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Back to School (or Work)
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With children, it is important to try to duplicate what other kids in
school are eating. The following are fun school (or work) lunch box
suggestions compiled from the CELIAC E-mail list<3>:
Box It: Use an insulated lunchbox with those soft reusable ice
packets that can be purchased at the drug store. Small plastic
containers and Ziploc snack-size bags are great for packing up a
variety of small amounts of foods.
Sandwich Alternatives: For obvious reasons, sandwiches are very
difficult to pack. Try packing sandwich items in separate baggies and
assemble the sandwich at school or work. Or try these variations
instead:
* Roll up sliced turkey or ham with mayo and a lettuce leaf and
fasten with colorful toothpicks.
* Tuna or egg salad with gf crackers.
* Hot dog roll ups - hot dogs and melted cheese rolled in a corn
tortilla (wrapped in plastic or foil to hold together prior to
eating.
* Rice cakes and cold cuts and cheese.
* Cheese quesidillas with corn tortillas.
* Peanut butter and jelly rolled in a corn tortilla.
* Pizza crackers - pepperoni slices (Hormel), cheese and sauce on
rice crackers.
* Slivers of meat and cheese in a taco shell.
* Baked potatoes stuffed with meat and cheese.
* Roll ups of Ham, cream cheese and a pickle in the middle.
Pint Size: Often little bits of lots of choices are better than large
helpings of only a couple of foods:
* Cut up veggies--baby sized carrots, sweet red peppers, cucumber
slices--and pack a tiny Morton's salt shaker.
* Fruit--preferably bite size. Grapes, strawberries (slice them
and include a little container of sugar or yogurt for dipping),
banana slices, pineapple bits, and other berries.
* Celery and peanut butter.
* Apple slices and peanut butter. (Coat the apples with lemon juice
so they won't turn brown)
Odds and Ends:
* Little cans of fruit cocktail.
* Thermos of soup or chili.
* String cheese. Wrap a piece of lunch meat around it.
* Trail mix--M&M's, miniature candy bars.
* Cheese cubes and GF crackers.
* Individual packages of applesauce.
* Baggies of cereal.
* Cold pizza--homemade, of course.
* Glutano, EnerG, or Dietary Specialties pretzels.
* Pudding or Jell-O cups with miniature marshmallows and chocolate
chips bagged on the side to mix in.
* Leftovers such as spaghetti or macaroni and cheese in a thermos.
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Product Information:
Bayer no longer guarantees any of their products to be gluten-free
(GF), as they get too many ingredients from a variety of suppliers.
800-800-4793
All Log Cabin and all Mrs. Butterworth syrups are GF. 888-349-1998
The following Genisoy products are GF: Protein Shake Powder, Protein
Bars, and ONLY the unsalted and salted Soy Nuts. (Other flavors
contain barley malt.) 888-436-4769.
All Centrum vitamins are GF. 877-236-8786
Campbell's V-8 Splash is GF. 800-257-8443
Saz's BBQ sauce is GF. It must be ordered via mail. 414-256-8778;
http://www.sazbbq.com/sauceorder.htm
Pez candies are GF. 203-795-0531
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: Excerpts from the Westchester CS Support Group :
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: newsletter: Sep. 2000 Leslie Elsner and Sue Goldstein, editors :
: 9 Salem Place :
: White Plains, NY 10605 :
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Working With Celiac Children: "Gluten-Free Living" publishes a
pamphlet entitled, "A Quick Look at Celiac Disease for Those Who Work
with Children". Copies may be purchased by writing to: Gluten-Free
Living, PO Box 105, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706.
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