Things are going great here in Copenhagen! We've been making some very delicious meals and I've been eating to my hearts content! Last week we decided to make something easy for dinner and settled on macaroni and cheese. Now, since we're all grownups (save for a 10 month old baby) we felt we needed to be a little more grown up about our mac'n cheese. I chopped up some gluten free bread that was starting to get stale and cooked it up with a little butter to make the bread crumb topping. We used the pasta I had brought with me (I always make it a point to travel with pasta, I know, a little weird...) cooked up a cheese sauce with cheddar cheese, milk, a little flour (I used my Pamela's Pancake mix) and some onions, cayenne pepper, and paprika. It was all a very delicious combination. 

Another time, while everyone else ordered pizza we found ready made pizza crust by Schar, and got all the fixings to make pizza. It was delicious! When people ask me how I can stand this diet, I always tell them I really don't mind it, it's very easy to deal with. Except pizza, I really miss pizza. But this pizza satisfied all my cravings! I just used pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, oregano, and pepper. And it was so quick! took about 15 minutes, and it was ready to eat! I am definitely going to find a store with Schar products near me, there is a store locator in the US portion of the website. 

I just found a completely gluten free store while going for a walk the other day. I haven't visited it yet, they are only open 2 days a week and only for a couple hours a day, so it has been tricky catching them. As soon as I do visit, I will fill you all in!

Also it isn't too difficult to eat out here. Most of the waiters and chefs speak English, and if not thankfully my sister-in-law knows exactly how to explain my allergy. And going out on the town? Of course there are the mixed drinks where we can't go wrong - bring on the rum and tequila shots! But if you are just going out for a "beer" almost all the bars carry Somersby cider - apple or pear, and they are delicious!

Speaking of eating out... I heard that back in the US my "home city" of Boston has a newly gluten-free friendly restaurant in the North End - so Italian lovers rejoice! I hear they have gluten-free fried calamari - I cannot wait to try it out! Check out Nebo, www.nebopizzaria.com it doesn't say anything about it on their website (tisk, tisk) but it's the truth, just get their address and head on down!