Typical diet for the travelling Celiac

I spent yesterday meandering back to London from Manchester, via Blenheim Palace (http://www.blenheimpalace.com/). Blenheim Palace is well worth a visit and we had a gorgeous day for walking in the gardens and park, having lunch by the fountains in the formal gardens. The café at Blenheim Palace had a good choice of mains for lunch and some gluten free flapjacks and coconut macaroons for afternoon tea. Pretty high in calories and fat but a much better day diet wise (though I was guessing for a lot of the portion sizes), and a good example of how to make a gluten free diet work when travelling in the UK. Though I am heartily tired of potatoes and am really looking forward to some variety in my carbohydrates!

Oddly enough, if you are travelling in the UK breakfast is often the easiest to get gluten free as most hotels offer a full English fry up. Many chain hotels are very aware of the needs of Celiacs and will have gluten free bread if you ask. Case in point: The Holiday Inn in Brighouse we stayed in last weekend. When we came down for breakfast they had the typical full English buffet going. As usual, I asked the waitress to check if the beans and hash browns were gluten free. She checked with the chef and not only were both fine but I was also offered gluten free bread and gluten free Cumberland sausages. And those sausages were absolutely amazing! I swear they were simply much higher quality pure pork sausages with a few herbs and spices, as opposed to the regular ones on the buffet which had wheat rusk as filler.  Moral of the story: Always ask!

The Score:

Calories Protein Carbohydrates Fat Alcohol Fibre 2295.12 82.89 268.27 90.20 10 28.34 14.45% 46.75% 35.37% 3% What I ate: Time Item Amount 09:45 Vitamins - Centrum Advance A to Zinc, 400iu of Vitamin E, 1000iu Vitamin D3 and 500mg Glucosamine sulfate Poached eggs 2 eggs Baked beans 175g Grilled tomatoes 80g Mushrooms 100g in butter 5g Fruit Salad about 180g Apple juice 100mL Black Tea 300mL with milk 30 mL and sugar 8g 10:30 Black Tea 300mL with milk 30 mL and sugar 8g 12:45 Chicken breast 1 breast New potatoes 2 in butter about 5g Cabbage about 1/2 cup and mangetout about 1/4 cup in butter about 5g Strawberries about 150g Cream about 1/2 cup with icing sugar 1 tbsp Pimms 1 can 16:00 Magnum white 1 bar Black Tea 250mL with milk 30 mL 19:30 M&S Hot Smoked Salmon and Potato Salad 1 pkg Sainsbury's Freefrom Apple Pies 2 pies