When someone you love has celiac.

You want your celiac loved one to be able to eat in your home without either of you worrying.Most celiac information is for the person with celiac, not for the people who want to feed them safely. Celiac Ready is for you.Whether you're a spouse, a parent, a friend, or a roommate, you want to feel confident they can actually eat what you made. Not a separate meal, but the same food, at the same table, together.With the right information, you can be Celiac Ready, too.

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My husband was recently diagnosed with celiac disease. He's asymptomatic, which means he doesn't feel sick when he's been exposed, but the damage happens anyway. Without symptoms as a warning sign, getting the details right is the only way to know he's safe.The first big test was Thanksgiving at my parents' house. We'd be staying for several days. I told my mom not to worry, he could just bring his own food. She said no. This isn't one holiday. This is years of holidays. Let's figure it out now.My dad put it simply: No second-class citizen in my house.So we spent weeks figuring it out together. Back and forth on the phone. Is this appliance okay? What about grilling? What about my knives? Can I use my cast iron? She cleaned out cabinets and drawers, read spice labels, googled things (the wrong things at first, and had to return some well-intentioned "gluten-free" Cheerios), and got the kitchen ready for us to arrive.While we were there, mistakes were made. RIP to the sponge that scrubbed the spoon from my nephew's (not gluten-free) mac and cheese. We realized we needed things we hadn't thought to clean. But we worked through it and talked it out.And the food? There are loads of resources for recipes and substitutions, so that part was actually fun to figure out. I worried the family might resent the changes to their favorite recipes, but they were all in. It was fun being there as everyone tried the dishes and kept saying, "I wouldn't know this is gluten-free," and "I was nervous about this one, but it's actually great." Some things flopped, and we're already planning a different approach next year. But everyone was committed, which made it fun rather than stressful.What we couldn't find was the rest of it: How to actually make a kitchen safe.Information is out there, but it's scattered, incomplete, or not detailed enough to feel confident. I wanted to pull together what we learned so other families don't have to start from zero.Most celiac resources are written for the person with celiac. These are for everyone who wants to feed them safely.

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