Post by kickingfrog on Jan 20, 2014 16:35:33 GMT
Newly coeliac uni student!
Posted by Tani
on 18/1/2014
GF board
Hi, I'm 19 years old and have just been diagnosed with coeliac disease. I am a university student and currently live out of home with 4 other room mates who are not keen on eating gluten free with me. Does anybody have any easy, quick and small recipes that I could cook for myself? Even snacks that I could make as well..
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Hazel (Essex) on 19/1/2014
My son's favourite favourite things to cook at Uni have been:
"all-in-one-rice" - Chop an onion, fry it gently while washing rice, add rice and water to saucepan, add sun-dried tomatoes, a bit of a gf stockcube and towards the end some peas or sweetcorn. (You can vary the ingredients endlessly depending on what you have got) You can also add chopped cooked ham at the end or eat it with cold meat.
vegetable stew - basically chop onions, potatoes, carrots, parsnip (and any other veggies you have) and simmer the whole lot with a bit of stockcube until tender. If you have longer you can start cooking diced chicken before adding the vegetables - but make sure the chicken is well cooked (sorry in mother mode at this point!).
He also makes "pan bread" which we developed before he went to Uni - use a measuring jug - saves time and the need for scales:
Put a frying pan on to heat with a little oil in it.
1/2 pint of Dove Farm gf flour
1 1/2 teasp gf baking powder
sultanas (as many as you want)
1/4 teasp cinnamon
2 tablespoons of ground almonds
Mix all the above and add milk (or Rice Milk if lactose intolerant) until it is quite thick but pourable. Pour into the frying pan - turn when it is cooked enough to be turned. Very quick and satisfying on a cold day! You can make a savoury version with e.g. some dried basil and chopped tomatoes. Again there are loads of variations.
He's also used vegetable soups with rice noodles in for a quick lunch.
Others have talked about cross-contamination so I won't repeat all that. In one lot of accommodation my son kept his toaster in his room - in another he left it in the kitchen labelled "Glutenfree only" as he knew he could trust the others. However, it's not just the others you have to trust but anyone they bring back/stays over who ends up in the kitchen so maybe keep your toaster in your room (or use toaster bags).
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by Sheona (Drossa) on 18/1/2014
Breakfast:
Any one of the following, plus a piece of fruit and possibly a yogurt:
+Eggs - poached, scrambled, omlette, boiled, coddled, fried, French Toast
+Ham, cheese, cucumber & sweet pepper
+Cheese on toast
+Pancakes - sweet or savoury
+Savoury cheesy scones
+Smoked fish
+Bacon & Eggs
+Beans on Toast
+Cheesy Beans on Toast
+Porridge
(Note there are a number of gluten free breakfast cereal products available - check out suppliers and go on-line to google different brands such as Alara, Tilquillhie, Bakery on Main, Doves Farm, Glebe Farm, etc. etc.
Lunch:
+Omlettes - yes, I know eggs above, but Mushroom, Ham, Cheese, Herbs, Onion, Spanish, Smoked Salmon (buy the cheap end offcuts from a deli counter), cream cheese & spring onion, tomato, broccoli etc. etc. Serve with green leaf salad, or a grated red cabbage salad, or cole slaw
+Gnocchi with sauce or pesto. Sauces such as:
-tuna,tomato & pea
-sunshine sauce of tomato, red and yellow peppers, garlic & origano
-oven roasted vegetables and olive oil
-broccoli & cheese
-ham, onion, garlic & tomato
+Hummous (bought or home made) with vegetable 'sticks' of cucumber, celery, carrot and sweet peppers
+Dolmas - once you get the hang of it, stuffed vine leaves are easy and cheap. Also try stuffed courgettes, stuffed aubergines, stuffed peppers and stuffed tomatoes.
+Pizza (use any gf base and add your own toppings
+Soups - just about any soup can be easily, and cheaply, made using gf ingredients
-lentil
-lentil with red peppers
-green lentil with spinach & potatoes
-chicken (or simply buy a turkey leg from any of the big supermarkets), with vegetables
-chicken or turkey soup made into "Stracciatella" with the addition of beaten eggs, chopped parsley and parmesan cheese before serving
-mixed vegetable soup
-carrot with ginger
-leek with potato
-leek with potato blended to make "Vichysoisse"
+Eggs Florentine
Dinner:
Soup (any kind)
Risotto (fish, shellfish, chicken, bean, pea, spinach, mushroom, courgette, etc.)
