Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. Our weekend was pretty packed with play-dates, photo shoots, swim lessons, and a night out on the town…but it’s time to get back to it! This is the big week as we go gluten-free on Thursday! I’m pretty excited as I’ve been learning so much about our food supply over the last 2 weeks - it will feel great to know we are eating clean!
On Friday, I took a gluten-free shopping tour at Whole Foods. The staff was incredible and so knowledgeable. On top of the 50 page print-out they gave me of all the gluten-free products they carry, they also gave me a link to their website for all special diets. Check it out HERE. (picture above) The link has diet information & recipes for gluten-free, dairy-free, low fat, low sodium, soy, vegan, sugar conscious, vegetarian, and wheat-free diets. Conveniently, they have all gluten-free products marked with purple hang-tags and all the staff I came across were very knowledgeable about the foods they carry. Even the beer guy pointed me to his favorite gluten-free Spanish beer, Daura.
So after the tour, I purchased some basic staples and headed home to perform a pantry raid. As you can see - I did eliminate 2 whole shelves of food, but most of it was pasta so I wasn’t eating too bad after all! Here’s my before & after shot:
I’ve scanned all the recipes from the cookbooks I borrowed and now it’s time to do a little online work. But overall, I feel confident that I can start cooking clean & healthy meals. I am a bit worried about ‘eating out’, but I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it. For the recipes that turn out - I will most definitely be posting pictures on my instagram, facebook, and twitter accounts as well as here on my blog. Wish me luck!! 
I have been gluten free for 10+ years (because I have celiac’s disease). It’s not all that bad. Just call ahead before you go to dinner to ask questions. It will make the dining experience less stressful.
Thank you so much!