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Are you looking for nutritious snacks? Or are you speaking of true snack food? Would you be able to pack fruit or veggies and nibble on those?

Who cares at this point. I miss spoke my mother is 73 not me. She's losing weight terribly. She is starving herself to death because she doesn't know what to eat for like breakfast and lunch.
BB

There's no reason for her to starve just because of Celiac disease. She can eat anything that doesn't contain any wheat, rye or barley ingredients. Yes, it rules out most forms of bread or pasta, but there are good substitutes on the market. My husband likes Udi's bread and we just picked up some gluten-free bagels and muffins at the market. All she has to do is a little careful shopping. But she can take anything to eat that's made at home as long as it doesn't contain wheat, rye or barley.

What does she typically eat, or what would she typically eat before the celiac came into her life?

She can't eat much due to many stomach problems. So she is limited. She does eat the UDI bread but it has to be kept frozen and can only make toast with it not a real sandwich.
BB

Hi BB, In the organic isles there are gf bars or in the regular isle almond crunch bars, chips, crackers, popcorns etc which are better for her. How about gf cherrio cereal to munch on or dried cranberries, apricots etc. I find I eat more often but less & it helps my digestion process. I also take a protein powder a.m. & p.m. . It's all over whelming & challenging but I say ... at least I'm not on chemo, in a hospital, etc so things could be worse. Hugs to her.

Is there a Trader Joe's near her? They have a list online of the GF foods they carry. Also, if there is a Sprouts Market or Whole Foods, both have selections of GF foods throughout the stores.

Have her look at GF websites like celiac.com.

I'm going to post a bunch of old posts I've saved from older members who aren't on these boards anymore, sorry to say. But several had great suggestions on foods:

This on is from CherriL - Go into your local grocery store this weekend. Take a look around the produce section - but ignore all that processed, packaged impulse buy crap they have around. All those fruits - apples, oranges, pears, bananas, mangos, peaches, pinapple, coconut, grapes, papaya, avocado, melons, etc. - all safe. All those veggies - spinach, carrots, turnips, greens, cauliflower, zucchini, sweet peppers, sugar peas, onions, tomatoes, garlic, winter squash, potatoes, yams, cabbage, lettuce, etc. - all safe. Right there you can make some rather tasty dishes (tomato sauce served over spaghetti squash, vegetable stew, carrot soup, stir-fries, marinated grilled vegetables, oven fries, fruit salads, smoothies, etc.) and you haven't even left the produce department.

Head over to the meat section, and all the plain meats you want are safe. (There are legal requirements to list additives to meats - so read the labels, of course.) Get some beans, lentils, rice, corn tortillas and the like, and you can make almost anything.

There are - as you've seen - specialty places where you can get buckwheat, rice, corn, potato, or quinoa based pastas and breads. These stores may also carry part of the wide variety of gluten-free flours you can use to make your own baked goods - like pies, muffins, breads, and pancakes.

You might look at this and realize here what the key is - you have to cook. You can find specialty stores in various parts of your state, on order online a lot of other stuff if you want, or you can do your own cooking for less money. It doesn't have to take a long time, once you get the hang of it. [br>[br>

This one is from Trudy:

I have not been able to successfully make bread so I just buy mine. My daughter loves the brown and white bread by Kinnikinnik. All I can find locally is mixes so I buy it online at www.kinnikinnik.com. I also buy their bagels, muffins, hamburger and hot dog buns, donuts and just about everything else including flours and starches. There's a flat $10 shipping fee in the US so I figure it's a great place to order the heavy stuff like flours and starches.

Here are links to the recipes for the 2 most popular bread recipes I know of.

Tom's Celiac Light Bread http://www.gfcf-recipe-resource.com/recipe.php?recipeid=59&PHPSESSID=8425465ed26a49b3e440ba608fe3a43a

Isaac's Yeast Free GFCF Bread http://www.gfcf-recipe-resource.com/recipe.php?recipeid=83&PHPSESSID=8425465ed26a49b3e440ba608fe3a43a

I haven't tried making Tom's because it just looked like too much work to me (I'm very lazy) but I know a lot of people who love it and use it for every kind of bread product imaginable (bread, buns, pizza crust, etc).

I did try Isaac's and it was pretty easy to make and it worked out pretty good, but because of being intollerant to a lot of the gluten free grains, I couldn't use a variety of starches or rice flour which is pretty important in this recipe so it didn't taste that great. If you want to bake your own and not buy your bread, this one's pretty easy.

When I run out of the Kinnikinnik, I buy the Ener-G Tapioca bread for for DD. She enjoys it if I make either grilled "cheese" sandwiches or dairy free french toast out of it. For the cheese, try Tofutti american cheese slices. I get it at my local grocery store. It's the only truely dairy free cheese you'll find at a regular grocery store (the rest of the soy cheeses have casein as an ingredient). [br>[br>

Here are a list of sites that might be helpful. I believe most are up-to-date:

http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/
http://www.elanaspantry.com/category/desserts/
http://www.bobsredmill.com/
http://www.thesensitivepantry.com/the-sensitive-pantry/2009/8/21/very-chocolate-gelato.html
http://thewholekitchen.blogspot.com/2009/08/peach-ginger-ice-cream-dairy-free.html
http://www.thespunkycoconut.com/2009/07/ginger-fudge-swirl-ice-cream-dairy-free.html
http://www.livingwithout.com/
http://www.julesglutenfree.com/
http://www.foodphilosopher.com/
http://www.glutenfreeda.com/recipe-sub.asp?cat=29
http://login.prospero.com/dir-login/index.asp?webtag=celiac&lgnDST=http%3A%2F%2Fforums%2Edelphiforums%2Ecom%2Fn%2Fnav%2Fstart%2Easp%3Fwebtag%3Dceliac%26%26liaagc%3Dy
http://www.clanthompson.com/index.php3 *******
http://www.celiac.com/
http://www.celiac.org/

hi i would recommend having nut thins gluten free crackers with soft cheese,hummus with veggies,or else chex gluten free cereal with peanut butter or hazelnut spread.

My daughter has CD. I make sandwiches with Udi's bread all the time. I keep it in the frige and it lasts two weeks, if it isn't eaten by then.
Also, my favorite place to find GF foods is surprisingly www.amazon.com . search gluten free in the gourmet foods. they have over 2,000 items.