The trouble with gluten free travel is just about everything. If you are newly-diagnosed as a person with celiac disease, or you are gluten intolerant, or you just want to stop eating wheat “just ’cause”, let me tell you a dirty little secret about the gluten-free lifestyle: gluten-free travel is not easy. It’s not impossible, but let’s just say that your choices are somewhat limited. To wit: AIRPORTS!! I would like to ask you what you think about the following idea: I am calling it “Gluten Free to Go”. It would be a small kiosk style store in major airports where the gluten sensitive could pick up really good GF food to go. I am talking sandwiches on really good gluten free bread (made by me, of course), and pasta dishes, too! Is this an idea whose time has come? There is almost nothing that we can eat in airports. I can’t tell you how many salads I have eaten, mainly greens with some cheese and tomatoes, while traveling. I think we are due for a change.
Now I realize that people who are GF usually take their time to plan in advance when it comes to public transportation, but think of all the people who travel all the time for business, are constantly in airports, and have almost no choice of things to eat. I find myself constantly searching airports for something to eat. Thank goodness for that cute place in Terminal E at Intercontinental airport, Le Petit Bistro. But when my flight is not at Terminal E, I’ve got problems. Please let me know what you think of this idea, and let me know of other good airport GF options. Our breads are now available in a variety of stores around the Houston area, including Hubbell and Hudson in The Woodlands, and the Whole Foods store on Bellaire Blvd.
Tags: gluten free, gluten free foods
Oh… GF eating at the airport would be awesome! It is most definitely an idea whose time has come. I would most certainly be lining up to grab something to go – a sandwich or pasta would be a much better meal on the plane than pulling out another GF meal bar.
yeah—we need to work on that. wouldn’t that be great to be able to get something to go. We need a small cart or something like that!!
What I really want to find is good gluten-free, sugar-free foods. I am tired of gluten-free food all being high fat, high sugar and no fiber. Ugh. We ARE trying to be healthy here!
Jennie, would you consider GF foods made with stevia as a sweetener??
Yeah, but if it were not SOY FREE, NUT FREE(except almond)POTATO and TOMATO FREE (or any other Night Shades) and most importantly DAIRY FREE,
that would leave our family with no options, yet again.
So we just pack frozen peas in a big whole food insulated bag, then pack some GF DF NF SF NS-F organic lunch meats, pre-toasted breads (Thanks to GF HOUSTON), and a few more goodies…plus some cassava chips and Benito’s bean chips (husband is HYPER REACTIVE hypoglycemic and on a low glycimic diet)
then just bring it as a carry on.
We went to Washington State in the New year,
and it was great!They have so much stuff
for people who have allergies!
I hope to go back someday.
Love in Christ,
Jaime
also, RAW AGAVE is the one of the few sweetenerz that DOES NOT affect my husbands blood sugar, Stevia made us feel bad.
and it tastes not so good. even the green leaf powder.
Light agave nectar does however affect him….
Amber AGAVE is “OK” for him, but in more moderation the the RAW.
Love in Christ,
Jaime