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Kamloops, British Columbia
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Posted - 04/17/2011 : 5:56 PM
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Hi CT,
Anyone have suggestions for backpacking food (any meals, snacks) that is gluten-free?
Thanks! |
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Raincouver, British Columbia
Canada
712 Posts |
Posted - 04/17/2011 : 6:56 PM
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This is something I have also been thinking about as we are also gluten free (paleo actually). With the weather still fairly cold, we plan to bring some hard boiled eggs along on our next trip to form part of lunches or snacks. I doubt you'll find any of the packaged backpacking foods to be gluten free as they are all very carb heavy. If you haven't got one already, it may be time to invest in a home dehydrator so that you can control exactly what goes in to your backpacking food.
It is passover right now so there are lots of gluten free products in the stores for people that keep kosher for passover.
I'll be dehydrating some home made stew (veggies and meat) for our upcoming trips. In general, search the other dehydrator threads on CT for ideas and adapt if necessary to take the gluten out. |
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
1321 Posts |
Posted - 04/17/2011 : 11:30 PM
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rice pasta
quinoa flakes (I ate them for breakfast with brown sugar when I was GF)
anything with rice
lara bars are gluten free
nuts, dried fruit, fruit bars
corn tortillas
rice cakes to make sandwiches, with, e.g., nutella, PB+J
Lots of options to make your own stuff with a dehydrator. I did a 10 day trip last summer totally GF, only thing I found annoying was I was getting sick of the quinoa flakes by the end. Some people consider oatmeal ok though for a GF diet, if it is uncontaminated. You can buy uncontaminated oats at Choices I know, but whether you eat oatmeal at all is up to you. I started eating gluten again (without ill effects) so this is just from memory, not too fresh, sorry. |
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Posted - 04/18/2011 : 06:45 AM
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My wife has celiac disease, so we've got a lot of experience with this.
Supper is the easiest; with a Nesco dehydrator there are no limits to the great meals you can create. Lots of threads on this.
Lunch is okay; between nuts, fruit snacks, Freybe brand cured meats, home made jerky (flank steak works the best for me), rice crackers, hummus (careful about ingredients), she seems to be satisfied.
Breakfast is the toughest. It's hard to find cold breakfasts that have enough calories. We often eat Bob's Red Mill brand creamy buckwheat cereal with some ground flax, raisins and cinnamon as a hot breakfast. She finally tried specifically GF oatmeal and felt fine afterwards, so I have no hesitations recommending GF oatmeal to others.
As far as ingredients go, watch out for maltodextrin, (modified) corn starch, and MSG. These seem to be the most common hidden sources. PM me if you ever have any more questions. |
Edited by - dav1481 on 04/18/2011 07:03 AM |
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Kamloops, British Columbia
Canada
149 Posts |
Posted - 04/19/2011 : 12:19 PM
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| Thanks for the tips everyone... |
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Calgary, Alberta
Canada
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Posted - 06/03/2011 : 2:47 PM
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I have started checking all this out due to my own diet changes and this is what I have found.
http://www.backpackingchef.com/index.html
I can't see eating right and light being to much harder then before glutton free, rice pasta, deyhdrate your own chilli, some potato bark, and jerky. We have done the potato park, jerky and chilli all with great success as trials over the winter.
Also I have used the wheat free oatmeal mixed in brownsugar, milk powder and freeze dried apples...YUM enough to eat at home let alone on the trail.
Enjoy and keep the idea's coming!!!
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Posted - 07/10/2011 : 10:35 AM
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I've just released a book that covers GF Backpacking.
Roasted chickpeas make a great addition to gorp. Things like quinoa can be cooked and dehydrated to make them instant on the trail. If you want to bake I have a GF backcountry biscuit recipe I could post. It works great for many different meals including breakfast.
For breakfast... quinoa flakes, brown rice farina, polentina, and such are great alternative cereals. Also there are some great energy bars that you can make using GF cereals. Date bars (like a homemade Larabar) are great for a quick bite when you want to get on the trail quickly. You can make your own GF granola. If you feel like cooking there are quinoa pancakes.
For lunches... hummus, flax crackers, slaws and lentil salads (all rehydrated without needing to heat water), salsas with GF corn tortilla chips, tabbouleh made with quinoa, etc.
For dinners... the list is endless... unstuffed quinoa peppers, quinoa stew with lentils, GF pasta with sauce, I can go on and on.
I second the mention of getting a home dehydrator. Not only will you have more control over what's in your food, you'll save a fortune over commercial foods. Also, if you are buying a dehydrator make sure it has a good fan, the ability to change the temperature, a fan that is either on the side or top (bottom fans are hard to clean) and if you are buying Nesco or Open Country make sure it is 500 watts or higher. Avoid the old Ronco, Deni and Mr. Coffee brands.
Hope this helps... let me know if it's okay to post links to recipes or the recipes themselves. |
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