Skip to main content

The Homemade Gluten-Free Cornbread Journey

It has been 3 1/2 weeks since I have gone gluten-free. I had not missed bread up until this week There is nothing like cornbread and beans with some homegrown tomatoes and onions on top.

This week I searched for a great recipe. I believe, I found one. Sent my hubby to the store to get ingredients and found that you really must read the label of each cornmeal product.

There is white cornmeal mix, yellow cornmeal mix, yellow cornmeal, white cornmeal.
All the cornmeal at our local store, except the yellow cornmeal, contains flour. The mixes contain white flour along with solids that I would not choose not to put in my body.

My hubby grabbed a cornmeal mix and since he was getting some brown rice flour he thought brown rice Triscuits would be something great I could eat. Brown rice Triscuits also contain white flour. Yikes. They went back to the grocery store.

So I made the cornmeal mix with flour he purchased for hubby. Then we went to the store again to get the yellow cornmeal. Came home and made another skillet of cornbread. All natural ingredients and gluten-free. I thought it may taste as awful as some of the gluten-free breads people are talking about. To my surprise and delight, this cornbread was AMAZ-MO! We made it a sweet cornbread. Just moist enough. Not dry. Crumbles a little when you butter it just as you would expect.

I forgot to take a picture because we were so excited to eat it. It smelled so good and looked so good. Kind of like the cornbread I have imagined my husband's Granny used to make at the county store she owned with his Granddad off of Big Springs road in Tennessee.

TTFN. Off to my next food adventure.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Digestion being Gluten-FreeFollow my blog with Bloglovin

Since the first day I started gluten-free. I have notice my food is digesting immediately. My system is also making much more noise. LOL. I am a little afraid to eat in public. I thought maybe it was just because I was eating so many grapes. I have found it is after every meal for about a half hour. The neat thing about this immediate digestion is that my stomach area is not bloated all day like it used to be. I do notice tummy bloat if I eat just a little bit of gluten on accident. For example, you would think beef jerky would be gluten free. apparently not. I ate a little. It tasted delicious. I didn't realize it had any gluten. The next morning I woke up with a funny taste in my mouth and a bloated tummy all day long. I didn't put two and two together until I read the back of the beef jerky packaging. Warning: Contains wheat and soy. My PA (Physician's Assistant) says my headaches will often get worse with major nausea. I am hoping the gluten free...
Post a Comment
Read more

Sugar Cravings, Detox and More

So my hubby was selected by his company to be a lead in a certain group which meant he would be traveling for 4 days. Perfect, I thought. I will only eat vegies or fruit, and drink coffee, tea or water. My fav foods are vegies and fruit. I know I need protein so I eat it, but if I didn't have to I wouldn't eat it everyday. I love, vegies, fruit and desert. In fact one of my fav meals is a huge vegie plate and a pint of Hagen Daaz Gelato. So...I decided to do a detox while my hubby was out of town. $72.00 for what I felt was 4 days worth of fruits and vegetables. I did the detox. Only water, coffee or tea. Only vegetables or fruits. No sauces, no sugars, no condiments except herbs and spices. Every day about 3p, I started getting a headache. I would eat a piece of fruit. That wouldn't help. I decided after those 3 days that I am addicted to sugar. So I am now working my way to be sugar free with the exception of fruits. The holidays are proving challenging because of f...
2 comments
Read more

Flavorful, Spicy Tacos your whole Family will Love

After years of trying to eat together as a GF family, my husband and I sometimes get it right. He decided to make tacos and looked for GF ingredients for me. He ended up finding products that we both love together. This is definitely a keeper recipe. We recommend you change the spice level for younger children. Teenagers will love this because it is like Doritos and a little edgy. Spicy, Semi-Homemade Tacos Ingredients: 1 lb ground meat (hamburger, turkey or chicken) 1 packet of Old El Paso brand gluten free, low sodium taco seasoning 1 can of Rotel brand diced tomatoes and green chilies (drained) 1 small can of tomato sauce (for thickness) 1 cup of lettuce (chopped) 1 tomato (diced) 1/2 cup Mexican mix shredded cheese 1 package of Old El Paso Bold Spicy Cheddar Flavored Taco Shells Salsa, hot sauce, sriracha, tapatio of your choice Prep time: 20 minutes Brown ground meat, drain. (Do not cool). Prepare cooked meat according to the taco seasoning instructions. Add Rot...
Post a Comment
Read more