I regret that I have spent so much time away from writing. As we all know, it is easy to get wrapped up in the hustle of our daily lives. With that hustle comes scarfing down whatever food we can find or have time to eat. That kind of eating doesn't involve truly tasting your food. It doesn't ask your body what it is craving and what nutrients it needs. Nothing compares to eating a bite of food and letting out a big sigh of happiness from the flavor. I'm guilty of neglecting my senses when it comes to what I've been eating the last couple of weeks.
Tomorrow I am going to a family party - which we all know is one of the biggest eating challenges for us celiacs. My plan of attack: bring a side dish and dessert that I can eat and enjoy in case I can't eat anything else. I'll be making a GF pasta salad with chicken sausage, tomato, broccoli, basil, and feta...chocolate chip oatmeal cookies, and maybe even some kale chips with homemade salsa. I've got my bases covered! Having a GF cookie makes it a little easier for me to pass on all the cakes, pies, and yummy side dishes that have who-knows-what in them. I can't even eat the meat from the BBQ without asking a million questions about the sauces - and who wants to be that guest? But alas, parties like this are not about the piles of food I can scarf down. They are about slowing down and enjoying my other senses; laughter from my in-law aunts, endless conversations about football between my husband and his cousin, hugs from people who invited me into their family, the smell of briquettes on the BBQ... who needs pasta salad when the soul is so full?
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