Having been entertained by the idea of the Alphabet Eating Challenge, which I came across at Playlibrary, I thought I’d see if I could create a gluten free alphabet. Not that I’m going to eat them all at the same time.
We often play A-Z in the car – the idea is that you pick a category and then take it in turns to name an item in that category, going through the alphabet. We often use foods as a category – though we haven’t identified a proper X either!
So – food that is naturally gluten free …
A – apples, of course, and almonds, avocado and amaranth (either as a grain or as a flour)
B – bananas, blueberries, broccoli and brazils (what a lot of superfoods begin with B)
C – carrots, chickpeas, cucumber and chestnuts, but also corn, which is useful as a flour
D – dairy products – but check any additions – dates, duck and dulse
E – eggs, endive and eggplant (known as aubergine here)
F – fish, fruit and fowl (but don’t add gluten in the sauces)
G – globe artichokes, grapes, ginger and garlic
H - herbs of every variety, horseradish, honey and hummous
I – iceberg lettuce, ice lollies and icecream (but check for additions)
J – jerusalem artichokes, jams, jelly and (pure) juices
K – kale, kelp and kholrabi, kiwi fruit and kidney beans
L - lentils are a useful source of protein for vegetarian coeliacs (and so are other pulses). Also lemons, lettuce, lamb and lobster
M – marzipan is gluten free, but more importantly, so are millet and maize, mushrooms and meat (watch out for sauces on your meat, though)
N - nuts – all of them, whether whole or ground. Also […]