Gluten free meals!!
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I am a celiac and really it is pretty easy and cheap to eat gluten free unless you want all the GF breads and goodies which tend to be pricey. Paleo recipes are what I gravitate to because they are GF and you can easily add cheese and rice to them. Depending on where you live you can get some really cheap GF stuff at Aldi's or Grocery Outlet even the dollar stores around my area have GF pasta and cookies and sometimes even bread. What kind of recipes are you looking for?? I usually can make just about anything GF if given a recipe!!5
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Gluten-free and love it! I don't buy all those specialty items and I eat and cook on a limited budget. Look for a discount grocery in your area. @KangaRue22 mentioned Grocery Outlet, which is great for GF items. I do buy pasta and GF bread, yogurt, and produce at one near me. I can usually get GF pasta for 99 cents (compared to $2.50 at regular grocery). Since I don't eat much bread if I do buy the GF bread I put it in the freezer and just toast a piece once in awhile. About once a month I will make some GF cookies and put them in the freezer so I can have a treat here and there. I don't use a lot of recipes, but there are lots of them online. For cookies, I just use a basic recipe and substitute a mix of oat and almond flours for the wheat flour.
Here's at idea of my regular GF meals.
Breakfast - (one of these)
Oatmeal with craisins, coconut, berries - topped with a little Greek yogurt
Egg and veggie scramble (whatever veg I have plus 1 whole egg and 2 egg whites)
Cottage cheese with fruit (grapes, 1/2 banana, berries)
Lunch - (one of these)
Big salad with various greens and low-carb veg topped with lean protein (usually leftover from the previous night's dinner) plus rice or quinoa
Taco - corn tortilla usually stuffed with leftovers
Rice bowl - rice, beans, meat, veggies, salsa
Dinner - (all of these or similar)
Lean protein (fish, chicken breast, lean pork)
Rice, quinoa or half a potato
Veggies like broccoli or zucchini (whatever I can find on sale) or a salad
Snacks -
Boiled egg or egg white
Lowfat string cheese
Fruit
Cottage cheese with fruit or tomatoes
Veggies with hummus
Some GF staples that I mix and match for meals.
Quinoa, rice, millet, barley
Beans - black, pinto, garbanzo, red, white
Rice - jasmine, basmati, brown, wild rice blends
Lentils - (not my favorite, but I make them sometimes)
Corn tortillas - I can make a taco out of anything. Top with salsa, cilantro, hot sauce
I like to food prep on the weekend. Bake up a bunch of chicken breasts or a roast in the crockpot, make some quinoa or a rice and millet mix. I put them in the fridge and then I have meat and GF carbs to use for lots of various things. Add veggies and it's a meal!
When I first went GF I thought it would be boring and a chore. It turned out to be a fun challenge! It's all in the perspective.
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Arepas are a pretty good replacement for english muffins (a bag of masarepa/P.A.N. harina)(a fine type of corn mean) isn't too expensive - you just add water and a bit of salt, form into patties, and cook on stove for ~10ish minutes). (good with eggs, cottage cheese, tuna salad, etc on top).
\Edited to add: It'll be in the latin aisle.2 -
Clif bars (They are ~$1 at my local grocery - $1.09 single bars/$11/box of 12) do not have wheat as an ingredient (at least the flavors I've bought didn't). Generally 250-270 calories per bar. They do have the "may contain traces" warning on them though, so if you are extremely sensitive to gluten be warned that these could have cross-contamination. They go well with yogurt.1
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FYI @RaeBeeBaby ...Barley has gluten.
I make my own granola. It makes a lot and lasts quite a while. If you have a bulk food store nearby you can buy just the amounts you need. Mine has a great GF section. I eat granola with yogurt and fruit most days.
If you want to be healthful as well, skip the GF pasta and use a spaghetti squash. I eat half a squash for a meal (around 200 grams) and top with sauce and parm. (ready in 15 mins)
I eat lots of salads topped with veggies and tuna, eggs or even diced deli meats.
Grate some sweet potato (or regular potato) add some salt/pepper/garlic and fry it into a hash with some cooking spray, top with a fried egg and a little cheese.
Breton came out with GF crackers that taste good and are priced like their regular crackers.
If you like soup, I just made a 13 bean soup using dried beans, broth, some tomato, carrot and spices. It is full of protein and fibre and made me enough for lunches this week.
