enchiladas are traditionally made with white corn tortillas. but always ask

Chipotle (if u live on west coast) has burrito bowls

Wendy's has a mandarin chicken salad that is really good

iv'e had celiac disease since this march so i'm pretty new 2. It sucks. i just yesterday, some chicken which i thought was ok-- but my stomach hurts worse then ever now :(

Be VERY careful

Check otu PF changs and Out Back Steak house which have specific gluten free menus.
At pizza picaso (again depending on where u live) has a gluten free pizza and IHOP has corn pancakes.

Good eating-
Jessica

Suggestions for Wheat and Gluten Sensitive Individuals
- Tostada
- Fiesta Taco Salad (order Chicken instead of Beef; order without the shell and without the Red Strips)
- Express Taco Salad (order Chicken instead of Beef)
- Zesty Chicken BORDER BOWL (order without the Zesty Dressing and without the Red Strips)
- Southwest Steak Bowl (order without the creamy Jalapeno sauce)

Found this on Taco Bell site. We can have their Nacho cheese but not their chips. Maybe we could sneak in our own GF chips. Ha Ha.

Thanks for the great tips. It is good to know what I can eat while on the run. I would have no problem bringing my own tortilla chips. I am already sneaking GF snacks into the movie theater. Better safe than sorry. I still can't figure out if movie popcorn is GF. I think the seasoning salt they use might have gluten. Does anyone else get sick after eating spicy food? I know I'm not nearly healed from all the gluten damage but I thought I could eat spicy as long as it was GF. Well thanks again for the good advice I've gotten. :)

IF you like salad, almost all fast-food places have salads now. Just avoid the croutons and make sure they give you a fresh salad that never had croutons on it. McDonalds has a plain salad from their dollar menu that has nothing. And they have GF dressings. You can also eat the chili and the baked potato from Wendy's. As for the Taco bell Nacho cheese, I bought some from the store that you could put in the microwave. It must have had something with glutens in it, because I got sick for three days from only one bite.

I order the chicken sandwich and then I tear it apart and put it into a GF wrap. Also Carrabba;s has a GF Menu and also some pizza places have you have to call or check out their menu to find out. I live in Missouri so we have a place called Waldo Pizza which has a GF menu. Good luck!!!!

Check out the websites for Wendy's, Chick-Fil-A, and Arby's. They all have good lists for GF food. Also, Chili's, On the Border, Macaroni Grill, Chilpotle's, & Captain D's Seafood has some. You have to dig for the info on the websites - go to the menu section or the nutrition info. They will have a link to view their gluten free menus or choices.
Just remember to take your own bread or tortillas and build it yourself at the table. Contamination is a problem - you can't just take the top off the pizza or the meat off reg. bread, or pick croutons out. Your food can NOT have touched any crumbs of wheat at all!
Also, Burger king's beef and chicken is gluten free if you bring your own bun.
French fries - the only safe ones I've found are at Wendy's, Chick-Fil-A. If they are gluten free, they have to be fried in their own fryers only - never in the same as breaded stuff. Bring tortilla chips, too if you need!

As for IHOP - I would question the corn pancakes. They probably have wheat flour as well, or are fried on the same griddle as the wheat ones. Plus their omelets are not GF - they put pancake batter in them!

I forgot Jack in the Box has website info and Longhorn Steakhouse. Burger King says the sandwiches all have wheat/gluten, but I checked specifically on the meat - it's safe. It will list the dressings and dips that are GF. Also, Carl's Jr. and Hardee's had info. Mickie D's did, but their fries/hashbrowns are not safe and neither are Sonic's.

Check out my journal entry for more info!

You should also go to the Triumph Dining website and order their book on GF restaurants. tHey list restaurants in all 50 states that have GF menus. Their site is www.triumphdining.com. I also picked up the book at a gluten free store and it was cheaper than online. I bet you could find it at Borders or Barnes and Noble.

Thanks for all the info! It is good to know as we will be travelling down south this summer and I am really worried I may starve on the trip. :)lol But I have so many new food ideas I think I will be fine. I am definetly going to buy that book with all the GF restraunts listed in it. It is totally worth it.Thanks again everyone!

A caution about Wendy's If you eat their mandarin chicken salad, which is good, bring your own dressing. Theirs has wheat. So do the noodles.

im a manager at mcondalds and i was diagnosed with celiac sprue last november so i know how tough it is to eat out.. there's only a few things you can eat there.. side salads (no dressing), meat, cheese, lettuce, pickles, fruit salads, parfaits and french fries depending on if they are cooked in a different vat then the hash browns.. it could be a little different where you live but it shouldn't vary much

As far as I know McDonald's fries are NOT gluten free and either is their mandarin salad thing. I thought the chicken had wheat in it also? The McDonald's here as Newman's Own dressing and the Ranch does not have wheat in it. (or didn't last time i had it which was a while ago).

I wouldn't trust anything from KFC, McDonalds or Taco Bell (even their hot sauce has gluten in it). Chick-Fil-A and Wendy's have been winners for me.

i know r chicken is not gluten free i can have the dollar side salads.. the one with only lettuce and tomotoes with no dressing.. and i have been to gsf which is r food supplier and where i work r fries are gf

my understanding about McDonald's French fries was that the oil they are cooked in contains wheat gluten for flavoring, so the fries are GF but the oil they are cooked in is not.