[Maedchen]

Charla, if you can do chickpeas and have those in the can, save the liquid. It can be added to baking products as egg whites. It can be whipped. (There are lots of videos using the liquid faba (I think that is what they call it) It can even be whipped into a topping similar to meringue cookies)

If you do not have the canned for ease, you can soak and rinse and then cook chick peas and save the liquid in the fridge to use.

You can also use flax meal with water as an egg sub in baking..........just note that you will not get the general height you are used to with eggs.

At least it is edible and your taste buds do adjust when you are gluten free.

When I went to the India market, the lady informed me that the gram flour (which I was concerned about) is ground lentils.

You can also find chickpea flour.......if nothing else you could make Falafel that is safe.

You can use the above to make a patty for a sandwich.


She also told me to get water chestnut flour. It is one of their fasting approved foods....... you boil 1 potato and mash it and add water chestnut a little along to make a dough that you press out and can cook in a tiny oil amt to fry similar to a tortilla. Limited ingredients (which I am sure you could do with most any flour and the potato) I prob. would add a tiny pinch of salt just to be okay with my western tastebuds.


Some people may dump the liquids out of canned goods, but that can be drained and used as a soup base starter.


If you have instant potato flakes, I add an egg to the mashed potato and seasoning, I fry those in small patties. (you could add onion or peas......whatever you have that you like the taste of. Add some nutritional yeast for added vitamins.) Sometimes that is all my husband and I have for a meal at night.

I take a 5 oz can of tuna and add 2 heels of bread crumbs, 1 egg, and I add chia, hemp seeds and nutritional yeast and no more than 1/3 cup bisquick/flour............ I make patties and fry those in a small amount of oil (just enough to keep it from sticking) We then make a sandwich or eat it as a meat with veggie side. We make 2 meals off of the patties. So it should cover a family of 4 for 1 meal. (You could do that with tuna if you like tuna patties to make it go further)....... If you can sneak onion or peas or even grated carrot, it adds to the food value.