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Need Ready To Eat Meals For Son

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Brillious Newbie
Brillious
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We live in a small town that is far away from any place to get Gluten Free food. Are there any ready to eat foods I can buy at Walmart?

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bbuster Explorer
bbuster
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One of our staples is Taquitos. Be sure to get the ones made with corn tortillas, as some are made with (wheat) flour tortillas.

There are also several varieties of ZonePerfect bars which are gluten-free. My son packs these for lunch most days.

purple Community Regular
purple
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Here is a good link:

https://www.celiac.com/gluten-free/index.php?showtopic=51685

My dd likes Thai noodles, peanut flavor, found in the chinese food section.

My other dd buys a frozen breakfast in a red bag, I think its called Skillet Dinners, be sure to check the label, I haven't, and those taquitos posted before are her two favs.

You might google "ready to eat foods" and see what pops up.

Amyleigh0007 Enthusiast
Amyleigh0007
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Dinty Moore makes two microwavable meals that state they are gluten free on the package. They are beef stew and ham and potatoes. Also, Weight Watchers Smart Ones Santa Fe Beans and Rice is gluten free (says so on the package). Kid's Kitchen has a microwavable beans and wieners cup that is gluten free. Oscar Meyer hot dogs are gluten free (I'm not sure about low fat or fat free but the regular wieners are gluten free). Hormel chili, Hormel Natural Choice lunch meats, and Ore Ida fast food french fries and tots are all gluten free. Gorton's Frozen Grilled Fillets (Italian Herb and Lemon Pepper) are gluten free. My Walmart has started carrying Amy's brand organic canned soups. Some of them say gluten free on the label. They are really good and perfect for lunch. Walmart's brand, Great Value, will clearly state Gluten Free on its label if the product is gluten free. My Walmart carries DeBoles brand gluten free pasta. We really prefer Tinkyada but when I am out of Tink I pick up a box of DeBoles penne and a bottle of Great Value brand Traditional pasta sauce. It is pretty good. My Walmart has also started carrying Pamela's brand cookies. It seems like they are getting more gluten free items each week.

Juliebove Rising Star
Juliebove
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Our Walmart has no grocery section, so I don't know what all they sell. I did get some Uncle Ben's precooked chicken flavored rice there. Alas I discovered when I got home that it was made in China. I don't normally eat stuff made there. But I was sick pneumonia and wasn't in the mood to care. I also got a can of chicken and chicken broth from the food aisle.

Hormel chili is safe and so are their canned tamales. When I make the tamales, I do them up in a casserole and add plenty of strips of onions, peppers, chopped tomatoes or salsa and black olives. Cheese would be good on this too.

Our Walmart used to have some safe rice chips. Haven't seen them in a while. I believe they were Rice Works.

Can get Fruity and Cocoa Pebbles and Rice Chex. They are gluten free and Walmart's prices are cheaper than the grocery stores around here.

ChemistMama Contributor
ChemistMama
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Some walmarts sell gluten-free cake and brownie mixes, check for white boxes in the Cake aisle. Pamela's at wal mart would be great!! their chocolate chip cookie mix is great.

Soyjoy bars, when they're on sale, are a great gluten-free treat.

Delimex chicken and steak taquitos are gluten free.

Ask your walmart, ours just started stocking Amy's frozen dinners, several of which were gluten-free. As someone said below, they have Amy's soups and de boles pasta. Just make sure the pasta sauce is also gluten-free!!

Here's the list from our local celiac group on ready to eat foods. keep in mind these should be eaten rarely, as they have TONS of sodium, which isn't good for little guys!

Minute Rice or Chicken w/Rice (single serve cups)

Dinty Moore Beef Stew

Dinty Moore Scalloped Potatoes and Ham

Healthy Choice Vegetable and Chicken w/Rice Soups

Hormel Chili in Microwave Cup

Hormel Pork Roast

Thai Noodle Bowls

Del Monte Harvest Selection Homestyle Chili w/Beans

Hormel Chili w/Beans

Taste of Thai in the yellow box

cereals: rice chex, honey kix, trix, and a few others. Check the General Mills site for their cereals that don't have gluten.

brigala Explorer
brigala
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Are you looking for grab-and-go style "ready to eat" or something you can throw in the Microwave or toaster oven quickly?

