Pasta, Wheat-free, Gluten-free, and Corn-free

My favorite wheat-free, gluten-free, and corn-free pasta is the Tinkyada Pasta Joy brand. I love the organic brown rice penne pasta. It cooks with a good consistent texture as the package states. The problem with pasta made without gluten, it can be mushy. This pasta is not mushy at all.

The Tinkyada Pasta Joy Organic Brown Rice Pasta Penne has two ingredients: Organic Brown Rice and Water.
This fits Rule Number Two: Look for products with a short ingredients list.

The package states: "We specialise Our entire factory premise and all machines are dedicated to the manufacture of rice pasta - no other grain or cereal to prevent cross-contamination at production.

The fact that the rice pasta is made in a dedicated facility is great for any one with food allergies or food intolerance, who is avoiding, wheat, gluten, corn, nuts, and dairy.

The Tinkyada Pasta Joy rice pasta is cholesterol free, low fat, low sodium, and trans fat free. This makes the rice pasta a healthy choice.

Rule Number Three: Always make sure to use safe cooking practices when cooking at home. Always use a clean counter free of crumbs that may contain, wheat, corn, or any food that you are avoiding. Use separate utensils for stirring and straining the pasta.

When you cook at home, you must use safe cooking practices, so you don't contaminate the food.
Example: If you are cooking wheat pasta for other members of the family, while at the same time you are cooking the wheat-free pasta, you must make sure you stir the pasta with separate utensils. You cannot stir the wheat pasta, then use the same utensil to stir the wheat-free pasta. Using the same utensil in both pots will contaminate the wheat-free pasta, and the person avoiding the offending food will be exposed.

You cannot strain the wheat pasta in a collander, then strain the rice pasta in the same uncleaned collander. The rice pasta will be contaminated.

Tinkyada Pasta Joy rice pasta has various pasta shapes available, penne, shells, spaghetti, vegetable spirals and many more. For more choices on the Tinkyada Pasta Joy go the the website Tinkyada.com

I give the Tinkyada Pasta Joy five stars for two ingredients, dedicated facility, good taste, not mushy, good texture, and a healthy choice.

Candied Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

INGREDIENTS:

3/4 cup butter, softened (organic unsalted butter)

3/4 cup white sugar (I used Tate Lyle Caster Sugar for baking)

3/4 cup packed light brown sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract (alcohol free)

1 1/4 cups Bob's Red Mill All Purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

2 3/4 cups Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Rolled Oats

1 cup raisins (organic)

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. In large bowl, cream together butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth.
3. Beat in the eggs and vanilla until fluffy.
4. Stir together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and sea salt.
5. Gradually beat into the butter mixture.
6. Stir in the oat and raisins.
7. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets.
8. Bake 8-10 minutes in preheated oven until golden brown.
9. Cool slightly. Remove from sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.

I translated an oatmeal recipe into a gluten free version using Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free All Purpose Flour and Gluten Free Rolled Oats. The cookies tasted more like candy than cookies. Next time, I plan to add Xanthan Gum and more gluten free flour than the 1 1/4 cups of flour that I used in this recipe. The cookies were better at 8 minutes, but the 10 minutes made them crunchy. I used the crunchy crumbs and added them to Greek yogurt. It was a delectable treat.

GLUTEN FREE OATS

Oats do not contain gluten. Oats become contaminated when grown in fields with wheat.
Bob's Red Mill sells Gluten Free Rolled Oats and Gluten Free Steel Cut Oats.
The oats are grown in dedicated fields. The oats are RS ELISA Certified.
The product is whole grain and dairy free.
The product ingredient list is: whole grain oats.
The oats are also packaged in a gluten free facility.
Rule number One: Always read the ingredient list.
Rule number Two: Look for products with one ingredient or a couple of ingredients.

* Products with long ingredient lists are a nightmare for food allergic or intolerant people.

I give Bob's Red Mill five stars for both Gluten Free Oats, (Rolled Oats), and (Steel Cut Oats).
Dedicated Facility, One ingredient, Dairy free, Whole Grain, good taste, product cooks as instructed on the package.

Introduction to my allergy food dilemma

I am allergic to corn, wheat, plums, and cherries. These allergies started in 1986. I became very ill. My body was giving me strong signals. It took me a long time to hear the message. I began listening intently to the signals. Experimenting with food, helped me discover the answers why I felt so poorly. At first, I would eat, say a potato chip, and there would be no problem. Then I would eat another brand of potato chips, and I would get hives, a red face, and swollen lymph glands. It seemed a mystery to me. I was forced to become a food detective. I began reading every label. I noticed that each time the ingredients list included, corn oil, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, cornstarch, maltodextrin, and fructose I had a reaction. My aha moment happened when I realized I needed to abstain from any form of corn. As I removed corn from my diet, my health improved. As I continued reading labels, the food detective in me realized that wheat, rye, oats and barley did not agree with me either. I have continued my search for corn-free products; still they need to be gluten-free as well. There are many gluten-free products on the market; however, corn flour, corn starch, and maize are common ingredients in the gluten-free arena. Through the years, I have found many good products that are healthy and safe. I have many recipes and products that I would like to share. I can't believe I am the only person who is truly allergic to corn and wheat. Looking forward to sharing my food information in hopes it will help someone else feel better.