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Wheat and Wheat Gluten Are Not in These RecipesWheat is everywhere in the generic bread section, as well as in the fast food parlor. Even many packaged french fries contain wheat. Getting wheat out of your diet may be essential, reducing wheat intake for your health is hopefully why you are reading this.Some people want variety in their carbohydrate intake pattern, being aversive to becoming allergic to wheat. Others must absolutely avoid wheat, due to wheat allergies. Those of us who have overdone our wheat intake might also have made a decision to avoid  wheat.Here are some grains that may be used to substitute for wheat: millet, potato flour, potato starch, corn starch, soy flour, corn meal, quinoa, rice flour, flax seed, flax seed meal, sunflower seed meal, tapioca pearls, tapioca flour, “Bohne” beans (a native American food), oats, corn grits, hominy, puffed rice, puffed corn, puffed millet, amaranth flour, almond meal, chick pea tahini, chick pea flour; there are other choices as well.Soy flour is a gluten-free flour that may be used as a wheat flour substitute - using yogurt and sour cream, arrowroot powder or corn starch, an extra egg or two will add texture to the bread product that you are working on making.Potatoes may be stuffed and used as sandwich substitutes. Potatoes may also be used as toppings, chips, to create crackers, or even bread. Mashed potatoes can thicken gravy, soup, pudding.Corn is great in bakes, puddings, stews, salads, souffles, mixes mashes, and can even be used to top those dried tomato muffins, or tomato soup muffins that are making a comeback. The recipe is simple: 1 cup corn meal, 1/4 teaspoon baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons sugar,1/2 cup cooked corn, 2 eggs, 1 can condensed tomato soup, 1/2 cup yogurt. Mix the ingredients together, and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 - 20 minutes if using a baking tin, 20 - 25 minutes if using a square pan.Corn meal cakes are traditional like corn bread, corn muffins, johnny cake; pie crusts, puddings or bakes.