Living Gluten-Free Meals on a Budget

If your living on a budget, you know meal planning gluten-free can be pricey. So when funds are low and your waiting for that next pay check... there's no simple gluten-free quick fixings right? Or is there?

Alysa Good Stuff Gluten Free on the Cheap Tips:


No bread, No Gluten Free Bisquick mix, No Rice Noodles? What am I going to eat?

It is good to keep some flours and starches on hand:

• Rice Flour
• Tapioca Flour
• Tapioca Starch
• Corn Starch
• Potato Starch
• Ground Flax Seed Meal
• Ground Almond Meal

With these flours and starches you can mix up or add to many dishes.

Need quick rolls for lunch or dinner? Mix together 2 flours and 1 or 2 starches and some shortenening or butter cut in with a little liquid (water or milk) until dough forms and place on greased baking sheet in balls. Bake for a short time at about 350 degrees f. Now these might not make the best rolls, but add a dab of butter or put in soups for dumplings and you have a cheap addition to your meal.


There are always great meals with salads too... add steak, chunk light tuna, chicken, rice, beans, salsa, or cheese or a combination and enjoy!

Cheap salad dressings: 

• Vinaigrette: Mix oil, vinegar, sugar, lemon juice.
• Creamy Vinaigrette: Mix GF Mayonaise, vinegar, salt and pepper or favorite spices, optional: lemon juice.
• Discount Thousand Island: Mix GF Mayonaise and Ketchup, salt and pepper, optional: lemon juice.

 For breakfast you can easily whip up pancake or waffle batter with the flours and starches mentioned above, mix flours, starch and baking soda. Add 1-2 eggs, 2 tablespoons or so of oil, liquid milk of choice or water and blend until slightly thick. Heat in pan or waffle maker.

Sorry for delay still coming soon... detailed gluten-free recipes with photos.