Back to school!

First of all, it WILL be okay. You can send a child to school and be successful with the GFCF diet. I had mine written right into his IEP so that there would be something in place, legally. Plus, all his staff have read and signed it, so it's an easy way to talk to them all at once.

I make sure to send list upon list of what he can and can not have, talk to the staff about contamination, and also 'please only feed him things I send in'. Last year, the teacher made signs and placed them all over the classroom.
My son has a snack basket in the room which I stock as needed. That way the teacher can offer him a choice at snack time, just like the other kids. I also told her to please let me know if anything special was going on so that I could send in a GFCF option for Willie. IE, they made puppy chow one day and so I sent in Rice Chex, they used the pb I already sent in from the snack basket, and then I sent in appropriate chocolate (toasted carob powder or Enjoy Life choc. chips) and vanilla. Sometimes I have to rush to the store and even cook something that night but that's really important to me
For birthdays, I send in a few GFCF cupcakes for Willie. The teacher was always good about letting me know. I hope this year's teacher is on the ball, too. At Christmas, I also sent in cookies because they decorated cookies, so I sent in stuff for Willie to do that as well.

Don't forget about the Play-Doh and paste.
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TACA's back to school list:


(they do make GFCF "Cheerio's"... Perky O's and Cer O's are good.)
(also, teachers do things with pasta... suggest beans, rice, rice pasta and lentils instead)

Some lunch ideas for packing GFCF lunches:
main dish:
-Organic natural pb or cashew butter and pure fruit preserves on tapoica loaf (EnerG)
-rice or corn pasta with red sauce or rice vinegar/olive oil and veggies, like a pasta salad
-GFCF taco meat with a corn tortilla
-kosher hot dog (we get Sinai Kisher for a good price at Costco)
-GFCF pizza (recipe below)
-goulash
-hamburger patty
-turkey bacon

starch:
Fritos scoops
Mary's gone crackers
Tostitos scoops
Lay's potato chips
SnapPea crisps - PLAIN/original
Salsa Verde rice chips
Rice cakes - plain (I usually send jelly)
rice crackers - you have to read labels to make sure they are GFCF
rice chips - there's this awesome kind we get at Better Health with seaweed and sea salt - Willie loves them.

Fruit/veggie:
I think you can figure this out yourself
Willie will eat whole fruits so I get off easy here, too, I just throw in a peach, plum, apple, banana, whatever I have.

Drinks:
100% natural juice
Rice Milk - I send in 1 qt. each Monday