Meat stews
Fish stews
Fish pie topped with mashed potatoes
Fish cooked any which way, with ginger, with garlic, with olive tapanade (simply blitz some olives and garlic with a blender; or try olive with capers etc.)
Pasta dishes (baked, with rich meat sauces, with fish sauces, with vegetable sauces)
Cheesy Baked potatoes with salad (bake the potatoes, scoop out the potato and retain the skins. Mash the potato, add chopped chives or chopped spring onions, add grated cheese - Cheddar is OK, add soured cream, season to taste. Pile mix back into skins (fewer skins than originally so that the potato mix is above the skin). Top with more grated cheese and bake until golden.
Chick peas cooked with chorizo in a tomato sauce - serve with rice, or 'cous-cous' pasta alternative, or gnocchi, or just on its own as part of a Spanish tapas meal.
Dessers can be fresh and/or dried fruits; ice cream; frozen yogurts with fruits; rice puddings etc.
Shopping Bargains
Visit supermarkets late just as they price 'down' items for the day. Check out fish and meat counter. Look out for bargains on cheese. Quite often there are specials for Cheddar Cheese. Remember, though, that it might be cheaper to buy a more expensive mature cheese than a cheaper mild cheese. Reason? You may have to use much of the mild cheese to have any noticeable flavour. For weekends, especially if you and your flatmates want to have a more substantial lunch/dinner check out supermarkets for special offers on Beef, Pork etc., or you could consider roasting a chicken.
Bon Appetit!
*************
Posted by Katie
Hey Tani, I'm in my last year of uni and was diagnosed last year. Nightmare!!
There is loads of good advice below just to add my two cents - I share cutlery and anything that is stainless steel or glass (except for colanders) with my flatmates. I have my own wooden spoons, spatulas, pots, pans, chopping board, jug, mixing bowl, sieve in my own cupboard away from the food prep area. I also have my own cupboard for food and I have the top shelf in the fridge. All my jams/spreads etc have 'GLUTEN FREE' on sticky labels on the lids (and I tend to shove them towards the back of the shelf).
I make from scratch (easily and genuinely cheaply) lots of risotto, pasta dishes, curries, stir fry (with rice or rice noodles), egg dishes, soup, stews. For snacks, rice cakes have already been mentioned, home popped popcorn is another good one.
Getting food on prescription is a great idea, too. I think my GP took pity on me for being a poor student and got mine sorted as soon as I was diagnosed.
Have a look in literally every food shop within walking distance - I've become dependent on the Asian supermarkets near my house for GF soy sauce, rice noodles, spices etc.
To be honest I think in a student household the chances of everyone going GF are pretty low, largely because of the cost (and laziness ) Pick your 'battles' - if you get everyone straight on the risks of CC I wouldn't worry too much about what other people eat. Having said that, I am fantasizing about having a gluten-free kitchen after uni Good luck!!!
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by Eve on 18/1/2014
...
My son is in his 1st year at uni (LIVERPOOL JM). He is coping quite well with his flat mates and they with him. He has one flat mate with lactose intolerance so that helps. I'll ask my son for any tips BUT most food made from scratch can be GF unless its a pie/pastry. Use cornflour for thickening. Get some GF cake sit down with them and have a discussion.
Eating out also is so much easier.
Does your uni canteen have food you can eat at lunch time? If not have a chat to the manager. They have GF sandwiches, soups baked pots where my son is . His campus has a snack bar rather than a full canteen availability.
**********
Posted by Vikki (Poole) on 18/1/2014
I see the other replies have great advice on avoiding cross contamination so I won't repeat it all here.
But the good news is that there are GREAT things you can do without feeling you're losing out too much. Remember you can still have things like stir-fry (apparently you can get gf soy sauce in Asda). Just use rice instead of noodles and you're golden.
