Gluten free cooking

Good morning everyone. Yesterday I spoke about how I still struggle with the non-food aspect of being gluten free. This morning, I decided to research what fellow Celiacs use to cook with, and a huge majority of Celiacs cook with Stainless Steel and Hard Anodized Aluminum pots and pans. A fellow Celiac did tell me that cooking with non-stick can be an issue, as it holds onto specks of gluten. Since even the tiniest bit of gluten can send us running to the bathroom, we need to take every precaution necessary. Even if that means divvying out the dough to buy new cookware. I know, the economy is a pain, and the majority of us are living paycheck to paycheck. However, the benefits of buying the cookware are priceless. Think about it like this, if you continue to cook on the non-stick pans, you are putting yourself at risk for being sick. Which means, you won't be able to EARN that paycheck. In conclusion, you won't be living paycheck to paycheck.

I couldn't find a specific brand of cookware that the majority of fellow Celiacs enjoy cooking with. However, a few of them swear by the Calphalon stainless steel cookware. I can attest to what they are talking about. I worked in a cookware store for over 4 years, and have experience cooking with Calphalon. It is an amazing brand, and very long lasting. Though, when I worked there, another brand that peaked my interest is the Henckels brand. They are known for their quality knives, but, they started putting out a cookware line about 5 years ago. It is pricey, but, worth it. I never saw those cookware sets returned.

For bake ware, glassware, like Pyrex, is highly recommended in the community.

I will be talking about appliances in my next blog post.

source: http://www.celiac.com/gluten-free/topic/71902-gluten-free-cookingwhat-kind-of-cookware/