Many people are choosing, for a variety of reasons, to reduce or eliminate gluten from their diet. Whether it's due to a food allergy, or just a personal preference quick and easy gluten-free lunch recipes are hard to come by. Furthermore, supermarkets are now carrying gluten-free options, but they're often expensive and don't taste as good as homemade recipes. Instead of blowing the budget on store-bought items, I prefer products at are naturally gluten-free. This means that the items themselves are already gluten-free and can be combined into a full gluten-free meal. Regardless of your unique needs, these recipes are great choices for healthy lunches.  Spring Rolls This recipe is really easy; it's really more of a process than a recipe. Rice paper wrappers, which are available in the ethnic sections of most larger supermarkets these days, are a great way to wrap your veggies and protein for a quick snack or light lunch.  Quinoa Burgers serve on a Flax Sandwich Buns  Taco Soup served with corn tortilla Chef Meg cut the sodium on this hearty soup by swapping taco seasoning for three spices you already have on hand. There's a secret ingredient (garbanzo beans) that helps add fiber and thicken our Taco Soup! Spinach Feta Pizza Tortilla made on a corn tortilla  Curried Chicken Sandwiches served on Easy Gluten Free Sandwich Bread This light recipe is great for lunch, supper, or both. It serves eight, so cook once and eat twice!  Tangy Tuna Salad Sandwich served on Quick Gluten-Free Bread This one is big on flavor, light on fat!  Crab and Asparagus Crepe with Gluten-Free Buckwheat Crepes No, you did not just walk into a fancy restaurant. You can make this springtime dish in your own kitchen--in mere minutes! Side Items  Crackers - Wheat / Gluten / Yeast Free  Microwave Herb Potato Chips  Zucchini Chips  Light and Creamy Cole Slaw  Goodness Gracious Granola Bars Dessert  No Flour Peanut Butter Cookies (Gluten-free)  Energy Balls More SparkPeople Gluten-Free Resources:
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Thanks! This will make my food intake a lot easier. Years ago you couldn't find anything Gluten free. Report
I want to try those crepes! Report
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I'm the only one who has the allergies and needs to be gluten free, however my husband and Mom also follow the same lifestyle which makes it easier for me to shop and prepare meals in a gluten free kitchen.
Surprisingly it's not bread we were missing, but other things like cornbread, biscuits and pizza which we make GF. Report
I have Celiac's disease, and what this means is that my body reacts to gluten, which is a protein in a specific branch of the grass family. That branch includes wheat, rye, and barley. So, although all forms of wheat would be considered "gluten", not all gluten is wheat (since gluten is also contained in rye and barley). This is why people with Celiac's disease have to be so careful with things like rice cereals, because they are often flavored with barley malt, and so they will have a reaction to the product.
Also, genetically modified wheat is forbidden in the U.S., so if some people are inferring that the reason people are reacting to wheat is due to the genetic modification of wheat, that would not be correct. Genetically modified wheat products are not allowed in the U.S. Report
SP needs to start providing up-to-date information on low carbs, healthy fats and grain-free living. But I don't suppose the advertisers would permit that. Report
Thank you. Report
I will say I love sparkpeople for a lot of other reasons and although I have tried out some other online free food tracking websites IE fatsecret, I came back to sparkpeople.
I can do the math in my head of how many net carbs I have had for the day vs. having the computer tell me, it is just nice to have that option which some sites do.....the others sites have yet to live up to all the pros of sparkspeople so I am back to here and staying here even with the occasional con. :-) Report