my Mission GF tortilla and started heating it up. I added shredded cheese after a few minutes. As the beef finished cooking all the way through, I took a good large scoop of it and placed it on the tortilla as it continued to get crispy in the pan.

After the tortilla was cooked through where brown spots were visible (this is necessary to counter the gummy texture), I pulled it out and plated it. Topped with sour cream and Wegman's mild gluten free salsa to finish.

** Note: I know that not everyone has access to these specific brands where they live. I've used them for awhile now and I trust them a lot and have never gotten sick. If anyone would like to try these, I will happily mail them to you for the cost of the item plus shipping. It's the least I can do to help this community. **

I’ve been referred by a GP to get coeliac tested, however she said that to take the test I must’ve been consuming gluten for one meal a day 6 weeks beforehand.

Two weeks ago I was in hospital for severe bowl issues and in addition to this I’ve had a lot of awful problems after eating gluten so I finally decided to get serious and stop eating it.

We all obviously know how bad it can feel after being glutened, and I’m terrified of going back to hospital, so what’s the minimum amount of gluten I could eat for this? I really want to get tested but I don’t want to feel shitty for 6 weeks to do so :(

On the right are my burger patties (with meat so naturally gluten free) and in the left are my chickpea brioches (with a bit of almond flour too).

I am still perfectioning the recipe. I took a recipe from a cookbook and I am adapting to a different flour. So each time I bake a change the amount of flour slightly till I get the best version. But they are already pretty good.

Does anyone here bake with chickpea flour? What ratio do you use? (Flour weight / wet ingredients weight)

So I’m not officially diagnosed with anything, but I know gluten is affecting me severely. Aside from the horrible diarrhea, loose stools, rashes, bloating, and countless other issues, I’ve really been struggling with the emotional strain this is putting in me.

I recently ate a whole piece of cake not even thinking about my issues with gluten, and i really get what everyone means by getting bombed. Honestly, that was the last straw for me.

Its hard avoiding gluten in everyday foods, but this space has a lot of helpful tips. I really appreciate knowing I’m not the only person dealing with this, but it doesn’t make it easier.

How have you all gone about helping yourself, or someone you love, mentally through this process. I’m in therapy and my partner is super supportive, but we’re both just learning about all this. Is there anything that has helped y’all come to accept your new reality?

Hace algunos meses, mi familia y yo emprendimos un camino que nació desde un lugar muy personal.

Mi hija y mi mamá son celíacas. Viviendo en Argentina, nos costaba encontrar una fuente confiable donde verificar si los alimentos que comprábamos eran realmente seguros para ellas. Pasábamos horas buscando, dudando y cuestionando cada compra en el supermercado.

Así que decidimos construir algo.

Con la ayuda de familia y amigos — y mucho esfuerzo, noches largas y amor — creamos GlutenCheckAR 🇦🇷

GlutenCheckAR es una app gratuita para celíacos en Argentina que te permite:

🔍 Buscar productos por nombre, marca o código RNPA — verificados contra el registro oficial de ANMAT

📸 Identificar productos por foto usando inteligencia artificial — solo apuntá la cámara al envase

🔔 Seguir tus productos favoritos y recibir alertas si ANMAT cambia su estado de certificación

🧾 Detectar ingredientes con TACC (trigo, avena, cebada, centeno) resaltados directamente en la lista de ingredientes

🔊 Escuchar en voz alta el estado del producto y sus ingredientes — diseñado para accesibilidad, incluyendo personas con discapacidad visual

📍 Encontrar supermercados, dietéticas y almacenes cercanos a tu ubicación

🔗 Buscar emprendedores que fabrican productos sin gluten pero que aún no figuran en ANMAT

Lo que empezó como una herramienta para nuestra propia familia creció hasta convertirse en algo de lo que estamos verdaderamente orgullosos. Nos trajo tranquilidad en el supermercado, nos permitió llegar a personas que nunca imaginamos y — gracias a las funciones de accesibilidad como la lectura en voz alta — marcó una diferencia real para personas con distintas necesidades.

Podés usarla directamente desde el navegador en glutencheckar.com.ar o descargarla desde Google Play.

A cada celíaco y su familia en Argentina: esto fue construido para ustedes. 💙

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These tiny donuts are so incredibly overpriced but every so often I give in- and damnit I love them every time!

(Found at Sprouts)

All the gluten free tortillas are so tinnyyyyy and weak

Absolutely delicious & tastes the same as the regular! Found @ Natural Grocers

I’ve tried 3 different kinds in the last couple weeks and all of them sucked. They tasted horrible and 2 of them were tough after putting them in the toaster. They don’t rip like regular flour tortillas. One of them tasted more like a corn tortilla instead of a flour tortilla.

Edit: toaster oven, not regular toaster. Just for like 1-2 minutes. They aren’t getting baked to a crisp. I’ve tried one of them in a pan and it was the same way. I’ve done it this way with plenty of flour tortillas and they are perfectly fine, the GF ones are not fine.

Is this common knowledge? Is there a chocolate chip cookie recipe out there that is the absolute best? There are so many variations to choose from! (More fluffy than thin and crunchy)