Making the Change to Gluten-Free

Change is never easy, is it? Most of us avoid change in one area of our lives or another and sometimes making big changes can seem daunting! If your whole family has to be involved in the changes it can be even harder!

When my family made the switch to gluten-free, it was not easy. Some of the kids were happy for the change, hoping it would help some tummy issues they’d been suffering from. Others were less than thrilled, thinking they’d never get good food again.

My challenge was finding food that my family would eat! I started with the basics and worked my way up. I tried many recipes that failed, but had to keep trying more. I am a foodie, I love to cook, I love to bake...and I hate to fail.

Sound familiar? Perhaps not on all levels, but do you find that you can relate to some of it? Let’s face it, gluten-free is NOT easy. Eliminating any part of your diet is hard, substituting for a loved food is hard. Like I said, “Change is hard.”

You have it so much easier than I did. I was on my own in a sea of gluten-filled recipes and mountains of recipes that were questionable. In all honesty, I tried more recipes that didn’t work than did. For you, this site is here with people that LOVE food and have found amazingly tasty ways to use gluten-free flours, mixes and have a host of places to eat listed for when you aren’t home. What a find!

Gling is here to help you on this journey, hopefully make it a bit less rocky than some of us had it early on. The recipe section alone is full of amazingly tasty, mostly tried and true dishes that will make your transition to gluten-free easier. Start with something simple, biscuits are an easy one. Who doesn’t love biscuits?

Go back and read through the blogs to find tips on how to make the change easier for you and your family. Everything from school lunches to a full Thanksgiving dinner are covered in the blog section. Want to share something about your journey, what you’ve learned and how your experience can help other people? Write a blog and share your story!

We’d LOVE to learn more about you and your journey. That is, after all, part of what Gling is all about...networking people on the same path you are on, and hopefully making each of your journey’s a bit easier in the process.