The idea of Wheat-less Wednesdays originates in war time food rationing schemes. Since wheat is the staple grain of the modern American diet, encouraging people to use alternative grains allowed more wheat to be freed up for feeding the troops. Also, it was a catchy slogan that went well with Meatless Mondays. I use use them now as a way to encourage myself to use more whole grain alternatives to the usual bread and pasta.
What Wheat-less Wednesdays are not is gluten free. While some of the recipes may be incidentally without gluten, I won't intentionally make them so. Number one, the actual number of people who are gluten intolerant or have Celiac's disease is very low and I don't encourage fad diets that mimic someone else's actual disease. Number two, if you really do have gluten intolerances, I would hate to steer you wrong by recommending an ingredient or product with hidden gluten. Always check the labels of the products you use and don't rely on some random chick on the internets to do it for you.
My first Wheat-less recipe will be Friday's post on making Japanese style short grain rice. Please comeback and check it out!
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