Hello,
I am celiac so food costs can be pretty high for us. I’m looking for low-cost gluten free meals for my husband and I, especially if we can use that meal throughout the week and don’t have to keep cooking (demanding jobs).
Meals we’ve used before for this: chili, soups, some pastas
Restrictions: gluten, chicken (being slowly worked back into my diet from long-haul Covid making it taste terrible)
Dislikes: husband doesn’t like bacon. I don’t like barbecue, pork, or peanut butter.
Husband also always is very strict on protein in EVERY meal (which I get). We use a lot of ground turkey and spinach.
TIA!
Low-cost, diet appropriate meals (gluten-free)
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Posted by jasanapines
6 Comments
Rice. With things. Fried with stuff in. Biryani.
Tuna salad with lentil pasta.
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Beef stew, coconut curry with whatever protein you want, cottage pie with beef or turkey, beef and broccoli stir fry. I have a lot of beef so I’m always trying to think of new beef recipes.
I would really dig into creative bean recipes. There is such a huge variety out there from creamy bean dishes, lentil based wraps, black bean brownies, to air fried chickpeas for snacking. They are cheap, there is a huge variety, and they are naturally high protein and gluten-free.
There is tons of cheap GF stuff. Rice, quinoa, amaranth, beans, lentils (those you need GF but there are several brands who have GF ones at the same price), eggs, dairy, meat, fruit, and veggies are all naturally GF, plus you’ve got potatoes, sweet potatoes, turnips, and squash for carbs and bulking up recipes.
Brown rice and lentils with a brick of frozen spinach, a sautéed onion, and some garlic is delicious and easy to make.
Enchiladas with corn tortillas and double veggies to stretch out a half pack of meat.
Rotisserie chicken is a game changer for people who eat chicken. You can easily get three or four meals for two out of a rotisserie chicken. Legs and thighs with microwave baked potatoes and a salad, chicken breast chopped and used for power bowls with chickpeas and roasted squash and rice, quesadillas with chopped chicken breast and green onions and diced tomatoes, then chicken rice soup.