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Here are five ways to decrease food costs when following a gluten-free diet. The most expensive part o f a gluten-free diet is buying specialty processed foods like breads, crackers, and cereals.

Focus on whole foods that are naturally gluten-free like fruits, vegetables, meat, seafood, beans, rice, and eggs. Because they are less expensive and offer more nutrition benefits as well.

An added bonus is that whole foods have no t ricky labels to check for gluten- containing ingredients. Cooking your own food saves a lot of money and reduces the chance of ac cidental gluten cross-contact. Consider takeout and restaurant eating as special outin g s rather than a regular habit.

Cook big batches of soups and stews and freez e extra portions to help cut down on the amount of time you spend in the kitchen. Focus on simple recipes using few ingredients and requiring little prep to make it easier and less time consuming. Despite the higher price, gluten-free breads, crackers, and other specialty products can be comforting and familiar to those on a gluten-free diet.

T here is no reason to avoid them completely. Purchasing the products in multiples when on sale , or with coupons , can help offset the increased cost. International markets, often found in urban areas, carry a wide variety of gluten-free foods , sometimes at cheaper prices than conventional stores.

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Consider takeout and restaurant eating as special outin g s rather than a regular habit. Cook big batches of soups and stews and freez e extra portions to help cut down on the amount of time you spend in the kitchen.

Focus on simple recipes using few ingredients and requiring little prep to make it easier and less time consuming. Despite the higher price, gluten-free breads, crackers, and other specialty products can be comforting and familiar to those on a gluten-free diet.

T here is no reason to avoid them completely. Purchasing the products in multiples when on sale , or with coupons , can help offset the increased cost. International markets, often found in urban areas, carry a wide variety of gluten-free foods , sometimes at cheaper prices than conventional stores.

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Gluten-Free on a Budget The gluten-free diet can be expensive, and research is showing that there are disparities in the ability of many to afford gluten-free foods.

Tips for Affording Gluten-Free Foods Stick to naturally gluten-free foods , which tend to be more affordable than gluten-free alternatives Beans, rice, fruits, vegetables including potatoes , and eggs are all naturally gluten-free. They often have a variety of more affordable gluten-free options.

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Try this chicken stew. Join your local Buy Nothing Facebook group , many are willing to help with food, especially for families! This tip is probably the most important one on the list.

It will save your pocketbook and your waistline. Shop the perimeter of the store, where you will find whole foods, like fruits, vegetables, and meats. Avoid basing your diet on gluten-free pre-packaged food, which is nearly twice as expensive as gluten-filled versions.

Produce is cheaper and better in season. Sales on fresh fruits and vegetables are an indicator of them being in season. When making your meal plan, choose recipes that use these seasonal ingredients.

For less than the cost of roasting one yourself, you can pick up a fully-cooked, whole chicken at Costco. Shred or cut up your Costco chicken, for an inexpensive protein in everything from tacos to soups and salads.

Buying organic produce can get expensive. Stretch your grocery dollars by understanding which foods you should buy organic the Dirty Dozen , produce with the highest pesticides and which are safe to buy conventional the Clean Fifteen.

I keep an updated copy of both of these lists in my kitchen, to help me shop wisely. Make a grocery list and stick to it. Shopping hungry can lead to several packages of snack items in your cart.

They add up quickly. Value packs of meat are a great bargain. Instead, incorporate the meat value pack into two or three dinners in your meal plan. I have a weakness for online shopping.

Not only is it convenient, but it can save money by cutting down on impulse buys. When meal planning, I add items immediately to my cart and purchase only the items I need.

When you have your groceries delivered, tipping and delivery fees add to the cost. Although, they are offset slightly by the gas savings, and certainly time savings. Order online for grocery pickup to eliminate extra charges. Swapping out meat in favor of high protein alternatives, like beans, lentils, eggs, nuts, quinoa, and seeds can save you money at the grocery store.

Start the tradition of Meatless Mondays to cut down on expensive meats at least once a week, and try out new gluten-free, vegetarian recipes. Choosing prechopped fruit and veggies can save you a little time in the kitchen, but the costs are steep, often twice the price of unchopped produce.

Save money by prepping your own fruits and veggies. Use corn-based products in lieu of costly gluten-free flour blends, in recipes where corn products work just as well. For example, cornmeal makes an excellent coating for chicken, and it adds a nice crunch. Corn starch is regularly used to thicken sauces, gravies, and soups in restaurants.

It has twice the thickening power of flour and is very inexpensive. Compliment these bases with flavorful herbs and spices, and hearty, in-season vegetables to make affordable and delicious gluten-free meals. To save money on tortillas, purchase corn tortillas.

Most brands of corn tortillas are gluten-free. Always double-check the label, to make sure they are not a combination of corn and wheat flour, but most corn tortillas carry a gluten-free claim on the label. They are inexpensive, versatile, and made to feed a crowd!

Use them in tacos, quesadillas, and enchiladas. Brush them with oil and bake them into tostadas, or fill them with eggs and veggies for breakfast tacos.

There are often additional charges for gluten-free menu items which are more expensive to the restaurant or cross-contamination protocols which are also more expensive to the restaurant.

