After my coeliac diagnosis, how much of our shared breakfast setup needs to change?
Food"I'll just shake the crumbs out," my housemate said when I asked him not to put my gluten-free bread straight into our usual toaster. I'd only recently been diagnosed with coeliac disease, and this was the first breakfast conversation neither of us could solve by buying a different loaf.
He worries I'm about to ask for a second version of every utensil. I worry I'll spend every morning checking what happened to my food before I got up. We have one narrow counter and usually share butter and jam.
The [Worcestershire NHS dietary leaflet](https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/leaflets/coeliac-disease-a-gluten-free-diet/) discusses avoiding gluten cross-contamination, including toaster bags and separate tubs of spreads. It doesn't call for replacing every appliance. I'll follow the advice from my own dietitian about my needs; I want help making the household arrangement workable.
My housemate is willing to learn but says labels everywhere will make the kitchen feel unfriendly. How can we make the important distinctions clear enough that I don't become a breakfast supervisor?
