Costco

I love Costco! We went to buy a rotisserie chicken a few weeks ago and the guy cooking it said that he did not know if it had any hidden allergens. Today, we read the new label and it specifically says that it has No MSG, gluten, preservatives, artificial flavors or colors! Therefore, I had a wonderful chicken dinner this evening. We are also set for most of the week. The only downfall is that it has soy but that is the one thing that I have not completely cut out. Thank you Costco!

Still Going

Sorry I have not posted but we lost our grandfather a week ago. We had to go to Oregon for the funeral. It took a lot of work to stick to the diet especially because we were doing family dinners every night, but my husband is amazing and always made sure I had food. I was very jealous though because my father in law made his amazing cinnamon rolls. I am almost caved but I did not.

I am feeling frustrated right now about food though. I feel like there is nothing to eat and I know better. I am loving my gf waffles that we make from Cooking Free by Carol Fenster, M.D. I really want to have mac and cheese along with many other dishes that I have gluten, dairy, etc. Tonight my husband is making hash browns and sausage with BBQ sauce (the homemade kind). I can't wait until dinner. Tomorrow is going to be some great Tomato soup.

A Week In and trip to the Whole Foods Market

I have been doing this diet for a full week and I am not starving so that is a great sign. Cooking all of those lunches at the beginning of the week really did help and it is what we spent out day doing again. My husband helped a lot more today because my hips have been hurting so bad. He made me the soup and Pad Thai. I made waffles. Then, together, we made fried chicken for dinner. I did the chicken in two batches. I made mine with corn flakes that are gluten free and I smashed them myself. They are a lot chunkier then I am used to. Peter, my son, and my husband's are made from Kellogg Corn Flake crumbs. Peter, as a wheat allergy kid, has been fine with them this way but I can't do the barley malt because that is not gluten free. I can't wait to see what mine taste like, already knowing what Peter's taste like. I will just miss my dipping sauce of ketchup and mayo.

Yesterday, my friend Christie and I went to Bellevue for shopping which is about an hour away. We went to a posh baby store called Merry Go Round and Whole Foods Market. I was hoping to look a the diaper bag I think I want, the Skip Hop Via Messenger but they are arriving on Monday. Guess I will have to go back. I did get some Bumpkin bibs for Peter that I am just in love with along with some for Carlie, our soon to be daughter. Then we headed over to the Whole Foods Market. I had my list of Gluten Free and Casein Free list that was cross referenced with the Dairy Free list. You can find these list on their Special Diets page. We used it to start our shopping. We had a great time shopping and even bought some chocolate. While looking at the chocolate, Jan, the customer service representative ran into us and was able to share a lot of allergy information with us. The most important thing for our knowledge was that most chocolates are gluten and dairy free. You have to look out for milk chocolate of course along with peanut cross contamination. That makes this pregnant woman very happy. I do have to say that Christie was a real life saver and very helpful throughout this trip. I don't know many people who have friends that will read every label for them. I just love her.

Day 3

Today I started off the day with Rice Crunch'Ems (I think that is what they are called but mainly gf Rice Checks) with rice milk and banana. It was not bad. I think it is the rice milk that makes it different for me.

We then went grocery shopping for some basics for me and for a Pad Thai recipe I had. $104 later at Fred Meyer's and we were done. We came home and got Peter fed and napping and then I ate steak with some tortilla chips. It was pretty good. Then the cooking began and lasted for the next 4 hours. We made Black Cherry Jello with pineapple in it, 2 batches of gf waffles from our Cooking Free Cookbook, Chicken Rice Soup from Swanson's website but with Pacific Chicken Broth, and finally Pad Thai from our Cooking Free Cookbook. In between cooking all of this with my husband, I started a Kaboodle list of what I would like to get to eat. I thought by starting a list, I can start figuring out what to get next. Today's cooking should set me up for a couple of days. At least I know what I am taking for lunch tomorrow when we go to visit my husband at work.