Plus, the kinds of restaurants that put the time and money into training employees on allergies and special diets tend to cost more overall than comparable restaurants. You can save so much money by learning to cook well. As the mother of a child with celiac disease, learning how to cook is one of the most important skills I can teach her.

The more you cook gluten-free, the better you get at it. You will soon learn that there is a way to make anything you love gluten-free! Gluten-free bread is expensive.

Consider buying a gluten-free bread machine, if your family eats a loaf or more per week. This part can be so much fun! When my daughter was first diagnosed with celiac disease at the age of three, we used to play a game where we would take turns naming all the things she could eat.

That attitude served me well when I was diagnosed a few months later and has helped both of us not feel the least bit deprived on our gluten-free diet in all the years since. Exploring new gluten-free recipes can help you get excited about all you CAN eat!

The more you enjoy the food you make at home, the more you will save by not buying pre-packaged, gluten-free products and by not eating out.

Explore ethnic cuisines that are affordable and lend themselves more easily to a gluten-free diet. Some Asian cultures, like Thailand, Japan, Vietnam, and India, have many popular dishes that are naturally gluten-free.

Chinese food is a bit more challenging with gluten-containing soy sauce, but can be easily transitioned to gluten-free with a few tweaks to sauces.

Meals often incorporate rice or rice noodles. While Mediterranean dishes are often accompanied by bread or gluten-containing grains, the bulk of the diet is fresh, grilled fish, meats, and veggies, making it easy to modify recipes to make them deliciously gluten-free. Start with simple ingredients, wonderful herbs, and spices, and let the flavors combine beautifully in one dish.

Making dinner fast and easy will also help motivate you to continue cooking from home, your best money-saving tool! To get the most out of your grocery budget, use those meat value packs and bargain bulk purchases to make a double batch of your dinner.

But freeze half, and save it for dinner on a busy weeknight down the road instead of ordering pricey gluten-free take-out. Breakfast foods are cheap: eggs, fruit, hash browns, breakfast tacos or scrambles, and homemade gluten-free pancakes.

This easy and affordable dinner is a hit with kids. Gluten-free, store-bought cookies are significantly more expensive than homemade cookies. This is an area where you can save a lot of money by baking at home.

Cookies and cupcakes! freeze beautifully. Bakeries do it all the time. Even better than freezing cookies is freezing the dough in ready-to-bake balls. You can serve warm cookies out of the oven whenever you wish! Gluten-Free Caputo Flour makes THE BEST gluten-free pizza crust. Sidenote: I'm obsessed with Momofuku's Extra Spicy Chili Crunch 😋.

I'll also throw some veggies into the mix — like spinach or broccoli — because the savory and spicy miso-chili sauce makes everything taste amazing. When it comes to GF baking mixes, Simple Mills is my go-to for its straight-forward ingredient lists.

The banana muffin variety found its way into my family's kitchen several times this year for kid-friendly baking projects or playdates. The muffins are great as is but we've also made these with chocolate chips or nuts folded into the batter.

Tip for other parents: These silicone baking cups were another kitchen MVP this year for things like muffins, cupcakes, or egg bites. The little pull-tabs make it easier for little hands to maneuver! These taste like if Oreos and peanut butter cups had a not-as-sweet baby. They're so good!

My only gripe is they're kind of pricey per box considering the amount you get but I'll attribute that to the cashews, which are never cheap. I learned about this cereal from my kiddo's preschool a few years ago and it's been stocked in my kitchen since. All snacks had to be gluten free due to a classroom allergy so teachers would mix these berry-vanilla puffs with regular Cheerios.

The result was a not-too-sweet but sweet enough! cereal that the kids devoured. I've found GF waffles to be a bit tricky. They often have to sacrifice nutrition for taste or vice versa. But I like these from Birch Benders because they're a nice combination of the two.

They taste good, toast up nicely, and the ingredient list is fairly short and recognizable. Also, as with any toast-able frozen GF products — waffles, breads, bagels — reminder that you can optimize texture a bit by warming them in the microwave just slightly before you toast them.

I feel like most people are either a hot oatmeal person or a cold overnight oats person and I'm the latter. I've tried a few different packaged overnight oat brands but I like Brekki most because t he ingredients are super simple and beyond the oats, they in mix things like almonds and flax seeds to add texture.

With 8 g of protein per cup, these are great as a quick snack or breakfast on busy mornings. After seeing these nuggets get top marks in BuzzFeed's chicken nugget taste test earlier this year, I snagged a bag for my kiddo and then, TBH, ended up eating a not-insignificant amount myself.

Siete's savory gluten-free products — like its chips and slow cooker spice mixes — have never let me down. But this was the year that a few newer sweet products, including these Mexican wedding cookies, made their way into my local Costco.

They're almond flour-pecan cookies sprinkled with powdered sugar and cinnamon and they also happen to be vegan. Continuing on the Costco train: I picked up a bag of these earlier this year because I love anything coconut.

And then I and my husband, and our 6-year-old started eating through bags with alarming speed. They're so good and snackable! They taste light and airy — with a ridiculously perfect crunch.