Carriefaith

Wow! Thanks for all the replies! You guys are great!

My life saver was staying at Super 8's because they have fridges and microwaves. I brought a cooler for the shorter trips and prepared a few suppers, like pasta salads.

Thanks so much for the tip! I will keep that in mind when we have to stay in hotels.

Thanks so much for the suggestions! I will will have to print those lists off and see what I can find here. Thanks again

It might help if you bring along a small bottle of olive oil and sea salt (or other seasonings you like). Sounds strange but it allows you to turn a plain can of beans into a "bean salad" if you're stranded and really desperate for something to eat.

That is a great idea! Thanks

Lea & Perrins Worchestershire Sauce is not gluten-free in Canada.

I can't help you there unless you go via New Zealand to stock up on our food and then go to the middle of nowhere.

Cathy

Ok thanks anyway.

How about canned fruit, creamed rice, chickpeas etc. Canned tuna and salmon, baked beans, creamed corn. Corn crackers or rice crackers and maybe a few spreads. Just a few ideas.

Hope you have fun in the middle of nowhere.

Thanks, for the ideas!

I am also looking for specific brand names that you have tried and if you had good or bad expriences with them. For example, Heinz baked beans. Thanks.

I would love to hear about your experiences at restaurants good or bad. Any recommendations?

Anyone heard anymore about Splitt? I really hope that they re-opened because that was the only place I ate out at!

I am going to be spending up to 2 weeks away from home in the middle of nowhere with my new job. I will sometimes be staying in large camps or hotel rooms. I would love any suggestions on safe canned food or any food I could bring with me. Thanks so much.

any one know of any good gluten free salad dressings, or even marinades for meat.......what about ice cream.......i read sherbet is okay most times. thanks!

I like these dressings:

Open Original Shared Link

I eat So Good Soy Ice Cream

Carrie - the recipes look wonderful One question - what brand of tuna do you use?? Thanks, Janet

Thanks! I use Clover Leaf Flaked White Tuna.

Spinach and Broccoli Salad

1/2 a bag of spinach (probably 7-8 cups)

1-2 heads of broccoli, cut into bit size pieces

2 apples, diced

1 cucumber, sliced

optional (rasins, sunflower seeds, tomatoes)

Renee's peppercorn and ranch dressing or Kraft French Dressing

Wash all produce, mix together and serve with dressing.

Thanks Carriefaith for some great dinner ideas. How do you cook your battered fish? Baked? Fried? (pan-fried? deep-fried). Please advise. I crave battered fish. Sandra

Thanks! Do you mean the chinese tuna? I prefer to pan fry it in oil.

I've got some Enjoy!

Steamed Salmon

2-3 fresh salmon fillets

2-3 shallots, finely minced

2 cloves garlic, finely minced

2 red chilies, cut into small rounds

2 Tbs. Thai Kitchen Premium Fish Sauce

1 Tbs. Brown sugar

2 Tbs. fresh lime juice

2 Tablespoons basil leaves

Put all ingredients in a steam bowl or dish. Steam for about 20 minutes. Vegetable steamers work well.

Hot and Sour Soup (Recipe modified from VH)

5 cups of water, add more if necessary

1 extra large carrot or 2 small carrots, minced in a blender or food processor

1 large celery stick or 2 small celery sticks, minced in a blender or food processor

2 cups of spinach leaves, minced in a blender or food processor

1 red pepper, diced

3-4 green onions, diced

2 cups of gluten free noodles, I use Thai Kichen rice noodles

3/4 cup of VH Asian Five Spice sauce, add more if necessary

1-2 tablespoons chili sauce, optional (I use Thai Kicken Spicy Thai Chili Sauce)

1-2 McCormick all-vegetable bouillon (vegetable, chicken, or beef)

2 tablespoons of vinegar

Put everything in a large pot, bring to a boil and then cook on medium heat for about 20 minutes. Very tasty.

Jambalaya

1 pakage cut up boneless chicken (bite size)

3 tablespooms olive oil

1 green pepper, diced

1 red pepper, diced

3 cloves of garlic, minced

1 can stewed tomatoes

3 cups chicken broth (or 3 cups of water and 2 McCormick brouillion cubes)

1.5 cups basmati rice

2-3 tablespoons of brown sugar

1/4 cup of white vinegar

2 teaspoons thyme

2 teaspoons oregano

1 teaspoon crushed red peppers (I used Mc Cormick)

1-2 teaspoons cayenne pepper

1-2 teaspoons crushed red chilis (I used Mc Cormick)

pepper and salt to taste

2 teaspoons parsely (optional)

2 teaspoons basil (optional)

