Sorry, I'm just having one of those whingy days! I LOVE to cook as well, b/f tells me that going GF couldn't have happened to a better person because I love to whip up a storm in the kitchen. Its just sometimes the cost gets to me, so I've considered giving up on gluten substitutes, but then I'll really miss my muffins, cakes and bread.
We often have friends over, or we go to their place and everyone brings a dish. So I'll usually cook one of the dinner dishes and a dessert as well (which means we then end up with food overkill!) but at least I can join in and not feel uncomfortable.
I too went red meat, shellfish, sugar, dairy, gluten, caffeine, cocoa, alcohol and soy free, as well as low fructose, and within 6 weeks I felt marvellous. So if I can find the willpower to do that diet again, stabilise, and then gradually add small amounts of foods back in, I should be able to control my IBS and still eat some of the foods I love. SHOULD being the operative word!!
And its so true about enjoying foods you never would normally have. I love veges and rice pasta with just GF chicken stock, or veges and lentils, buckwheat pancakes, chicken and vege soup, yumm yummm, healthy food really is so yummy, its just sometimes you want to indulge in something decedent, as nothing beats a slice of chocolate pie, yuummmmmm! If I could do it on the odd occassion my life would be complete. I don't want unhealthy food all the time, just every now and again 
So anyway, I'm a very creative cook (made some GF hot cross buns on the weekend, yummmm they were good!) so a recipe share sounds great. I can substitute any recipe that contains gluten, but its the cost of doing it thats becoming draining. So I'm up for GF foods that don't require expensive substitutes.
Like GF cakes that contain almond meal instead of GF flour, yumm.
I'll have a think about some recipes and get back to you
Thanx for the *hugs* somedays we really need them to stay sane!
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