Anonymous wrote:How did you adapt your meals to accommodate celiac/gluten sensitivity? So far it’s going okay, but I’m at a loss for meal ideas - particularly family meals. Any ideas welcome. Thanks!

Mexican and Central American food is usually corn, bean and rice with no gluten. Most pasta dishes can easily be substituted. Indian food is also largely Gluten free. Stir fry.

Today we did chicken fajita, yellow rice, guacamole, corn dish(sautéed corn, red peppers, onions, jalapeños and crema catracha), corn tortillas and mixed beans(similarly to fried beans) with a key lime passion fruit pie. Later this week a veggie heavy stir fry with sweet potato noodles.

You can just do meat(lamb, pork, chicken, steak, etc) with a vegetables(usually a quick cooked veggie and a raw- coleslaw, salad, etc) and a starch(sweet potato, regular potatoes or rice).

Remember you can easily do Mac and cheese https://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Macaroni-and-Cheese/ use gluten free flour, gluten free pasta and gluten free bread crumbs. Most people(kids) like potatoes skins. Pound chicken breast flat, egg wash, dip in cornmeal and bake.

Another good meal is spring rolls https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/fresh-spring-rolls/ You can use chicken instead of shrimp. The wraps are very easy use. Don’t be intimidated by them.

There are a ton of recipes online for pretty anything.
Want a quiche, pumpkin pie, etc https://fromscratchfast.com/easy-gluten-free-pie-crust/

How about a cake- https://flippindelicious.com/gluten-free-yellow-cake-chocolate-fudge-frosting/
https://glutenfreeonashoestring.com/gluten-free-marble-bundt-cake/
https://flavorwalk.com/sour-cream-coffee-cake-recipe/

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Anonymous wrote:Greek, Japanese, Korean, a lot of Asian food as long as it’s with rice.

Japanese food actually has a lot of wheat in the dishes. You have to be very careful with the sauces. Same with Korean.

Thai is easier.

Anonymous wrote:Greek, Japanese, Korean, a lot of Asian food as long as it’s with rice.

Japanese food actually has a lot of wheat in the dishes. You have to be very careful with the sauces. Same with Korean.

DD has celiac and it required some adjustment. I quickly learned there are lots of GF foods in the supermarkets. Strangely, Whole Foods isn't very good, but Sprouts, Trader Joe's, and Giant have a lot. They have lots of frozen GF foods that are easy to heat up.

It's not uncommon for me to cook a separate GF meal for DD than what the rest of the family eats.

Spaghetti usually works well if you have GF noodles, which are easy to get.

If you cook meat and veggies from scratch (eg chicken with potatoes and peas) there's usually no problem, though you have to be careful about gravy. GF gravy mix is easy to get.

Greek, Japanese, Korean, a lot of Asian food as long as it’s with rice.

Our family is gluten free with multi-generational celiac. Agree with one of the PPs above that eating out and traveling can be challenges but at home, it is no problem.

Dinner tonight: steak, kale salad, watermelon feta salad, wild rice (found a gf version ... we eat lots of plain rice).

Earlier this week: salmon, roasted cauliflower, salad, sweet potatoes. Tofu (be sure it's marked gf) stir fry, brown rice, salad. Chicken sausage, baked beans, salad, glazed carrots.

For carbs .. potatoes, corn, polenta, rice are easy and then the GF replacements (pasta and bread aren't bad). We also make brazilian cheese bread with tapioca.

I am not sensitive and yet mostly gluten free, for dinner I made vegetable soup loaded with beans, carrots, onions, celery, white beans, kale and tomato, and I made a side of broccoli and baked chicken wings glazed in brown sugar sauce.

DH had Celiac. I don’t find making GF meals difficult at all. We typically do a meat, chicken, fish plus veggies and/or rice, potatoes for dinner. We can still do tacos with corn tortillas or shell, pasta with GF noodles, meatloaf or meatballs with GF breadcrumbs. There’s not much we can’t cook with minor modification.

Can you give some meal ideas that you used to eat that you're struggling finding a substitute for? Compared to a few years ago, I've found it fairly easy to find replacements.

Our kid was diagnosed as celiac, and we now follow a GF diet. You can find lots of GF substitutes for flour, pasta, etc. We largely eat the same things as before just GF now. Pizza is probably the hardest thing to do GF. Dining out is the biggest challenge. In our experience restaurants are variable in terms of understanding and safely delivering GF.

The odds of you having a gluten sensitivity are minimal and unlikely. Around 1/2 of 1% have issues with it.

Around 4% have a very minor sensitivity to it but doesn't affect diet.

But IF you really are, then simply avoid most breads/pastas/carbs from grains.

How did you adapt your meals to accommodate celiac/gluten sensitivity? So far it’s going okay, but I’m at a loss for meal ideas - particularly family meals. Any ideas welcome. Thanks!