Eating gluten-free and dairy-free in our area seems to not be as simple as we thought it would. Following my post of how simple it is to eat healthy without a health food store in sight, I immediately started eating my own words. On our shopping trip, we found that not only does the store we planned to shop at not restock their produce regularly (i.e., barely any organic options and half or fully dead options that were left of even the normal stuff), but their natural foods section – where we do much of our shopping gets restocked even less frequently.
We’ve been terribly bummed about this and have been trying to come up with ways to still eat a healthy diet without resorting to frozen dinner options. While we did make a special mid-week trip to the nearest health food store, we still wound up spending close to two hours just doing some basic shopping that night. That just isn’t going to fly each and every week.
In light of that frustration, we have decided to start up with a CSA style produce delivery service that also has high-quality meats available for purchase. The price is going to be a bit higher, but we’re feeling like we have to choose between spending more for quality or spending relatively less for food that shouldn’t be served to anyone. Apologies for being on my soapbox here, but I’ve been spoiled the past few years with great food and this has come as a big shocker to us after having moved.
All that said, my meals will be centered around what will be coming in our weekly produce box. I’ll do a longer write-up of the service and how we like it, etc. at a later time.

Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Weekly Menu For February 24, 2014
Breakfasts
Oatmeal with almond butter and apple slices
Gluten-free toast with avocado mash and orange slices on the side
Scrambled eggs & fruit
Lunches
Tomato & rice soup
Tuna sandwiches (with lots of pickles!) on gluten-free bread
Winter smoothies with added hemp hearts (for protein)
Dinners
Baked chicken, roasted broccoli and sweet potatoes (x2)
Spinach, sausage & apple salad (this has been a favorite lately)
Butternut squash-carrot soup with bacon & kale with side salads (x2)
BLT’s on gluten-free bread and side salads with homemade vinaigrette
Snacks
Oranges & almonds
Popcorn (using the brown paper bag method)
Trail mix
Dark chocolate (yes please!)

I hope these menu plans have been helpful to you! Feel free to leave me a note about what you think in the comments below!
Michelle says
Hi im just starting gluten dairy free. Your recipes look great do you have a cookbook? If not where do you find your recipes? Also I have 2 toddlers does yoir son do gluten and dairy free and does he like it? I bought the $10 bundle and saved it in the app on my phone. Thank you!
Rachael Roehmholdt says
Hi Michelle,
Thanks for your interest. I’ve been at this quite a while and have a number of recipes I use on rotation (many of which are included in my GFDF Living for Beginners course – the bonus is a 6-week menu plan including recipes). You can find that here: https://gum.co/yZIWZ
I don’t have any cookbooks available at this time – always working on new things though!
The cookbooks I can point you to are those in my Cookbook Deals page (http://www.rachaelroehmholdt.com/gluten-free-dairy-free-cookbook-deals/)- which are free ones that I’ve found on Amazon.. also some of my favorite cookbooks are rounded up here: https://kit.com/rroehmholdt/gluten-free-dairy-free-cookbooks
If you’re looking for menu plans, I’ve just recently partnered with Heart of Cooking for their Allergy Free Menu Planners (http://allergyfreemenuplanners.com/dap/a/?a=2595&p=www.allergyfreemenuplanners.com/2008/09/16/gluten-casein-free-menu-planner/) and am happy to recommend those to you as well – they have a GFDF option which is awesome for those just getting started!
I’ll shoot you this in an email as well to make sure you get my response.
Cheers,
Rachael
Patricia Hornbeck says
I’m wanting to get started being dairy & gluten free I did an elimination diet and they are my triggers. I’m also wanting to eliminate sugar as much as I can. I’m a clean eater with grass fed and organic. Where I struggle is bread, can you recommend a bread, I have tried many but they seems awful. I’m evening willing to bake my own bread.
Pat
Rachael Roehmholdt says
Hi Patricia,
Thanks for your question – it’s a great one. I have a few bread recommendations that I’ve rounded up and can point you to. Check out this list I’ve put together and hopefully it will give you some ideas on where to start: https://kit.com/rroehmholdt/gluten-free-bread-recommendations