First Trip to the Health Food Store

I'm trying to stock my pantry with items and foods that are safe for me to eat. I am also trying to take the approach that cookies weren't good for me in my gluten eating days, so maybe I should try to cut them out completely.

I have been trying to find recipes and products that sound good and don't take a lot of money to buy or make. I would like to buy ingredients that are in a lot of different recipes and will be a staple for me. I found a website that lists some items to have handy in my gluten free pantry. The item that caught my attention was nutty flax. It is supposed to be like the cereal Grape Nuts. You can eat it alone with milk or mix it with yogurt. So, today I set out for the health food store to try to find it.

In my first trip to Hy-Vee grocery store, I was shocked at the cost of all this gluten free stuff. An 8 oz box of spaghetti was over $3 and a bag (48 oz.) of all purpose gluten free flour was over $10. Thankfully, at the local health food store, I found the same products somewhat cheaper. They also had a wider selection that included pre-made frozen foods. The items were still expensive compared to the gluten filled ones, but I decided to give a few products a try.

I bought a box of spaghetti (still 8 oz.) for less than $3 and a bag of "mighty tasty hot cereal" that looks more like chicken feed. I am excited to try them both and have decided that if the cereal doesn't taste too good I'll just add some applesauce. Unfortunately, the nutty flax was out of stock, but they told me it would be in on Thursday. I guess I'll just have to visit this new-to-me store again and maybe find something else to try.