Mosaics' Blog

...for parties, that is.

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We went to a party with our fellow church members last night. It's always a pot luck and usually not a whole lot of gluten-free foods to choose from. Most of them know about my celiac problem and some of them actually make an effort to bring gluten-free foods, which is very nice of them. One lovely lady made a point of telling me that the dessert she brought was gluten-free - candy balls. It just so happens that another friend had told me that the lady had brought the same dessert to another party and they were so good that she ate several. She had also told me the ingredients - peanut butter and Rice Krispies rolled in a ball and dipped in chocolate. When she told me her dessert was gluten-free, I said, "It has Rice Krispies, doesn't it?" She said, "Yes, but aren't they made of rice." I told her, "Yes, but they have barley malt in them, which has gluten." She was devastated.

It was very nice of her to make the effort though.

Anyway, there are five of us at church with known celiac disease, so it's usually a topic of conversation whenever we get together at meals.

I took a gluten-free pumpkin pie and chocolate pie. I also made a new recipe that sounded good, but turned out to be awful! It was Herb Bean Spread, made with Great Northern beans, garlic, thyme, basil, lime juice, olive oil, salt, and pepper. It was waaaay too garlic-y and a bit too lime-y. Ugh. Note to self "Throw that recipe away!" Nobody actually said anything to me, and the bowl was about half empty (served with gluten-free crackers) at the end of the evening, but I, personally, couldn't eat it. I took a few bites, then threw it out.

The only other things I could eat were the deviled eggs, ham, some kind of stuffed chili, and a chicken enchilada casserole. The only desserts I could eat were the ones I brought. My poor daughter dislikes so many foods that she only had a couple of bites of the casserole, a bite of my awful bean dip, and a piece of pie. She was starving when we got home.

We only have one other party to go to this month. It's the big yearly bash that a law firm puts on. They're the firm that is handling our patent case. They usually have plenty of food I can eat.