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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do PPs keep bringing up two kitchens? OP said that the second kitchen is a kitchenette, with just a microwave for food prep. That's not sufficient for either family. I think some compromise on OP's side will be the only way to go.

The only full kitchen stays GF. There are plenty of GF options for kid friendly favorites, and OP should just substitute the GF options for a week for most meals. It's a good life learning lesson for kids that traveling means food can be different. Of course her kids won't starve with GF substitutes for a week. The celiac kids needs are more important.

However, if OP must have gluten bread and pb&j or anything else that can cross contaminate, she should store these things in the kitchenette and prepare food there. Obviously, she can only do microwave meals there, so it seems logical to keep it simple. [/quote]

OP here - because I don't have access to the kitchenette because BIL and SIL have reserved the guest cabin.  I would do this in a heartbeat and wouldn't have even posted if I were able to use the kitchenette.  For all you who say 'what if you travel out of the country' - we've been out of the country 5 times with our kids, and I just bring a cooler/ bag with the foods they will eat.  They can last for a week on pb& j - but I haven't found any GF bread that I can get past any of us.  I actually bought a bunch of stuff to try (noodles, bread, etc) so it isn't as if I am not trying, but we haven't had much success and I  don't want to spend 5 days (not to mention thousands in plane tix and rental car) with hungry grumpy kids if I can find a reasonable way to bridge this gap.[/quote]

Why can't you keep a some bread in your room, and give them pb&j there?  Just make sure the door stays closed and the 2 year old stays out of the room.  That seems easier than switching things around so that the potentially crying baby is in the building with the elderly people waking them up at night.

You wouldn't even need a cooler, because bread is fine at room temperature, and you could store cheese in the fridge (if your kids will eat a cheese sandwich) to switch things up.

It seems more reasonable to ask an older kid to sit through a meal with some foods they'll eat (e.g. you said they'd eat hamburger, a variety of fruits, and a yogurt, don't know about corn or potatoes)  and some they won't (meat, gluten free pasta etc . . . ) and then go back to their room for a snack, then it is to ask a 2 year old to sit at a table with food he would very much like to eat and can't.  [/quote]

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