Gluten Free Cooking

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Does anyone here need to do gluten free cooking?I have to cook gluten free for my husband. What makes things more difficult, is that he has to have low salicylate foods as well. For those of you who don't know what these are: Gluten is the protein in wheat, so this includes all breads, pastsa, cakes, biscuits, most packaged, tinned and frozen foods, and nearly all takeaway foods as well. Salicylates are a naturally occuring chemical in many vegetables and fruits. Most herbs and spices are very high in salicylates too. The highest levels food include tomatoes, cucumbers, advocadoes, all citrus fruits, apricots and plums. Many artificial chemicals and preservatives contain salicylates as well. So my cooking has to be gluten free & salicylate free. At least my husband can have low level salicylates now, he used to have to avoid all of them. As a consequence, we can't eat takeaway food except chicken and chips. Going to a restuarant is difficult too. I am always looking for more imaginative meals to cook, as most of ours are very plain. We can't use the cheap foods either, as they usually contain gluten or salicylates.