I’m going a little nutty over some of the service of certain restaurants with gluten-free menus. Chain restaurants are getting on the bandwagon catering to our needs — initially my response was “GREAT!” But now I’m wondering if it a bandwagon that celiacs or people with gluten sensitivities should be riding on.
Families of new celiacs often wonder whether the whole family needs to go gluten-free when one person is diagnosed. This post is to help you come to your own decision – What will work best for your family?
A post on the new gluten-free General Mills Chex prompted some questions from a reader about cross contamination and parts-per-million gluten testing on the products.
How much is too much gluten? If you accidentally get a crumb of regular bread on your toast — will you throw it away or eat it anyway thinking it won’t hurt you? This post explores what may happen when a person with celiac disease, or their caretaker, isn’t cautious enough about cross contamination.
Those potatoes start out gluten-free. They even stay that way when they’re cut up into fries. But often at US restaurants they end up with gluten — usually from the oil. A lesson my exchange student learned — the hard way.
Are you secretly worried about a guest cross-contaminating your gluten-free food during your dinner party? After a few experiences, here’s what I have come up with and a few other suggestions to quickly educate and hopefully ensure a gluten-free friendly dinner.
Our favorite restaurant has a gluten-free menu, but something’s changed and now I’m beginning to doubt whether some of the food is as celiac-friendly as we want it to be.
Love those holiday potlucks right? Maybe not. There are often very few gluten-free choices but lots of cross-contamination — let’s face it the dip always spills out and onto the gluten-free chips. What can you do to survive the potluck without offending anyone, seeming rude, and putting your health at risk? Here are some easy suggestions…
Managing the gluten-free lifestyle is definitely an interesting adventure that never quiets down. First it is figuring how to live gluten-free at home, then you’re ready to adventure out. This post focuses on our journey that impacted our home and continues to impact our celiac daughter’s social life and friends. Read more….
