As we approach the holidays, a bunch of Celiacs are starting to share their personal tips for dealing with this time of year. Healthy Family is the most recent site to offer some holiday tips for Celiacs, and they did a great job, so I figured I would pass it along to our readers:
- Eat well before you go (in case there isn’t much for you to have).
- Bring your own.
- Offer to bring a few things or one thing to the party; at least you have something to eat.
- Bring salad dressing everywhere you go. You know you can eat a salad if nothing else.
- Keep things on hand at home that you can grab and take with you.
- Stock a bag or box in the car with snacks for when you are out shopping or running errands. Pack napkins, plastic utensils, Snack Pack Pudding, cookies and crackers, pop-top or handy pouches of tuna or chicken, dried fruit, jerky. A snack pack of fruit cups is also great in the car survival kit.
- When you know you are going to be busy (the whole holiday season), plan meals ahead of time and utilize your crock pot for meals that can be ready when you arrive home from shopping or work.
- Freeze some things so you can take things out of the freezer in a pinch.
- For catered parties, explain your dietary needs to the person planning the party and ask for the number of the caterer and call ahead.
- Keep cake or dessert on hand if you will feel bad if others are having sweets and you can’t. That way you have something to take.
This is of course just a summary. You’ll want to click here to read the entire post!
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