Ideas for gluten free lunches ?

squeaky

Hiya,

I'll add your post onto a thread about gluten free lunches which will give you a start.

Then the following threads may contain ideas that you can adapt:-

Gluten free diet - help needed - thanks

gluten free recipes needed please!!

gluten free goodies

Gluten Free Bread

Gluten-free fairy cakes

Gluten free products

Gluten Free Foods

purpleivy

This will be useful for me, as I'm trying to eat with a low glycemic load, also cutting out gluten as far as possible.

regarding bloating comments... I have found that this is much better.. Within a day I found that bloating was less. I don't think I have CD, but looks like I may be a bit sensitive.

rachie2509

loviesdarlings wrote: »

i was told originally that it was gynae and then IBS!

woah, exactly same as me! Now have to try 4 weeks gluten free. It's hard, went shoppin for tea yesterday and couldn't pick up half the stuff I usually eat

I need luch ideas too as always ate pasta or sandwiches every day for lunch.

English_Rose_4

Hi there,

I am also a Coeliac and I use Trufree pasta products. It's impossible to tell the difference from wheat pasta. Watch out when you cook it as the water can turn quite clowdy but it makes no difference to the taste. Bit more expensive than normal pasta but well worth it! I buy mine in waitrose as they have a good selection of GF food.

cafelady

Hi Debbycatz

I am a coeliac and I would really urge you to get a medical diagnosis before you go gluten free. A medical diagnosis of Coeliac Disease means that you get gf foods on prescription, but also that you get ongoing medical monitoring (there can be associated health problems with CD such as osteoperosis), and access to a dietician. If you give up gluten and then later have to be tested for CD, you will need to go on a 'gluten challenge', where you have to eat gluten foods for, I think, 6 weeks before the test, which can make you ill again.

You can ask your GP to be referred to the hospital for testing for CD. As I said, a positive diagnosis will then generate medical support. Good luck with things and I hope you feel better soon.

realangel

Hi,

I have decided to start on a GF diet as I am sick of these cramps after eating bread, rice, pasta and potatoes!! I just dont know where to start as we are on a very tight budget at the moment.

I have heard the Quinoea is a good substitute for rice? Also, how on earth can I replace bread?? My understanding is i am basically going to have to stop eating Carbs which isn't such a good thing.

Any advice would be very much appreciated.

Lisa

noonesperfect

Hi realangel, I would really do what cafelady says and get a formal diagnosis from your GP - it only involves a blood test (my OH has similar probs and had this done). He isn't.


BTW Our ex postie is celiac and he found that sainsburys had a good selection of gf biccies (i still often bump into him when food shopping )

Should you find yourself diagnosed with this problem, besides prescription bread etc, I think Aldi mark gluten free items more clearly than most.

realangel

I went to my docs two years ago and after endoscopes etc he said it was IBS.. i told him about the problems eating the mentioned foods and asked for advice on what to eat instead and he just said 'well don't eat them then' .. hmmmm good doc huh?

I don't think I am celiac as it would have been diagnosed, i think i am either just very sensitive to wheat and starchy foods, or it is just IBS

I work at sainsburys and they do have an excellent 'free from' range and have a good frozen section of 'free from' foods too ... just a shame the stuff is expensive compared to 'normal' foods

Patchwork_Quilt

I am on a wheat free diet (and no cramps after 17 years of it) and I would say that bread is irreplaceable. However, try making your own. Dove Farm have a bread flour with a recipe on the side that is quite good, if a little cakey.

I like Tesco's Free From pittas and rye bread too. Ryvita is a good standby. There are rice cakes, although I haven't tried them.

Lunches are the worst to plan. I always make extra for tea the night before and then take it in to reheat.

It might also help to keep a food diary for a while, just to prove to yourself what it is.

Good luck

noonesperfect

realangel wrote: »

I went to my docs two years ago and after endoscopes etc he said it was IBS.. i told him about the problems eating the mentioned foods and asked for advice on what to eat instead and he just said 'well don't eat them then' .. hmmmm good doc huh?

I don't think I am celiac as it would have been diagnosed, i think i am either just very sensitive to wheat and starchy foods, or it is just IBS

I work at sainsburys and they do have an excellent 'free from' range and have a good frozen section of 'free from' foods too ... just a shame the stuff is expensive compared to 'normal' foods

I would ask to be referred to the dietician at the local hospital, presumably you were seeing a specialist if you went for endoscopies etc?
It can't do any harm.....(the sheet my OH was given had a few surprise items that are best restricted if one has IBS).