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Save Money on Gluten-Free Food: 35 Basic Ingredients You Can Make at Home

Stock Your Pantry with these Low-Cost Do-It-Yourself Substitutes

From , former About.com Guide

Updated May 25, 2009

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If you have celiac disease, you know it's hard to save money on gluten-free food. Gluten-free food – pastas, breads, cereals, pizza doughs – is very expensive. So, with help from other About.com guides, I’ve come up with 35 easy ways to save money on basic cooking ingredients. If you use these recipes, you’ll spend less – and you can put the savings toward products that are not as simple to make as the ones on the list below.

1. Make Your Own Brown Sugar

From About.com's Frugal Living Site.

2. Make Your Own Almond Meal

From About.com's Gluten-Free Cooking Site.

3. Make Your Own Vanilla Extract

From About.com's Frugal Living site.

4. Make Your Own Powdered Sugar

From About.com's Frugal Living site.

5. Make Your Own Vanilla Sugar

From About.com's German Food site.

6. Make Your Own Baking Powder

From About.com's Culinary Arts site.

7. Make Your Own Lemon Curd (Lemon Filling)

From About.com's Busy Cooks site.


DAIRY PRODUCTS

8. Make Your Own Buttermilk Substitute

From About.com's Frugal Living site.

9. Make Your Own Heavy Cream Substitute

From About.com's Frugal Living site.

10. Make Your Own Yogurt (without a Yogurt Maker)

From About.com's Greek Food site.

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