Rose&Mike
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2008
Thanks Corinna! "Man cannot live on beet salad alone." The counter service experience was a little tiresome. Some of them really tried, some looked exasperated--I think cause they had no idea what to do, and a couple were just rude. I really was completely ok with being told no, but the eye rolling got to me after a while. And really while I was ok with being told no, it was tiring. Like ice cream. Goodness, you should be able to get a scoop of vanilla or chocolate ice cream. All it would take is not using the scoop for other flavors. I realize that requires a little extra effort, but it doesn't seem like an excessive request to me at a place that boasts that they work with people with allergies. But maybe it is. I don't know. I can get the soft serve though, so that's good.Aww - I'm honored that you're making my recipe! I hope you like it. And if you don't, I hope you find a way to make it more to your liking.
Frankly, I'm surprised you didn't just put "Beet Salad" every night. I thought that was a solid g/f vegetarian staple!!!
I was thinking about your unfortunate experience with the c/s restaurants especially compared with the table service restaurants. I think the chefs must welcome the challenge - they are all trained chefs and they make the same exact things day in and day out in many of those restaurants with not much creative outlet. A Gluten-Free Vegetarian request is like the Iron Chef of Disney!!
Compared with the Counter service where they are all about ordering by number, you know? It's speed, efficiency and putting the square pegs in the square holes. You have a vegetarian meal. You have a gluten-free meal. BOTH is probably beyond their comprehension. But I'm sorry. People do not order a gluten-free meal to be difficult. Sheesh. Have some compassion, counter-service person.
I am impressed by how well you managed over the weekend with these challenges. I am going to do a Gluten-free Vegetarian week in solidarity and support. (I guess this means I'd better plan my menu. Oh wait - I can just copy YOURS. )
I just still get disappointed, which is really the issue. And overwhelmed a little.
Thanks for reading along. Who do you know in the picture?I'm reading along and loving your TR of the Princess weekend. and hey, I now someone in your WISH picture.
That's impressive. I still like my processed foods--Lara bars and nut crisps, especially. A lot of the recipes I found online, so I will look for the links. And Corinna's chili has a link on the first page of this thread.wow these sound delicious! would you mind sharing the recipes if you have time? i'm giving up processed foods for lent and i have a feeling your meals would be really yummy!
So, we went to Whole Foods and Kroger today--and spent a fortune. But we probably won't eat out at all this week. Grocery shopping is still exhausting cause we have to read every label. And I'm still finding things that I thought were ok that aren't. I can't remember what it was today, but I got a little stressed and wanted to leave the cart, but Mike was the voice of sanity. They did have the Snyder's pretzels at Whole Foods now! Very exciting! And I bought a loaf of Udi's bread that is pretty tasty--horribly expensive, so I froze it. I wanted to get the vegetarian parmesan cheese--but it's preshredded in a factory that does something with wheat, so I didn't chance it. So I'm eating non-veggie parm. cheese for now. Oh well.
For lunch I had hummus, salsa, grapes, a piece of toast (in the oven, since we haven't gotten a new toaster yet) and a few scoops. My stomach has been feeling a little funky, but that could be hormonal, or left over from traveling or from the large quanities of beans I've been eating! Last night we ended up skipping the pizza and I made some rice pasta with broccoli and tomato sauce and cheddar cheese. It was pretty tasty.