[pct-l] Wheat-free, dairy-free dinners

[dicentra]

I think you are on the right track!  You're going to become an expert label reader! yay!

Pasta can be cooked ahead of time and then dehydrated to make it instant. Look for quinoa and rice pastas. The asian markets will have noodles made from mung beans and sweet potatoes.
 
Quinoa and all kinds of rices can also be made ahead and dehydrated.  

Check the bulk bins of your local hippy store for powdered non-dairy milks (read the labels!  The powdered almond milk I buy contains dairy).  I've seen goats milk, rice milk, almond milk and soy milk. 

I don't know where you live (I'm in Seattle, so I have TONS of food choices).  There are lots of gluten free crackers and cookies. Some of them even taste pretty good.  Trail bars can be made with gluten free flours (chickpea, quinoa) and packaged into the boxes you'll ship to yourself.

I would make the basics that you won't find on the trail (quinoa, rice pastas etc) and then suppliment with what you find in towns.  Don't bother shipping yourself jerky or tuna for example.

There's a couple more emails in my inbox on this, so I might have more to say... :)

~Dicentra
 
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--- On Mon, 3/25/13, Erin Acker <ackere1221 at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Erin Acker <ackere1221 at gmail.com>
Subject: [pct-l] Wheat-free, dairy-free dinners
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Date: Monday, March 25, 2013, 2:50 PM


I'm planning a 2014 thru hike (yay!) and need some food advice. I started a
thru hike in 2012, but left at Wrightwood due to shin splints and other
issues. My resupplies til then were a mix of mailing and buying along the
way. Mailing myself stuff was really annoying, so I decided that for 2014,
I would do less pre-trip meal prep. However, I was recently diagnosed with
dairy and wheat sensitivities (nooooo!), making my diet of cheezits, top
ramen, mac and cheese, cheesy pasta, and poptarts with nido entirely
unfeasible. I think I can adjust for breakfast and lunch, but I am pretty
stumped on what to eat for dinner. Does anyone have dairy and wheat free
dinner ideas? I'm preferably looking for stuff that is available in your
average trail grocery, so I can stick with the mail myself less stuff plan.

I was also thinking that if I do have to mail myself stuff, just sending
dinners, like rice pasta, dairy free instant mashed potatoes, and instant
grits, might be the way to go. But for the love of flavor, I'd really like
to mix it up.

Thanks!
Erin
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