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Just diagnosed and staring at the kitchen? You do not need to gut it or spend a fortune. Here is a calm week-one starter pantry — the backbone foods, the swaps worth buying, and the cheap cross-contact fixes.

It is in half the gluten-free products you own, and most people use it wrong. Rice flour, explained — white vs brown, the grittiness fix, and where it genuinely shines.

It has wheat in the name and it is one of the most useful gluten-free flours you can own. Buckwheat, explained — what it does, where it shines, and the one place its name will try to trick you.