The first thing I did to get ourselves on the gluten-free diet was to go through every single bit of food in my house and remove anything that had gluten in it. I found a wonderful list on www.celiac.com that can be found by clicking the link below. There is also a list of "safe" foods that have sometimes odd names. I have included a link to it below also.
Unsafe Foods
Safe Foods
Don't feel bad about getting rid of the food. Find a poor college kid to give it to or donate to a food kitchen.
Then survey what you have left with new eyes. Look what starches and grains you have sitting in front of you. Rice. Cornmeal. Potatoes. Corn tortillas and tortilla chips. Beans. Oats (we kept them, you may not want to).
I suggest mostly eliminating any type of processed "convenience" foods from your diet. You'll find the majority of them have gluten in them anyway. Go fro pure meats, pure vegetables, pure fruits, pure grains.
See what type of meals you can plan using the leftover ingredients. I will post a menu planning list I created shortly after removing all the gluten food from my kitchen tomorrow (it's on a different comp).
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