FOOD FOR YOU
GUIDE TO EXCLUDING WHEAT PRODUCTS (Page 2)
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IMPLEMENTING CHANGES |
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What you normally eat |
What to eat instead |
| Gravy and Sauces | Imaginative quick sauces can be produced from soups, tomato juices, milk etc. Marmite or Tamari sauce may be used instead of stock cubes and arrowroot or cornflour used as a thickener. |
| Sausages | Many butchers will make up wheat free sausages or they may be obtained from 'wheat free' counters in supermarkets. |
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MENU IDEAS |
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| BREAKFAST |
Porridge Homemade muesli using Oats/ /Rye Scrambled eggs Toasted 'bread' made from alternative flours Smoked Haddock Rice cakes, Ryvita or Corn Thins with honey/marmalade Live yogurt mixed with fresh fruit |
| LUNCH |
Vegetable Soup (homemade or 'wheat free')- can be taken to work in a flask Salads - made from a variety of leafy salad vegetables, red pepper, chopped raw vegetables, tinned pineapple, rice/pasta, nuts etc with a dressing made from oil - ideas for different tasty salads are endless, can be taken to work in plastic containers (pack dressing separately). Ryvita/Rice Cakes/Corn Thins with: Cheese, Tuna, Tinned Sardines, Prawns and a little paprika pepper Live yogurt with fruit Fresh Fruit |
| EVENING MEAL |
Most homemade dishes can be easily adapted to omit wheat and substitute it with
an allowed grain Salmon/Trout/Mackerel cooked in foil Plaice cooked in covered dish on a bed of sliced tomatoes Grilled Lamb Chops with ratatouille Home-made spaghetti bolognaise with rice pasta Potatoes/brown rice/pasta Plenty of vegetables (including leafy ones) Fruit |
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SUGGESTED RECIPE BOOKS |
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There are a large number of simple, cheap and quick recipes that can
be easily prepared without using wheat and pre-prepared meals. The following books give lots
of useful information as well as providing plenty of ideas: Easy Wheat, Egg and Milk-free Cooking by Rita Greer, Thorsons Vegetarian Cooking Without by Barbara Cousins, Thorsons |
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