Getting better with living wheat free! I found a few more products at Hy-vee. My snacking is now almost completely wheat free. I found a granola, pumpkin bread, cookies, crackers and chips. It's working out very well! I'm still trying to eat mostly fruits and veggies when I snack but having crunchy stuff to turn to has been great.
This week, I've started transforming our kitchen into a gluten free kitchen. I really think it will help with at least two of the kids. I'm not throwing out anything but as I replace, I replace with gluten free food. I'm not totally going wheat free with the kids but I've found that oftentimes, gluten free is also wheat free...but not always. I'm an avid label reader!
This weeks dinners have all been gluten free. I've made tacos and guacamole. I've made chicken with marinara and wheat free pasta. Lots of fresh fruits and veggies. And greek yogurt is gluten free! My kids are having a rough adjustment with the yogurt switch. It's not as sweet and has a bit of a tartness to it. I've been very open with the fact that we are switching our house over to a house that has mostly good healthy foods. They have lived their lives thinking the word "healthy" means "poison" so it's been rough.
I've also found gluten free sausage - free from nitrates and all of that as well. It's good and all the kids like it.
I've noticed that gluten free food is more expensive. However, the snacks I was filling the cabinet with were expensive as well. And quite honestly, if a box of Ho-Ho's only costs a $1, it's probably full of cheap crap ingredients. I'd rather spend $5 and get a bag of apples or even a box of gluten free teddy grahams.
I promise, I'm not going to be a crazy gal about organic and hmo free, blah blah blah.
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