FOMG –>That’s an abbreviation for Fear of Missing Gluten. Yep, I am pretty sure it’s real phobia for those who are just diagnosed with Celiac disease or gluten sensitivity. But here’s the thing, there are SOOOOOOO many foods that are naturally gluten free. In fact, most people don’t even realize how simple it can be to prepare gluten free meals. We tend to focus on what we can’t have versus what we ALREADY do HAVE that is NATURALLY gluten free.
So today, let’s switch that focus. Let’s get real, I mean FOOD real, REAL FOOD.
Naturally Gluten Free Foods:
No marinades or additives. Just foods in natural form.
- Vegetables
- Fruits
- Poultry
- Fish
- Red Meat
- Oils (olive, coconut, grapeseed, sesame, truffle)
- Organic Dairy (plain)
- Nuts/seeds
- Herbs/Spices
- Chocolate
- Wine (unless stored in wheat barrels, so check that!)
- Vinegar (Red, White, Balsamic, Apple Cider)
- Tea/Coffee
- Sprouted Tofu/Plain Tempeh (fermented)
See, that’s a big list, and I could go on. But I’d rather just jump to the recipes and meal ideas, sound good?
Here a few of my favorite NATURALLY gluten free meal ideas and my favorite REAL FOOD recipe!
The above meal is pretty simple- Roasted Chicken or Turkey (no added sauces, just olive oil with sea salt/pepper), Baked potato with red pepper hummus, and steamed veggies with garlic.
Next up, Light Fish Dishes!
This is one has ginger Lime tamari fish on top. . But all I did was marinate the fish for 30 minutes then grill or bake it. I love summery/spring dished because you can throw everything on the grill. If you are sharing a grill with other gluten foods, be sure to use foil to cook all your food, this keeps the cross contamination away.
Need a side for that?
How about roasted sliced sweet potato? Slice, toss in oil, season with fresh herbs and pepper, roast in oven at 400F for about 20-25 minutes. I like to add parmesan the last minute and then broil.
And last but not least, SPICY lettuce wraps! You can make these paleo or vegan as well.
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Ingredients
- 2 cups Ground meat or tempeh (I used beef)
- .5 cups onion and carrots combined, chopped
- ¼ cup diced banana peppers or green chili peppers
- Sea salt and black pepper to taste
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 cup steamed white rice (optional filling)
- 1 teaspoon paprika or red chili pepper
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 2-3 tablespoons gluten free tamari or coconut aminos
- 2 teaspoon balsamic glaze or vinegar
- 1-2 tablespoon Sriracha sauce 1.5 tablespoons lime juice
- ¼ cup slivered almonds
- ¼ cup chopped cilantro
- Full Fat organic sour cream to top (optional)
- 1 medium head iceberg lettuce
Directions:
In a large skillet cook your meat or tempeh with onion and carrot mix. When beef is almost all the way cooked, add in your almonds and your seasonings (salt, pepper, garlic, and red chili pepper or paprika). Cook for a few more minutes on medium low. Next, mix together (in separate bowl) your srirachi, tamari, balsamic glaze, and oil. Pour over beef mix and stir skillet. In a small bowl, mix together sesame oil, soy sauce, water, honey, and Sriracha. Arrange your washed lettuce leaves on a plate. Fill each with a few spoonful’s of steamed rice and your spicy skillet mix. Top with sour cream and cilantro and any extra Srirachi you’d like!
Recipe makes around 4-6 Large wraps with the rice included, might be less if you don’t add rice.
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Okay, so tell me. If you are gluten free, did you ever suffer from the FOMG? I did (almost 6 years ago), but then I learned how to get creative and cook!
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Cheers,
LC
Still in need of a GF bread fix? Don’t forget to check out this gluten free and dairy free sweet bread! You can also do what I do, use Costco size Udis bread and make your own bruschetta!
Cheers,
Lindsay
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I’m newly living the gluten free life. It’s been almost 2 months. I was terrified at first, but quickly learned that it really isn’t as hard as I expected. Dining out can be a bit of a challenge, but it just takes a little bit of planning. I’m having fun testing out new recipes and making old ones gluten free. Thanks for sharing this! 🙂
so glad you are experimenting! let me know if you need more ideas!
Roasted sweet potato is my current obsession. I could literally eat it every day. Same with lettuce wraps. Add some guac to that and I’m in HEAVEN.
I’m not completely gluten-free but with all the GI issues I’ve been having, I reduced my intake tremendously.
glad it’s helping!! and please email me if you need any help with GI stuff. You know we’ve been there. xxoo
The other night I dreamt about crumpets! I haven’t found a good replacement and I do miss them a little, but it’s not a biggie. What I really miss is the ease of eating out at friends, family and at restaurants without having to check everything beforehand, feel like a pain, and being legitimately scared that I will still get glutened and suffer for weeks. Also I’m sick to death of OTHER people talking about it and/or trying to convince me that I don’t have a problem, as if they have a medical degree. The other day my mother made a big point of announcing to guests that the fruit salad (!) I brought was gluten free and spent an hour discussing my symptoms to guests… just shut the heck up please!
It gets easier and hopefully they will understand soon. ❤️
People say my life “sucks” because I cannot eat SO MANY THINGS… HELL NO – Salmon = naturally GF, SF, etc……. MY LIFE EFFIN’ ROCKS!
You know it!! Squash me!!
Tempeh is gluten free? *kaboom* mind blowing (for this girl, at least, who probably should have known better).
