Trying to be wheat free

Treats left on my desk for the group

Three weeks!  Yesterday made week three of wheat free for me… minus cross contamination I’m sure.  As I don’t have to be wheat free I am not (as of right now) giving up food that may have been cooked in the same location as items with wheat.  In reading up on wheat in tolerances and wheat allergies I have enough of the symptoms that I figured I would try and cut it out of my diet and see if made a difference.  I know self-diagnosis of anything is bad, blah, blah, blah, but I know enough people who went years waiting on actual diagnoses, tests came back negative, and were eventually just put on elimination diets so I am just cutting right to the chase and trying to see if my allergies and other issues get better.  And you know what?  They have.  I am going to try for two full months to see if what I am feeling is sustained or if I am just tricking myself into the feeling better.  But if nothing else I don’t CRAVE foods anymore (ex. cake and donuts left on my desk- which is the communal spot for goods to be deposited- see picture).  Don’t get me wrong, I still love sweets (see next sentence and photo) but I can look at it and say eh whereas before…

Yummy, delicious, and I can eat them!

So, yesterday I celebrated with a gluten free cupcake.  A local shop, Cupcake, sells a gluten free chocolate chip/vanilla cupcake with chocolate icing on Tuesdays and it was really good (again I’m not being vigilant about the cross contamination because let’s face it… it’s a bakery that sells baked goods so, you know, there is a fair chance of a little flour getting on the tray or something).  Though if I do keep up with this I realized that Thanksgiving is going to suck.  I will have my choice of turkey, turkey, or turkey.  Ok, and green beans. :) 

But you know what doesn’t suck?

www.tasterie.com

This new company I found called Tasterie.  This company sends out a box of goods, either signature (meal options) or snack, that meet your diet needs that have been vetted for specific allergens and offer several allergy combinations.  I ordered the top 8 signature box as I figured that would be the toughest test at least taste wise (since it means no dairy, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, soy, or wheat) and see what kind of treats they send.  Also, neat is that they include menu ideas and recipe cards for that month’s products.  And for those people who have food allergies this is a genius idea because they have gone through all the work to make sure that the companies meet your needs and because it gives you a chance to find new foods and brands.  Because how many times have we all looked at something and then decided against it because we didn’t know if we would like it and it was too expensive to buy and then never eat?  So I ordered the box for August which will ship out on the 10^th, so I should get it midmonth and will let you know how it is.