Coeliacs, Can you please list examples of daily diet? Thanks.

[Mollydoggerson]

Hi, my father has been diagnosed as coeliac, it had been suggested to him before but he refused to go for the test. He is stubburn and old school, but I think he is finally accepting that he needs to drastically change his diet. His haemoglobin had dropped to 7.4 and he had to get some blood,, it's now up to 10 and he is being tested for ulcers. He is losing blood with his stools. Thankfully he is being looked after well in the hospital.

I'ld like to be able to give him suggestions for alll the foods that are out there that he can eat. I believe with a few tweaks we should all be able to help him to transition to the coeliac diet.

It would really help if perhaps you could suggest

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Snack ideas.

If he has a choice, he wont feel so sorry for himself.

Thanks for any replies.

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I make time to 'cook from scratch' but many others buy G/F processed foods.

( Also I've an issue with large amounts of carbs so tend to avoid potatoes, rice, bread etc - so my menu may seem a bit severe )

Breakfast : cooked ( egg / kidney / fish etc ) & some veg ( G/F cereals are readily available, no reason why G/F toast & marmalade should not be on the agenda )

Lunch : cold carrot, cauli, beans etc + chicken / fish / meat in a tuppaware box + fruit ( G/F sambos & G/F cookie treat would be an option for him )

Snack : fruit

Dinner : artichoke / avocado / soup(winter) / etc etc - fish / eggs / meat (lambs liver has lots of iron & B12) + veg - salad - plain youghurt&honey/jam or fresh fruit ( M & S have G/F cakes )

Many recipe ideas at coeliac.ie/webboards/viewforum.php?f=2&sid=df664c3488c2afa51b0619b2e8fcefda

( lots of useful information on the www.coeliac.ie - I believe that Ireland boasts the highest number of coeliacs per 1000 population in the world )

Thank you this is all great,

I think I will order a weekly grocery shop and arrange for it to be delivered to my parents house. This will ensure there is plenty of coeliac friendly foods in the house.

DS - 9

Hates most coeliac breakfast cereals so tends to have protein for breakfast - egg/ham/corned beef

Snacks fruit

Dinner : has a school dinner so Jacket with beans/curry, Pizza, Burgers (no bun) wedges/chilli

Tea - I always cook from scratch so could be anything (and we all eat the same) - GF pasta and sauce (GF pasta tastes just the same), Roasts (GF - Yorkshires - 90g cornflour, 4 eggs, milk as normal - cook as normal) Meat and salad, Rissotto, stews, soups, casseroles etc etc

Pudding - yoghurts/ice cream/jelly/fruit

HTH

Breakfast: Porridge made with millet flakes with a variety of fruit on (can also use quinoa flakes though they are very expensive). (He should avoid even the glutenfree oats at this stage - some coeliacs can tolerate a small amount of them once recovery of the villi is complete). Corn Flakes (e.g. Whole Earth). Lots of other coeliac friendly cereals around - it might be helpful to join the Coeliac Society for the first year to get the "bible" of gf foods (and access to the online version).

Lunch - soup and gf bread/rolls, filled roll, scrambledor poached egg on gf toast, baked beans on gf toast. Salad with cold meats etc.

Dinner - I cook from scratch so it's easy to make meals gf - use cornflour or gf granules to thicken gravy, gf breadcrumbs, etc.

He can get lots of information here: members2.boardhost.com/glutenfree and on the supplementary board there is a huge archive of good, tested gf recipes: coeliac.proboards.com/index.cgi

Breakfast - gf cereal, or gf toast (I like genius, esp the fruited one for brekkie). Bacon butty made with a gf english muffin or warburtons gf roll (nb all gf bread needs toasting or microwaving before eating)

Lunch - soup, jacket pot, omelette, nachos, beans on toast

Dinner - just about anything I'd have had not gf apart from pies as I'm not good at gf pastry

BTW, the quality of gf items varies wildly, so it does take a bit of experimentation to find biccies etc that you like, so he shouldn't despair if he doesn't like the first ones he tries.

And older peoples diets are often easier to adapt - my SILs mum was diagnosed a few years ago, and as she likes meat and veg/stews its super easy to make those gf

I am not coeliac as far as I know, but was advised by my thyroid consultant that I should go GF.

