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Eating Away From Home
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The best way to stay gluten-free when away from home is by planning meals and snacks ahead of time. That may sound hard, but following these tips can make it easier:
Eating at school or on–the–go:
- Eat breakfast at home or pack a gluten–free breakfast to eat at school or on–the–go.
- Work with your parents, nutritionist, or school nurse to find gluten–free foods on the school breakfast and lunch menus.
- Pack your lunch in an insulated bag to eat at school or on–the–go.
- Keep gluten–free snacks such as trail mix, snack bars, popcorn or nuts in your backpack for times when you need a quick snack.
- Check out the The Gluten Intolerance Group's (GIG) list of 50 fast GF foods AND easy gluten-free snacks.
Eating at a restaurant
If you're planning on eating at a restaurant, go to one that has a gluten-free menu or talk with the restaurant manager to find gluten-free menu items before ordering. Remember to tell the manager or chef that both the meal AND its preparation must be gluten-free. More and more restaurants are becoming gluten-free friendly and making it known with this label. The GF plate label seen at restaurants shows you that they are registered to use safe practices to prepare your food.
The following restaurants offer a variety of gluten–free choices. There are many privately owned restaurants that also offer gluten–free menu choices. Don’t be limited to this short list; there are always to modify and work with restaurants to make many meals gluten–free.
| Applebee’s | Go Healthy Cafè |
| Bertucci’s | L’annam Vietnamese Cuisine |
| Big Fish Grill | Legal Sea Foods |
| Burtons Grill | Maggiano’s Little Italy |
| Boulder Creek Dining Company | Mama Fu’s Asian House |
| Burger King (hamburger patty 100% beef) | McDonalds (hamburger patty 100% beef) |
| Carrabba’s Italian Grill | The Melting Pot |
| Charbonas | Nizza |
| Cheeseburger in Paradise | Outback Steakhouse |
| Dairy Queen | PF Chang’s China Bistro |
| Garlic Jim’s Famous Gourmet Pizza | Pizzeria Uno (certain locations) |
| The Grill on the Alley | Posana Cafè |
| Gold Wok Cafè | Soul Dog |
| Goode Comoany Texas Bar-B-Q | Wendy’s |
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Updated: 8/1/2011
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