My friend is coming to stay for 5 days which is great news. However, she is lactose intolerant and wheat too! Seems my world famous lasagna wont be appreciated this time round!
Can anyone advise me on which products to buy instead of the normal things please, rather than me having to stand in the supermarket for hours reading labels that I dont understand lol. Is there a wheat-free pasta in France and would I be able to find it in the hypermarkets? I also need some alternative butter or margarine, cheese (goats cheese is OK but want some kind of grateable really), mayo and bread that isnt wheat bread.
Any help much appreciated :)
We've had a few guests like that at our chambres d'hote.Breakfast being a particular nightmare. I experimented with pancakes made from Sarrasin flour ( buck wheat, which isn't wheat!) mixed with a bit of cornflour ( maizena). they turned out so well ,the other guests were requesting them for breakfast and can be used as a base for sweet or savoury fillings. Perhaps you could try it for lasagne sheets?. The basic mix is sarrazin, cornflour, egg,a splash of oil and water. there's usually a recipe on the bag of sarrazin, just replace the wheat flour with more sarrasin and cornflour.A note of caution, the sarrasin doesn't work on it's own.
Bon appétit!
Rice cakes are good as a bread alternative for gluten intolerants.
Our local Super U has recently expanded and now has a huge health food section with lots of products for people on special diets etc.
Thanks Clair for those addresses - will have a go at finding them next week!
Water Rat - thats what I needed, the names of things to buy, thanks for that. Could I make bread from the Sarrasin flour?
Cooperlola, our SuperU has a fine selection but didnt know what to look for or what the names of the alternatives were. Rice cakes are a good idea tho, thanks.
Could you not ask this person to bring some of the flour/ pasta / bread ect with her for you to then cook with your own sauces .....
Im sure this person would be more comfortable with products she knows and trust ? Is this a friend or a paying guest ? Im sure you could work some thing out between you.
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