By Div
Being gluten-free is bloody difficult!
When I am home, with my gluten-free groceries, meals are easy. I’ve bought gluten-free pasta (some brands made with rice, others with quinoa), attempted and devoured pizza with a cauliflower crust, and just eat more veggies to fill up.
Restaurants, however, are a NIGHTMARE! I am generally fine at Korean restaurants – luckily none of my favourite Korean foods have noodles or anything. Western restaurants, on the other hand…sandwiches, bagels, cakes, brownies, pasta, pizza, burgers, anything deep-fried – basically, all the food I would have eaten without batting an eye just a few months ago – are completely off-limits. As well as taking three times as long to make a decision from the menu, I also have to ask repeatedly if there are any wheat products in my meals.
While in Cambodia (keep an eye out for details about my trip!) I really struggled. Pizza EVERYWHERE! I got tired of Cambodian food after about three days (getting a spot of food poisoning put me off it really fast) and after that, all I wanted was something naughty. I almost gave in once, but Adam talked some sense into my suddenly gluten-craving brain. So, fried rice it was. Every day. I absolutely loved my summer holiday, but damn, I missed my kitchen desperately!
For those who are considering going gluten-free, I’ve decided to include a rough plan of what I eat during the week. Being gluten-free is a restriction, but I by no means sacrifice the yum-factor of my meals!
Monday:
Breakfast: Smoothie: strawberry, banana, blueberry, flaxseed meal and honey. Coffee
Lunch: Soybean soup and rice (school meal)
Snacks: Pecan nuts, almonds and cashew nuts
Dinner: Chicken breasts seasoned with paprika, mixed herbs, chicken seasoning, chilli flakes and lemon juice. Steamed yellow peppers. Carrots with a drizzle of balsamic vinegar. Two slices of cheddar cheese. A mixture of mayo and hot sauce.
Treats: Two Lindt balls
Things that help thyroid issues: Apple cider vinegar in water. Supplements.
Tuesday:
Breakfast: Smoothie: Banana, strawberry, blueberry, flaxseed meal, honey
Lunch: Meat and little eggs in soy sauce, spicy beansprouts, fish soup, rice (school meal)
Snacks: Pecan nuts, almonds and cashew nuts
Dinner: Leftovers from yesterday
Treats: Way Of Gray’s homemade raw chocolate (you can find the recipe here). Her recipe is super quick and easy. I use honey instead of maple syrup.
Things that help thyroid issues: Apple cider vinegar in water. One dessert spoon of coconut oil. Supplements.
Wednesday:
Breakfast: Smoothie: strawberry, banana, blueberry. Coffee.
Lunch: some kind of bibimbap, weird soup, mango juice (school meal). The main part of this meal was a slice of pizza, which I could not eat.
Snacks: Almonds, cashew nuts, pecan nuts
Dinner: Lentil curry and rice.
Treats: Two mini Reese’s peanut butter cups
Things that help thyroid issues: Supplements.
Thursday:
Breakfast: Chicken breasts and carrots. Coffee.
Lunch: Kimchi and rice, spicy soup (school meal). The main part of this meal was something battered, so I could not eat it.
Snacks: Almonds, cashew nuts, pecan nuts
Dinner: Lentil curry and rice
Treats: Microwave popcorn
Things that help thyroid issues: Apple cider vinegar in water. One dessert spoon of coconut oil. Supplements.
Friday:
Breakfast: Smoothie: strawberry, banana, blueberry.
Lunch: Kimchi and rice (school meal). The main part of this meal, including the soup, contained gluten so I could not eat it.
Snacks: Almonds, cashew nuts, pecan nuts
Dinner: Chicken Adobo (recipe from Kristine Andersen)
Treats: microwave popcorn
Things that help thyroid issues: Apple cider vinegar in water. Supplements.
Saturday:
Breakfast: Chicken Adobo, coffee, beef bone broth.
Lunch: Tuna kimbap
Snacks: Pineapple
Dinner: Korean barbeque, soybean soup.
Treats: Alcohol
Things that help thyroid issues: Apple cider vinegar in water. Supplements.
Sunday:
Brunch: Gamjatang, coffee.
Dinner: Chicken curry and turmeric rice
Treats: Two mini Reese’s peanut butter cups
Things that help thyroid issues: Apple cider vinegar in water. Supplements.
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Div and Bean 
The struggle is real, every time I go on vacation its a nightmare. I like research the place and try to find as many gluten free options as I can. I tried gluten free chicken sandwich at red robin…the bun was good but it smelled like a foot!!
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Oh noooo! A foot?!?! That is gross! I’m sorry 😦
It’s so much easier when I know exactly what is going into my meals.
Thanks so much for stopping by xx 🙂
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Homemade Vietnamese rice paper wraps has become one of my favourite go-to meals. That, good steak and vegetable dish, and almost anything cooked overnight in my trusty slow cooker. Oh, and bacon! I’m convinced if people saw the way I eat they would be jealous of all the deliciousness 😉 but I really do miss my kitchen when traveling. I love my school’s food but I find that more often than not it leaves me with one or a bunch of wheat and or gluten exposure symptoms. I’ve found that anything cooked or soaked in soy sauce, in particular, puts me out for a while. As far as I know, it’s made with fermented soybean paste and a grain – usually wheat (along with a few other things).
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Homemade rice paper? That sounds divine! Eating at school is really difficult. Forms of soy at basically every meal. I just got a slow cooker – so excited by all the new possibilities!!
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Thank you for posting this article and meals…very helpful. I too have Hashimoto’s and have begun G-Free diet several times but then I have a cheat maybe once a week. It is very difficult with kids who eat the same 10 things to make 2-3 separate meals for each supper etc. I finding it to be very expensive to create meal plans or to eat out, the whole process of going g-free is so overwhelming.
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It is really difficult, especially when eating out. I try to just substitute “gluten-ful” things with rice or veggies. It works great, too, until I walk past a pizza place…
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