If you’re like me, you consider coffee a necessary evil but you can only drink it iced and if it tastes like ice cream. So how do you do this? Well…

My standard order at a coffee chain: iced vanilla latté made with whole milk.

My standard way of drinking it at home: iced coffee with whole milk and Torani vanilla syrup. (Avoid the sugar-free stuff — it tastes horrible and is a chemical _____storm.)

Why do I not do the commercial coffee creamers? Many of them have gluten in them as a thickener. The vanilla soy milk creamer my mom uses says gluten-free on the label and we were laughing at it until I found out *WHY* they very clearly state that. (It was actually pretty good too.)

So how about baked goods? Well, it’s all about labelling and knowing who made things and how they were made. I know that It’s A Grind frequently had locally-made goodies and some of them were gluten-free or egg-free (my other dietary restriction). $tarbux has marshmellow dream bars which are effectively rice krispies treats, except not as sweet at as the Kellogg commercial ones, and that’s my go-to order if I order food there.