The only GF products I buy regularly are cereals and pasta. There is a wide variety of cereals available - Sainsburys have a good selection - indistinguishable in the bowl from 'ordinary' cereals, but a bit more expensive.

Breakfast - cereal and banana
Lunch - cold meat, or tinned fish, with salad, yoghurt, fruit
Dinner - cooked from scratch - I used cornflour to thicken gravy anyway

The only real difference for me is that I don't eat bread any more and the GF bread is horrible, so why bother?

The cost seems to come if you start replacing wheat based products, like bread, cake and biscuits with the GF alternatives, which are often heavily processed.

D

Doves Farm has Gf recipes on their website too.

Can he eat oats? If so , he could have porridge and oat cakes.

If cooking from scratch it's not really an issue, just replace wheat flour with cornflour or gf flour.
Sunday roast just needs gluten free gravy, and you can get gf Yorkshire puds.
Spaghetti bolognese just needs gf pasta - it cooks quicker and has a different texture but otherwise the same
Shepherds pie, meat and two veg not really an issue - just need gf gravy or ketchup.
Some soups are gf.
Fish is fine as long as it isn't breadcrumbed or in a wheat based sauce.
Some fish and chip shops do a special gf night when they changeover their oil.
Bread is definitely different. Ds2 was diagnosed before two so doesn't really miss 'real' bread, but there's a lot more choice out there now do it's a case of trial and error. Depending on your pharmacy policies you should be able to get basics like flour and bread on prescription. Ds2 gets juvela fresh bread -8 loaves where we stick 7 in the freezer.

There's gf pizza available as bases or ready made.

Cakes made with gf flour are just as nice as 'normal' cakes and there's loads of biscuits/cakes etc. available in supermarket albeit more expensive.

Take always - curries are usually made with naturally gf gram flour Di fine as long as avoid the nans. We've got a Chinese in Edinburgh which lists which meals are gf and which ones can be made gf using gf soy sauce on request. Thai food I think is ok - my mum used to eat that a lot.
Some Italian restaurants have gf pasta/pizza available if you request in advance.

Wine, Cider and spirits are naturally gf and there are gf beers available now.

Some cereals are gf. Ds2 is into coco pops and honey nut cornflakes as he can tolerate some barley malt extract - the coeliac society guide book known as the bible lists which are considered low enough, although might be best to be more strict while his intestines are recovering.

Labelling now has to include all ingredients so if it doesn't say wheat/barley/rye/oats you're ok. The allergens section can be helpful but doesn't always list everything.

I've found this website very useful after ds2 was diagnosed.
members2.boardhost.com/glutenfree/

Hth

I'm a coeliac & usually have the following:

Breakfast: GF hot cross bun,fruit loaf or cereal. In winter I have porridge & fruit. Fry up if I feel lardy. Co-op sausages are GF.

Lunch: GF pitta or toast with beans, egg mayo, my new fav co-op coronation chicken, pâté. Sometimes a cheese, hummus & veg selection. Salads.

Dinner: usually rice or potatoes with stew, fish, chicken, veg, salad, stir fry with rice noodles (waitrose). Roast dinner, curries are good, GF pasta, lasagna, spag Bol.

Snacks: fruit, GF oat cakes, popcorn, chocolate, there's loads of GF snacks stuff out there.

Most important thing is to check the labels (obviously). I found the coeliac UK directory really useful in the beginning.

HTH

Thanks very much for all the replies. All information is helpful.

I am non Coeliac Gluten Intolerant and breakfast is either toast made form gluten free flour or porridge (Sainsbury do guaranteed gluten free oats in the Freefrom range). I sometimes have salmon and scrambled egg. I also do my own gluten free muesli.

Every other meal is just like a normal person just careful to exclude gluten. Fish, meat, eggs, veg, fruit are all gluten free of course. I only avoid shop bought sauces and of course pastries, cakes and bread. I make all of those gluten free tarts,c akes, bread myself.

In short, you really have to learn to cook from scratch and get some gluten free cookbooks. Shop bought gluten free products are OK for emergencies but expensive and not actually that nice.