When starting your GF journey, one of the most daunting tasks may be finding a good, safe bread. There are a few choices on the market, from loaves to machine mixes to flours and recipes to make your own. I love to bake, but let’s be serious…who has time to bake all the bread their family is going to eat? I mean, you get it out of the oven and it is gone! So, I really prefer to buy a ready bread at the health food store, and now I can even get them at the closest grocery store!
For beginners, I can recommend Ener-G Foods Tapioca Loaf. It is the most like a white bread of any of the loaves I have tried. My dad ate it and did not notice anything odd about it at all. But here is the thing that I can’t under emphasize–you MUST TOAST ALL GF BREADS. Always. No exceptions. I don’t really know why, I just really know it is true. Toast it to a lovely brown, and it is perfectly fine for sandwiches, toast and jelly, and a great PB&J.
I think changing to a GF bread from regular is a bit like changing from regular soda to diet, or changing from whole milk to skim. At first it is all “EWWWWWW! Skim!!!!”, but once you get used to it, the whole milk tastes like you are drinking butter. Keep this in mind as you try your GF bread. Your tastebuds will adjust, and you will be just fine.
Kath
Your right! Skim is disgusting
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Comment by Guymed — May 6, 2008 @ 9:40 pm
Welcome! I’m so glad you are feeling better in addition to the diet helping out your kids!
Just to let you know, if you are interested in baking your own bread (I know, that takes some daring), you can eventually find some that don’t require toasting. I finally (after about a year of being gf) made one I really like that I can make into sandwiches as regular bread.
But it is all a lot of trial and error. And you are right, you can’t compare it to what you were used to – no gf bread will be like gluten bread. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be good.
Come check out my site as well as all the site I have listed on there of other bloggers. They have lots of good ideas and recipes.
Karen
In Edit By Guymed: Yes, I am feeling better (I’m Kath10’s son), thanks for checking out the site!
Comment by glutenfreesoxfan — May 8, 2008 @ 1:50 am
thank you Kathleen!
Comment by Lisa Sigismondi — May 8, 2008 @ 2:24 am
Dear Guymed,
1% rules!
–Kath
Comment by kath10 — May 8, 2008 @ 4:48 pm
Dear Don,
Check out our recipe page for a great pizza recipe!
–Kath
Comment by kath10 — May 8, 2008 @ 4:49 pm
Hi Karen!
Thank you for the welcome, I see I am in good company as a gf blogger! I look forward to visiting your site and learning more about our yummy but slightly inconvenient lifestyle. You are right, the GF breads are pretty good homemade and not toasted. I had forgotten about that…since the family ate the bread in exactly 1/100 of the time it took me to make it!!!
–Kath
Comment by kath10 — May 8, 2008 @ 4:52 pm
Dear Lisa,
Thanks for visiting! You will learn to love being GF!
–Kath
Comment by kath10 — May 8, 2008 @ 4:52 pm