Indian food is also great for gluten free. There are a million and one recipes for Indian dishes on websites like BBCGoodFood, AllRecipes and Food Network.
Don't forget you can eat Heinz Baked Beans, so the old student fave of beans on toast is in, as long as you use your own toaster and butter.
Pizza Hut, Domino's, Pizza Express and Prezzo all do gf pizzas, so you always have that option too (personally, Pizza Express is my favourite of them).
I'm afraid that when it comes to gluten free bread, it's a case of testing the hundreds of types out there to see which you prefer. There's a lot of negativity about gf bread, but you should have tried the stuff I had to put up with when I was diagnosed ten years ago! You could plaster a wall with it! My favourite breads now are Juvela Select Fresh White bread, Yes! Brown Bread, Udi's Plain Bagels and Sainsbury's own gf bread rolls (they're sooooo soft and if you're a bacon fan, they'd be great for bacon rolls).
Mexican can also be VERY easy to do gf. Old El Paso and Discovery's taco shells are all gluten free. Almost all of Discovery's seasonings (tacos, fajita, etc) are gf but they're clearly labelled so make sure you check that. Asda do (in my opinion) the best gf wraps around, by B-Free. They're �2 something for 6 of them, so they're also the cheapest. . Fajitas are easy to make. Dice an onion, slice pepper and courgette into longish thin strips, cook it altogether, chuck in a tin of chopped tomatoes (33p each at Lidl and the same roughly in Asda), chuck in some fajita seasoning, reduce down so it's thick and serve in wraps with cheese. Yum!
Cereals are a NIGHTMARE so breakfast can be a pain. Your best bet is to get samples of prescription cereals. Personally, I favour Juvela Fibre Flakes, but they're in tiny boxes and only last 2-3 bowls. You can do toast in the morning with scrambled egg and/or beans and/or bacon. Or just toast (good news - you can eat Nutella!)....
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Posted by gillm on 18/1/2014, 14:04:56
For Gluten free soy sauce - I get 'tamari' from health food shop or sometimes waitrose or coop?
Blend about 3 tablespoons of this with a teaspoon of cornflour and stir into your stir fry just before its finished to make a delicious glaze. This for family you would use less for only one as its rather salty.
**********
Posted by honorary coeliac mum on 18/1/2014
...
My son was diagnosed a year ago, shortly after starting at uni, so he is now a year on and in much better health now. At first it was a huge deal and easy to let it get on top of him, but now he is much more philosophical about it and has met so many friends at college who have their own health issues and dietary restrictions that he's decided that having to be GF isn't such a bad thing.
Please join CUK and benefit from all their information.
Send off for freebies from the big GF providers eg Juvela, Glutafin. Nice to have a big parcel of goodies arrive!
Consider sorting out getting GF things on prescription. You can get bread, pasta of various sorts, crackers, pizza bases, flour mixes, depending on your GP.
Kitchen - your own cupboard, or high up shelves if that's not possible so that other peoples crumbs etc don't fall on your food.
Fridge - same, I think my son keeps all his stuff covered/in a bag to keep it clean.
Surfaces - clean!
Toaster - if you need to use one, get your own and label it in huge red lettering to keep others out of it!! Or get toaster bags. You can make toasted sandwiches etc in them too.
Supply of foil, useful for covering trays when you grill things, or roast - you know that it's clean.
Have your own and label your own marg, butter, jam, peanut butter etc - no crumbs.
What to cook - jacket potatoes, pasta with sauce stirred through with cheese, tuna, bacon etc, risotto made with GF stock. Rice is fine. All vegetables...stir fry but use Tamari GF soy sauce. If you are cooking from scratch it's not that difficult - my 'normal' cooking rarely involves wheat flour anyway, but it will take more time than using the convenience foods you may be used to having. If you make a big curry, freeze some into boxes and use later. Towards the end of the holidays maybe spend a couple of sessions in the kitchen preparing stuff to freeze and take with you.
Fave snack for my son is rice cakes with a concoction including cream cheese and tuna or mackerel.
Good ready meals from Ilumi (online).
Etc etc. Keep posting, keep reading!
