I think I rushed into this blog a bit and forgot to actually explain what exactly it is Mike can't eat. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye, barley and possibly oats (debatable). Meaning ALL things that have those ingredients have to be completely avoided in his diet. Lots of cool substitutes out there help us out for our favorite things like bread, beer and brownies, but there are still some things we just gave up completely. It is tricky trying to avoid it out at restaurants, at friend's houses and when traveling. What's the good news though? Most foods are fine to eat and it's really easy to make gluten free food at home. Lucky for us, we cook most of our food already and didn't mind the switch very much.
Safe foods:
All fruits and veggies
All meats that aren't marinated
Rice, corn and other grains like quinoa (sorry you can tell I am obsessed with quinoa right now)
All nuts
All legumes
All dairy -- CHEESE!!! (apparently some people are weary of blue cheese as it may have bread mold on it with trace gluten... he hasn't had any symptoms from eating it so we don't stress about it much)
All alcohol besides beer
Things to avoid:
Beer
Meatballs or meatloaf mixed with breadcrumbs
Bread, cake, muffins, cookies, crackers
Soy sauce (second ingredient is wheat!)
Anything breaded (obviously)
Pasta
Soups thickened with flour
Etc, etc the list goes on
So basically, if you cook at home and know all the ingredients going into the meal are gluten free to begin with, you are pretty safe. Of course you have to be pretty careful to keep the gluten items from contaminating the gluten free foods. Some people go as far as having separate toasters... we just kinda hope for the best on that one. :)
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