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Kasey'sMom

By Kasey'sMom
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Kasey'sMom
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My dh and I would like to have a night out together and our gluten-free rest. are limited in our area. I've eaten gluten-free at Carraba's but I've recently started noticing that I'm have trouble with dairy when I eat it at home.

Has anyone with dairy issues eaten at Carraba's and done OK. Can you make any suggestion?

Thanks!! :)

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Which one are you heading to?

The one I went to (my first gluten free restaurant experience!) was grand.

jknnej Collaborator
jknnej
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Try the chicken gratella or the sirloin marsala. Both are amazing and don't contain diary unless there's a little butter in the sauce...I'm not sure....you might be able to ask for no sauce if you can't do the butter.

Their salmon is also great if you like fish.

Also, if you can tolerate soy butter Carrabba's near my house is very accomodating with allowing things; i.e., the manager said he would make me gluten-free pasta if I brought it in. Maybe they can make you a sauce with soy butter.

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clanmcculloch
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My dh and I would like to have a night out together and our gluten-free rest. are limited in our area. I've eaten gluten-free at Carraba's but I've recently started noticing that I'm have trouble with dairy when I eat it at home.

Has anyone with dairy issues eaten at Carraba's and done OK. Can you make any suggestion?

Thanks!! :)

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I've only been there once, but it was a great experience. We went to the one in Kansas City. The chef came out to our table to talk to us because our waitress told her that we had requested gluten free menus. I didn't have to ask for this.

I had the Insalata Johnny Rocco without the cheese or croutons. They verified the dressing was gluten and casein free for me (I'm casein intollerant as well). They made sure it was mixed in a fresh bowl as well (the menu says to mention it). It's a salad with shrimp, scallops, roasted red peppers and olives. It was delicious and I was pain/symptoms free afterward as well.

Just a warning. Even though the chicken soup is on the gluten free menu, the chef told us that she couldn't guarantee that there was no contamination because it's made in the same area of the kitchen where they're using flour. There could be some airborn flour that got into the soup. At least I felt very confident about the cook's understanding of the issue so that was great!!

Overall, an amazing experience.

Kasey'sMom Enthusiast
Kasey'sMom
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Thanks!!

We went to eat on Sun. and I did get sick. Tonic water seems to help settle my stomach and I drank two huge glasses!! :D Anyway, I had the soup. The soup might have been where I got glutened...because I've eaten at Carraba's once before and didn't get sick. This is the first time I've had the soup. :o

I live in a rural area that hasn't heard much about celiac disease yet. They did have the gluten free menus aval. for us. We sat down and the server brought bread to our table. I explained to her that I couldn't have bread. The server responded by saying...."I should have known you couldn't have bread because you have the glutton menu." :lol: I thought my husband and I would bust out laughing but we held our composure.

Thanks for the suggestions and I'll get the chicken gratella or the sirloin marsala or Johnny Rocco next time. :)

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