Ideas for gluten free lunches ?

rachbc

rice salads with lots of fresh veg, seeds, nuts and diff dressings to mix it up a bit

corn tortillas with any type of sarnie filling - shredded chicken, pulled pork, beans if you want to stick to mexican style stuff but other stuff woudl work

soups

oatcakes with humous, pate etc

hanb

I'm almost the same as you apart from I can wheat! But I suffer from severe IBS and a dairy intolerance.

With dairy products if you haven't already tried the Lactofree range then you really should. It's amazing! They do milk, cheese, soft cheese and yoghurts and they all taste like the real deal because it is milk they just take out the lactose which is what makes people sick! I can't stand soya milk so I was so happy to find it! Thought the yoghurts aren't as good as the alpro soya ones...

Anyway I’m trying to think what I eat for lunch - in the winter I just eat a lot of soups mainly, and jacket potatoes. But now it's warm I bring salad. I make it the night before with lots of healthy stuff, add some chicken and then pop it in the fridge ready to pick up and take in the morning.

Beans on toast too but I don't know if you've found a suitable bread alternative. Jacket potato with Lactofree cheese... Leftovers.. Pasta. Rice. Cous cous.

I could probably think of lots more if my brain was in gear but hope that's of some help.

I struggled for ages with IBS and what I can and can't eat and found that worrying about it made it ten times worse so I’m much more relaxed now and I do try new things that I was too scared to do before so I can be your guinea pig

Maitane

Thanks everyone!

Stoney_G

Ok - the book is 'Food Allergy Survival Guide', Melina, Stepaniak and Aronson. This book is brilliant and has all kinds of recipes from bread to quiche to cake!!! It has basic stuff like spreads for sandwiches which are not only good for you but very MSE!!

Hope that helps

zippychick

Hi Maitane

I'm sure there are a load of threads to help you out

Ideas for gluten free lunches

Gluten and wheat free baking

Gluten free the Old Style way

Wheat/gluten free bread recipe?

Dairy/lactose free diet

Dairy free ice cream

Yeast and dairy free - help

Vegan biscuit or cake recipes - may offer some helpful ideas

Vegan and veggie food on the cheap - again may have some good stuff

wheat egg nut and dairy free biscuits

this is a post i made the other day about specific food allergies. I left the ones in that may not apply but you may also find them useful.

I'll merge this later. Good luck!:j

Zip

Aubergine_2

Re the Lactofree range, it's not always the Lactose that makes people ill. I have IBS triggered by a milk protein allergy, so you may need to find out exactly what part of the milk you're intolerant to.

For cheese alternatives, try hard cheddar style goats cheese (if you aren't intolerant to goat products) or soya based 'Cheezly'.

For soya milk, I find that tesco value/sainsburys basics are best as they don't taste as strong as Alpro etc which I can't stand.

Patchwork_Quilt

I would agree that Genius bread is hands-down winner as far as gluten free goes, and Tesco's free from pasta is a good standby. However, I try not to eat processed food, so I basically just cook extra each evening and then take it for lunch the next day. If there's extra food and I'm not going to work I have a supply of little pots that can go in the freezer and I freeze it for emergencies. Otherwise, a big salad with plenty of protein fills me up. And have you tried different grains like quinoa? Very nice cold with snips of tomato, onion and cucumber in it.

Stoney_G

Ooh, yes quinoa is brilliant!! You could also try things like beans and lentils to bulk out salads if they leave you feeling hungry (like they do me)

Stoney_G

Ooh, yes quinoa is brilliant!! You could also try things like beans and lentils to bulk out salads if they leave you feeling hungry (like they do me)

Dustykitten

Out of interest do you know your blood type?

I'm better on spelt than wheat (it still has gluten in) so bake my own bread, cakes etc. I seem fine with small amounts of goats milk too so. There are some great goats cheeses (Morrisons do one called drunken goat which is lovely) and I'm also fine with sheep cheese like manchego.

Good luck. I find it all falls apart when I don't plan ahead.

Can you have oat cakes? I tend to fall back on those and rice cakes with either goats cheese or jam depending on if I want sweet or savoury.