Eating Out on the Modified Elimination Diet

I know it's impossible to refrain from eating out. It's good to have a few safeties in case you are traveling or just too exhausted to make your own food for yet another night.

My best advice? Get ready to start loving taco salads (sans bowl) and naked burritos! I ask for extra lettuce so it's similar to a salad. It's always very filling and you can usually find one of these places no matter where you are on the road. Remember, most salad dressings are off the table due to vinegar as it promotes yeast overgrowth. 

Qdoba

Beans

Rice

All Salsas

Lettuce

Pico de Gallo

Fajita Veggies

Roasted Veggies

Note: the chicken here does contain gluten in the seasoning, so it's not safe to eat meat here until you have introduced one of the other meats they serve into your diet. 

Taco Del Mar

Shredded Chicken

Beans

Rice

Salsa (excluding medium, which contains gluten, and corn salsa)

Lettuce

Pico de Gallo

Chipotle

Chicken

Rice

Beans

Fajita Veggies

All Salsas

Lettuce

Each of these 3 chains does have information on their sites about allergens that you can use to help plan your meals. Once you introduce corn you can start eating corn tortillas and corn chips along with this! Remember, no guacamole from these places as it will have lime in it. You can try making your own at home, as well as saving your naked burrito for home to enjoy with brown rice tortillas. 

A lot of restaurants will serve gluten free dishes but you still need to be careful, because chances are they will include one of the other many prohibited items on the modified elimination diet list. All it takes is one meal out to make you have to start from scratch because it contained a prohibited ingredient, so be very careful where you eat!