We made it a whole week!!

We did it!  So far Rudy and I survived a whole week of being gluten free!  It really hasn't been so bad.  I feel like we've been grocery shopping more than normal, but I think that just comes with the territory when you're learning how to eat differently.  I don't have too much to say in this post but I think I'd just like to share some food we tried out this past week!

We ate Chipotle at least twice. But that was already a favorite of ours, so we have NO problem eating there.  Everything on the menu, minus the flour tortillas, is gluten free! :)

We went to Mellow Mushroom one night to try out their gluten free pizza. It was pretty good, but the crust will take some getting used to.  The thing we've discovered about gluten free breads is that the texture is always kind of corn bread-like.  It's not bad, just different.  But the awesome thing about Mellow Mushroom is that they are very educated on food allergies, and they make all of their GF pizzas in a separate section of the kitchen, use new gloves, and all different utensils.  It's great.  No need to worry about cross contamination there!

 We spent a few nights this week trying to morph the meals we already make into gluten free ones.  Rudy made some tasty grilled chicken with rice and asparagus one night, and topped the chicken with homemade cream of mushroom soup. Then another night he made homemade burrito bowls, which is probably our favorite meal we've ever made.  It was SO GOOD. I'm so lucky to have a husband who LOVES to cook.

Then one day our friend Lindsay stopped over and surprised us with some cupcakes from Sugar Cupcakery in Milford.  They were really good, it just comes back to having to get used to the texture differences in gluten free baked goods.  But I'm definitely looking forward to going there and getting some more cupcakes sometime!

Last night we went on a date to Maggiano's because we were told that they can make almost anything on their menu gluten free.  We were completely impressed.  When you sit down, you just tell your server that you have a gluten allergy, and they send the chef out to speak with you.  Our chef came out and explained everything to us, and told us what could and couldn't be made gluten free.  She said that all the pastas, minus the pre-made lasagnas and raviolis, could be made gluten free.  But!  She also said that if you called 24 hours in advance, they would make you a gluten free ravioli or lasagna dish.  How awesome is that?  Plus, she totally re-vamped one of the appetizers for us so that we could have it.  We will definitely be going there pretty often!

Some photos of our food this week :)

If anyone has any awesome recipes, please send them my way! At the moment I'm trying to find something tasty to do with the zucchini I picked up at the store the other day.



Happy Monday everyone!