Posted in Gluten Free, Personal Story on Dec 13th, 2011
Eating out in a restaurant has in many ways been my biggest challenge. I got in the habit of cooking many years ago when I started eating low carb. At that time, I realized that in order to do so, I needed to stay out of the aisles of the grocery store and shop the […]
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My Thanksgiving was small, just GC and myself, but oh so satisfying. I spent most of the day in the kitchen and dinner was both delicious and stress free. I think one of the reasons that I didn’t invite anyone to partake with us was that I was nervous. I did a very different menu […]
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So my boyfriend, the Grumpy Curmudgeon (aka GC) and I are doing a small Thanksgiving alone. He was recently diagnosed with a blood clot, which means a lot of the regular fall veggies are off his radar (he has to avoid green leafy vegetables like kale and spinach as well as cabbage, brussel sprouts and broccoli), and […]
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Posted in Gluten Free, Seasonal on Nov 16th, 2011
This is the second in a series of what to do when you discover you can no longer eat gluten. For me, I think one of the most stressful holidays I have to go through food-wise is Thanksgiving. Since realizing that I can’t eat even a small amount of gluten, eating at someone’s home that doesn’t […]
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Posted in Gluten Free on Nov 15th, 2011
This is the first in a series of what to do when you discover you can no longer eat gluten. There are two ways to figure out that gluten can’t be a part of your diet anymore. Either you get a diagnosis, or you try an elimination diet and discover that many of your issues […]
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Posted in Gluten Free, Personal Story on Oct 19th, 2011
A few weeks ago, I got glutened. It was my own fault, I wasn’t the advocate that I should have been when my boyfriend and I went out to a chain restaurant for a quick breakfast before we went camping. Once we were there, I mentioned to the waitress that I was gluten intolerant and asked […]
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