Main flour substitutions!

It costs a lot to feed a family of six but it costs a lot more to feed that same family when 5 out of the 6 people have to eat Gluten Free.

Bottom line, I am Frugal and I don't want to spent $50.00 a week on just boxed, or frozen bread for my family. At one point I was spending around $100.00 a week just buying, bread, waffles, chicken nuggets, etc. gluten free.  I think that is ridiculous so I had to start cooking and figuring out how to cook healthy but cheaper.

I have tried and failed many times but here are the flours that I use in all my cooking and baking without fail.

1-Augason Farms GF rolled oats, blend it up in my Bosch blender until it is consistency of flour.
2-Whole Brown rice (grind it in my wheat grinder)

Products then tend to be a little more expensive but important in GF cooking and Baking
1-Xanthum Gum, Walmart sells this for around $13.00 but you can find it online cheaper sometimes.
2-Tapioca flour
3-Potato Starch

I buy Augason Farms GF rolled oats and I grind it in my Bosch blender to make my oatmeal flour.  I also buy Bob's red mill GF oatmeal and do the same with it.  Both are good quality products and I have never had a contamination issue or reaction.  I live in Salt Lake City, Utah area so I get my Augason Farms rolled oats from their outlet store in Salt Lake.  I buy the Bob's oatmeal at Walmart or off vitacost because they are the cheapest usually.

The other flour I use a lot of is brown rice flour.  I actually buy whole (usually organic) brown rice and I grind it fresh using my wheat grinder (that doesn't grind my wheat). This works well.  If you don't have a wheat grinder you can buy the brown rice flour at the store as well.  Vitacost.com sells it cheap and so does walmart but they are not cheaper then grinding it fresh.

Well, lets get cooking!