Gluten Free. What do you miss

Honestly the thing I miss most is just grabbing food on the go without overthinking every ingredient. Like I used to love picking up a mcdonald's wrap of the day without a second thought and now I have to check everything twice. Fresh bakery bread is a close second though, nothing gluten free has come close to that yet!

Honestly the thing I miss most is just grabbing food on the go without overthinking every ingredient. Like I used to love picking up a <a href="https://wrapofthedaymcdonalds.co.uk/">mcdonald's wrap of the day</a> without a second thought and now I have to check everything twice. Fresh bakery bread is a close second though, nothing gluten free has come close to that yet!

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dolphindaisy

Bread, most GF bread is awful, I've found a couple of loaves I tend to keep in the freezer for toast but I used to love a crusty French loaf or soft white rolls never found suitable GF alternatives.

M&S do a gluten-free tiger loaf, it does tend to break up a bit towards the end of the loaf but it's better than most.
Not cheap though!

My doctor advised me to eat gluten free foods, and since then i am missing maccies breakfast because they dont have any GF menu. Can you recommend any good restaurants where i can have gluten free items and my family can have regular but tasty breakfast?

kitty Schar paninis are lovely, especially if you sprinkle them with water and put them under the grill for a few minutes. Keep an eye on them though, as they can very suddenly turn from golden to incinerated!

It is fairly easy to adapt isn't it? But all bread is rubbish. I eat pitta breads with fillings inside and there is a good bake it yourself small baguette but I miss toast and marmalade.

Thankyou everyone for your comments it’s so interesting to hear all your thoughts and ideas. My son lives in China which is very difficult for me when we go and visit.
We never cook anything with gluten in and no one can ever tell the difference. We’ve learned to do gluten free full buffets and totally gluten free Christmas dinners etc. My husband eats his own bread everyday so he doesn’t become intolerant to gluten. Everyone who visits eats gluten free pasta and again there’s no difference it really can be done. My banana loaf goes down a storm. But luckily red wine is gluten free so I’m sorted lol The only thing is we never get invited to eat at other peoples houses. No one trusts themselves to cook for me. Everyone comes to us.

I don't miss much, I have Warburtons soft rolls for lunch and find a bit more filling helps things along. I just ask that nobody eats a doughnut in front of me.

Oldbat1

Granddaughter diagnosed coeliac aged 9 (failing to thrive always tired plus very very pale) plus she is also a vegetarian. She copes very well and never complains. I on the other hand find it very difficult catering for her and struggle with reading the small print on labels. (Due to size and colour of printing).

That is difficult, Oldbat
DD finds a paleo diet suits her; although she's not that keen on meat it seems to be better than other foods.

? luckily I noticed that autocorrect exchanged paleo to paleontologist!
(I couldn't eat a whole one)

I need a glutton free option too, kittylester ?

I have never made GF bread that wasn't fit for the bin.

It wasn't a glutton free option - pesky phone. It was gluten free.

Lucca, I worked it out when a friend who had similar symptoms (unpredictable rushing to the loo) was sent to have loads of tests which were inconclusive so was told to cut out gluten products to see if that helped. It did so I tried it and it worked for me too. It seemed to start around the menopause.

Another thing I miss is freedom to nip into a cafe and have a cup of tea and a piece of cake. Gf cake out is nearly always a brownie.

We went out for lunch today and the menu included prawn and smoked salmon with wholemeal bread but there was a glutton free version which I asked for. It was exactly the same just minus the bread!!

Granddaughter diagnosed coeliac aged 9 (failing to thrive always tired plus very very pale) plus she is also a vegetarian. She copes very well and never complains. I on the other hand find it very difficult catering for her and struggle with reading the small print on labels. (Due to size and colour of printing).

I'm not coeliac but gluten makes me quite ill and no one knows why. The thing I missed most was good sandwich bread for when I was working.

For those who enjoy bread making (but have to eat GF) there are loads of GF bread/cake recipes on YouYube and various websites using a variety of flours. Also GF chicken nuggets, burgers and other things that children like. It can be a bit of a pain at first but once you get your flour sorted you can make some quite nice bread. There are also some very good facebook groups.

I'm not coeliac but my 7 year old grandson is . If asked he will tell you he misses MacDonald's chicken nuggets and being able to have a choice in pretty much any place we go out to eat .

Apart from Pizza Express and Bella Italia who have an almost entirely GF menu and the Number 1 chip shop in Cromer that does almost its entire menu GF - too often we go somewhere that assures us they have GF options - and they do - usually one option and more suited to the wants of an adult than a 7 year old boy.

It disappoints me that this is not a choice for him its an illness but those same places offer all sorts of veggie and vegan options which is often a lifestyle choice not a health issue.

Sorry, Ill get down off my soap box now :-)

PS Our local village bakery does wonderful rolls that can be ordered GF.

As a fellow Coeliac, but not diagnosed until I was in my 60's, I so miss the crusty bread! Warburton soft square rolls are particularly nice, but of course no crusty crust! I use Asda Free From SR flour for my cakes which are good enough to sell in our village community shop each week, with no complaints from non-Coeliacs! Christmas cake in the oven as I speak!

Thanks Casdon, I can get the Warburton rolls at our local Co-op, will try them.

which is non-Fat.

Which is non-GF!
autocorrect (I saw it had changed avenin to evening but missed that).

Vegemite should be GF, but please check the label!
Warburtons Tiger bread is not bad but it breaks up especially after freezing and is expensive.
Home made cakes and biscuits are usually fine but add more liquid.

Even innocent sounding ordinary cornflakes have a coating which is non-Fat.

Oats contain avenin which can affect some people, particularly coeliacs so even oats can cause a problem.

A big soft Chelsea bun sounds really tempting ......

Thanks Squiffy, I'll try that

Hilltop Tesco does a very good gf substitute for Marmite. It’s Tesco Yeast Extract. It’s the closest I’ve found.

Marmite.

I was diagnosed at 50 after osteoporosis was discovered caused by coeliac disease prevented me absorbing nutrients. I’m lucky it’s only wheat barley rye and not a multitude of other allergies.
Just as I said I don’t enjoy the bread I’ve just had a Turkey feast gluten free sandwich from M&S while out shopping.

I miss so many treats now since I became allergic to different foods. I was fine through life till post menopause triggered an auto immune disorder which makes me go into anaphylaxis on eating or drinking things I've had all my life. Allergic to wheat,nuts,wine,citrus,chocolate,seafood. So many gluten free foods have may contain nuts so not suitable for me.
However can still drink Baileys,eat steak and ice cream so life isn't too bad !!