Being sick sucks...

One week, a doctors visit, religious use of my neti pot, three gallons of o.j. and three different meds later I'm STILL sick.  Having Celiac when you're well sucks because you always have to pay attention to what you're eating.  But having Celiac when you sick sucks even more because you don't have the energy to constantly review what you're eating.  So, I enlisted the help of my friend, Progresso.  A lot of their soups are actually gluten-free.  They say so right on the back.  Made my trip to the grocery store fairly painless.

I also had some chicken in the freezer so I threw that in a pan, grab some chicken bouillon for stock and started some chicken soup.  Grab whatever veggies you have in your fridge, cut them up and saute them up a bit, throw them into the stock.  Cook your chicken mostly all the way through, but then throw them into the pot as well.  I like to throw some beans in mine and my mothers secret ingredient to her soup- stewed tomatoes.  I know it sounds weird, but try it, it's good.

Fab. Fillling. Fast.

While I'm not one to ever recommend eating fast food - yuck, I also know that sometimes you need to grab something quick while on the run.  Here are a few things to keep in mind... Rice is your friend.  Rice is readily available in most areas, quick and easy.  Can you eat it whilst driving - no, duh... but you can wrap it in a corn tortilla with how about some beans, chicken or carnitas add some nice pico de gallo - yum.  I'm hungry just thinking about it.  What I'm saying here people is Mexican can be your friend - no flour tortillas, no cheese or sour cream but it's still fab, filling and fast.

Another reason rice is your friend - sushi!  Yummy.  The only thing you need to be careful of here is the crunchy stuff, possibly the tempura.  Sometimes it's rice crunchies/tempura and sometimes it's flour crunchies/tempura.  Just ask.


Oh, and watch the sauces - there's usually a gluten substance hidden inside the sauce.  Get something without sauce.  AND, unless the soy sauce says GF- it's not.  You would think something made from soybeans wouldn't have gluten in it, but it does.  Just flip to the back of the bottle to check.


Salad is also your friend.  Get some tri-colored greens (because it's good for you and very pretty- at least as far as salad goes), throw on a protein like chicken or tuna, beans or eggs... how about some veggies like carrots, celery, tomatoes, cucumbers.  Add some starch maybe some peas or corn.  Instead of croutons grab some sunflour seeds.  Dab on some oil & vinegar (because most dressings are not GF), shake a little salt & pepper in there and ta da! lunch is served!


For other helpful suggestions or tips check out my What Can I Eat? tab.  


Have a great lunch!