I tend to have a lot of questions about being gluten free, such as why? how? what do I eat? Well, I do it purely for health reasons and not just for the sake of it. I'm not sure if I will have to eat gluten free forever or if things will improve as I get older. If you're thinking about starting a gluten free diet then I won't lie to you, it's tough. In the end though you adapt and it gets easier. I feel a lot better in myself! The worst part about being gluten free is eating at restaurants because there is usually nothing on the menu apart from salad, steak or gammon, which get boring after a while! However quite a few restaurants, such as Pizza Express, Yo Sushi!, Wagamama's etc have many items on their menu's which I can eat.
I keep experimenting and trying new gluten free recipes. Yesterday, I spent the day baking and decorating some gluten free gingerbread men. They sell quite a lot of biscuits in the supermarkets these days, but they always taste better when homemade. They turned out well and tasted great. You could hardly tell that they were gluten free! The recipe I used was from www.glutenfreestudentcookbook.co.uk which is worth checking out.
Their recipe includes:
50g Butter [soft]
75g Brown Sugar
1 Medium Egg
250g Plain Flour [gluten free] (easy to buy at supermarkets)
1 teaspoon Xanthan Gum (again, supermarkets)
1 teaspoon Baking Powder (make sure it's gluten free!)
1 teaspoon Ground Ginger
3 tablespoons of Golden Syrup
Full instructions are on their website. They were easy to make and my family loved them.
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