Help W/ Breakfast/lunch Ideas...

[carriecraig]

Hi All,

I have been gluten-free since June 13th, and now I've realized that I am having reactions to dairy. My usual breakfast is cereal and yogurt for a snack. For lunch, I've been eating salads, but they are just not appealing anymore.

Do you have any suggestions for breakfast and lunch?

Thanks!

Carrie

[Jnkmnky]

Breakfast

Egg / bacon burritos on corn tortillas *heat corn tortillas with a bit of butter on each side to soften to texture of flour tortillas!

Kinnikinnick's chocolate glazed or dipped donuts! Yum!!

Van's gluten free waffles found in frozen section of health food store. Heat in toaster just like an Eggo!

Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free pancake mix. Very fluffy...just like Bisquick --really! We add apple sauce and cinnamon sugar mix. We also use rice milk instead of dairy. Pam cooking spray rather than butter if you're that sensitive to the dairy.

Order on line if you can't find it in your local health food store.

Lunch

Kinnikinnick's tapioca white rice bread is a great gluten free bread. Kinnickinnick also has pizza crusts and bagels that are great. Get cold cuts *read labels at deli counter to find gluten free cold cuts and make sure clerk wipes down the slicer before slicing your order. Get your favorite cold cuts, lettuce tomato...You've got bread now, do what you would normally do! Blt, pbj, etc....

Tacos!

Mac and cheese- Tinkyada pasta and kraft Velveeta cheese*yes, it's gluten free!

Spaghetti and meatballs...Made with Tinkyada pasta

Thai Kitchen products are gluten free and usually carried in "Normal" grocery stores.

Chebe bread...Make Chebe bread sticks- add chopped pepperoni and mozzerella cheese for a Pizza stick. Dip in side of spaghetti sauce.

Nachos- add lettuce, tomato, avocado, black olives, cilantro, black beans, sour cream, salsa....yum

Rice drink smoothie--add banana, strawberries, ice...whip it up!

Try to find Pacific Brand gluten free Broths. Or any other broth starter that's gluten free....make beef stew, chicken soup, with lots of veggies, and meat and make chebe bread sticks

Split pea w/ham soup. Don't add the seasoning packet in the split pea package. Just add Onions, salt, pepper, carrots, diced ham, crumbled bacon and peas. That will be flavorful enough and gluten-free!

Stuffed Peppers- Cook chopped meat, rice, tomato sauce, galic salt. Put it in a pepper and bake for 30 mins.

Chili -make it yourself

[tarnalberry]

For breakfast, I don't have time to cook (and I hate cleaning pots...) so I often have something like:

* hot cereal (buckwheat/rice/millet/flax combination) made with water or a milk substitute (soy, rice, or almond) spiced up with honey, cinnamon, and vanilla - an added bonus is that this is very filling and lasts with you quite a while

* rice cakes with peanut butter - also very filling

* soy yogurt with fruit and some nuts

Lunch is usually taken with me to work where I have a fridge and a microwave. It generally consists of leftovers, along with fruits, vegetables, and nuts.

[carriecraig]

Thank you for the suggestions!

[Carriefaith]

I am both gluten and dairy free, this is what I have had:

Breakfast:

gluten free waffles

Italian kinnikinick bread toated with peanut butter

fruit (blueberries, bananas, apples, oranges)

orange juice

fruit to go bars

gluten-free cereal bar or nutragrain bar (by EnviroKidz or Glutino)

Lunch:

tuna salad sandwiches (tuna, mayo, celery, green onions, pepper) on toasted gluten-free bread

Thai Kitchen gluten-free instant rice noodles

gluten-free pasta with Ragu sauce

EnviroKidz plain cereal

Amy's frozen dinners

Rice cakes and peanut butter

Peanut butter sandwiches with gluten-free bread

fruit

Kinnikinick donuts

gluten-free pizza

left overs from dinner

[specialdiets]

You can still have cereal, you just need to try some non-dairy alternatives like Rice Milk, Soy Milk or Vance's Dari-Free (My favorite).

I like to make a large batch of waffles and bacon, then freeze them. When I want a waffle I just heat it up in the toaster and microwave the bacon. I know there are Van's gluten-free Waffles, but I prefer to have homemade meals. You can do the same with pancakes, muffins, and breakfast sausages...cook and freeze them for later.

When it comes to lunch I really like Applegate Farms organic hot dogs and deli meat. I'll have the deli meat on a corn tortilla along with lettuce and tomato. I also keep in the freezer uncooked turkey burgers. For lunch I just put one in the frying pan and have a burger in a few minutes along with steamed veggies or a salad. Shelton's and Applegate Farms have the frozen pre-made patties, but I usually just make some up myself (or actually get my husband to do it for me - he's my cooking slave!)

Sunni