<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> I have received many great tips, suggestions and ideas. Thanks to all for the great replies and well wishes. Visit a health food store, and pick up some gluten-free crackers. Also bring corn and or rice cakes to snack on, or substitute for bread to make an open faced sandwich. I bake my own GF bread, and slice it up, freeze it, and keep in a cooler when I travel along with my insulin. You can always get ice somewhere. I buy the individual size applesauce (for a quick sugar fix), also some individual size yogurt. When I eat in a restaurant, I stay away from gravies, cream soups, and breaded fish. Baked potatoes and rice are safe. I also carry my own cereal - I like either rice and/or corn chex, or puffed rice. And always carry a few rolls of glucose tabs with you. Just thought of something else I do: chinese food is fine, as long as you stick to stir fry (tell them to use only corn starch, no flour) - no breaded fried foods please - keep a bag of tortilla corn chips around, and crush them up over your stir fry, instead of the chinese fried noodles - delicious and very satisfying! Don't forget to have glucose tabs available in case you need them. Dried fruit and nuts, individual cans of fruit juice, fresh fruits, sliced cheese, gf crackers in case you need to eat on the road. You could eat prunes to keep elimination regular because of lack of exercise. I'm not sure how gf nutritional bars will work if you don't count carbs with each meal. Get one of those fabric foldup cooler deals -- they keep things colder than anything else I've tried. Use some of the little ice packs (sorta like a sealed plastic jar?) and always get a hotel room with a refrigerator to keep them frozen. Things I keep in the cooler: frozen g-f bread and other homemade bread products (most important), cheese slices, maybe hard-boiled eggs, tomato juice, etc. Plain steak or grilled chicken, baked potato and salad can be found pretty easily. Just ask if the meats are plain or preseasoned. For cheap and quick, Wendy's is my choice. Their chili, baked potato, salad, fries (but I always double check that they have been fried in dedicated fryer with new oil) and burgers without the bun are all gf. I use Fearns brown rice baking mix found at health food stores Its GF makes wonderful cookies and stores well during travel. When I buy fast food I replace the buns with two of these cookies and throw the others buns away. Also, I use sugar free strawberry jam or apricot jam with peanut butter on the cookie for snacks... use extra effort to find Fearns Brown Rice Baking mix and it will add a whole new meaning to your life style. We have found that if we keep fresh fruits, a cooler with food is essential, and lots of water to drink. We also make or buy GF cookies, crackers etc and take along GF peanut butter, jam and cheese whiz. We take along a box of gluten free cereal and buy some milk as we need it. We do stop at some places to eat but stick to chicken without coatings, mashed potatoes, carrots, peas, corn, plain hamburger, Jell-O for dessert or ice cream if we see their charts stating Gluten free sections. Just make sure you have a cooler and you can take almost anything as will last for a few days. We took a camping cooler in the car, and filled it with string cheese, milk, butter, peanut butter, jam, bread I could eat, juice, yogurt, fresh veggies like baby carrots, etc. You can stop at any grocery store to replenish ice and food. I also had cold cereal that was gf with me, and ate that when the motel continental breakfast didn't have anything that was appropriate (which was most of the time!) That way, you always have something if you need it for low blood sugar, and you also can stop anywhere and eat when needed for your time schedule. We stopped at gas stations, parks, etc. and ate. If you take a small dishpan or something similar with paper plates, cups, silverware, napkins, paper towels, etc. it makes it very easy. I even take dish soap and reuse the plastic ware when needed. We also stopped at McDonald's and Wendy's as well as better restaurants as we went to get a change and eat something a little different. * Search the logfiles at * * http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/CELIAC-DIABETES.html *