As today is the very first day of my ALCAT 4 Day Rotation Diet, I’m finding it very challenging to make food that is not only GFCF, not only not one of my 60 other sensitive foods, but also on the list of foods or the day. So with random list of one-quarter of my small list of acceptable foods available to me on this day, I’ve had two break downs and one temper tantrum already today. (My poor husband… He’s the best for not only putting up with me but helping as much as he is!!) And it’s only just after lunch. So when I looked ahead at my Nutrionist-created Meal Worksheet to see what was for dinner and saw Potato, Lamb, Tomato and Safflower Oil, I thought, well okay, good! Some kind of Indian dish is in the offering tonight. But whenever I went to a recipe, it called for many of the taboo or rotated-out-today foods. Grrr!!!! How am I ever going to make something with only these X ingredients?! So, all this is a long way of saying: I found a great new website! Frustrated, I just Googled “Make recipe with ingredients on hand” and found Supercook! It is super intuitive: well designed, easy to use and OH so useful!!! I just typed in my basic available ingredients, highlighted my nutritionist’s “must have” ingredients (ground lamb, potato, tomato) and then just kept entering in all available veggies and spices for the day, which thankfully included coconut. (And, okay, I have to admit: I did move the ginger over from day three, but there was nothing to...
Ahhh…. Austin’s. I love this place. Located on Fairbanks Ave in lovely Winter Park, Austin’s Coffee and Film is a tiny little coffee shop that is owned by a wonderful couple who are very, VERY sensitive to food allergies/sensitivities. This is the ONLY place in town that I’ve found I can get a hot latte (Chai Tea Latte with Soy milk). Every time I’ve tried to get a Chai elsewhere, even after explaining about my milk allergy, I’ve gotten contaminated. But here at Austin’s Jackie is SO helpful: she triple washes the steam wand on the machine & uses a dedicated soy milk pot to heat it. In all the many times I’ve been here (yes, I’m sitting on one of the super comfy, eclectic sofas right now) I’ve only had a dairy reaction once. Not easy to do! They also carry vegan, gluten free baked goodies and can prepare lots of menu items to be GFCF as well. You can get salads modified to be GFCF and I believe you can now get their sandwiches on GF bread (although I’ve never had one). Let me go ask Jackie. Okay, here’s the scoop. She said that she had been getting the GFCF bread from a local bakery (which I won’t name, since it’s second hand info) but they were delivering substandard product, so she’s currently put all GF sandwiches on hold. But she’s been talking with the bakery and trying to work with them to get what she needs, but they haven’t followed through. So as of this post, there is not any way to get a GFCF sandwich. But that...
