While she finds eating out to be a “minefield,” Jessie is happy when she finds places with safe gluten-free French fries. It can be those simple things that give us cause to celebrate.
She doesn’t hesitate to use opportunities to educate when dining out. While she appreciates the expanded gluten-free awareness due to those who “choose” to be gluten free, she is vocal about the fact that many are be gluten free because they have to be. “I’m a 1 woman PSA campaign when I go out to eat,” she shared.
While she doesn’t dine out often, eating at home isn’t Jessie’s biggest struggle. “Cooking GF is no problem for me. I love to cook. It brings me joy to cook. That has not changed since GF.” The more difficult challenge, as she said, is that be gluten free can be “emotionally tough.”
Having four kids, and considering the expense, Jessie has chosen not to make her home completely gluten free. Like Jennie, she keeps only gluten free flour in the house. She keeps a separate shelf for her baking items and special gluten-free foods (to keep them safe, and to prevent others from eating them).
She also shared that she doesn’t use the family toaster. She keeps two spoon rests and uses a lot of knives in order to prevent the butter, peanut butter, and other condiments from cross-contamination.
Jessie has a personal blog. While it isn’t celiac or gluten free specific, she said that she shares information about celiac in her life’s journey. www.lajoiesociety.com.
You should come.on our family vacations! We have 4 GF people, 1 vegetarian, and one of those GF has a few other allergies! But we make it work and no one suffered any CC!
That would be so awesome! Having so many who need to be (and who understand) gluten free must REALLY help with the food issue! Love it!