Gluten Free Meal Ideas?

[figaromeetsmarie]

What are you gluten free dessert and food ideas that a college student would like? We need ideas for breakfast,lunch,dinners,and desserts. The hardest for us is lunch and desserts.
Help!

We just found out that DD needs to be on a gluten free diet.

 

[MIGrandma]

There are a lot of gluten free message boards out there, you might want to ask your questions on some of those.

I've been gluten free (mostly) for several months now. For lunch I eat a lot of salads, grilled chicken, sandwiches made with gluten-free bread (love Udi's!, it's the closest to "real" bread that I've found), rice noodle bowls too. There are a lot of gluten-free foods (packed cookies, crackers, etc.) but they tend to be expensive. I like soups, Progresso chicken and rice, and Campbell Select garden vegetable are two of my favorites. And my own homemade hamburger/vegetable soup too.

As for desserts, I'm also diabetic so I try to avoid those most of the time but do splurge sometimes. There are gluten free cake/brownie mixes out now. Ice cream is a good gluten free dessert choice. Fresh fruits too.

There are lots of on-line recipes for gluten free foods at places like allrecipes.com. Instead of regular flour they use rice flour, tapioca flour, etc. You can buy those specialty flours at health food stores.

Good luck!

 

[Traveliz]

Desserts are getting easier.

The Betty Crocker chocolate chip cookies are SO good - in a mix.

The Betty Crocker brownies and cake are good too and my husband uses all three of those mixes and changes things up to change his dessert.

We make the traditional seven layer bars (using cornflake crumbs) instead of graham crackers.

Liz

 

[pixiegoose]

Try crockpot365.blogspot.com - most of her recipes are gluten free and if they're not, she tells you how to make them gluten free. I've made several of her recipes and they were good (and pretty easy!).

 

[snowball22]

Cheesy Shrimp Spaghetti

Just served this last night and everyone loved it!!

3T butter
1 med chopped onion
1/2 c chopped green pepper
2 1/2 c canned chopped tomatoes
1 pound cooked and peeled shrimp(no tails)
1 t salt
1 t worchestershire sauce
1 4 oz pkg of gluten free spaghetti
2 c grated cheddar cheese

Melt butter in skillet. Saute onions until golden. Add green pepper, tomatoes, seasonings, and uncooked spaghetti. Cover and set on med stirring often. When a vigorous steaming starts, turn to low. Cook for about 35 minutes. Add shrim and cheese and simmer slowly for 15 minutes. Serves 5-6



Check out local health food stores. Many now carry full lines of delicious gluten free foods like pumpkin pie, brownies, cakes and so forth but the Better crocker gluten free desserts are to die for in my opinion.