Gluten Free, DAY 2

Okay, first let me say NO SOY SAUCE???!!!! Oh good lord, who'd have thought soy sauce had wheat in it?! And no MISO??? This is really hard. Really, really hard. Good news: I can eat yam flour. Which means Sukiyaki is still a possibility, with gluten free soy sauce, of course. More Good news: There are more and more gluten-free products available every day as more and more americans are finding gluten intolerances in their own families and selves. Just type in "gluten free foods" on Google. And here's what you get: Lots of online resources.

I've also noticed a few inconsistincies. Some sites say quinoa is okay, some say it's not. So which is it, folks?

I'm still not feeling 100% back to my normal self (I hardly remember normal), but I woke up nausea free this morning. The one thing I noticed yesterday was that I felt pretty anemic, but that's probably because I had to stop taking my iron supplement for the hemoccult test. I was still dealing with a little bit of bloating, but that could be the dollop of sour cream I put on my taco salad last night.

I reached for the ketchup this morning at Bon Temps Creole Cafe, then remembered..... not gluten free. I'll have to bring a substitute in my purse. Same with soy sauce. Good thing I carry a duffel bag instead of a purse. I also was initially disappointed when I realized I probably couldn't eat the fried green tomatoes I usually ordered. But I asked for the ingredients anyways. Corn meal and masa flour! So that's why they taste vaguely like corn dogs minus the dogs. I was in like Flynn. Damn that place is good.

Tay left for two weeks today, very sad indeed. But simplifies my cooking, as I don't have to worry about satisfying his carnivorous needs. Time to break out the new vegetarian thai cookbook and invite over a few friends. WOOHOO! Also good that he's gone for the whole hemoccult process, as it is sure to be quite unromantic indeed. It's good to keep some mystery in a relationship, I think. Not much, but some.