A Good Jumping-Off Point: GDF for Dummies and the Curious

I wanted to share with you guys some of the links that I have found, or that friends have shared with me, that have helped me locate yummy recipes and learn how to incorporate GDF cooking into my everyday life. These resources take some of the guesswork out of cooking.  It can be difficult to come up with ideas for dinner, or any other meal, especially if you are substituting ingredients on the fly.  For any of you that have been GDF for very long, you probably have the staples stocked in your pantry and can cook most recipes this way, but for the newbies, you really have to meal plan.

Meal planning and the effort it takes, can be one of the biggest hindrances to living GDF. You really have to allow yourself some time to start getting into a groove.  There is that age old saying about a habit forming in 30 days, but I would say that this particular habit, at least for me, took about 3 months to form.  I always tell everyone who is starting off that this is not a 'lose weight fast scam'!  You will have to live like this, strictly, for months before you start to see any sort of result.  That's a deterrent for most, but your body has to purge itself of the years of damage you've done to it.  It's like you are starting out at a negative.  For me, my GDF journey started at 24 years of damage and it took some extreme measures and lots of time for my body to recoup from that damage.   This will not happen overnight!

So, if you're starting out, or even you're a veteran who's looking to expand your recipe box, these sites will give you a good place to start from.  Enjoy my GDF-ers!

If you think you might be allergic to gluten or have a sensitivity to it, here's a place you can order a kit for relatively cheap.  I don't endorse doing this all on your own, but if you can't afford a doctor's visit, this is a place to start at least: http://www.celiac.com/glutenfreemall/gluten-test-kits-c-125.html

This site has a comprehensive list of different recipes that not only cater to the gluten challenged, but also to other kinds of allergies as well.  The GDF portion of their site is referred to as GFCF (gluten free, casein free).  http://www.glutenfreeda.com/recipe-sub.asp?cat=29

This lady is a holistic doctor so I like to read her stuff and her recipes are pretty simple, which is great for me!  http://www.glutenfreediva.com/recipes/#

This one cuts out soy too, which I stay away from if at all possible but beware! The pictures on this blog will cause hunger pangs!!  http://www.myrealfoodlife.com/