| This year more and more people are starting a | | | | gadget. Many gluten free slow cooker recipes can |
| gluten free diet. Gluten, a protein found in wheat, | | | | be made, which can help save a lot of time. While |
| rye, and barley, can cause many health problems | | | | a slow cooker does take longer, you can easily |
| for those who are sensitive to it. Unfortunately, | | | | put ingredients into it and allow it to simmer for |
| nearly all "ready to eat" and convenience foods | | | | hours while you tend to more important things. |
| often have some form of gluten in it, which can | | | | Blender: Until starting a gluten free diet, my |
| make it really difficult for some to adjust to the | | | | blender sat on the bottom shelf of my pantry |
| amount of cooking needed to make meals. | | | | collecting dust. Now I use it nearly every day, |
| Often the ready made gluten free foods are | | | | making delicious smoothies for breakfast and |
| sometimes triple the cost of the versions made | | | | other tasty treats. |
| with wheat. Having to make everything from | | | | Food Processor/Grinder: The non-wheat flours |
| scratch can be pretty overwhelming, especially if | | | | available at stores can be very expensive. With a |
| you have never been a good cook! Thankfully, a | | | | grinder or high quality food processor you can |
| few basic kitchen gadgets can help save you prep | | | | often make your own at a fraction of the cost. |
| time and money by making things yourself. | | | | Your Freezer: Whenever cooking something and |
| Here are some tools to help make gluten free | | | | you have leftovers, you can easily freeze them |
| cooking easier: | | | | to save for another day when you don't feel like |
| Rice Cooker: What I once thought was a useless | | | | cooking. You can simply reheat and serve on a |
| kitchen gadget has now become a huge time | | | | busy day, rather than start dragging out all your |
| saver for me. Making rice can take up to an hour | | | | pots and pans. |
| on a stove top, and often needs a lot of | | | | Cooking on a gluten free diet certainly will take |
| attention to make sure it doesn't burn. With a rice | | | | some getting used to. But, like many others who |
| cooker, you can make rice for any meal without | | | | have already started this diet, you might just be |
| really thinking or worrying about it as it cooks. | | | | surprised at not only how much better you feel, |
| Crock-pot: A crock-pot, sometimes also called a | | | | but also how fun it can be! |
| slow cooker, is another great time-saving kitchen | | | | |