My Way is the Healthy Way
A vegetarian, a lactose intolerant person and a gluten free person walk into a restaurant...the beginnings of a bad joke, but what will make it a successful joke is the truth. People's food choices are as varied as the stars in the sky. Instead of being embarrassed or upset that I am an exception due to my health, I am learning to embrace it.
Friday night I went to a birthday dinner for a friend at a Sushi restaurant. The jury is still out on soy sauce and gluten freeness. Some argue the fermentation process would not allow gluten to pass through while others say they have a reaction. At the moment I am going to be as careful as I can and avoid anything that could possibly have gluten. I found a wheat free soy sauce at Mother's Market. It cost a few bucks more, but will guarantee a pain free sushi experience. Now if I could only get over the raw fish texture... I have read stories and suggestions have been made to carry around my own soy sauce or salad dressing when going out to eat. At first I thought, how rude, but on second thought, who cares. I want to fully enjoy my dining experience and I'm not taking money away from the business by bringing in my own sauce. I just need to be discrete. I rummaged through our food containers until I found a small purple container with a lid. I poured some soy sauce in, put the container in a bag and off I went.
I walked in with my little package and my friend immediately looked it and said, you did not bring your own soy sauce?! I declared to the table, yes I am a gluten free nerd and proud of it. I could tell they were impressed. There was another girl there that was gluten intolerant so we shared my sauce and were very happy because you just can't enjoy raw fish without soy!
After dinner we went to my friends home to play games and have dessert. My friend has also adopted the gluten free diet because she feels better when she doesn't eat white flour or carbs in general or maybe she just wants to be like me. She had made very tasty chocolate chip cookies. Everyone agreed they were good. It was a very good, healthy night!
Friday night I went to a birthday dinner for a friend at a Sushi restaurant. The jury is still out on soy sauce and gluten freeness. Some argue the fermentation process would not allow gluten to pass through while others say they have a reaction. At the moment I am going to be as careful as I can and avoid anything that could possibly have gluten. I found a wheat free soy sauce at Mother's Market. It cost a few bucks more, but will guarantee a pain free sushi experience. Now if I could only get over the raw fish texture... I have read stories and suggestions have been made to carry around my own soy sauce or salad dressing when going out to eat. At first I thought, how rude, but on second thought, who cares. I want to fully enjoy my dining experience and I'm not taking money away from the business by bringing in my own sauce. I just need to be discrete. I rummaged through our food containers until I found a small purple container with a lid. I poured some soy sauce in, put the container in a bag and off I went.
I walked in with my little package and my friend immediately looked it and said, you did not bring your own soy sauce?! I declared to the table, yes I am a gluten free nerd and proud of it. I could tell they were impressed. There was another girl there that was gluten intolerant so we shared my sauce and were very happy because you just can't enjoy raw fish without soy!
After dinner we went to my friends home to play games and have dessert. My friend has also adopted the gluten free diet because she feels better when she doesn't eat white flour or carbs in general or maybe she just wants to be like me. She had made very tasty chocolate chip cookies. Everyone agreed they were good. It was a very good, healthy night!