a restaurant being rude or condescending to customers with food allergies is ableist

Seriously

I haven't heard enough about this

Schools think putting up a no peanut sign is enough.

It isn't.

In my state, school lunch is free but there are so many people they don't cater to.

My little brother has celiac disease, consuming any kind or amount of gluten makes him sick and can put holes in his intestine. He has to bring his own food to school because they aren't willing to do enough to help him.

This is 1 example. There are so many marginalized people denied access to what they need.

We are lucky we can afford to send food with him everyday. There are way to many people in this world that don't have that luxury.

And it's not just celiac, there's diabetes, allergies and intolerance, colitis, chrons, irritable bowl, cystic fibrosis, and so many more. Reactions can range from mild pain and discomfort to death. It is important to pay attention to these.

(Not to mention religious or cultural beliefs along with being vegetarian or vegan but that's a whole other rant)

The system will continue on as is if we don't speak out.

breakfast:

1 slice white bread with ~vegan butter spread~ and honey

1 cup of coffee with some benefiber (gotta get your fiber kids)

Lunch:

More Chicken Veggie Stirfry! No spicy sauce this time tho

Dinner:

Zucchini noodles and cheesey garlic bread and a small salad with honey mustard dressing

The cheese is triple creme goat Brie ~ chefs 💋

Today was a treat day! I not only had one (1) snack, I had two (2). Not counting the Starbucks (custom drink orders are hard to count for) I’m at 1400 ish calories for the day.

First I had a holiday Starbucks.

Then I had some chocolate pretzel bites (that I forgot to take a picture of) that were delicious.

Today was also a fun day because the fam and I got to go “light looking”. It’s what we call driving around looking at all of the local Christmas lights that people put up. Normally we go on Christmas Eve but mom is working and its shaping up to rain so we figured to do it tonight while it was somewhat nice.

Here’s some pics from the lookout. We went kind of to a new area this year so it was pretty interesting to see some new lights.

What are you doing to gear up for Christmas?