[Closed] Gluten-free porridge oats - recommendations please!

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Hmm. GF oats are really just pure oats without any wheat or barley contamination so they ought to be pretty standard... Haven't tried their porridge oats but Hale and Hearty oaty bar things are fine. (available from Tesco)

Are you definitely OK for avenin? It's pretty similiar to wheat gluten and lots of coeliacs/intolerants avoid both.

gf does 'rice porridge' .......... ok with demerara topping

My t'other half is a coeliac and avoids all wheat,rye,barley like the plague. You'll never get truely GF porridge though for reasons the previous link describes. We eat normal porridge oats and her coeliac symptoms are none the worse for it. Depends on your stance I guess as to whether you want to avoid alvenin as well as gluten
If you want to try any...Waitrose essential porridge oats are pretty good or try and get a high quality jumbo variety which all taste pretty nice
Tip: Soak your oats in water the night before, makes them easier to cook in the morning and apparently (so I read) maximizes the cholesterol reducing effects!

Thanks for the replies. I've not been diagnosed, just that many people with my health condition find that by eliminating gluten and dairy, they feel much better.

I was finding though that porridge was affecting me, certainly the organic one whose name I can't remember.

Generally though I've been feeling pretty good by virtually eliminating gluten and all lactose.

Mrs Yak has rice porridge with plenty of toppings and almond milk. She has way more QOMs than I have KOMs...if thats any recommendation 😉

Holland and Barrett do GF oats.

My missis feels much better and has lost weight by cutting out bread and dairy for the last 3-4 months. Something in it.

I now eat millet flakes made with rice milk as a porridge alternative. spoonful of full fat Greek yoghurt or berries to liven it up.

this is from my "clean" eating experiment. Going well so intend on sticking to it. eating bread, other wheat products leaves me feeling rather bad afterwards now.

GF PSA - Starbucks have just started selling a great GF tuna roll. Much better than any of the M&S GF ready-made sandwiches.

Dolcered- what do millet flakes taste like then?

I really do miss fresh bread. The g-f bread is only suitable for toasting although the Warburtons g-f rolls are very nice.

The problem porridge was Jordan's.

Didn't know that M & S made g-f sarnies.

OP - good luck with gluten and wheat-free eating.
From our experience, from an economy and taste point of view, make as much as you can yourself - cakes, breads etc. Theres lots of good GF flours available now and a little xanthum gum makes up for some the effect of gluten in baking. Rice porridge is ok and if you like it, is a good base for lots of toppings. Of the alternative milks, almond and rice are the ones still regularly in the fridge.

I've gotten used to it. In all honesty it doesnt taste of much, its considerably tastier with rice milk. I like the Rice dream brand after trying a lot of soya milk etc etc. The texture isn't as lumpy/thick as real porridge.

if I make it with water I definitely need yoghurt in it.

I bulk buy it from Amazon, along with all my other clean eating oddities like coconut oil. I'm sure other sellers are available!

G-F bread? of the available ones - Genius is ok

Homemade fresh bread - Doves Farm brown bread flour is the one in the cupboard at the mo and makes a nice, if dense, fresh loaf, and then best toasted later.

Yes You Can brown loaf is very good IMO- Genius is decent too though tends to fall apart a bit. Warburtons are gash frankly, the loaves taste of nothing and the finger rolls seem to come pre-crumbed.

Haven't tried the Doves Farm flour but they're a great company, might need to give it a shot- their pasta is the business. I use Glutafin's Select range- now it's not actually 100% wheat free but it meets the gluten-free standard and is acceptable for most coeliacs. I think that might be why it's so good- it handles very much like real flour, makes a sloppier dough mind.

Try the Sainsbury's FreeFrom oats. They claim they're pure oats with no possible contamination from other grains.

I tried them for a while, but am currently trying avoiding oats and corn as well as wheat.

Try qinoir flakes and buckwheat flakes for porridge . It's also good to sprinle seds like pumpkin, sunflower and chia seeds on as well. Make your own break and cakes - our latest cake is a chocolate cake made with roast aubergine - sounds wrong, but it's really amazing 😀

some pizza expresses have just started doing a gluten free range of food! had their risotto then a pizza last thursday. Pizza base was a bit crispy but I enjooyed it.

Senorita J has this
http://www.planetorganic.com/alara-pure-oats-gluten-free-porridge.html

tasty.

cinnamon Girl
Get your GF products on pre-pay prescription if you doctor will oblige this. This will cost you £120 a year and you can get FRESH bread, pasta, crackers, flour, bread mixes and part baked rolls. Mrs Hydrophil does this and every 4-6 weeks gets a 12 box of bread and the other stuff. The bread is pretty nice and you dont have to toast it

Definitely would advise against normal porridge oats if you have coeliac disease. We know that many are contaminated and many people do not have symptoms even though they have underlying intestinal damage. (I know this as I see them in clinic years down the line with complications, e.g. osteoporosis). There are now gluten free oats and cereals on prescription (Juvela) but unfortunately if you don't have Coeliac disease diagnosed then your GP is very unlikely to give you them on prescription.
I would recommend joining the charity Coeliac UK as you can now join even if you are not diagnosed. I believe membership is free at the moment. They will send you a GF directory which gives a detailed section on GF oats and many other GF foods.
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Try qinoir flakes and buckwheat flakes for porridge . It's also good to sprinle seds like pumpkin, sunflower and chia seeds on as well.

You can't tell me any of that's food.

In laws use Bob's Red Mill Wheat Free and Gluten Free Oats. I've eaten them as porridge and they were tasty and also good in crumbles.