And I would keep a record of all your blood results. And get a bone scan to check for osteopenia, which can happen and needs Vitamins etc
********************
Posted by gillm on 18/1/2014
Buy yourself a cheap frying pan and possibly keep it hidden! Only for your use!. (To avoid unintended contamination)
Any recipe for Pancakes american or English are fine made with gf flour and very easy. If recipe uses baking powder make sure it is gf.
Scrambled eggs, fried eggs, risotto, stirfryare all really quick and nutritious and cheap. Full English - Bacon egg mushroom tomato etc etc also easy and cheap and filling and delicious..
Potato hash browns areoften gf.
Also a cheap toaster for your own bread could be useful.make sure no one uses it for ordinary bread. Baked beans on toast with grated cheese is a favourite of my son, just check the label on the beans.
Gluten free sausages are available and loads of calories so you could make a packet last at least 3 meals served with mash or baked potato and beans, or chopped and.incorporated in stir fry or rosotto. If you Google BBC cheap recipes with sausages you may find the one I do for the family including pulses.
Your fellow student may find they actually like gf food as they find its very.much like normal food. You can easily do gf bolognaise sauce and serve it to them on regular pasta and yourself gf pasta?
Get your bread , pasta and ,if possible crackers ,on prescription. I suspect if on full time education you might get free prescriptions but if not find out about annual card.
A really easy chilli recipe for 4 is: 1 tin kidney beans in chili sauce (check.the label). 1 tin tomatoes. 500g lean mince.
Fry mince till brown then stir in the beans and tomatoes. Serve with rice for simple.meal or with taco shells and salad and creme fraiche for a meal with friends.
************************
Posted by Cassie on 18/1/2014
...
You're really thrown in at the deep end. Sharing a kitchen with 4 non coeliacs....the
I would just cook what I'd normally cook. Pasta, roasts (naturally GF the majority of the time), it's hard to suggest meals for someone you don't know. Lol
Insist on the top shelves so their flour doesn't fall onto your stuff.
Have your own top shelf in the fridge. Mark your Marg/jams with tape. Are your flat mates aware of contamination issues? Are
they aware of the seriousness of your condition?
*************
Posted by Tani
on 18/1/2014
GF board
Hi, I'm 19 years old and have just been diagnosed with coeliac disease. I am a university student and currently live out of home with 4 other room mates who are not keen on eating gluten free with me. Does anybody have any easy, quick and small recipes that I could cook for myself? Even snacks that I could make as well..
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Hazel (Essex) on 19/1/2014
My son's favourite favourite things to cook at Uni have been:
"all-in-one-rice" - Chop an onion, fry it gently while washing rice, add rice and water to saucepan, add sun-dried tomatoes, a bit of a gf stockcube and towards the end some peas or sweetcorn. (You can vary the ingredients endlessly depending on what you have got) You can also add chopped cooked ham at the end or eat it with cold meat.
vegetable stew - basically chop onions, potatoes, carrots, parsnip (and any other veggies you have) and simmer the whole lot with a bit of stockcube until tender. If you have longer you can start cooking diced chicken before adding the vegetables - but make sure the chicken is well cooked (sorry in mother mode at this point!).
He also makes "pan bread" which we developed before he went to Uni - use a measuring jug - saves time and the need for scales:
Put a frying pan on to heat with a little oil in it.
1/2 pint of Dove Farm gf flour
1 1/2 teasp gf baking powder
sultanas (as many as you want)
1/4 teasp cinnamon
2 tablespoons of ground almonds
Mix all the above and add milk (or Rice Milk if lactose intolerant) until it is quite thick but pourable. Pour into the frying pan - turn when it is cooked enough to be turned. Very quick and satisfying on a cold day! You can make a savoury version with e.g. some dried basil and chopped tomatoes. Again there are loads of variations.
He's also used vegetable soups with rice noodles in for a quick lunch.
Others have talked about cross-contamination so I won't repeat all that. In one lot of accommodation my son kept his toaster in his room - in another he left it in the kitchen labelled "Glutenfree only" as he knew he could trust the others. However, it's not just the others you have to trust but anyone they bring back/stays over who ends up in the kitchen so maybe keep your toaster in your room (or use toaster bags).
