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Hi all - Sorry it has taken so long to post this summary, I hope that it
is as helpful to you as it was to me. I made 22 quarts of spaghetti
sauce and now my freezer is full! Just a note about the cost
effectiveness of making your own spaghetti sauce, 22 quarts of store
bought sauce at $1.99 each would have cost me $43.78. I bought the
ingredients for my sauce (found the Hunts products at Costco) and spent
$26.13. That's $1.19 a quart!! I don't think I'll buy any from the
store again! I'll post my recipe separately. Here goes your
responses...
- McCormack spices and garlic powder are GF
- Use fresh garlic
- Use minced or crushed garlic in jars
- Garlic salt and powder may contain starch - check labels
- Penzey's Spice Company in Wisconsin produces pure spices, even the
iffy ones like cinnamon and ground mustard are GF, www.penzeys.com
- Durkee and Tones spices are the same company and are GF
- Costco Garlic Salt with no MSG added said to be safe
- Use fresh mushrooms
- Canned mushrooms okay but high in sodium
- Libbey's canned mushrooms are GF
- Great Value brand canned mushrooms from Wal-Mart are GF
- One person said that a nutritionist told her that celiacs cannot
handle mushrooms and since she has cut them out of her diet, she has had
no problems
- Frigo, Stella and Sorrento brand cheeses said to be GF
- Cabot's brand cheese, no gluten additives--processed and shredded
varieties GF too
- Kraft Mozzarella and Parmesan are okay
- Kraft -- one person said that they had a reaction
- Parmesan okay but grate your own blocks to guarantee purity, found in
dairy specialty case
- Parmesan -- one person said it is the hardest to find GF
- Pre-shredded cheeses -- check labels, some add wheat flour or starch
to prevent caking
- Mozzarella okay
- Ricotta cheese -- call to check source on vinegar, if from corn it's
okay
- Sub GF cottage cheese for Ricotta, you'll want a cottage cheese with
gelatine or cornstarch
- Cheese -- Gluten-Free Living magazine just did a comprehensive article
on cheese, call for a back issue
- Hunts plain tomato products -- paste, sauce, whole and stewed tomatoes
- Contadina tomato products -- regular plain, Italian, thick & zesty
- Del Monte tomato products (includes zesty diced tomatoes)
- DelGrosso tomato sauce
- Eden tomato sauce
- Albertson's tomato paste -- says only 'tomatoes' on ingredient list
- Albertson's GF store brand list on Abigail's site, has all of their GF
products!!
- Safeway brand canned tomato products -- according to Safeway, all are
GF (sauce, paste, diced, peeled)
- Progresso tomatoes
- Whole canned plum tomatoes from Italy
- Tomato products need to be pure and not contain HVP
- Classico prepared spaghetti sauce is GF and usually goes on sale
- Ragulettie prepared spaghetti sauce is GF
- Watch out for natural flavorings
- Call companies if there is a questionable ingredient
***Most importantly...Always CHECK, CHECK AND RE-CHECK LABELS!!***
Thanks for your help,
Angie in Vancouver, WA
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