Crock pots are great for cheap cuts of meat. Put it in the pot in the morning (with a little water, broth or diet coke) when you get home it will be super tender. Drain and add your favorite sauce and serve it with whatever you like. I recently discovered rice noodles (vermicelli) and it is really cheap here....almost ramen cheap.
Stir fry is really popular at my house too. I get frozen veg cheap and pork stir fry strips for $3. A little ginger and soy sauce or other sauce of your choice and good to go. These are super easy to make extra as well...who doesn't like leftovers?
If you buy what's seasonal and on sale you should do alright.3 -
I have 2 friends that are GF, and if we do get togethers with other people I try and always make them a dish they can eat.
Deviled eggs (or a version called Andalusian eggs), I do a lot of baked chicken, which can translate into so many things like pulled chicken, chicken with cheese and canned chiles, chicken with BBQ sauces (watch the ingredients). I'll second the search for paleo ideas (but feel free to add none paleo items as you want), and also add in keto as they stay low carb so many of their recipes are GF as well (just watch the macros/calories
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bulk low cost dead animals (pork, chicken) with some cheap veggies1
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StephanieCovey wrote: »FYI @RaeBeeBaby ...Barley has gluten.
Good to know! I really don't make it that often, but have thrown some in soup from time to time. Still learning here. I don't have celiac, but have found that I'm sensitive to gluten, wheat, soy and nitrates. Eating mostly whole foods and reading labels has become my new normal and has improved my overall health.3 -
bean thread stir fry is another favorite of mine. (The local burmese restaurant does a much better job than I do though).2
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I eat a lot of omelets (eggs in general), beans, rice and quinoa. A crock pot is a great thing to have, especially for a college student. There are so many gluten free options for soups and stews that can be made quickly in the crock pot. I make chili often and chicken breast in the crock pot with a jar of salsa can be used in so many ways, such as a burrito bowl with beans and rice like you would have at Chipotle or in corn tortillas as tacos. Keep corn starch on hand to use as a thickener in place of flour in sauces and gravies. I also eat a lot of sweet potatoes.2
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I have a gluten allergy, but I am a broke college student. Anyone have any good recipies ?
I found this blog a couple of days ago - not sure how "affordable" the recipes really are, but might be worth a look! Also check out BudgetBytes and Cooking on a Bootstrap - not specifically GF sites, but I'm sure many recipes can be adapted if they're not already suitable.3 -
eggs, beans and rice - cheap, nutritious, cheap, naturally gluten free2
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2Ujn8p9tGs
I recently tried that recipe. I liked it. I'm a huge soup fan since they generally are lower calorie and you can make them however you want
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Okay so I've been eating a lot of veggies and recently made a zucchini lasagna that lasting me quite a while! I haven't tried many of the recipies yet but I have a couple days off in the future and plan to try them out! Thanks for all the tips too!1
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Hi I have celiac too, I got diagnosed 7 years ago. feel free too message me anytime for recipes I tried alot of the brand's too all tell you which ones are good and gross lol2
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Stir frys are also gluten free...just don't do them with noodles but over rice. Also kikkomans makes a gluten free soy sauce and you can get stir fry sauces that are gluten free.
Homemade vegetable soups are also gluten free and very cheap...you can make batches and then freeze extra for a later meal.
You can also buy gluten free self raising flour and whip up really yummy pancakes for breakfasts...the GF flour is also really good for making baked treats like a chocolate birthday cake or blueberry muffins or banana bread....making stuff from scratch is way cheaper than buying GF mixes.
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I eat mostly gluten free AND mostly dairy free.. im not strict though. I eat a lot of the following:
Breakfasts:
toast, omlettes, egg whites, meats, oatmeal baked with apple.. its like a mini apple crisp.
lunches:
taco salad
chicken salads of all sorts-tons of them.
bbq chicken..
fish and veg
roasted beet salad..
shish kabobs
Dinners:
tons of rice
stir fry
roasts, chicken, fish again.. all meat basically.
roasted potatoes.. veg
snacks:
cheese strings
tons of tuna.. you can get the snack flavor cans and eat on rice crackers.
fruit
nuts
carrots lol
boiled egg
Honestly im so bored of eating the same ol. I eat so many salads..1 -
you can check out my pinterest profile, i have a few boards with gluten free stuff. some i just adjust as needed or inspire me to cool something similar. Look me up, runlikemascara0
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Clif bars (They are ~$1 at my local grocery - $1.09 single bars/$11/box of 12) do not have wheat as an ingredient (at least the flavors I've bought didn't). Generally 250-270 calories per bar. They do have the "may contain traces" warning on them though, so if you are extremely sensitive to gluten be warned that these could have cross-contamination. They go well with yogurt.