*************
by Sheona (Drossa) on 18/1/2014
Breakfast:
Any one of the following, plus a piece of fruit and possibly a yogurt:
+Eggs - poached, scrambled, omlette, boiled, coddled, fried, French Toast
+Ham, cheese, cucumber & sweet pepper
+Cheese on toast
+Pancakes - sweet or savoury
+Savoury cheesy scones
+Smoked fish
+Bacon & Eggs
+Beans on Toast
+Cheesy Beans on Toast
+Porridge
(Note there are a number of gluten free breakfast cereal products available - check out suppliers and go on-line to google different brands such as Alara, Tilquillhie, Bakery on Main, Doves Farm, Glebe Farm, etc. etc.
Lunch:
+Omlettes - yes, I know eggs above, but Mushroom, Ham, Cheese, Herbs, Onion, Spanish, Smoked Salmon (buy the cheap end offcuts from a deli counter), cream cheese & spring onion, tomato, broccoli etc. etc. Serve with green leaf salad, or a grated red cabbage salad, or cole slaw
+Gnocchi with sauce or pesto. Sauces such as:
-tuna,tomato & pea
-sunshine sauce of tomato, red and yellow peppers, garlic & origano
-oven roasted vegetables and olive oil
-broccoli & cheese
-ham, onion, garlic & tomato
+Hummous (bought or home made) with vegetable 'sticks' of cucumber, celery, carrot and sweet peppers
+Dolmas - once you get the hang of it, stuffed vine leaves are easy and cheap. Also try stuffed courgettes, stuffed aubergines, stuffed peppers and stuffed tomatoes.
+Pizza (use any gf base and add your own toppings
+Soups - just about any soup can be easily, and cheaply, made using gf ingredients
-lentil
-lentil with red peppers
-green lentil with spinach & potatoes
-chicken (or simply buy a turkey leg from any of the big supermarkets), with vegetables
-chicken or turkey soup made into "Stracciatella" with the addition of beaten eggs, chopped parsley and parmesan cheese before serving
-mixed vegetable soup
-carrot with ginger
-leek with potato
-leek with potato blended to make "Vichysoisse"
+Eggs Florentine
Dinner:
Soup (any kind)
Risotto (fish, shellfish, chicken, bean, pea, spinach, mushroom, courgette, etc.)
Meat stews
Fish stews
Fish pie topped with mashed potatoes
Fish cooked any which way, with ginger, with garlic, with olive tapanade (simply blitz some olives and garlic with a blender; or try olive with capers etc.)
Pasta dishes (baked, with rich meat sauces, with fish sauces, with vegetable sauces)
Cheesy Baked potatoes with salad (bake the potatoes, scoop out the potato and retain the skins. Mash the potato, add chopped chives or chopped spring onions, add grated cheese - Cheddar is OK, add soured cream, season to taste. Pile mix back into skins (fewer skins than originally so that the potato mix is above the skin). Top with more grated cheese and bake until golden.
Chick peas cooked with chorizo in a tomato sauce - serve with rice, or 'cous-cous' pasta alternative, or gnocchi, or just on its own as part of a Spanish tapas meal.
Dessers can be fresh and/or dried fruits; ice cream; frozen yogurts with fruits; rice puddings etc.
Shopping Bargains
Visit supermarkets late just as they price 'down' items for the day. Check out fish and meat counter. Look out for bargains on cheese. Quite often there are specials for Cheddar Cheese. Remember, though, that it might be cheaper to buy a more expensive mature cheese than a cheaper mild cheese. Reason? You may have to use much of the mild cheese to have any noticeable flavour. For weekends, especially if you and your flatmates want to have a more substantial lunch/dinner check out supermarkets for special offers on Beef, Pork etc., or you could consider roasting a chicken.
Bon Appetit!
*************
Posted by Katie
Hey Tani, I'm in my last year of uni and was diagnosed last year. Nightmare!!
