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Hi everyone,
I've been too afraid to try some of the items on list 2, and also got confused about my options in wholefoods. For rice cakes, i bought lunderberg? brown rice cakes, although i read some of you mentioned "plain", just wondering if that's the same?? Also, confused what kind of barley, rice pasta and wheat pasta do you buy? There is a vita-spelt brand whole grain pasta in the gluten free section, is this the one? there is spelt and kamut pastas too...soo confused!
Yes, Lundberg rice cakes are
Yes, Lundberg rice cakes are a good brand. They have many flavors; get the plain or plain w/ sea salt b/c the other flavors have ingredients we can't have.
For pasta, Vita-Spelt is a good brand. Unless you have a problem with grains, you should be fine with kamut or spelt pasta. Only do wheat when Matia gives you the ok. Try for whole grain (healthier) -- b/c i.e. I know Vita-Spelt has both regular spelt & whole-grain spelt.
Congrats & happy eating. If you're allowed tomatoes, you can make your own sauce with Bionature jarred tomato paste, plus herbs/spices. Add water to thin, or milk/cream if allowed. Or if you're further along, Amy's pasta sauce makes a pretty plain one, think it's Family Marinara or Tomato Basil, ok ingredients for those who can do extra virgin olive oil -- I'm not crazy about the high sodium, though that goes for all jarred sauces I think.
thank you
I can't wait to try the spelt pasta. I can't have tomatoes yet but i like a plain pasta with butter just as much :) Re: the rice cakes though, i went to wholefoods again and didn't see the plain version, just brown rice. I'll check another store, maybe they are out of it.
thank you
I can't wait to try the spelt pasta. I can't have tomatoes yet but i like a plain pasta with butter just as much :) Re: the rice cakes though, i went to wholefoods again and didn't see the plain version, just brown rice. I'll check another store, maybe they are out of it.
Think you're misunderstanding 'plain'
The issue isn't brown/white, it's what else is in it. If it's just brown rice or brown rice & salt, you're fine.
yes i thought that's a flavor!
yes, the brown rice label threw me off, thought that was a flavor too :) tx! You can tell i didn't eat much of those prior, but hey, that's exciting for me now. Thanks again!