What is Gluten

Gluten (from Latin gluten, “glue”) is a protein composite found in foods processed from wheat and related grain species, including barley and rye. It gives elasticity to dough, helping it to rise and to keep its shape, and often gives the final product a chewy texture.

Gluten, when dried and milled to a powder and added to ordinary flour dough, improves a dough’s ability to rise and increases the bread’s structural stability and chewiness.…

Stores

Manhattan:

FOOD FOR HEALTH

This is the best store so far I came across. I do big shopping there once a week. You can find all kind of gluten free/vegan/organic food also supplements, cleaning supply. The prices are most of the time lower than in other big shopping stores.They also have promotion on certain products every month.…

Cream of Mushroom Soup (Version 1)

I have found this recipe in the book “Gluten Free Girl” by Shauna James Ahern. I modified it though a little bit. The cream of mushroom soup came out really, really delicious, but had one problem. I didn’t like the color of it. (Therefore no picture) lol I need to figure out how to make it more appealing to the eye.…