There is loads of good advice below just to add my two cents - I share cutlery and anything that is stainless steel or glass (except for colanders) with my flatmates. I have my own wooden spoons, spatulas, pots, pans, chopping board, jug, mixing bowl, sieve in my own cupboard away from the food prep area. I also have my own cupboard for food and I have the top shelf in the fridge. All my jams/spreads etc have 'GLUTEN FREE' on sticky labels on the lids (and I tend to shove them towards the back of the shelf).
I make from scratch (easily and genuinely cheaply) lots of risotto, pasta dishes, curries, stir fry (with rice or rice noodles), egg dishes, soup, stews. For snacks, rice cakes have already been mentioned, home popped popcorn is another good one.
Getting food on prescription is a great idea, too. I think my GP took pity on me for being a poor student and got mine sorted as soon as I was diagnosed.
Have a look in literally every food shop within walking distance - I've become dependent on the Asian supermarkets near my house for GF soy sauce, rice noodles, spices etc.
To be honest I think in a student household the chances of everyone going GF are pretty low, largely because of the cost (and laziness ) Pick your 'battles' - if you get everyone straight on the risks of CC I wouldn't worry too much about what other people eat. Having said that, I am fantasizing about having a gluten-free kitchen after uni Good luck!!!
*************
by Eve on 18/1/2014
...
My son is in his 1st year at uni (LIVERPOOL JM). He is coping quite well with his flat mates and they with him. He has one flat mate with lactose intolerance so that helps. I'll ask my son for any tips BUT most food made from scratch can be GF unless its a pie/pastry. Use cornflour for thickening. Get some GF cake sit down with them and have a discussion.
Eating out also is so much easier.
Does your uni canteen have food you can eat at lunch time? If not have a chat to the manager. They have GF sandwiches, soups baked pots where my son is . His campus has a snack bar rather than a full canteen availability.
**********
Posted by Vikki (Poole) on 18/1/2014
I see the other replies have great advice on avoiding cross contamination so I won't repeat it all here.
But the good news is that there are GREAT things you can do without feeling you're losing out too much. Remember you can still have things like stir-fry (apparently you can get gf soy sauce in Asda). Just use rice instead of noodles and you're golden.
Indian food is also great for gluten free. There are a million and one recipes for Indian dishes on websites like BBCGoodFood, AllRecipes and Food Network.
Don't forget you can eat Heinz Baked Beans, so the old student fave of beans on toast is in, as long as you use your own toaster and butter.
Pizza Hut, Domino's, Pizza Express and Prezzo all do gf pizzas, so you always have that option too (personally, Pizza Express is my favourite of them).
I'm afraid that when it comes to gluten free bread, it's a case of testing the hundreds of types out there to see which you prefer. There's a lot of negativity about gf bread, but you should have tried the stuff I had to put up with when I was diagnosed ten years ago! You could plaster a wall with it! My favourite breads now are Juvela Select Fresh White bread, Yes! Brown Bread, Udi's Plain Bagels and Sainsbury's own gf bread rolls (they're sooooo soft and if you're a bacon fan, they'd be great for bacon rolls).
Mexican can also be VERY easy to do gf. Old El Paso and Discovery's taco shells are all gluten free. Almost all of Discovery's seasonings (tacos, fajita, etc) are gf but they're clearly labelled so make sure you check that. Asda do (in my opinion) the best gf wraps around, by B-Free. They're �2 something for 6 of them, so they're also the cheapest. . Fajitas are easy to make. Dice an onion, slice pepper and courgette into longish thin strips, cook it altogether, chuck in a tin of chopped tomatoes (33p each at Lidl and the same roughly in Asda), chuck in some fajita seasoning, reduce down so it's thick and serve in wraps with cheese. Yum!
Cereals are a NIGHTMARE so breakfast can be a pain. Your best bet is to get samples of prescription cereals. Personally, I favour Juvela Fibre Flakes, but they're in tiny boxes and only last 2-3 bowls. You can do toast in the morning with scrambled egg and/or beans and/or bacon. Or just toast (good news - you can eat Nutella!)....
******************
Posted by gillm on 18/1/2014, 14:04:56
For Gluten free soy sauce - I get 'tamari' from health food shop or sometimes waitrose or coop?
Blend about 3 tablespoons of this with a teaspoon of cornflour and stir into your stir fry just before its finished to make a delicious glaze. This for family you would use less for only one as its rather salty.
