We spent two weeks on a Mediterranean Cruise which had day by day stops in ports in France, Italy and Spain, then we spent 3 days in Rome, after which flew to Israel for two weeks to go to household.
It was a 13 hour flight from Tel Aviv to Miami so I am completely jet-lagged and my publish exhibits it. The photographs don’t match the story.
I promise to arrange my photographs for the following publish!!
We sailed on Movie star Reflection cruise ship for a Meditteranean cruise and was more than happy with the ship, the meals, and the leisure.
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| Meals in Israel – hummus with salsa and grilled eggplant ( Recipe to observe) |
The cruise accommodated my particular consuming wants which included a strictly gluten-free weight loss plan together with my vegan weight loss plan (skip if you’re not into what I used to be in a position to eat gluten-free and vegan)
What did I eat?
Breakfast:
I selected to go to the breakfast buffet most mornings the place there was a gluten free part with bread, rolls, and muffins. I normally took the bread, acquired some sliced tomatoes and cucumbers and capers. I requested for guacamole to unfold on my bread and loved the meal with a cup of dcaf cappuccino made with almond milk.
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| Picnic in Israel on the best way to Sefat an historical city in Israel. My cousin packed the meal. |
Lunch:
More often than not, we have been out touring throughout lunch time and normally skipped lunch.
Nevertheless, once we would return to the ship round 4:00, there was all the time salad accessible and gluten-free pizza, GF bread, fruit, hummus, and many others.
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| Vegan stuffed peppers- ( simple recipe to observe) from my sister in legislation |
Dinner:
We all the time ate within the eating room and I pre-ordered my meal the night earlier than. We requested anytime eating and the pc all the time had my order.
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| On the streets of Jerusalem within the previous metropolis. A peddler promoting bread! Not gluten free! |
Indian recipes, Italian recipes, and my favourite dinner was dish of tofu, rice, and greens all tossed collectively. It was so good, I ordered it a number of instances. There was additionally gluten free bread at every meal in addition to wine and gluten free dessert.
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| My cousin in Israel made these scrumptious vegan stuffed grape leaves |
That is the way it labored for dinner. The evening earlier than, I crammed out a menu of what I wished for the following night from an inventory of selections. The Italian spaghetti dinners have been simply okay as a result of I did take care of the sauce- it jogged my memory of Campbell’s soup.
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| Extra pastries on the streets of Jerusalem – not gluten free- One of the best place for gluten free was in Italy . |
Israel:
In Israel, we principally ate in the home of family. My husband has 50 (possibly extra) first cousins in Israel in addition to 3 aunts. We stayed with family in Tel Aviv / Bat Yam space, Jerusalem, Rishon and visited family in Sefat and Haifa. We stayed in a lodge in Tiberias with my husband’s sister and her married youngsters and grandchildren.
I was not “gluten-ized” till I ate in a restaurant in Israel. We have been on the seaside in Bat Yam (close to Tel Aviv) and determined to eat in a really charming seaside entrance restaurant.
I requested the waiter if something was gluten -free.
He went into the kitchen and returned saying that the kitchen stated adamantly not to eat something on the menu due to cross contamination.
However I assumed. What may very well be in a plain salad?
So I ate a salad and the was the primary time in the entire travels that I had extreme abdomen pains and “Shil-Shul” (Hebrew for diarrhea) for about 2 hours- not enjoyable!!! I ought to have listened!! Europe and Israel take gluten-free very severely.
