Do you like rice? I love rice and eat brown rice every day which means I'm not really missing the wheat so much. That being said, I used to think I hated it because I never had it cooked properly.

Rinse the rice thoroughly before adding to heated oil in a saucepan. I usually have softened some onions with it. Add twice the volume of vegetable stock to rice, bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes you get a very filling and nutritious base for a meal. It's very important to use twice the volume of water, otherwise it won't cook properly. Don't lift the lid either.

Risotto is also filling, cheap and easy to make. Leftover risotto can be formed into cakes, with a slice of cheese in the centre, then fried.

You can do this with leftover potatoes too... makes a nice snack. Even better, fry leftover sweet potato which is good for you.

* By fry I mean saute in a frying pan...not deep fry.

Hummus is good for you too. You can dip chips in it.

I don't know if you have them in the US (where I'm assuming you are) but in the UK we have something called flapjacks which are naturally GF and very good as a snack. They're a bit like oatmeal raisin cookies but more buttery. Look up a recipe... it's just a case of combining melted butter, sugar, honey and oats before baking.

Hope that helps...!

Just a quick note to the flapjacks and oats thing - although oats are naturally gluten free, they are cross-contaminated by wheat during the harvesting, storage, processing, packaging etc stages, so normal oats bought in a shop are NOT gluten free! You can get 'Pure Oats' from health food shops and big supermarkets, but even then you need to discuss it with your doc really before introducing them, and then start with small amounts while you see how your system reacts. Some coeliacs can't tolerate oats at all, and as you will know you have to be careful.... I think (do correct me if I'm wrong!) it's because some of the natural proteins (?) in oats are similar to gluten, and your body might react to them as it does to gluten.

Love the tip on the leftover risotto - I'm going to try that!! I love risotto!

I (and my family now, lol) really love a snack/meal I call tuna potato salad - you cook, mash and cool potatoes, then add drained flaked tuna (or any fish), fresh parsley if you can, finely chopped onion (yes, really, its lush) and mayo. Then just mix the whole lot together with a fork until its nicely combined - you don't want it too dry, so add more mayo if need be. We eat it with homemade chutney and a green salad or whatever salad stuff we have around. It's great because you can put the leftovers in the fridge for later - of there are any!!

Keep the ideas coming - its great to get new ideas!