The key to gluten-free cooking is simple: take a little bit of homework on your part, a dash of extra effort, and dump in a whole lot of creativity - voila! You're a gluten-free gourmet! But some of the greatest culinary challenges are for those meals-on-the-run, which seem to be the most common kind sometimes. Open Original Shared Link has extensive menu suggestions for all meals and snacks, but the following is a short excerpt of on-the-go snack ideas:
- Chips
- There are many flavors of gluten-free chips available at grocery stores!
- string cheese
- Taquitos, quesadillas, tacos, tamales (made with corn tortillas - they travel well)
- Nachos
- Corn Nuts
- Raisins and other dried fruit
- Chex mix
- There is a gluten-free cereal available at many grocery stores or health food markets thats just like Chex--make the mix as you would Chex mix.
- Popcorn
- Cheese cubes with toothpicks in them and rice crackers
- Fruit rolls
- Lettuce wrapped around ham, cheese, turkey, or roast beef
- Rice cakes (check with the manufacturer; not all are gluten-free)
- Hard-boiled eggs or deviled eggs
- Applesauce
- Apples dipped in caramel or peanut butter (if youre sending apples in a lunchbox, remember to pour lemon juice over the slices; that will keep them from turning brown)
- Individually packaged pudding
- Jello
- Yogurt
- Fruit cups (individually packaged cups are great for lunchboxes)
- Fruit snacks (like Farleys brand)
- High-protein bars (e.g., Tigers Milk, GeniSoy)
- Nuts
- Marshmallows
- Trail mix
- Combine peanuts, M&Ms, dried fruit, chocolate chips, and other trail mix items for a great on-the-go snack.
- Beware of commercial trail mixes--they often roll their date pieces in oat flour.
- Combine peanuts, M&Ms, dried fruit, chocolate chips, and other trail mix items for a great on-the-go snack.
- The occasional candy bar or other junk food treat (see the next chapter for information on safe junk food)
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