Camp/trail food when you can't eat wheat/gluten?

wildmanh

wildmanh

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I was recently diagnosed with a wheat/glutton alergy so have to really watch what I eat. Am also Alergic to Pork in all forms. I like to go camping, hiking and backpacking but finding foods I can take with me that won't go bad after 2 days has been a little hard which means I'm stuck making stuff. Here's a list of things I've come up with that I can take with me on trips:

Trail mix
Granola
Powdered milk
Oatmeal
Jerky
Cheese
Fresh fruit
Dried fruit
Home made soups, stews and Chili.
Beef summer Sausage

Camping isn't to hard cause I make up a ton of soup or chili and bring it for most meals. It's the day hikes and backpacking that I really need some help with cause there is no cooler to keep things in. If you guys have any ideas or know of some good gluton free dried meals please post them. Thanks,

Heber
 
Potato. Potato flakes are pure potato, easy to rehydrate on the trail, hot or cold.
Rice. Boil it, let it cool, bag it. Re-heat on the trail with canned peas & carrots.
Carrots. Raw, good snack on-the-go.
Salads. Not just lettuce & tomato. Beans, olives, chickpeas, sardines. Make a tortilla wrap.
Honey. Bring a small container to keep energy levels up. Good with that granola.
 
For dayhikes and shorter trips, I am a big fan of fruit and granola, and yogurt early on.

to take yogurt in a pack without worrying about it spoiling:
Pack single serving yogurts (or buy yogurt cups) in your favorite flavor. Toss in the freezer the night before, and then it should thaw out enough for you to eat by lunch time, depending on the ambient temperature. I often experience a little separation of liquid and solid, but I stir it up and it's fine.

I would suggest checking out the cooking section as well as the camping/outdoors section of your local public library and see what you can find.
 
That's a neat idea pre-freezing yogurt. Dairy can be hard to bring along. Wrap tinfoil around the yogurt & it will stay cool longer.
 
Most health food stores have gluten free sections. There are gluten free breads, noodles, scone and even waffles. Rice noodles are available in Asian food stores. They cook fast and are very tasty. For that matter, most Asian and a lot of Eastern Indian food is gluten free, so take a cooking class or study their recipes on the internet.

For day hikes, you can cook rice ahead of time and carry it in a tupperware box. The Japanese make box lunches like this. Rice balls will also work. Try some of the rice-based breads and baked goods from the health food store.

For backpacking, Uncle Bens converted rice is real rice and cooks real fast. There are packages of sauces, bullion cubes and other dressings and seasonings that are gluten free.

As convenient as it is, you may want to stay away from trail mix and granola. Unless you make your own, they may contain wheat products. Also, they tend to be hard to digest, which is an issue for many gluten intolerant types.

There are web sites devoted to gluten intolerant folks, check them out as well.
 
Another option is dehydrating stuff like chilli. That way there is no need to keep it cool, just add water. How about making banock with gluten free flower or somthing? Hopefully that helps.
 
My wife is the MASTER of the gluten free. My son is gluten free.

Check out Country Life Natural Foods - they have flour you can buy and mix your OWN gluten free flour.

It is excellent too!

I will get it from her.

TF
 
For backpacking, I bring:
Powdered raw Cocoa
Cracked corn or corn meal
Peanut butter
Hard Cheese
Hard sausage ( beef, or pepperoni, or pemmican )
Brussels sprouts
Snow peas
Foil packets of tuna / chicken.
Honey (The little condiment packages)
Others things as well, depending on the whens and wheres, and the fresh vegetables might change. I might bring Spam or turkey spam as well.
Honey, peanut butter, corn meal, and cocoa can be mixed together in various parts and portions to make different drinks, meals and desserts, so they add variety with a minimum of ingredients.
 
Thanks for all the ideas, keep them coming! I'm compiling the ideas and going to add them to my list soon.

Heber
 
Health Food Stores are one of my favorite places to buy backpacking food anyway. You can find lots of stuff there that is highly concentrated, freeze dried and non gluten:thumbup:
 
There are a lot of good ideas here. The only thing I would add is if you want to get some of the processed bars, try Larabars. They usually only have three to five ingredients, are good for those with wheat allergy, and actually taste really good (as opposed to most flavors of things like Clif or Powerbar, which taste like cardboard to me). Check out all their flavors:

http://www.larabar.com/food/larabar/19-apple-pie
 
More good ideas, thanks!! It's looking like I might be able to go back to backpacking when my joints are a little better. Some of those ideas sound mighty taisty too.

Heber
 
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