DoItForJohnny's Profile

It usually depends on what kind of gathering it is, but since most of the time it's my closest group of friends over for dinner, I have no problem accepting the help. Since right now I'm just a couple of years out of college, my guests are usually people who I've either lived with for a number of years, have spent many a night crashing on my couch/floor/bed with me or spent 12 hours watching reality TV in our pajamas together. To refuse help from them would be a kind of a weird formalization of our relationships, and I like the idea of keeping that kind of closeness even as we move into our grownup lives. Even with less close friends, living without a dishwasher makes the offer pretty hard to refuse. 'd never ask if they didn't offer though. It also allows me to return the favor for them sometime.

I have yet to make my own gluten free bread or buy any really awesome, probably expensive, crusty gf loafs (assuming they exist somewhere). So what I do is use my regular freezer sandwich bread (I'm buying Udi's right now) and make croutons! Making garlicky or herby croutons with some olive oil or butter makes even just okay bread pretty awesome to float on top of soup and melt cheese on. Also, then the topping is already in bite size pieces, making it easier to eat on my couch while I have an apartment too small to own a kitchen table. It works!