dd going gluten free from today, trying to remember everything.

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I am going to get some bits to see us over till the weekend today.

She was gluten free for a couple of years from 4yo, becasue she had very poor weight gain, was grey and always tired (and a wee bit grumpy). We reintroduced it and she was ok for a while. She is now showed really bad behaviour problems, and so unhappy/grumpy/angry all the time. She is permanently tired and looks grey with massive bags under her eyes. She is eating very little and complaining of stomch ache a lot. she is 10 now. She had blood test for ceoliacs when she was 4 and it came back negative but he change was almost immediate with her, even the doctor noticed it in a 5min visit. So I think it is time to bite the bullet again, have things improved m uch in the last 5 years? I have just looked and both the beans and the soup we have are gluten free so thats a good start. She loves bakes potatos and thing now. What bread is good for pack up, we used to have to toats it in the morning and then put it in a plastic bag to sweat so it was soft enoughto eat by lunch time. What about cereals? I am fine with mains but its pack ups and weekday breakfast I struggle with.

Also eating out, where is good now, dd loves eating out as a treat. We ae going here with friends on sun so I am going to have to strutinse the menu before we go.

Carluccios have a really good GF menu - Pizza Express do GF pizzas as well, and only use GF flour in the area where the pizzas are assembled to cut down on cross contamination.

I've been gf for 15 years now, and things have improved massively in the last 5 years.

For packed lunches, I'd get the Newburn bakery gf flat wraps or sandwich thins. The wraps can be hard to find for some reason as they sell out fast, but they freeze perfectly so grab a load when you find them.

What 'normal' cereal does she like? For breakfast this morning I had toasted Genius fruit bread which is really nice, and I love Perkier porridge and Bakery on Main granola.

Any chance of changing restaurants for Sun? That menu is going to be tough on her first week tbh. Somewhere like Pizza Express, Zizzi, La Tasca where there are gf options in themselves, and not having a burger with no bun etc would feel much better

Stains bury' shave great gluten free range with good choice cereals. Our local Tesco does a Newburn Bakehouse loaf which my daughter likes. Don't know if there's one near you but we have an Ask Italian which has a large gluten free menu, Pizza Hut does gluten free pizza. Coeliac Uk has a good guide to restaurants around the country. Indian food is largely gluten free too. Good luck!

Have you had a look at the coeliacsUK website? they have good lists and advice on gluten free foods.
Am told by DW that 'Genius' bread is one of the better gluten free breads, and also glutafin is not too bad. most big supermarkets have various breakfast cereals available in the specialist food aisles/sections, but they are pricey!

Pizza Hut, Bella Italia, Ask, Pizza Express, Carluccios and Wagamamas are my favourite for good clear GF labelling and a nice range so you don't feel left out. I'd try to switch restaurants to one of those.

Genius sliced bread is much better nowerdays and makes passable sandwiches. As above, the Warburton's wraps are fab and make good lunches and fajita type dinners. I personally think the Warburton's sliced bread is a bit rubbish.

I don't know where you are in the country, but there are often some real gems in the form of independent cafés - near us there is a great pizza parlour which does GF and dairy free, a couple of good cake/sandwich type cafés etc. It might be worth ringing ahead and seeing what the restaurants can do for you!

Most burgers contain gluten bread crumbe so that restaurant is going to be hard. As other posters have said the chain Italians are best as most do god versions of the main menu. Indian and middle eastern good too.

Newburn bakers wraps are delicious. I asked our local Teaco Metro to start stocking them and they agreed.

Watch out for sweets. Haribo etc contain gluten.

The breakfast club in St Alb do GF pancakes for all day breakfast .great place for families get together s

have picked up some, natures farm choco munch, some newton bread, heinz penne and morrisons own spaghetti, black farmer sausages, some bacon for breakie at the weekend and some potatoes for baking. Going to ohone the restaurant later and see what they suggest, she would be perfectly happy to eat a chicken breast or a burger and chips.

I saw the wraps but sisnt pick them up as they were £3 for 3, if they are brilliant though I will go back and get some, also got s couple of pizza bases fr the cupboard.

I have decided a 6 week trial, today I am going to write everything about where we are right now, plus take photos of dd, then will compare in 6 weeks.

The Warburtons wraps are great. They are also really filling so sometimes half would do. The Asda Bfree wraps are OK too - they fall apart a bit but better than nothing. And six in the packet instead of three.

The Heinz GF pasta is the best we have found so far. You really would hardly know.

I don't like the supermarket pizza bases much, but what makes a brilliant pizza base (as in, my non gf dh goes mad for it) is the Isabels brazilian cheese bread mix. The little cheese breads are gorgeous.

You can cut the wraps into two to make them go further. You could make savoury muffins and freeze them as a lunch alternative, or things like gf pasta salad, potato salad, rice salad, sushi rolls (easy to make, and I fill with tinned tuna, cooked chicken, roast beef - all sorts of things). Crustless quiche or frittata is a good lunch box thing

is the pasta ok cold now then, the stuff we used to get needed eating within 5 mins ir it turned into mush.

I buy Rizopia pasta and its lovely cold. Personally, I'm not so keen on the corn based pastas like the heinz ones, but you just have to try them all and see what dd likes best

right I have phoned the place we are going at the weekend and they have assured me the burgers are gluten free and the chips have no coatings. yay. I was thinking the heinz pasta looks good becasue it looks just like the pasta e always have. I am going to join dd for moral support and also becasue I always have stomach problems so it may be just what I need as well.

Natures Path and Doves Farm do a range of GF cereals.
We find Doves Farm seeded bread the best (it's good enough for sandwiches) and Newhouse bakery bread is good but I prefer that toasted.
I make pancakes alot for breakfast (125g Doves Farm self- raising flour, 1 egg, about 150ml buttermilk and 1tbs sugar - makes lovely fluffy American style pancakes). If your rushed in the morning. make them in advance, freeze, and defrost in the morning.
Labelling is good now and you will find alot more choices in the supermarket, however it can be expensive. I don't buy Newhouse wraps because as a family of 4 it's too expensive, but do make my own. I also make biscuits and cakes and freeze some.
When eating out always phone ahead if going somewhere new. Chains are pretty good at having allergy menus but check online first if your DD will like any of the limited choice available to her.
One thing I always check when eating out is if chips are cooked in uncontaminated oil ( oil that hasn't been used to cook things containing flour) - I have found with some bigger chains they try to keep one fryer GF but during busy periods they may use both fryers for everything.
One other thing I would recommend is also to avoid oats, coeliacs are advised to avoid oats until the gut is fully healed, and some coeliacs cannot tolerate oats.

Boxofbugs - Haribo are gluten free. Beware however of Rowntrees Randoms - the ones in the bag are fine so DH (coeliac) ate one of the 'Rip-ems' which gave such a violent reaction that the first aiders at his office called paramedics!

Most Haribos are gluten-free (Starmix are our standby for party treats!) but not all - you can look at their website to check. The Pontefract something or others and the liquorice are not, I think.