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03/17/2014 02:24AM   (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
Since last fall I have been on a gluten free diet, and as the warm weather camping season approaches, I am beginning to wonder what I will be able to eat on my camping trips.

Anyone on this board limited by the same restrictions?

Any good gluten free/easy to make/light weight meal ideas?

How about gluten free freeze dried or dehydrated meals?

I know alpine air has a few gluten free meal offerings, anyone have experience with these?
 
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03/17/2014 06:21AM  
Although I'm not limited to a gluten free diet, my sister has celiac disease so I have looked at a lot of things and try to limit mine. Just as there are now a lot more options at the grocery store, there are now a lot more options with dehydrated foods. I'd suggest you look at the websites for Outdoor Herbivore, Hawk Vittles, and PackItGourmet . They all have gluten free options. I have reviewed some of the meals from Hawk Vittles and Outdoor Herbivore in my 2012 and 2013 trip reports. I liked many of the ones I had last year such as Cashew Curry and Lickety-Split Lentils. You may or may not like those. Many other companies also have gluten free options and you may want to take a look at Mary Jane's Farm, Enertia Trail Foods, Cache Lake, and Camp Chow to see what options they offer, as well as some of the others such as Mountain House.

As you undoubtedly know, there are many grains such as rice and quinoa that are gluten free. These can be used as the base for dinners and even breakfast. Corn meal (polenta) and grits. You can also get gluten free oats. Cereal is an easy gluten free breakfast. Nuts, GORP, or gluten free food bars for lunch and snacks. As I'm sure you know by now, all meats, poultry, fish, fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, beans, lentils, and many grains are naturally gluten free. If you want to mix up your own, you'll just need to read the labels carefully on things like foil-packed meats and fish, and processed foods.

There are many things you can eat. I don't think it will be a big problem. Good luck.
 
NotLight
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03/18/2014 04:59PM  
Maybe, if you got a dehydrator and/or assembled the foods yourself from purchased components, you could get a lot of options. Assembling yourself from parts allows you to control what goes into the food yourself. I like to use the minute premium rice as a staple (the premium is best, not the cheaper kind). With the rice, you can mix in foil pack or freeze dried chicken, and freeze dried or dehydrated vegetables for a soup. Beans and chickpeas dehydrate well after you cook them, and when they dehydrate they will split a bit and so they will rehydrate quickly along the split. I made a chickpea and spinach curry last year out of dehydrated chickpeas, tomato sauce, and spinach puree that turned out well. You can also mix the minute rice and dehydrated chili beans for beans and rice. For breakfast, you can buy the quaker flavored grits. Also, most of the natural foods stores have a gluten free section with pancake, scone, and bread mixes ($$$ - make sure it's certified). Most of the scone and pancake mixes I've tried have been very good.

I do not know of a good and quick lunch though. I think the glycemic index of most gluten free snacklike things might be high. Maybe dried fruit, beef jerky, and wax wrapped dry cheese.

Edit: the mash potato packets, and dehydrated hashbrowns are also gluten free.
 
NotLight
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03/22/2014 03:01PM  
These That's It bars are really good, and gluten free.
 
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04/30/2014 10:47PM  

Tried this Rice Ramen Soup and it was pretty good. Single serve packets like regular ramen, but a bit less salt. Cooks in a couple minutes.
 
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04/30/2014 11:20PM  
I've been munching on gluten free granola from trader joes lately...pretty good. Should be easy to prepare quinoa, lentils, etc in the woods...most are boil >> simmer >> serve. Most Kind and Lara bars are also GF.

Pat
 
Oarlittle
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05/01/2014 09:19AM  
My wife and I have to be gluten free.
 
02/12/2019 05:18PM  
NotLight: "
Tried this Rice Ramen Soup and it was pretty good. Single serve packets like regular ramen, but a bit less salt. Cooks in a couple minutes.
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Oh - my - gosh NotLight!

Thank you for posting this! I'm so excited to try this. Having some rice tonight and hoping like heck I can tolerate it well.

The rice pasta and rice ramen looks AMAZING!
Lotus Foods

ps. everyone (me) should just try the search bar more often. I'm finding all sorts of great information from years past!
 
straighthairedcurly
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02/16/2019 06:15PM  
We never buy commercial "camping food". We assembled recipes we like using regular grocery store ingredients and dehydrate our own vegetables as needed. My husband eats GF as much as possible.

Here is the line up for our trip:

Wild rice soup with vegetables and TVP
GF mac and cheese w/ salami
Falafel w/ rice pilaf
Chickpea curry stew with sweet potatoes
Fried rice w/ vegetables/chicken
Mung Dal (lentil or mung bean dish) with corn tortillas instead of naan bread

We have started making our own ramen broth and use the lotus foods noodles. They are delicious and when you build your own broth it is fabulous. BTW, Bragg Liquid Aminos are a GF alternative to soysauce...available at most co-op food stores.
 
walleyevision
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03/02/2019 10:45PM  
Hey Straight, mind if I ask what ingredients you use to make your broth?
 
03/03/2019 04:41PM  
straighthairedcurly: "BTW, Bragg Liquid Aminos are a GF alternative to soysauce...available at most co-op food stores.
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I've found that I prefer the San-J Tamari soy sauce, which is a pure soy product, unadulterated by wheat. As a bonus it tastes much better than the other soy sauces and is readily available at supermarkets here.
 
03/07/2019 10:37AM  
 
scotttimm
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03/07/2019 08:36PM  
MN_Lindsey: "
NotLight: "
Tried this Rice Ramen Soup and it was pretty good. Single serve packets like regular ramen, but a bit less salt. Cooks in a couple minutes.
"



Oh - my - gosh NotLight!


Thank you for posting this! I'm so excited to try this. Having some rice tonight and hoping like heck I can tolerate it well.


The rice pasta and rice ramen looks AMAZING!
Lotus Foods

ps. everyone (me) should just try the search bar more often. I'm finding all sorts of great information from years past! "


My son is GF, and so I've learned to adapt a lot of our meals. There are tons of options, we don't miss anything. Lotus makes a great rice noodle and ramen. I think my favorite gf backwoods meal is to make pad thai! I think the mountain house or whatever pad thai meal is gf, but one can easily make one to bring along on the cheap. We like THAI brand rice noodles. I'll post a link of a great website below as well, thruEAT has some awesome recipes, and you can sub gf noodles for any that involve pasta just sub gf pasta...I've found the corn-based ones work best. Don't precook and then dehydrate, just cook in the woods. Sub corn tortillas for wheat. His creamy basil chipotle penne is to die for. Rice crackers for regular. OH, and Pringles are GF! Shephards Pie! Chicken Thai Curry! Endless options. thruEAT Link
 
Swampturtle
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03/20/2019 02:57PM  
Thank you Scotttimm for the thrueat link, great recipes & info on that site & that is a new one to me.
 
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