1/2 teaspoon paprika (optional)

Pad Thai: New and Improved

1 bottle Thai Kitchen Original Pad Thai Sauce

2 Tablespoons olive oil

2-3 cups of bean sprouts

5 green onions, diced

3 cloves of garlic, minced

1 onion, diced

1 red pepper, diced

1 orange or yellow pepper, diced

1-2 Tablespoons, fresh lime juice

3 eggs

1.5 cups uncooked basmatti rice OR cooked rice noodles (pad thai style)

1.5-2 Tablespoons basil

1 teaspoon Cilantro

1/2 teaspoon crushed red chilis

salt and pepper to taste

Cook all vegetables, lime juice, and spices in oil for about 10-15 minutes over medium heat (a wok works nicely). Be careful not to burn the vegetables. After about 7-8 minutes push the vegetables to the side creating a ring of vegetables with a hole in the middle. Place the eggs in the hole and stir them. Once the eggs are stirred, mix them in with the vegetables. Cook rice or noodles seperatly. Once everything is done, mix it all together including the Pad Thai Sauce. Serve.

Pineapple Chicken (Modified from VH)

2-3 chicken breasts, cut into small pieces

Your choice of vegetables. Here are some ideas:

2-3 different coloured bell peppers, diced

5 green onions, diced

1 broccoli

2 celery sticks, diced

2-3 garlic cloves, minced

1 onion, diced

1 Tablespoon of VH lite soy sauce

1 bottle of VH pineapple sauce

pepper to taste

1-2 cups uncooked basmatti rice

Cook chicken and vegetables together until everything is done. Place soy sauce, pineapple sauce, and pepper with vegetables and chicken. Cook rice seperately. Serve once everything is done.

Chinese Tuna (modified from VH)

2 cans of tuna

4-5 stalks of small celery

olive oil

optional: garlic or onions

Batter - you may need to double this

1/4 - 1/2 cup water

2 eggs

1/2 - 3/4 cup of gluten-free all purpose flour mix (I used Kinnickinick)

1 Tablespoon cornstarch

sugar to taste

salt to taste

Sauce - VH Cherry dipping sauce

Cook oil, vegetables, and tuna in a frying pan. Mix batter in a bowl. Set cooked tuna mixture aside. Place more olive oil in the frying batter and cook on medium heat. With a large serving spoon, scoop some batter and place a handful of tuna mixture into the spoon. Coat the top of the tuna mixture with more batter. Place into the frying pan and cook until done. Repeat. Serve with VH Cherry dipping sauce and basmatti rice.

Velvet Brownies

2/3 cup gluten-free flour mix

1/3 cup cocoa powder

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 egg whites

1 egg

3/4 cup sugar

6 tablepoons baby food pear or pea puree or unsweetened applesauce (I tried the recipe with pear puree).

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

Optional: 1 tablespoon chopped peacans, walnuts, or macadamia nutes.

Preheat oven to 350. Spray an 8"x8" pan with vegetable oil spray (I just used wax paper and olive oil). In a measuring cup, combine the flour mix, cocoa, cinnamon, and salt. In a mixing bowl, whisk the egg whites and egg slightly. Add the sugar, puree, oil, and vanilla and wisk until blended, but don't overbeat. Pour into the prepared pan and sprinkle on the nuts (if used). Bake until set and a tester comes out clean, about 25 minutes (I'd go a few minutues longer, like 27). Cool before cutting into 2" squares. Makes 16 brownies.

From, "The Gluten-free Gourmet, Cooks Fast and Healthy" by Bette Hagman p.140.

I am really sorry that you are going through that... I can totally relate...Severe-explosive gas is one of my major symptoms for celiac disease and for some of my other food allergies. The gas is so bad that it is painful and I cannot concentrate. It seems to effect most of my system, making it hard to breath by times (because of pain), and giving me chest pain along with stomach and intestinal pain and discomfort.

If you have been on a strict gluten-free diet for 6 months and still have problems, I would suggest that your body is still healing, that some gluten may be sneaking into your diet, or that you may have another food intolerance or have a food allergy. My suggestion would be to get food allergy testing done or ask your doctor about trying some bendryl the next time you get severe gas. When my gas is due to an allergy, benedryl will help the situation 80-100%. If benedryl doen't help, then you are probably dealing with another food intolerance. If you body is still healing than lactose and starchy sugars may be your problem. The enymes which digest sugars (ie lactose, starch) are located in the villi in the small intestine. When these are damaged due to gluten ingestion, then these sugars go undigested, causing problems. If benedryl doen't help try going lactose free for a month and see if that helps.

