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Hi there,

I live in Scotland and will be visting my friend in America later this month.

He's promised to take me to see various states. He lives in Missouri and it's likely we'll be travelling to/through Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and surrounding states.

The problem is, this will require a lot of driving and I strongly suspect we'll be eating a lot of fast food.

I'm not a big fast food eater, so would appreciate some guidance as to gluten-free options at common fast food places, such as McDonalds, Burger King, Dairy Queen, Cracker Barrell, Perkins.... and other fast food or chains I'm likely to find near the highways...

Thanks in advance :)


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Subway- you can turn any sub into a salad. All is gluten free except for meatball marinara, seafood sensation, sweet onion teriyaki. Teriyaki chicken strips is also off limits. All dressings are gluten free except for atkins sweet honey mustard.

Taco Bell- The tostadas, chicken fiesta taco salad (without shell and no red strips), Chicken express taco salad, zesty chicken border bowl (no zesty dressing, no red strips), and southwest steak bowl (no creamy jalpeno sauce) are all gluten free options. I just usually get a few tosadas. The mexican rice is also safe.

KFC- caesar side salad (no dressing, no croutons) or house side salad (no dressing) with either original ranch or fat free ranch dressing or italian light dressing. Corn on the cob, green beans, potato salad, seasoned rice, sweet kernel corn, KFC mean greens, and three bean salad are also gluten free.

Burger King- They claim their french fries are cooked in a seperate fryer from gluten containing foods. The tendergrill garden salad and side salad without dressing is gluten free. None of the dressings contain wheat. I would ask to look at them to see if they have gluten ingredients though.

Wendy's has a lot of options. Check out their website for options.

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Boston Market has gluten-free selectons. I would not consider Taco Bell or KFC, Way to much cross- contamination.

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I haven't eaten at a Cracker Barrel for many years, but when I did eat there, I always got the side dishes. Many of those were gluten free, such as cottage cheese and applesauce.

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Here is a website with links to multiple restaurant gluten free info:

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Tim-n-VA Contributor

I've had success with spicy grilled catfish at Cracker Barrel but it is never my first choice due to the risk of cross-contamination.

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