My family is now 50% wheat free of necessity.  Since Christmas 2012, we have two in our family that get ill from wheat and two that have no issues.  No one is officially diagnosed with Celiacs, but our two get awfully ill after eating wheat.  We are now reading labels of every product... and wheat is everywhere.  

Soup anyone? Sorry, thickened with wheat, particularly when you go to a restaurant.  Breakfast out on the weekend? Not likely unless you only eat steak and eggs.  Cereal?  Not many choices since so many are made with wheat.   Snacks? They can't eat cakes, crackers, bread, snack mix.  French fries?  Not really - most french fries are crispy due to their flour coating.   Strawberry licorice sticks anyone? No way - wheat's in there too.  In fact, in the state of Illinois, candy that has wheat is considered "food" and has a lower tax rate.  Now we are looking even closer at all the labels.

Wheat is everywhere.   And for my family, wheat hurts in a very personal way.   My blog will share our adventures as our family strives towards a wheat free life.  We'll share the "wins" and finds along the way.  Here's to many great wheat free discoveries!