Did you know that the difference in cost between a gluten item and the non-gluten same item is tax deductible? Save the receipts and calculate the difference yourself. Hey. IRS, we gotta eat - give us a break!
   I used to think that one side or the other( Dems or Republicans) were listening to our pleas to keep a little grocery money for ourselves, but now at the age of sixty, I have deduced they are all the same. They have full time jobs plotting on how to take more of what we earn. What would Jesus say today? Would he still say "render unto Ceasar"  even when Ceasar's sayin" "nice sandals and toga, hand 'em over".
    I'm going to embrace Budjewism.  I will sit and meditate while waiting for a sale. Keep in mind I do not wish to offend any Buddhists or Jews or sandal wearers.  I wish to offend POLITICIANS.
  Gluten free bread is so expensive I do not let it go bad.  The bread is kept in the fridge and I freeze the hamburger buns and just pry loose the ones I need.  Like any child our special little celiac girl loves her french fries and burger.
  You cannot use the bags of  pre-cut fries as they have a gluten coating.  When you peel the potatoes and cut them up, dry them off with a clean paper towel before putting them into a healthy oil , like olive oil. For hash browns, use a potato peeler to make little bits of potatoes which you can then form into whatever shape and fry.  If you are watching your   weight then just smear your cookie sheet with oil and bake the fries till  brown. Must also use gluten free ketchup for those fries!
 

  Udi's chocolate muffins, with strawberries and some some canned redi-whip made a super dessert for our special girl at a birthday party recently.  We do not expect the host family to buy a gluten free cake just for our granddaughter so at the last minute I  "Krogered" and bought the three items. It is important to remember you cannot go into someone else's kitchen grab a knife and their cutting board to cut the strawberries.  In this case a paper plate from the middle of the stack that has not been handled is best, then with carefully washed hands I assembled the  goodies.  The strawberries were rinsed under the faucet.
  Our girl usually likes her fruit cut but she understands, and the extra squirt of whipped cream made up for it. Before I could pack up and leave a guest picked up the canned redi-whip(gluten free)and sprayed down her cake.  She not only put her gluteny little finger  close to the tip but it touched the cake. I was happy that I had already made our girl's dessert for the party so the redi whip stayed there and our girl was informed NOT to use it again.
   I do not get upset when these things happen.  Life is too short and who doesn't want whipped cream on their cake? I was watching the commercial for a reality show called "My Strange Addiction" in whch a woman liked to eat dirt. Is this for real? As I watched her lounging in a chair and dipping her hand into a bag of potting soil and eating it I wondered if it had gluten in it.  That is how my mind works now.  Maybe I should send her some redi-whip.  Couldn't hurt the taste factor.