This is probably the healthiest gluten free way to eat, you know? No substitutes. Just real food. #glutinopretzelsaremycrack
it is! but the plain, nothing else added. I would check ingredients first though. I buy a local one here but i think whitewave organics has GF version too.
I had a biopsy for celiac a few yrs ago for my unexplained iron defficiency. It came back negative and I told the doctor I didn’t think that was it because I really don’t eat mich gluten although I will say it’s sneaky. You find it in some many foods you wouldn’t expect it eapecially processed ones.
I think those tests are tricky. It really takes more than one test, ya know?
LOVE LOVE LOVE that wine is on the list! PS: that wine you posted on IG last night…price and where did you get it? Hope to chat soon! XOXO
oh it is so good! i buy that wine from Randalls or target
It’s so strange. I started gluten free as more of an experiment and didn’t really miss gluten. It was after a doctor’s appt when I learned that I really shouldn’t eat gluten that I missed it a little. Your recipe looks delicious.
an experiment gone RIGHT! love that
I used to think life without pasta would be the worst but my diet has changed so much over the past few years, I think I’d be ok now 🙂 This looks so delish.. gotta make it soon!
Who need gluten when you have sriracha?!
I love how you share all your great info!!!!
Way to put wine and chocolate right next to each other in the list;)
i know, didn’t even mean to. haha!
yum I would love these with tempeh!
you so would! let me know if you make it!
This sounds SO good! All things that I love :). And I think that by the time I was diagnosed with gluten intolerance, there were so many options out there that it didn’t freak me out. Although eating out can sometimes be a pain…but there’s always salads! Love you!!
Those wraps sound amazing! I’m not gluten free, but it was nice that you added a vegan version 🙂
Love, love, LOVE. As someone who has to live with peanut allergies, I definitely know how depressing it can be to start thinking about what you can’t have. Luckily there are still plenty of delicious foods that you CAN… like oats with chia seeds, Greek yogurt, banana slices, and almond butter 😀
Heck ya!! I love that you focus on what you can ENJOY
I do love lettuce wraps! I must make some soon…with Turmeric perhaps 😉
Those wraps!! Yummmm… trying them with tempeh for sure! Seriously, who needs crummy gluten free replacement food when you can have whole foods bursting with amazing flavour like this? There was a time I had FOMG for sure, but you are so right, once I focused on naturally gluten free foods that feeling is long gone.
And you make glutenfree look amazing!! Cause it is
these lettuce wraps look sooooo good! I even like sriracha even though it is spicy for this sally 😉 a little goes a long way, yes? 🙂
Yay Sally! Hehe
We have several gluten free friends – I like to do BBQ when we have a group over and I know that at least one person can’t have gluten.
I have FOMG sometimes, but not often. This weekend I just did it since it’s more sensitivity and not full-blown Celiacs. I did just pin the lettuce wraps though, I think even my dad would like them!
Everything in this post has me drooling. I always answer the “what do you eat?!!?” question with “what do you eat?” People don’t get that there are SO many foods that don’t have gluten in them, naturally.
I refuse to buy most things marketed with a gluten free label, because so many are already gluten free to begin with (ahem, rice chex!) Such a racket!
I don’t eat gluten free all the time, but I actually like gluten free foods a lot. I think if I was told that I couldn’t eat gluten, sure I would miss stuff, but there’s so many options out there now that I think it’s easier to eat gluten free than it used to me. A lot of these options are super delicious too!
Yes, way more options these days, phew!
I love that you come at this from the inclusion perspective rather than the elimination perspective!
I bought lettuce just for the purpose of lettuce wraps. Might make those tonight! I’m not GF, but my sister is. I think her biggest FOMG is when going out especially to a pizza place (which we kind of don’t drag her to obviously unless they do have GF options) and watching others enjoy super fluffy awesome crust and whatever beer they want. She’s lucky if they have a cider let alone a GF beer. Though, some places are getting better. We did find a pizza place with GF pizza AND beer! Score 😉
This looks amazing! Love that Sriracha!
It’s addciting
Those lettuce wraps… drooling! So many great ideas here, Lindsay!
these looks so tasty. when i had to go on my first elimination diet, i was so not ready to give up gluten and dairy, among other things. after about 2 years with no gluten, the only things i miss are the occasional pizza (with regular cheese!), a cheeseburger bun and super soft bread for a pb&j. i love the gluten-free options (thanks Udi’s!), but sometimes i just crave that gluten-rich bread! 🙂
I can relate. I’m on a quest to find a good replacement
yum to those lettuce wraps!
Yess! Everything that’s naturally gluten free is just so easy to grab and eat! I love that list, as it really makes up 90% of what I eat haha! 🙂
Perfect!! Fresh real goodness
My eyes saw chocolate and wine on that list before anything else 😉
yup! totally–> a perfect GF pair
I love that you pointed out how many naturally gluten-free foods there are. I was told I have a gluten sensitivity last year, but to be honest, it hasn’t really impacted me because I don’t eat a whole lot of gluten-containing foods anyway! All of these summer recipes sound great, particularly the lettuce wraps! 🙂
Yes!! It’s all about freshness, which you have perfected
Ha I love it – fear of missing gluten – I am actually feeling great so far without gluten on my experiment. It is also making me realise that it is not that hard – the only things I am missing are rye bread and sourdough and there are so many more alternatives! These wraps look like a great meal – my boyfriend will love them, he is obsessed with hot sauce!
YUM! My bff is gluten free so I’m pinning this for when she comes to visit 🙂
yay! let me know how she likes it!
Yay!! Let me know how she likes or