Laura Baker Services Association Gala

Going to events where I don't have much say in what I eat makes me nervous. It has always made me nervous, even when I was eating gluten and could presumably eat anything that was given to me. To my surprise this year the invitation actually told me which food option was gluten-free. Yea! That took a load off of my mind. I didn't have to worry too much. After all this fundraiser was for Laura Baker Services Association, and they are all about making the world more accessible to everyone. You can see how awesome LBSA is here. Their mission states;

Laura Baker Services Association's mission is to respect the life choices and dreams of people with                                  developmental disabilities and help them reach their goals.

We headed down to Northfield to LBSA's annual gala that includes a silent and live auction. 

Here's a horrible picture of the gala, it was held at Severance Great Hall at Carleton College. This is our emcee announcing that some of the silent auction tables are closing.










Once we get seated and I'm looking at the program and I see that we still have appetizers and desserts to eat as well as the main meal and I don't know if any of it's gluten-free! Now I'm nervous. First I read over the appetizers and figured that I would be okay and after further examination of the actually food I decided that there was no gluten.

We have a chicken sautee, various diced fruit in the cup and shrimp with asparagus. It was really good. 

This was the chicken dinner I had and knew was gluten-free. It had a mango sauce with some peppercorn that shocked my teeth royally. Was not expecting that. We also have mashed potatoes and asparagus. 

Finally, dessert. Again read the menu carefully and after looking at dessert decided I could indulge. This plate includes and chocolate truffle with raspberry filling, lemon grass pot de creme, and a lemony chewy thing that had cumin on it. My mouth was on fire after the cumin. Thank God I didn't eat the creme first. I needed all of it to get my mouth back to a normal temperature. 






The food committee once again did an amazing job with the menu. If the silent auction went half as good as the live one I think LBSA had an incredible fundraiser.