vegan, wheat-free camp food ideas?

[nandamai]

I seem to be allergic to wheat and I've just cut it out of my diet this week. (Me=wheat-free n00b. Who already feels a zillion times better.) Cooking at home isn't hard so far, but I'll be camping twice this summer and I'm trying to come up with meal ideas. Beyond replacing pancakes with oatmeal, I'm drawing a blank. Gluten is fine. It's just wheat

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[weizenwind]

I added some tags to your post.

Under the pack-friendly one you'll find a post from me about backpacking food, most of which is wheat-free.

[nandamai]

Thank you!

[hallwayjulie]

I am curious - how can you have a wheat allergy but be able to eat gluten? I've never heard of that!

[hallwayjulie]

And, to be productive, beans and rice is my favorite camping staple, as well as oatmeal.

[nandamai]

Wheat is actually one of the big eight food allergies. Food allergies are very rare, but within the small group of people who have food allergies, wheat is a common trigger. People with a wheat allergy usually have no trouble eating other grains, like barley and oats.

Celiac is not an allergy, it's an autoimmune disorder.

[hallwayjulie]

Oh no, I know all that. I just had never heard of a wheat allergy where you could have all foods containing gluten, but I didn't think of rye and barley...so I guess wheat gluten is what to avoid.

Just curious, that's all, and it was too early in the morning to think critically about it :)

[blueheron]

Rice noodles.

When camping, pasta has always been a staple, but rice noodles are even easier to bring than wheat noodles since you don't have to boil them, just soak them in hot water and drain.

Then there are also classics like granola, trail mix.

If you like to bring sandwich making, bring either wheat free bread (meh, expensive and I haven't really found one that I like, plus sandwich bread is bulky and so not the best for backpacking), or, a better option IMHO, corn tortilla and do wraps.

[nandamai]

Rice noodles is a great idea, thanks! Corn tortillas are, too -- I actually used to make sandwiches with them while hiking when I lived in the desert. I'd just forgotten. Thanks!

[pumpkingirl71]

My favorite backpacking food was always couscous. I googled gluten free couscous and found some (http://www.amazon.com/CAN-EAT-IT-COUSCOUS-GUARANTED/dp/B000W3TQEG) but it wasn't even available through Amazon : (

The only other thing I can think of is instant brown rice and beans. Frontier and Fantastic both make dried beans that are great for backpacking.

[chasethecat]

Quinoa would be a good substitute for couscous.

[nandamai]

I love quinoa, but it's not so great when you're carrying your fuel on your back. :)

[psykoinsane]

If you have a dehydrator you can cook the quinoa and dehydrate it. Then when you are ready to eat you can just add boiling water and it cooks very quickly. That is what we did :)

[hellebelle]

there's lots of recipes for wheat-free pancakes, just use a different flour.