My New Challenge

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Wow, are they a bear to try to reproduce!  I have tried several gluten free versions.  I did just what they stated and all I get is a flat crispy wafer.  Chocolate chip wafers are good but surely no cookie.  So my experimentation is on! 

I have a good recipe but it is converted from a gluten recipe that is a healthier version of the original but the problem is that it tastes healthy.  This is war!

Eating Through California

Our family just finished a California Adventure.  We went to Monterey Bay, headed into the Sequoia National Forest, and then home.  By the way we were driving.  I was very excited to travel to California because the gluten free diet rage is every where.  Yet as I found out it is only on the internet in select towns and hard to find.  The majority of restaurants did not serve gluten free and my son had to sub come to
bun-less burgers for dinners, and eggs for breakfast.  I did find two gems in Monterey.

The first is a very elegant restaurant on Fisherman's Wharf.  Domenico's On The Wharf doesn't have many options for gluten free for kids except one: gluten free noodles with a butter or tomato sauce.  The noodles where really good.  My son, who is very picky about his noodles, ate the whole thing!  They also have fresh berries with whipping cream and brown sugar to dip in for dessert.  YUM!

The other find was Bellagio's Pizzeria.  They have a gluten free crust that was one of the best I have tasted.  It tasted like thin crust pizza with very little of the odd texture you can get with some gluten free pizza crusts.  So if you are ever in Monterey I would recommend these two restaurants for your kids on a gluten free diet.