Wow 15 years... That is an accomplishment!

Good luck on your test

Any experience...do you feel worse for a while, before you feel better? What are your symptoms?

I experienced intense feelings of hunger for several months after going gluten-free. I could hardely concentrate sometimes. I personally think my body was having withdrawl.

Going back on gluten may be difficult and unpleasant now that you've start the gluten-free diet... I would suggest getting a gene test done to see if you have a celiac gene.

When I was diagnosed with celiac disease, I was actually thankful because I didn't have to take meds for life and it wasn't a terminal illness. There were a few times where I would get annoyed at food limitations. Now sometimes I wish celiac disease is all I had to worry about... I spend a lot of time worrying if something I'm eating is going to give me a severe allergic reaction.

I'm just wondering what other people think about gluten and their brains. It amazes me that one small protein can wreak such havoc on a body!

Gluten does mess with my brain for sure. When I am glutened I can get depressed, nervous, anxious, irritable, moody, anti-social, and paranoid... Let's just say that I'm not much fun to be around.

I believe that I was getting mildly ill (gas) from oat extract in my sunscreen. I stopped using it and I now use gluten-free suncreens.

I'm sorry that you are having truble sleeping. I would suggest going for a walk/jog to get tired... But you may not feel like it and the weather isn't always all that warm. A glass of wine may also help?

Wow, what an eye-opening reaction I am having to this thread. Our bodies are certainly complex. I know I am allergic and intolerant of wheat, if it gets on my skin, I break out in hives. Wheat is easy to stay away from because, as was said, once a celiac, always a celiac! I also react to oats and soy on my skin. I will never try oats again and know I am intolerant to soy, corn, nightshades, rice, and a few other things that rear their ugly heads.

You have all given me so much to think about--thank you.

I am also learning a lot! I seem to learn something almost every time I come to this message board!

Just wondering - when you started noticing multiple allergies and celiac, had you been on antibiotics in the previous six months?

I started noticing symtoms in the summer of 2003. Everything just "happened". I was quite a healthy person before I got sick and I don't recall being on meds unless it was for those sinus infections I used to get (or maybe they were colds? who knows)... funny, I don't seem to get those anymore...

Carriefaith,

I'm sorry to hear that you are having such a diificult time - I can definitely relate! Glad to know that you are feeling somewhat better now, and hope that you will soon get all of the answers that you need!

I'm glad that at least Benadryl helps you when you react like that; I can't take it, it affects me too strongly...

This is the first time I've been able to sit down and read through this thread completely...now I'm mad! Why hasn't my doctor suggested / prescribed me an Epi-pen when I so clearly have told him of my reactions ( I have serious chemical sensitivities)??? I am definitely anaphylactic!!! I have never lost conciousness, but I didn't know that anyone having any of the reactions I have should have an Epi !!!

Thanks I am feeling a lot better

You should carry an Epi-pen if you are having severe symptoms and reactions. I would ask your doctor. My mom was able to get me an Epi-pen without a prescripton here in Canada.

Sorry to hear that you're having such a rought time. That sounds really serious----the breathing problems especially. If the benadryl helps, it is definitely an allergy (don't you hate taking benadryl during the day? it makes me very sleepy) Do you think you should be taking an epi on such occasions? My allergist tells me to always take it if my breathing is at all affected.

I hope you can get some answers from the companies. What did you eat?

Thanks for the info. on the 'big RAST test.'

Oh yeah--one thing I meant to say in an earlier post. Whoever told you that an allergy to wheat is never anaphylactic was wrong. You can have an anaphylactic to wheat.

Take care!

Thanks, I'm finally feeling better. I had homemade gluten-free pizza, chili, pumpkin pudding (soy milk), and gummi bears (which I have already e-mailed the company about a long time ago). I didn't get sick from anything obvious so it must of been contamination and it must of been an allergy if benedryl was helping. Yeah benderyl can make me really drowsy. I'll be e-mailing companies to figure it out this week-end. I got a response from one company that sells pure pumpkin and it definately wasn't that.

That's what I thought about the wheat allergy...

When I get back to the city I'm going to have to get re-tested. These "surprise" allergic reactions are getting really annoying.

Wow, that's a lot of information to process all at once. I'm happy that you have your appointments are so soon and I'm sorry that you have to eat gluten and that your midterms are around the same time (or on the same day in one case).

My advice is to not cancel any of your appoitments. Health is important... I would go to a trusted prof and tell them everything. Maybe you can write the midterms after the week-end or before you start eating gluten. You may get better luck asking to write them before you start eating gluten and before the appoitments. There should be someone who is understanding and who will help.

Good luck and keep us posted.