Thursday, July 15, 2010

Allergy Free Eating on Vacation

Visiting people overnight is never easy with food allergies, FPIES, intolerances, or any signifncant diet restriction. In some cases, I've heard of people taking a vacation from their diet restrictions, but some people have restrictions where it literally hurts too much to do so. FPIES is one of them, and the one I'm dealing with in my family.

We're at grandma's house for a few nights, and the food situation still isn't easy. We don't visit often since we live out of town, so it's not the norm for the family to adjust to the diet restrictions we have. It just takes a couple of days before you start hearing the sighs of exhaustion over us asking to check the ingredients for packaged food that is purchased in their household.

Anyone reading this who doesn't already know, avoiding packaged food eliminates 80% of the challenge in dealing with diet restrictions! Avoid it, and save yourself a ton of aggravation.

While I've been visiting, I've still been doing a little bit of cooking, like gluten-free muffins, gluten-free macaroni and cheese, and allergy-free recipes like shredded chicken. It's been a good time with just a few food bumps here and there when the other kids want something mine cannot have. We're thankful my wife sticks to the diet as strictly as the toddler, as it makes him more okay not eating something his mom won't eat anyway.