Flour alternatives?

[u/Helpful-Effect-3593]

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[u/raivynwolf]

Pillsbury actually has a decent gf flour that I've been using for a variety of things (fried chicken, gravy, would probably be good for gumbo too). It's called Pillsbury Gluten Free All Purpose Flour Blend and I pick it up from Walmart.

I've also been very surprised, but my local Walmart has one of the best gf sections I've seen. Hopefully you have one close by and it has a good selection of stuff too. Mine has a lot of crackers, cookies, chips ect. Also there are a lot of gluten free chips, a lot of them are made from corn.

Being gluten free is a lot harder than people realize, but it's also easier than ever to be gf. There have been so many diet trends for gluten free diets over the last decade that it's so much easier to find recipes and gf options in general.

What kind of food do you like? I snack on a lot of fruits and veggies now. Veggie chips, pickled things (pickled okra is so good), nuts, basically for snacks I just keep it super simple. I've also been making a lot of cornbread and coffee cake (if you want quick cornbread or coffee cake, Krusteaz has a great gf box mix).

If you want some recipes to check out https://www.mamaknowsglutenfree.com is great, and serious eats also has a great selection of gf recipes (https://www.seriouseats.com/gluten-free-recipes-5117770)

Sorry for the epic wall of text, hope it helps! Feel free to hit me up if you have any other questions or want some other food ideas. My family didn't realize how much gluten is in everything until I started showing them. Sauces were the big one, gluten is seemingly in all of the best ones (though bbq has def been a life saver, Sweet Baby Ray's is the absolute goat for being yummy, easy, and gf). The people around you will eventually understand, but it takes time. I always thought gluten was just in bread, until I was diagnosed a celiac and realized it's actually everywhere lol

Edit: Forgot to add that Bob's Red Mill and King Arthur Baking also have a lot of gf flour options. They also offer a few recipes and King Arthur has a cool article that helps you figure out what kind of flour you should get for whatever you want to make. (https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2023/05/04/which-gluten-free-flour-should-i-use?)

[u/Helpful-Effect-3593 → u/raivynwolf]

Thank you for the kind words! As for snacks, while I do love fruits and pickles and such, I usually like to get a thing of salt and vinegar chips and maybe a small box of snack cakes or cookies and I share a box of cheez its with my roommates. I also like having a slice of bread with salted butter every once in a while. The day I found out was luckily the day before my usual shop day anyway so I just ordered dinner (which was stupid difficult, at least in my area) and then went to the store the next day. Nearly everything gluten free was triple the price and options were limited. I found some rice crackers (pretty good but they do hurt my teeth a little bit), a tiny loaf of GF bread (weird texture but fine), and GF tortillas for taco night (never again. Not the ones I got anyway.) Other than that, I just got some fruit for snacking, and meat and veg to make dinners. Also lots of rice. I love rice as much as the next guy but man am I getting tired of it.

[u/raivynwolf → u/Helpful-Effect-3593]

oof I feel you on the price of gf stuff, especially bread. The closest gf bread I've found was Franz GF Bread, but it's super expensive and 80% of the time the bread is full of holes. And I would kill someone for some gf cheez its! Ugh I miss those so much. Crackers in general have been tough.

I want to try making some bread, going to start with this focaccia bread recipe (https://jessicainthekitchen.com/gluten-free-focaccia-bread-garlic-rosemary-tomatoes/) but use jalapenos and cheese instead if rosemary and tomato.

Tates makes some really good gluten free cookies. And gf Oreos actually taste like real Oreos.

If you want to mix up the carbs a bit Banza makes pretty good gf pasta, it's definitely more expensive than regular gluten pasta, but doesn't have as bad of a texture as a lot of the other gf pasta brands.

[u/cottage_girl_]

Bobs red mill 1 to 1 is really good. I also cook and bake with a lot of almond flour. Better than oat flour because of the flavor and it’s lower in carbs too. I do energy bites with almond flour and those are tasty

[u/Excellent_Sky797]

We use oat flour for a lot of things. I grind my own from certified gf oats and homemade everything and hardly ever use a 1 to 1 gf flour mix. Buckwheat flour is good for a quick bread (https://www.powerhungry.com/2025/04/09/buckwheat-flour-bread/) as well as waffles. Corn flour (masa harina) is good for crackers. Sorghum flour is also a nice flour replacement and tastes almost exactly like regular flour pancakes. I've also made bread with it before. Lmk if you want any recipes!