Olive Garden

My Rating:★★★☆☆

Olive garden seems to have some inexpensive deals so mom and I decided to try there for lunch. I asked our waitress if there was a allergy menu and she gave me an attitude. I was a bit frustrated at that point and not going to eat. A few minutes later she came back out with a menu said they had just put it out a few days before and gave me the print off of allergies. The waitress brought out the salad and told us that the salad dressing has cheese in it. I would have had no idea that there dressing had milk products. The allergy menu said that I could have the bread sticks. I asked her about the ingredients and they put a butterish type thing on them. She was able to make some bread sticks without anything on them at all. I was also able to order the all you can eat pasta with meat sauce. I got the healthier of the pastas with whole grain pasta. Over all the food was delish! The waitress was good after giving attitude at the beginning and it was nice of her to make me bread sticks without anything on them!

Allergic to Dairy, Who Me?

     Really I said? I could not even entertain the thought of living life without cheese! Lets jump back a bit....
     I am 25 single female just starting my dairy free journey. I have been sick pretty much since high school. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia a few years back. I was always sick to my stomach, and about a year ago started having horrible panic attacks. Whenever I ate Velveeta cheese my face would turn bright red and I would feel horrible! My life was out of control. I began staying home and sleeping most of the time. I found A nutrition club here in Indianapolis. The ladies at the club were so kind. One day I began talking to one of them for about an hour and she had thought maybe that I was allergic to dairy.
      I was in complete shock even thinking about not eating cheese anymore! It took about 2-3 weeks to go through a dairy detox for me. It was horrible!! If you are going through a dairy detox keep going. I am still learning all the ins and outs of dairy free living but I am loving life! I am feeling amazing have lost weight and haven't had a panic attack since!
      My family and I eat out a lot so I am learning different restaurants that have allergy menus and willing to help and would like to let others know!