Brain storming gluten/diary/corn/rice/soy free recipes for camp

[Henrietta23]

DS, gluten intolerant and allergic to dairy, corn, soy, rice, sesame, peanut, walnut, pecan, is off to sleep over camp for a week on Sunday. I'm actually in pretty good shape with his food. I've been in touch with the head of the kitchen. He's provided me with the menu for the week and is aware of needing to avoid all ingredients listed above, including in cooking sprays and oils, etc. I'll be sending all condiments for DS. I'm making him a loaf of bread and some bread in bun shapes. I'm making meatballs and a pork chop so the kitchen won't have to worry about gluten. My problem is coming up with a potato substitute. One night they are having baked potatoes. DS isn't going to want to eat one plain. He can't have butter or margarine on it. He doesn't like coconut oil so that's out. I could send in a little frozen chicken stock, but that's pushing DS's idea of "normal". Another night they're having mashed potatoes. If I remember right mashed potatoes don't freeze well at all. And one morning for breakfast they are having hash brown patties. I might be able to find some that are "safe" but would rather make my own. Again I'm not sure about freezing potatoes.

I won't be sending any of my goat cheese since we're not 100% sure how he's reacting to it.

Any thoughts, comments, suggestions?

 

[freemotion]

Can he have chicken fat? If it is rendered and strained, it is very flavorful and a good butter substitute. It would be good in mashed potatoes and even on baked potatoes. Don't they put taters in frozen dinners? I never ate one, so I don't know for sure, but it seems to me that most frozen dinners revolve around carbs, so they would probably freeze just fine. I think if you wrapped a baked potato in foil and put a hunk of chicken fat in it, already mashed in, they could put the foil packet right in the oven. You could write your ds's name in a sharpy, or wrap it in a creative way that would differentiate it from whatever they will do in a hurry.

You could do the same with mashed potatoes, and even cook up some hash browns in lard or bacon fat or chicken fat for flavor and freeze those, too. I know they sell those frozen. Add some sea salt and they will be

How about a baked stuffed tomato or two? Usually stuffed with a cheesy filling, but you could use spinach and basil and a bit of one of the above fats. At home, later, you could add a bit of feta.....ooooh, now I'm hungry!

Adding cooked and crumbled homemade sausage (just season some ground meat yourself with sage, basil, oregano, garlic, onion, s&p) will add a nice flavor to many things and would be wonderful in the baked tomato.

 

[Henrietta23]

Can he have chicken fat? If it is rendered and strained, it is very flavorful and a good butter substitute. It would be good in mashed potatoes and even on baked potatoes. Don't they put taters in frozen dinners? I never ate one, so I don't know for sure, but it seems to me that most frozen dinners revolve around carbs, so they would probably freeze just fine. I think if you wrapped a baked potato in foil and put a hunk of chicken fat in it, already mashed in, they could put the foil packet right in the oven. You could write your ds's name in a sharpy, or wrap it in a creative way that would differentiate it from whatever they will do in a hurry.

You could do the same with mashed potatoes, and even cook up some hash browns in lard or bacon fat or chicken fat for flavor and freeze those, too. I know they sell those frozen. Add some sea salt and they will be

How about a baked stuffed tomato or two? Usually stuffed with a cheesy filling, but you could use spinach and basil and a bit of one of the above fats. At home, later, you could add a bit of feta.....ooooh, now I'm hungry!

Adding cooked and crumbled homemade sausage (just season some ground meat yourself with sage, basil, oregano, garlic, onion, s&p) will add a nice flavor to many things and would be wonderful in the baked tomato.

Okay, I'm officially hungry!! I hadn't thought of bacon fat. Not sure how he's be with chicken fat, but bacon fat he'll eat!! And we always have some. I'll send some along. Worse comes to worst he can have another baked potato on mashed potato night. I'll try freezing some tonight to see how it works. I haven't made them for him since they're usually not dairy free. I usually just roast potato chunks. Which works too.... I could throw some in foil on the grill then try freezing them.

Thanks!!
Too hot to cook right now anyway!

 

[noobiechickenlady]

What about a chicken stock sauce for the potato? Or chili is good on a baked potato.

You can freeze mashed potatoes as long as they are thicker than you would normally serve them and don't have butter in them. They will thin up a bit and can get watery, so add some extra seasonings & use less liquid.

On the hashbrowns, shred them, blanch them for a very short time (less than 1 minute in boiling water) you want them about half cooked. Then drain very, very well. Even blot them with a towel to get off excess water. Then make your hashbrowns, cook, cool & freeze them.

Oh free, you got me hungry too!! Stuffed tomatoes

 

[sufficientforme]

Our allergic child loves bacon crumbles with a little grease over broccoli on a baked potato.
loves foil packets, seasoned hamburger meat (I don't use low fat so the fat keeps moist) with potatoes and carrots and a side of organic ketchup.
Absolute fav is chicken chunks, potatoes and sheep feta (does not react to sheep cheeses) and chopped tomato with Mediterranean spices.
These refrigerate very well.
You are right about the hashbrown patties,99% of them have flour in them.
Mashed will freeze alright but I think they are off sometimes, watery I guess, maybe he won't notice.
We use nutritional yeast for a cheesy flavor over veggies and potatoes also.
The biggest issue is most of their type of food does not freeze well I feel like I spend all my time in the kitchen these days
I love this GF/DF/EGG free pancake recipe but it has rice flour, whatever sub you use for rice flour may work
http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/Delicious-Gluten-Free-Dairy-Free-Pancakes-342995
and they freeze well.

Sorry I guess I do not have much to offer but I can relate

 

[freemotion]

How about arrowroot powder as a thickening agent instead of flour? You can get a bag of Bob's Red Mill at health food stores. It is a pound or two for about $9-10.

 

[Henrietta23]

How about arrowroot powder as a thickening agent instead of flour? You can get a bag of Bob's Red Mill at health food stores. It is a pound or two for about $9-10.

That could work! I've got some other flours I can try to use. I guess it won't be a huge deal if he doesn't actually have the potato at all. He'll be happy to eat a double portion of bacon instead!