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Naturally Gluten Free

When you begin your gluten free journey you are overwhelmed, but then when you realize that gluten is in practically everything you are even more overwhelmed.  So it's important to remember that thousands of items are naturally gluten free. 

For instance:

All fruits, in their natural state
All vegetables, in their natural state
Most meats, you need to check on chicken and turkey to see if there is gluten in the broths they sometimes inject into them.
Rice - brown, white, jasmine, etc - not the flavored ones, you'd need to check the ingredients for those
Quinoa (pronounced - Keenwa) which is also super high in protein
Dried Beans - kidney, chickpea, black beans etc.
Dried Lentils
Eggs
Milk
Single spices
Nuts, in their natural state.  You can easily toast and salt them if you get them raw - soaking them first is even healthier, as it breaks down the enzymes in them that make them hard to digest.
Popcorn, stove-top popped
Oils - olive, coconut, canola, peanut, etc

Gluten free foods that are worth a try

When you are eating GF it is so hard to know what to get and not to get.  Items are so expensive and if you have more than one person who is GF it's a huge risk and you feel super obligated to eat what you buy when you have invested so much into it.  This is the main reason that I try and make most of our treats.  Sometimes, though, you just want to grab something off the shelf or you can't make it like pretzels.  I've purchased some things that were so bad I wish I hadn't wasted my money. 

Mi Del Cookies - Arrowroot (These are similar to an animal cracker only better) & Ginger Snaps (Though I look forward to trying the other kinds too.  Also, I found these at Walmart)
Tinkyada Brown Rice Pasta - this pasta holds up very well and doesn't break up.  It also reheats well, which is important to me.  I found that if you boil water and then pour the leftover pasta into the water and then drain, it works great otherwise it is dry and yucky.
Barkat Pretzels - pretzels are a very expensive GF item.  But, if you love them you want them to be tasty when you invest in them.  Snyders GF Pretzel Sticks have improved over this last year and that's what I buy when I can get to Whole Foods as none of the stores around here carry them, sadly.
Glutino Wafer Cookies : Lemon - These were addicting!  The chocolate ones are awesome too.
Food Should Taste Good Chips :  Multigrain - these were amazing and healthy too!
Kinnikinnick Tapioca Rice Hamburger Buns - Great for hamburgers and toast.  I cut them into thirds or fourths and then I had a bun for sandwich and toast.  For burgers I left it whole.  These are amazing.  My mom found them for me at her health food store, my friend Kelly found them at Kroger in TN.  Personally I would choose this over any of the GF breads that I've had store bought. Their Italian bread is good too, but you have to toast them both before eating.  Just lightly toasted for sandwiches.
Schar Chocolate Hazelnut Bars - these were so good I ate the whole pack myself.  Wish I had another pack now.
Chebe Focaccia Flatbread Mix - This was great,  I made it according to directions, but pressed it into a pampered chef large bar pan.  It came out so nice and crisp. I am going to try and recreate this from scratch.
Udi's Whole Grain Bread -  This bread was so good I wanted to eat the whole loaf, toasted with butter.  You can't really use it straight from the bag for sandwiches though, it's not too soft. Their bagels that I've tried are pretty good too, though, my friend says that you can't call that a bagel.

This is obviously not an extensive list but it's a few things that may help you along the way.  Maybe you can share some of your experiences or favorite GF items.
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