re post 366 Sandhu's products Thought Id ring them and just find out for sure if their products were gluten free or not as they dont have "Gluten Free" on them.The meals with pasta in are definately not GF. They dont claim their meals are gluten free just incase they use an ingredient in them that does have gluten in it.The lady I spoke to said they do have a lot of dairy in them.But good news: she assured me the sauces are gluten free :)
melford,
Mar 25, 5:07am
The products I suggested are served with rice not pasta and we have no ill effects here
herika,
Mar 25, 7:05pm
Thats good that you havent had any ill effects melford. I think these products (not the sauces) could be a problem because they arent necessarily gluten free because sometimes they may use ingredients that have gluten in them. If they did claim that they were gluten free or had Gluten Free on the packaging we would know for sure they would be safe to eat. The lady said the reason they dont put gluten free on them is because if they change any of the ingredients and use something with gluten in they would be liable. :)
jenna68,
Mar 29, 7:35pm
zz. zz
cathnjim,
Mar 29, 8:22pm
Herika I use a lot of things that don't specify their gluten free status. I use them because they are cheaper, and they don't bother me, (I am quite sensitive to gluten)When someone puts gluten free on a product, that in itself costs the company money, and there is continual testing, therefore the costs of the product skyrockets to a horrendous price for us. I feel labelling laws in NZ are good, and I agree some companies might be a bit lax, but Herika, if we find one such company we have every right to complain to them and of course complain to the standards authorities. Cathy
cathnjim,
Mar 29, 8:25pm
I am not grumpy I'm just saying what I do for myself, and it works. Cathy
cathnjim,
Mar 29, 8:29pm
On top of this I have had problems with food that has been labelled as gluten free. As I have a couple of other intolerances, it is hard to say what the problem is, but more than likely it will be soy, which is in everything! But this thread is about gluten free things, so I won't complain about it. Cathy
herika,
Mar 30, 6:30pm
Hi cathy yes, I have complained to companies before.They can be very lax about whether or not something of theirs has gluten in or not. For instance if you ring Hansells they will tell you yes, their Vanilla Essence is gluten free.But if you continue to question them (Im quite pedantic at times, as everyone must know by now! lol)then they eventually told me:"we cant be 100% sure it is gluten free because of the alcohol base used in it" (its imported)and "we are at the mercy of the manufacturers"! Just as well for me I dont believe everything Im told! I cant understand how anyone claiming to be associated with the Coeliac Society (not you Cathy) can advertise a product here and say ".As far as I can tell they are gluten free" (post 366) I just find that so unresponsible.Im also the same as you in that there are some gluten free products that I cant have too, because of a certain ingredient in them - for me its vege gums mainly.
herika,
Mar 30, 6:36pm
Passage to India Vindaloo Simmer Sauce has Gluten Free on the packet.I cant have it because it has vege gums in it (cause diarrhoea for me). But others may be okay with it, heres the rest of the ingredients: water, onion, sunflower oil, tomato paste, distilled vinegar (that can affect some people)herbs & spices, garlic, ginger, salt, brown sugar, paprika & paprika extract, citric acid, vege gums (Guar, Xanthan)and corn starch. There is an 0800 number on the packet along with their website: www.passagefoods.com for anyone who would like to check out their products a bit further :)
herika,
Mar 30, 6:45pm
Pitango free range Thai Chicken Curry has gluten, dairy and GE free on it. Lists all the ingredients and has a guarantee on the packet too. They do say the ingredients are made in NZ from local and imported ingredients though.Pataks Butter Chicken Paste has gluten free on the packet. It lists all the ingredients and also says made from local and imported ingredients. They also have a guarantee and contact details.Hey, Cathy - the Pitango one has soy in it but the others dont, so you may like to try them :)
jenna68,
Apr 5, 7:53pm
Last page and too good too lose. x
maxamissy,
Apr 6, 5:15am
ha hello ladies hey earth angel big shout out to you darls. ive been doing well doing lots of old school chinese cooking its so easy! been having vermicilli rice noodles does anyone know if they are actually mostly gluten free i dont care if its trace amounts. im down to 69 ks ( originally 93 kgs! ) hoping to get just below 60 as this is my healthy bmi range. so whos been eating gluten free cookie times sounds good. loving home made veges soups to.
flossy21,
Apr 6, 6:14am
Any suggestions for using up bananas! I have only got rice flour and maize cornflour in the pantry, no budget for any other GF flours this week. Any suggestions! I thought about trying to make a banana sponge, not sure if the bananas would be too heavy.
frances1266,
Apr 16, 4:16am
g/f recipes bumping.
tlkin,
Apr 18, 11:29am
found you! (Once I got the spelling right lol!)
melford,
Apr 19, 5:16am
flossy21 - I never bake with anything other than Gluten free flour. I use any recipe but I increase the baking powder. I find I get excellent quality baking just doing this. I will post my recipe for banana cake for you below
blackx,
Apr 19, 5:17am
And bumping this too, for R321 .
melford,
Apr 19, 5:21am
Gluten free Banana Cake 3 eggs 1/2 pot (250 gm olivani) 1 cup sugar Grated rind of 1 lemon 4 ripe bananas (mashed) 1 tsp Baking soda in a bit of warm milk) 2½ cups Gluten Free flour 5 tsps baking powder Mash bananas Add eggs and stir with wooden spoon Add sugar Add flour. Add melted olivani and stir until all combined Preheat oven to 200C then lower it to 160C when you put in the cake. Bake 1 hr 20 minutes. Ice using icing sugar, lemon juice and grated rind of 1 lemon. (still tastes like a banana cake though but the icing is lovely)
leese8,
Apr 20, 2:13am
hi could I have the recipe for g/f rusks please TIA
letto,
Apr 20, 5:39am
melford do you use any particular brand of GF flour when you substitute. thanks.cheers.
melford,
Apr 20, 6:54am
I used to use Bakels Gluten Free flour .
melford,
Apr 20, 6:59am
Sorry typing error above- I use Bakels Gluten Free flour
jenna68,
Apr 26, 12:47am
up for the non-glutey's :o)
hawthorn11,
May 5, 10:54am
b. .
malcovy,
May 8, 10:14pm
A very easy bread recipe and its nice Gluten Free Bread 2 1/2 cups white rice flour, 2/3 cup cornflour, 2/3 cup dry milk powder, 1 tablespoon guar gum or xanthun, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 3/4 cups warm water, 2 teaspoons dried yeast, 1 tablespoon raw sugar or any sugar, 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, 2 large eggs or 2 tbspns ground millet mixed with water,
In a small bowl, combine water, sugar and yeast. Stir to combine. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together dry ingredients. Add yeast mixture, vegetable oil and eggs. Using an electric mixer, mix dough for five minutes on medium-high speed. Lightly grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan with vegetable spray. Spread batter evenly into the pan. Lightly grease a piece of plastic wrap and cover the pan. Allow dough to rise for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Bake dough for 55 minutes or until bread slightly leaves sides. Remove bread from oven and allow it to cool in the pan for five minutes. After five minutes, turn bread out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
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