Comments on Work And Play, Day By Day: My Gluten Free Pantry

I do some canning, the shelves in this picture onl...

2009-11-10T08:07:19.127-06:00

I do some canning, the shelves in this picture only have a few things, but I have a year's supply of jams, salsa, spaghetti sauce, and homemade coffee syrup from our own herbs.

Rachel- I have not even heard of vitacost! I will have to check them out! Thanks for the tip.

Brenda- good luck, there are some great resources available for living without wheat/gluten.

I love pictures of the insides of pantries as much...

2009-11-09T14:59:35.206-06:00

I love pictures of the insides of pantries as much as I love pictures inside of closets (and you know I love those!). We encounter similar problems. We have no gluten issues, but follow a "Weston Price"-type of diet (organic, local, grass-fed, pastured, sustainable farming practices, soaked or fermented grains, yada yada...) I donated most of the contents of my old pantry last Spring and haven't really replaced much. I think I have six jars of organic applesauce and five canisters of organic raisins in there. Sad.

I agree with you on the sale vs. coupon thing. I suppose if I combined sales and coupons I would really be raking it in. However, I find that coupons are always for packaged foods and we don't eat packaged foods. I bet you find that most coupons are for gluten-containing items anyway.

I use a CSA seven months out of the year and a meat CSA all year. That totals $50/week. I find all I am buying each week is milk, bananas, and maybe some bulk oats or something. I haven't set foot in a normal grocery store in maybe three months. If I switched to picking up our dairy at a farm and we gave up bananas I think I would be done with grocery stores altogether.

I froze about half of our CSA share each week to use during the winter so I still should only have to buy fruit and milk this winter. However, your post made me realize almost everything is frozen and if it were truly a natural disaster we would be in big trouble.

I hadn't thought about Amazon at all, thanks for the tip.

Have you considered doing your own canning? I bet you'd be good at that. I'm scared :)

I've never bought groceries from amazon but th...

2009-11-09T11:05:56.363-06:00

I've never bought groceries from amazon but that would be a big savings if they also would include the free shipping on items selected!

Great storage advice!

Jes

Thank You for posting this! We just found out tha...

2009-11-09T10:05:59.119-06:00

Thank You for posting this! We just found out that our son is probably allergic to wheat. We will find out for sure on the 24th.
I am scared of how much this is going to change every aspect of our lives but at the same time, encouraged because I know it can be done.

Thanks for the tips on planning ahead and food storage. I will be looking for any help I can find soon! :)

Have you tried vitacost.com for gluten free stuff?...

2009-11-09T10:02:56.212-06:00

Have you tried vitacost.com for gluten free stuff? I've not looked, but I get a fair amount of stuff from them and shipping is only 4.99 regardless of order size.

I never thought about food storage, and buying lar...

2009-11-09T09:34:50.215-06:00

I never thought about food storage, and buying large quantities on sale, mostly due to lack of space, but I find it's an interesting point of view about saving money.
Thank you for sharing.