Last night was kids eat free at Texas Roadhouse so my daughter Mindy and I decided to take the kids because it was just too hot to cook. He husband who is also gluten free decided not to go with us. He was going to fire up the grill and make something for himself. We got to the restaurant, it wasn’t busy so we were seated right away. We asked for the gluten free menu and the hostess said they had to throw it away because it looked gross with food stains and it was only a piece of paper anyways. Both Mindy and I looked at her then each other with questions in our eyes but we said nothing as she kept prattling on that the chef would come out and speak to us about the gluten free options. We got to our booth and sat down. Aedan immediately picked up one of the warm rolls the waitress left on our table. At first he just smelled it making an uhum noise. He looked directly at his mother and she stared back with a “don’t you dare eat that” look. They kept eye contact as Aedan slowly opened his mouth as if to take a bite. The look in his mom’s face got even stearner. He threw the roll back into the basket and said “I hate being gluten free” his head went down, his hands folded and his bottom lip jutted out in a pout. My heart started breaking in little pieces as his bottom lip started to quiver. Just then there was a plop! He quickly jerked his head up and with a big grin grabbed for the pail of peanuts the waitress just brought. Phew! Dodged that bullet!
It’s so hard for kids on special diets and the restaurants sometime make it worse for them. Aedan was able to get the ribs (no BBQ sauce it has wheat gluten in it) and applesauce. He then wanted some of my corn which I gladly gave up. I think next time(if there is a next time) I will be sure to bring some homemade gluten free rolls and gluten free BBQ sauce so he would be able to enjoy eating out without becoming upset.
I will give you the recipe for the rolls and the name of the BBQ sauce in my next blog.
Love,
Grammy Deb
Anything But Gluten 