The past two days have been tough. Not because I ate Gluten and felt bad, but because I didn’t eat any Gluten and mourned yummy foods I won’t be able to eat. I made good food choices but I feel like I see food as fuel not something that is enjoyable.
How it went down. I had a ton to do at work friday so I never left for lunch. By 1pm I was starving and had already eaten my Gluten Free snacks. I called a co-worker to see if he had already eaten and if he could bring me back something. He was on this way to Subway. This meant all I could eat was a salad with meat on it.
Fast forward a few hours to dinner. My sister was watching Cali so I was going to join them for dinner. The menu – Pizza. Knowing their was a Pei Wei close by I called in an order of Gluten Free Sweet and Sour Chicken with white rice and picked it up on the way. When we sat down for dinner I noticed they had given me regular breaded chicken. I called, they apologized and credited by debit card. So while everyone was eating pizza, my brother-in-law ate the Pei Wei and I had cheese, yogurt and turkey slices.
Today I was still bummed about being Gluten Free. My husband is home from his trip so we wanted to all go out for lunch. After looking up a few restaurants online I decided to go with Chick-fil-A. It’s easy, I can eat the fries and Cali likes it. The ray of hope came when I asked about getting my nuggets grilled instead of breaded and fried. The manager came over and confirmed this was an option! It took a few extra minutes and cost $.20 more but I did get grilled, un-breaded nuggets!
We then went to Lowe’s Food to hunt for Gluten Free products. Nick spotted these tags to help us find good GF products.
While we were walking around two ladies talked to me about being Gluten Free! It is so good to know I’m not alone in this journey.
Here are some of our finds from Lowe’s.
I’m pumped about the Corn Flake Crumbs! I’m going to use them for breaded baked chicken for dinner. The Betty Crooker mixes were also on sale half-off!
The kitchen currently smells like Brownies. I’m making the Gluten Free Brownie mix from Betty Crooker. I will post later how they came out.
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