stop complaining about how terrible gluten free food is, how expensive it is to be gluten free, how much you miss your gluteny foods 

JUST STOP

go eat your bread, your pasta, everything else that celiacs and gluten intolerant people can’t eat and realize that you made a conscious decision to be gluten free, most people who are gluten free are going to do it for the rest of their lifetime and we don’t have a choice (I mean agonizing pain, possibility of cancer in our gut and dying of malnutrition are choices…)  

And please stop giving people who are gluten free a bad face. I’m sick of being looked down upon because I’m gluten free thanks to lots of people. 

This pisses me off, because gluten free is SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST NO WHEAT FLOUR 

stop telling people that’s all it is, even if you’re just someone who is doing ‘gluten free’ for weight loss. 

(Source: justwant2breathe)

You guys seriously had me thinking about pancakes all night last night. So I made some for breakfast, totally worth it. I use the Bisquick gluten free mix, I always add a little more powder than 1 cup because I like mine thick, and they’re so delicious.

Growing up I was the one kid who NEVER went to sleep away camp, NEVER was allowed to go to sleep away soccer camp, anywhere where food was involved, even for day camps I would bring all my own lunches. I always begged my mom every winter to let me sign up for camps with my friends, but no camp would take me, no camp was willing to accomodate a gluten free diet. No camp director was able to promise I wouldn’t spend half my time at camp sicker than sick. It sucked, I always felt like I missed out on a large part of childhood, all my friends would come back in the fall talking about how much fun they had at camp, how they had all their “camp friends” and I would talk about how I did the same old same old day camps every summer, because that’s all I could do. 

Then in 2007 I heard that they were creating a Celiac Camp, run by the Taylor Family Foundation. “They Taylor Family Foundation’s Mission is to preserve the wellness and enhance the quality of life for children in Northern California living with life-threatening and chronic illnesses, developmental disabilities and youth at-risk through unique therapeutic experiences and support.” Pretty much they’re angels sent down to Earth to run summer camp for all the kids who have never been able to attend camp before due to chronic or life-threatening illnesses. 

I immediately signed up for Celiac Camp (I was 17 at the time, the oldest ‘camper’ by 3 years), that summer it was almost like a trial summer for our organization, 4 days and 3 nights over a weekend with about 60 celiac kids. It was pretty disorganized, but amazing. Forget the fact that camp had the BEST camp food you will ever get at a camp, but it was amazing to be able to share food with everyone at your table, be able to eat the bread that came with dinner, and be able to share a sandwich with a friend, experiences I had never had before. 

Camp grew exponentially the next year, we got a real camp director and it was a huge success. We’re now in our 7th summer of camp, and had to expand to having 2 sessions of camp (back-to-back), both of which have waitlists for campers and counselors. It’s an amazing sight to see campers break down from tears of happiness when they realize that, for once in their life, they can eat the cinnamon rolls and donuts at breakfast, are tasting delicious lasagna and mac-n-cheese for the first time, and you can see the happiness in their face when they put a perfectly roasted marshmallow on a gluten free graham cracker cookie and take their first bite of a s’more. These campers appreciate camp so much more than any kid you will meet, because this is the only place they can be a kid without judgement or fear taking over, without ANY worries (ok there are always some worries, but no worries about food), and everyone is just like them, they’re for once not the different kid, not the weird one with different food. 

Camp isn’t ALL about the food (although it does revolve around meal time), it’s great for kids to meet kids just like them, share their experiences, talk about their struggles and issues having to deal with growing up with Celiac Disease. Never once are the kids “forced” to talk about it, but every night in the cabins during bed time the conversations go from talking about boys and the dance and then towards talking about celiac disease, because it’s the one time where talking about celiac is not looked down upon, people won’t roll their eyes at you because you are bitching about a place that you got cross contamination at. 

www.celiaccamp.com 

Check us out, think about making a donation (we’re one of the most expensive camps for TTFF because of all the specialty food, also the camp is totally free for campers which is AMAZING), and realize that if you are a kid growing up with Celiac Disease there is a place where you will always be welcome. 

morganmcnair:

These are, hands down, the best gluten free tortillas I’ve tried. They taste good and actually feel like regular tortillas, meaning they don’t crumble apart when I touch or fold them.

To put it simply, I fucking love Udi’s 

If you can’t accomodate the needs for celiacs to actually have a CLEAN area to prep your gluten free food, then get rid of your gluten free menu all together, cause it’s the WORST thing for a celiac to go into a restaurant and realize that even though there is a gluten free menu, there’s so much cross contamination that there’s still nothing you can eat. 

sincerely, 

all the people who eat gluten free because it’s medically necessary 

OK, you guys all know the situation, you go out with friends to a place that JUST DOESN’T GET gluten free/celiac disease/cross contamination, pretty much they’re idiots. Then you end up not eating anything, being super hungry all night while you’re watching everyone else enjoy their meals while you sit there, starving, and end up just getting pissed off at everyone. 

Here’s a simple alternative, that I do pretty much every time I go out with friends, you pre-dinner. Pretty much you eat dinner before going out, even if it’s not something huge, still eat something to keep you satisfied. Usually I’ll eat a bowl of soup, some pasta, or rice. Then when you go out to dinner, get a soda (or alcoholic drink if you’re of age) and maybe a salad (if you can confirm it’s gluten-free-ness), but this way, 1. you don’t have to grill the waiter about every little thing that goes on in the kitchen, 2. you still have room for something in case they surprisingly are good with gluten free, 3. you’re not going to end up in a bitchy rage cause you haven’t eaten in 10 hours, 4. You won’t annoy your friends by taking 2 hours to order off the menu, only to be worried about being glutened for the next week, 5. it’s way less stressful, and in general will make you happier if you’re not stressed out. 

Hell, I brought a cooked steak and potatoes, in my purse, to my PROM DINNER, but it was worth it. 

give it a try, especially if you avoid eating out situations and therefore miss on going out with your friends. 

thought they would be really nice and cook dinner tonight (I’m with them for a straight week while their parents are on vacation), little did they know they cooked all the GLUTEN FREE chicken nuggets, leaving the wheat ones (that they can eat) and eating the entire bag of GF ones so now I have no chicken nuggets 

I mean they meant well and all 

but i’m slightly pissed off right now 

fullcravings:

Gluten Free Churros with Chocolate

um WANT RIGHT NOW

Celiacs-the best way to make a panini on a grill that might be contaminated-wrap it up in foil and grill it, this way you can still have a grilled sandwich, but you won’t get cross contamination!