Gluten Free Bread

Gluten Free Bread. It is the number one comment I hear from people about being Gluten Free. "How do you eat that bread?"

The truth for me is I had unknowingly weaned myself off bread years before I became a Coeliac, and found out I was allergic to wheat, because I rarely ate the stuff. Now this does sound amazing and made more unusual by the fact that I grew up in a bakery, my Mum is a pattisier and I worked in the bakery for years as my first job.

I think if you are going to eat Gluten Free you can not ever compare regular fluffy bread to Gluten Free bread. It is the gluten in regular bread that helps bread have the texture it does.

Some people I know who go Gluten Free don't have any bread in their diet for an extended period of time and that helps them go back to Gluten Free bread later. They have crackers and other alternatives for lunch. For me I like toast and can't eat a poached egg with out it.

I find that the Country Life brand above toasts very well. I buy it in the bread section at Coles and they have different types to choose from, White, Wholemeal, Low Gi, and I have seen Fruit Bread too. This is Gluten Free White. It is by Country Life, made in NSW, Australia and costs $5.68. They all freeze well. Please be very careful when buying this product not to get mixed up with Country Life's other Low Gluten Bread varieties they sell as these are not Gluten Free. Their Gluten Free bread is smaller and clearly says Gluten Free on the front.

If you sharing a toaster in your family with other people who eat regular bread then please allocate one end of the toaster for your Gluten Free bread so as not to get any of the crumbs from regular bread on your toast.

A tip to keep in mind with Gluten Free Bread is that it takes much longer to toast than regular bread and I often have to put it back in the toaster twice. If I am using it for a toasted sandwhich, in a press, then I toast it once in a regular toaster before adding fillings and toasting in the press.

I have also found other bread alternatives and am always looking for new and improved loaves and rolls, but to date I have found this the easiest to buy and use every day.