For snacks on the run, I hard-boil eggs and keep in the fridge. Some beef jerky and similar products are gluten-free. Tillamook Country Smoker marks several products on their website as gluten-free, including their regular beef jerky. Old Wisconsin has several meat sticks and meat & cheese sticks which are marked gluten-free right on the package (although they do contain MSG, which is a common irritant for Celiacs).

For quick-n-easy, many of the Stagg brand chilis are marked Gluten Free on the label right under the ingredients. The only one I really like is the white chili with turkey, but the others are alright too (I miss Nalley's chili, which is absolutely not gluten-free). You can get boxed Rice-Mac & Cheese made by Annie's and by Trader Joe's which are gluten-free. If money is no object, then Amy's frozen Rice Mac & Cheese is to die for. But it's expensive. I rarely find it for under $4, and that's very much a single-serving package.

I ride the train a lot and Amtrak doesn't have much in the way of gluten-free food in their restaurant or bistro. When I'm going on the train or even just out running around I buy the Simply Asia noodle bowls, the Sesame Chicken flavor. Then I can get hot water to prepare it with just about anywhere, including on the train. It fixes up just like a cup-o-noodles and I think it tastes better. Simply Asia has other flavors that are gluten-free, but not all are -- check the label. The gluten-free ones will be marked.

For Christmas, my mom bought me a nifty to-go salad bowl. It's got a place in the lid for your fork and a container for dressing. I like to make a chef's salad with boiled egg, ham, cheese, and several of my favorite lettuces, along with Newman's Own Ranch dressing. YUM. The containers make eating on the go SO easy!

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I hope this helps. Maybe some clues as to what your son likes, and maybe his age might help narrow it down a bit!

-Elizabeth

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CeliacMom2008 Enthusiast
CeliacMom2008
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They aren't store bought, but I freeze individual portions of things like pulled pork, lasagna, ham & beans, split pea soup, and stew. They are great for quick meals and it's really pretty easy to just make a little more at the time you making them and then freeze them. In fact, my hubby is eating a piece of lasagna that was frozen right now and the house smells wonderful. I had a bowl of cereal and a piece of cake. Yeah, that's healthy. I wish I'd thought of the lasagna...

hermitgirl Contributor
hermitgirl
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One of our staples is Taquitos. Be sure to get the ones made with corn tortillas, as some are made with (wheat) flour tortillas.

There are also several varieties of ZonePerfect bars which are gluten-free. My son packs these for lunch most days.

not to hijack the thread, but which flavors are gluten free??? I used to love those bars!!!!

purple Community Regular
purple
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They aren't store bought, but I freeze individual portions of things like pulled pork, lasagna, ham & beans, split pea soup, and stew. They are great for quick meals and it's really pretty easy to just make a little more at the time you making them and then freeze them. In fact, my hubby is eating a piece of lasagna that was frozen right now and the house smells wonderful. I had a bowl of cereal and a piece of cake. Yeah, that's healthy. I wish I'd thought of the lasagna...

yep, I have lasagna in the freezer now and put some cooked chicken in there to add to some rice later on. I make freezer meals in serving sizes for my dd's all the time. Today I made a stack of mini pizzas, wrapped them individually and froze them in plastic containers. And I froze some leftover refried beans that they can thaw out and eat with tortilla chips. I freeze cupcakes, muffins, cookies, waffles and brownies too. Ripe bananas for bread. Meatballs. Chopped onions and peppers for casseroles and chili. You can freeze many things and save alot of time plus it gives you some ideas when you are in a hurry. I use sandwich baggies alot and clear containers are nice too. When cooking, plan what you can freeze even if its only one serving. Label the item and date it!

mom.on.the.go Newbie
mom.on.the.go
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our supertarget carries Ians which is kid friendly stuff. I get the gluten-free chicken nuggets and they also have a kid cuisine type meal that has chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes, corn and a brownie. I am giving this to my daughter tonight.

the boxes are yellow and it is next to the kids cuisine shelves.

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