What do gluten free vegans eat?

[Anonymous]

A diet of only fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes sounds really boring. What am I missing? With all the hype over quitting dairy and gluten, I feel like I should be considering giving these things up too. Anyone out there doing this and still finding some joy in food?

[Anonymous]

My niece is a gluten free (celiac) vegan and I still haven't figured out what she eats. But she seems to find things. I am also a celiac but not vegan and I've tried to prepare food for her for holidays and family gatherings but it is challenging.

[Anonymous]

Fruits, veggies, rice, quinoa, oats, beans, legumes, hummus, nuts, corn tortillas...

[Anonymous]

rice and veggies, salads, sandwiches with avocado, sprouts tomato. Things like that.

I was a vegan when i got diagnosed with celiac disease. I was a gluten free, vegan for about 2-3 weeks until the starvation started to set in! I started eating meat because I was so hungry and found it too much work to find meals. However, I do know two people who do it and it works for them and they are quite happy and healthy. There is also a blog about this.. can't remember it, but i got some ideas from this block during that short time period.

[Anonymous]

Why on earth would you give up food groups to be trendy? Which is effectively what you'd be doing if you gave up gluten and dairy just because lots of other people have. If those foods aren't trouble for you and you have no qualms about eating animal products, just eat the foods that work for you.

[Anonymous]

Please do not give up gluten to be trendy. The more people claim gluten intolerances (because - insert sanctimonious voice - our bodies just are not designed to process gluten!) the less serious ACTUAL gluten intolerances are taken by the general public, including the waiter that told me actually-allergic-to-wheat friend that there was no wheat in the salad dressing they used when there was. She spent the night vomiting as a result.

[Anonymous]

Also, several people I know with no real gluten intolerance have quit gluten for a a while, then had really bad results when they tried to integrate it back into their diets. No thanks.

[Anonymous]

Giving up gluten and dairy doesn't make you a vegan.

[Anonymous]

You can have vegan, GF pizza at Z-pizza. Giving up both is very difficult, and neither is really for weight loss, but if you're trying to adhere to a particular diet, you probably would lose b/c you are more conscious of what you're eating.

Celiacs can have buckwheat, corn, millet, oats, quinoa, rice, and wild rice. Mung bean/cellophane or rice noodles, corn tortillas, and I think Ener-G makes a GF/DF bread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:rice and veggies, salads, sandwiches with avocado, sprouts tomato. Things like that.

I was a vegan when i got diagnosed with celiac disease. I was a gluten free, vegan for about 2-3 weeks until the starvation started to set in! I started eating meat because I was so hungry and found it too much work to find meals. However, I do know two people who do it and it works for them and they are quite happy and healthy. There is also a blog about this.. can't remember it, but i got some ideas from this block during that short time period.

I have a very similar story. I basically HAD to introduce chicken and fish to exist in a normal world. I have 3 kids and can't plan my entire life around "what can I eat?" I tried for about 6 months and got under 95 pounds and was VERY grouchy. Not worth it. It was hard for me because I was a vegetarian for personal beliefs not for diet but alas I had to cave. I respect people who can do it though!

[Anonymous]

Quinoa & beans

various tomato-based (not yogurt based obviously) Indian curries with rice

plantains with peanut stew

Oatmeal is gluten free so they can eat that for breakfast

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Giving up gluten and dairy doesn't make you a vegan.

It does if dairy is the only animal product you consume. That's how I read OP's post: she's vegan and pondering giving up dairy (and gluten).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Giving up gluten and dairy doesn't make you a vegan.

It does if dairy is the only animal product you consume. That's how I read OP's post: she's vegan and pondering giving up dairy (and gluten).

[Anonymous]

I eat vegan. I don't pay attention to gluten, but I do try to avoid white rice, potatoes, etc. I guess "boring" is a matter of opinion. Lots of quinoa and veggie dishes, fruits, lentils, nuts, etc. I find there is plenty of variety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Giving up gluten and dairy doesn't make you a vegan.

It does if dairy is the only animal product you consume. That's how I read OP's post: she's vegan and pondering giving up dairy (and gluten).

If she's a vegan, then she doesn't consume dairy. I read the post as OP is neither and considering both. I also think the OP thinks being vegan means simply no dairy.