Please Help - Gluten Free

Respect!!.... and a bit of effort....

Get in to Sainsburys and check out their isle of gluten-free stuff like corn pasta (which is actually better than the normal stuff) and many other items that you would not imagine. You will be amazed at the amount of choice in there, including gluten free bread!!!

But, not too much of your sunday roast contains gluten anyway, as long as you do your own gravy without thickener. You will be able to pick up starters and desserts for the gluten guy quite easily. It is only wheat that he can not eat.

For sauce, you could do a reduction w/no roux... Just lock your flour and bread products away while setting up the meal, and everyone should be fine. Also read the labels of any prepared products you add in. Those that live gluten free are generally knowledgeable about what will give them trouble and know what to watch out for.

Have a great dinner

Incidently, having Gluten free bread will be a fantastic touch and please your guest immensely. BUT if you are making toast for breakfast you would be obliged to use a seperate toaster or else do it under the grill as the wee crumbs in the toaster from real bread would be enough to have an effect on the seelliac digestive system. And I know that you do not spell it like this!!!

You may get some ideas from this Chowhound thread

Chowhound - Gluten free menu suggestions

a traditional Roast is unlikely to have much in the way of gluten anyway, depends what you put in each of the courses. The gravy may have a bit of gluten if you thicken with flour, if you have stuffing they may not be able to eat that, and if you are using flour in the dessert it may be off the menu. To be honest I would be tempted to do nothing different and let the guest leave behind what they can't eat.

is there an echo in here?

no yorkshire puddings! as well as what's been noted above.

You ought to be able to thicken the gravy with corn starch/corn flour, (or rice flour, arrowroot, or potato starch, etc.). But in principle I'm with #7 -- Make what you would ordinarily and be sure to warn the coeliac of what he can't eat. If you're making a cake for dessert, have a piece of fruit for him.