We moved here from Calgary at the beginning of this year. No new news to any readers. Since arriving I am regularly greeted with the question “How do you eat in this town? There is absolutely nothing local!” You can understand my confusion at this perspective as you follow the blog!

Today ( After a GREAT Steak at Mr Mikes – thanks to the FABULOUS waitress who looked into it and offered alternatives!)  I found several types of cookies, Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free Oats and a wonderful collection of alternative flours, including wheat and corn free baking powder, at Karin’s Deli. From there we went down to the Quesnel Bakery and picked up several loaves of Maggies Gluten Free breads.   Some late afternoon grocery shopping at Save-on-Foods and I came home with some Pamela cake mixes, Ener G crackers and a ton of rice pastas which will go GREAT with the Mayacamas brand Gluten Free Pasta sauce mixes that Mother picked up at Aroma Foods the other night.

All in all I can find SO MANY gluten free foods in this little community that my bathroom scale is NOT suffering!  More importantly, I find store owners very willing to bring in the products that I ask for.  As the local banners are saying…

Shop Quesnel!   I am.