gf/cf diet whilst travelling - how?!

[catski]

Sorry, I didn't know where to put this, but figured there's a few people here who's children are gf/cf.

I'm traveling by ferry from sweden to england with my son who is on a gluten and casein free diet. We have one day driving to the boat, one day on the boat and then one day driving to my parents at the other end. That's three days without access to a fridge or cooker. I'm at a bit of a loss as to what to take for my son in terms of food. I'm going to take some frozen food I've prepared (veg pancakes, salmon fingers, spag bol) in a thermal bag (which isn't very good), but as I won't have access to a fridge I'm a bit concerned that it will go off - particularly by the third day. I will also take some staples like fruit and rice cakes.

Any suggestions as to what I could feed him whilst we're on the move?

do you have a travel kettle (or access to one on the boat?)

we used to have a kettle that had the element separate - so the top bit was like a saucepan iyswim? you could take that to do rice in (or gf pasta).

ella's kitchen (baby food really, but useful at times) have started to do a range of sauces - there's a curry one, and a tomato based one, and (dd1's favourite) one based on pumpkin. they come in pouches, like the fruit smoothies do, so really easy to transport.

I have been feeding dd1 larabars on trips - they are fruit/nut bars with no rubbish in. They come in a variety of flavours, and really fill her up (and she doesn't have a small appetite!)

would he eat somethig like peanut butter on his rice cakes?

oh, and does he eat cereal? he could have a bowlful of cereal easily enough - add in some raisins and nuts,etc, and it's quite a good meal. you can get rice milk in individual cartons, so no problem about refrigerating etc

< at what I count as a meal sometimes my dds do eat well, honest>

Thanks silverfrog - I've never tried him with peanut butter, but that sounds like a good idea. I also got some gluten free bread today, so a peanut butter sandwich should be ok for at least one meal time.

I don't have a travel kettle, but will freeze the gluten free pasta in advance so will just need to find some kindly soul to defrost in a microwave for me, so that should be fine.

I will take lots of cereal and rice milk with us too!

No access to ella's kitchen stuff in sweden, but I will pick some up for the return journey!

Good tips - thank you.

when are you travelling? I would be happy to get some and post out to you?

ditto for the larabars, if you're interested (link here

popcorn has also been a surprise recent hit for dd1, as have pretzels.

if you are confident of finding a microwave, then soup is easy - I used to rip up bits of bread and chuck them in too, so that it soaked up and was easy for dd1 to eat, and more filling (but then, she is funny about bread -won't eat it on its own but was happy with it in the soup to thicken it)

h bless you silverfrog - that's extremely kind, but we are already on the move! I'm typing this from a darkened hotel room in helsingborg, which luckily has a mini fridge, so I've plonked the frozen food in there.

Thanks for the larabar link - I will check it out...

Wow, that website is fab - hopefully we can get an order in before we return to sweden. Thank you!

I hope your journey has gone well, catski.

Dietary needs Direct are fab, I've found many a thing on there for dd1.

There is also Goodness Direct if you're over here long enough to browse and order (I find they can be quite slow on delivery, though)

I hope you have a good trip