One helpful thing I did 5 years ago was making a list of all the foods I COULD eat. It was easy to get frustrated thinking about all that I couldn't eat....and so focusing on what I could eat was very helpful!
Another thing I have done in the past few years is create a binder of my favorite recipes. I took a 3 ring binder, clear plastic page protectors, paper, my recipe box, and tape. Then I took out favorite recipes that were either already gluten free or recipes that I could adapt and taped them on white paper. I put them in the clear plastic page protectors in my 3 ring binder organized according to the type of meat. For example, some of the categories I have are: "chicken: skillet"; "chicken: oven"; "Ground beef/turkey: skillet"; "Ground beef/turkey: oven"; "Pork"; "Fish"; "Crockpot"; "Soups"; etc....I also have a 2nd binder that includes desserts, veggies, snacks, etc.
Creating a binder takes some time at first, but has saved me time over the years when it comes to planning meals. This has also helped me to stay organized....and I love to be organized! :) And stay focused on all the things I that I CAN eat! It's also handy when I have a certain meat on hand and want to flip to that category to see what recipes I could use it in.
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