Clif bars are made with commercially grown oats which are cross contaminated with wheat. This is not a safe food for anyone with Celiac.2 -
Please anyone feel free to add me.
I'm learning to eat gluten free and lactose free now being tested for celiac . I could certainly use help.
I'm finding a lot of trying gluten free trial and error, gross to tolerable items, lol. The lactose free I'm finding harder to avoid and find things I like.
These posts have been full of info I didn't realize.
I lost 40 lbs slowly last year and would still like/need to lose at least 30 more.
I have other health issues as well.0 -
You can add soups and stews to your diet. Vegetable with red lentils, cream of tomato, pea and mint, crab, spicy parsnip, cream of mushroom, clam chowder, beef stew, Irish lamb stew, pea and ham,watercress,winter vegetable stew...lots of possibilities.0
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Also many Indian curries are gluten free...you just eat them with rice and skip the naan bread
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JenGigglesGray wrote: »Please anyone feel free to add me.
I'm learning to eat gluten free and lactose free now being tested for celiac . I could certainly use help.
I'm finding a lot of trying gluten free trial and error, gross to tolerable items, lol. The lactose free I'm finding harder to avoid and find things I like.
Have you already had your tests done for Celiac? My understanding of it (from other posters who have it) is that you need to have been eating gluten for several weeks prior to testing, so you might need to consult with your doctor(s) if you're not yet finished with the process.0 -
JenGigglesGray wrote: »Please anyone feel free to add me.
I'm learning to eat gluten free and lactose free now being tested for celiac . I could certainly use help.
I'm finding a lot of trying gluten free trial and error, gross to tolerable items, lol. The lactose free I'm finding harder to avoid and find things I like.
These posts have been full of info I didn't realize.
I lost 40 lbs slowly last year and would still like/need to lose at least 30 more.
I have other health issues as well.
Eating gluten free can be challenging at first, but it does get easier. Eventually, you will find that most of the gluten free substitutes are not that good, and you will start opting for foods that are naturally gluten free. It's all about changing your habits.0 -
SueSueDio, he did a blood test day I was there. I haven't been completely gluten free yet as I still have food in my house that I need to finish up. It's a week today and I haven't heard from him. I'll be calling his office if no call back today.
lporter229, yes I've been deciding that is probably best.
Soups are a problem as sodium effects my arthritis pain levels.
I've been researching protein bars and shakes. I'm not a breakfast making person ( okay I hate cooking, lol.)
I tend to start my day with coffee started using a protein shake made with unsweetened almond milk ( about 4 a.m.)
Bottle water prewalk
After my walk I have usually 2 bottles water and a protein bar ( usually doing this doesn't upset my stomach or create heartburn, another big problem I have), this is usually about 9 a.m. I have bar
At noon I have a large salad with protein of sort, usually chicken breast, tuna or seafood salad.
Dinner is a protein, veggies and a carb. ( between 5-5:30 pm)
Total daily water is minimum 64 oz but usually 85-100 oz.
There are times I just want a treat, pizza ( I love pizza and we used to have weekly pizza night with my folks, now I swap my dinner and lunch around when we go out so I just get salad when we go and smell the pizza)
Ok I want a sweet treat or salty treat.
My biggest issue is like peanuts may work for the salty but if I buy a jar I can't seem to eat just an ounce so I don't like to buy them. I don't care for other nuts.
Or Aldi's has a chocolate cookie that work for the sweet treat but eat just 2 little cookies and then not go back daily till package is empty instead of weekly.
Thanks all, I love the feed back and appreciate
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I'm gluten free on a tight budget- I love cooking with potatoes (sweet and white) and occasionally rice. I work from home tho so I can easily just pop a potato in the oven to add to my meal later- but it makes it hard to prepare for on the go stuff. I was never a huge sandwich fan, except for my pb&j0
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