Reply #5: I live in the southwest, where tortillas rule

[Warpy]

and corn tortillas were made for people with celiac, I swear. While the innards have to be seasoned differently to blend with the corn flavor, the tortilla roll up can be vastly superior to the sandwich, easier to eat without having the contents end up in your lap when you're working through lunch. Sandwich innards can also be tamed by lettuce leaf rollups.

Instead of pasta, think about polenta. I've made great polenta lasagnas for people with wheat allergy. Fried polenta in the morning with real maple syrup is better than pancakes, IMO, and you can get prefab polenta in the grocery now.

It's easy to get obsessed by a common food you can't eat, I've been like that about oranges. I've been put into the hospital after trying to eat citrus, so I have to make do with a few drops of lemon or lime juice here and there. I can well imagine the smell of toast in the morning would drive a celiac person nuts with frustration, I've been there.

However, I find the alternatives are usually better than the substitutes.