Confessions From the Husband of A Celiac

My wife and I are big on food. How big you may ask? Well, for our honeymoon we decided to go to New Orleans. We planned our trip based on the places we were going to eat. If you haven’t gone to New Orleans, stop reading now and just go book your trip, and make your restaurant reservations, I will wait…

Here are some links to help.

Gluten-Free New Orleans
New Orleans Gluten-Free Friendly Options

Food has been something so important to us.

The day that my wife was diagnosed with Celiac was rough, and for obvious reasons it was rougher for my wife. I love my wife greatly, and I consider myself one of the luckiest men. She is one of those people who genuinely care about others, and I knew she felt this was going to be a huge burden on our life. Honestly it was not an easy start, but taking on this lifestyle change helped us work together, and brought us closer.

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Before the day Amanda was diagnosed, I have never heard of Celiac. My thought on the gluten-free thing was that it was another one of those diets, after all there is there are the “no carb diets” “no meat\dairy diets.” I thought it was a fad. It took a lot of research to understand it, but information is what helped us to know how to deal with this. So I would encourage you to check the following links for information.

South Florida Celiac Support
Gluten-Free Easy

My father was a baker. I basically grew up in a bakery in Peru.

My whole family loves bread, and explaining this to them was not easy. My love for food comes from my family, and they were a great support as we learned how to modify dishes to make them gluten-free. Our quest for gluten-free Latin food started.

One of my wife’s favorite Peruvian dishes is “Papas a la Huancaina“, which is basically made out of cheese, milk, aji, and CRACKERS, which, of course, have gluten. When I told my wife that she won’t be able to have it, she cried (I would have probably cried too. Yes, it is that awesome!) But my wife, being the awesome and resourceful woman that she is, found some gluten-free crackers and we did some tests and modified the original recipe and it worked. Later, my mother found out that there was gluten-free crackers, so she had us order a whole box and now everyone eats gluten-free “Papas a la Huancaina” and can’t tell the difference. We have this dish pretty much every time we visit my family.

It has been a challenge to convert to the gluten-free lifestyle, but for the health of my wife, it has been worth it. A healthy family is more important than bread anytime.