Starches, grains, and other bugaboos

Dee asked me to share some low and no starch menus. There are increasing numbers of sites for families who are gluten or grain free due to celiac disease, autism, IBS, certain types of arthritis etc. Surfing for low carb, grain free, or SCD diet recipes brings up a ton of information. You don’t need to be low carb to be grain free however. The addition of dairy and fruit makes for a very adequate carb count. I thought I would start off with some good links:

Maureen’s List is great. Check the blog archives for excellent grain free recipes. I am going to try her roast chicken technique. Going to track down some of that coconut flour!

Going Against the Grain explains some grain related woes and gives suggestions for avoiding them. There is an online exerpt that includes some menus and recipes.

Grain Free Gourmet uses almond flour to adapt traditional recipes to a grain free diet. Samples here.

Oodles of recipes here.

Typical no-starch menus.

This morning I had:

Almond flour pancakes (very light)
homemade breakfast sausage
orange slices
milk

Check out Dee’s grainfree breakfast here.

3 thoughts on “Starches, grains, and other bugaboos

  1. Thanks for posting this! This will save me some searching on my own. My oldest is on the SCD diet for his autism and it is such a bear! Not so much if I plan ahead but I wonder if I’ll ever be that organized!

  2. Thanks for the links! It makes life interesting in trying to plan meals with others eating pasta, etc. I usually get creative and add in white beans or lentils. Those seem ok in small quanitites. Do you plan meals for you AND your family or do you keep it simple and make what you can eat too?
    Aren’t those pancakes the best!
    Happy Easter!
    Dee

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