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10 Gluten Free Staples at Home


It was a few years back when I was diagnosed with celiac it was hard to get my mind around it. There was so many things I had to change in my diet, not big ones but significant ones. Anything from breaded dishes, soya sauce containing food to Nihari and Haleem.

So after many years of getting frustrated and only buying gluten free bread, I decided to slowly add to my pantry. Now everyone might have different likes but following are 10 things I like to have at home so I don't go hungry or unsatisfied by my food options.


  1. Gluten free Bread
  2. Gluten free soya sauce
  3. Gluten Free Oats
  4. Corn flour
  5. Corn tortillas
  6. Rice Paper
  7. Rice Noodles/Gluten free Pasta
  8. Gluten free Flour Mix
  9. Brown/Basmati Rice
  10. Xantham Gum

If you have all of the above in your pantry and have good time management skills, you will be able to cook and prep amazing meals and won't feel the burden of being gluten free. Now if you go to buy all of this in a bulk, It would probably cost you around 75 Canadian dollars. (taxes not included). But most of them stay in your pantry/Fridge for a while. I have heard of a tax deduction you can get if you are celiac and have to buy gluten free food options. I have not done any research on this but thought some one might get benefitted by it.

I get most things from Superstore and Costco and few things I have gotten from Amazon as well. If you have more questions about where I get and what I get please let me know in the comments below.

Please share your go to gluten free staples and tell me your favourite gluten free dish you like to make with them.

P.S.  This makes me so happy, writing about things I know.

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  1. Sarah MirJanuary 15, 2018 at 7:02 PM

    Hi Mehru! Honestly this is such a useful list! Izzah (Tea for Turmeric) and I were chatting about celiac and a desi diet recently too and it is definitely more challenging than I had realized!

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    1. mehrMarch 30, 2020 at 2:49 PM

      Thank you for your comment Sarah!! I am trying to get back into blogging. You are one of my inspirations and given that we(teachers) are home now for a bit. I would like to continue writing.

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