**********
Posted by honorary coeliac mum on 18/1/2014
...
My son was diagnosed a year ago, shortly after starting at uni, so he is now a year on and in much better health now. At first it was a huge deal and easy to let it get on top of him, but now he is much more philosophical about it and has met so many friends at college who have their own health issues and dietary restrictions that he's decided that having to be GF isn't such a bad thing.
Please join CUK and benefit from all their information.
Send off for freebies from the big GF providers eg Juvela, Glutafin. Nice to have a big parcel of goodies arrive!
Consider sorting out getting GF things on prescription. You can get bread, pasta of various sorts, crackers, pizza bases, flour mixes, depending on your GP.
Kitchen - your own cupboard, or high up shelves if that's not possible so that other peoples crumbs etc don't fall on your food.
Fridge - same, I think my son keeps all his stuff covered/in a bag to keep it clean.
Surfaces - clean!
Toaster - if you need to use one, get your own and label it in huge red lettering to keep others out of it!! Or get toaster bags. You can make toasted sandwiches etc in them too.
Supply of foil, useful for covering trays when you grill things, or roast - you know that it's clean.
Have your own and label your own marg, butter, jam, peanut butter etc - no crumbs.
What to cook - jacket potatoes, pasta with sauce stirred through with cheese, tuna, bacon etc, risotto made with GF stock. Rice is fine. All vegetables...stir fry but use Tamari GF soy sauce. If you are cooking from scratch it's not that difficult - my 'normal' cooking rarely involves wheat flour anyway, but it will take more time than using the convenience foods you may be used to having. If you make a big curry, freeze some into boxes and use later. Towards the end of the holidays maybe spend a couple of sessions in the kitchen preparing stuff to freeze and take with you.
Fave snack for my son is rice cakes with a concoction including cream cheese and tuna or mackerel.
Good ready meals from Ilumi (online).
Etc etc. Keep posting, keep reading!
And I would keep a record of all your blood results. And get a bone scan to check for osteopenia, which can happen and needs Vitamins etc
********************
Posted by gillm on 18/1/2014
Buy yourself a cheap frying pan and possibly keep it hidden! Only for your use!. (To avoid unintended contamination)
Any recipe for Pancakes american or English are fine made with gf flour and very easy. If recipe uses baking powder make sure it is gf.
Scrambled eggs, fried eggs, risotto, stirfryare all really quick and nutritious and cheap. Full English - Bacon egg mushroom tomato etc etc also easy and cheap and filling and delicious..
Potato hash browns areoften gf.
Also a cheap toaster for your own bread could be useful.make sure no one uses it for ordinary bread. Baked beans on toast with grated cheese is a favourite of my son, just check the label on the beans.
Gluten free sausages are available and loads of calories so you could make a packet last at least 3 meals served with mash or baked potato and beans, or chopped and.incorporated in stir fry or rosotto. If you Google BBC cheap recipes with sausages you may find the one I do for the family including pulses.
Your fellow student may find they actually like gf food as they find its very.much like normal food. You can easily do gf bolognaise sauce and serve it to them on regular pasta and yourself gf pasta?
Get your bread , pasta and ,if possible crackers ,on prescription. I suspect if on full time education you might get free prescriptions but if not find out about annual card.
A really easy chilli recipe for 4 is: 1 tin kidney beans in chili sauce (check.the label). 1 tin tomatoes. 500g lean mince.
Fry mince till brown then stir in the beans and tomatoes. Serve with rice for simple.meal or with taco shells and salad and creme fraiche for a meal with friends.
************************
Posted by Cassie on 18/1/2014
...
You're really thrown in at the deep end. Sharing a kitchen with 4 non coeliacs....the
I would just cook what I'd normally cook. Pasta, roasts (naturally GF the majority of the time), it's hard to suggest meals for someone you don't know. Lol
Insist on the top shelves so their flour doesn't fall onto your stuff.
Have your own top shelf in the fridge. Mark your Marg/jams with tape. Are your flat mates aware of contamination issues? Are
they aware of the seriousness of your condition?
*************