SCHOOL

Sharing food at school can be SUPER tricky. So here are some tips:
First, let's say you want to give someone a piece of your gluten -free cookie. Don't let them break off a piece themselves, break it off for them and drop it in their hand. If they want to give something to you, ( for example a piece of fruit, )  then put your hand into the bag and make sure that no one who had touched gluten had put their hand into the bag before you did. If you need help with something ( for example you need help poking a hole in your juice box for your straw to fit in, ) then ask someone who had NOT  touched gluten to help you. Follow these tips, and you won't have to worry about sharing food at school.

Cupcake Wars

Have you ever seen a show called Cupcake Wars? It is a show about a bunch of cupcake bakers that compete to win $10,000 and have a display full of their cupcakes shown at a festival, party, or whatever but it's always a surprise. Anyway, I watched one that was all vegan and they chose all vegan bakers to compete because the winner's cupcakes would be shown at the spring festival. But one of the competitors was vegan and gluten free! Her name was Liela, and she almost won. She went out in the 2nd round and a girl named Stephanie won. But Leila came very close, so I am still happy. If you would like to watch this show, it is on the Food Network.

Arriety + Nasty Muffins

Today I went to see "The Secret World of Arriety" and I think it was really good because it was seeing the world from another point of view. It's about a girl who is really really small and her parents who live under a family's house in a pile of bricks that might look hollow but secretly isn't. The little people under there take only the things that we wouldn't really miss. Like a tissue or a sugar cube or a leaf. But they would only take the things they need. However when someone sees a Borrower, one of them, they have to leave. Because they cannot be seen. They think it is a dangerous. So when a boy who is staying his aunt's house spots Arriety, even though they make friends, they are forced to leave.

I've always wanted to be tiny. But now I don't want to because it seems scary. It reminded me of "Totoro and "Ponyo" because both those movies all look like they were drawn the same way. All of the animals in those movies are both cute and somewhat scary at the same time. It sort of makes me think if something not up close really looks like that in real life. Because animals are usually really cute and you don't think of them as scary because you're bigger than them. But if they're bigger than you would it be that scary?

After the movie, my mom went to the green market and got a gluten-free and vegan muffin, and we tried it after we got home. I literally spit it out into the garbage which I don't usually do because I usually eat any muffin I get chance to because, well, it's a muffin, and I like muffins. But this one was absolutely terrible. It reminded me of iron pills I take every other night. It also reminded me of sand. I think it's sort of funny because every treat I tried so far that's gluten free and vegan I haven't really liked. I don't think people who make muffins like that should sell them. If they think it tastes good they should get someone else's opinion before selling it. I wonder how many people feel like their $7 have been wasted. I bet we're not the only ones. That is why I think you should not get any muffins that are gluten-free and vegan from the greenmarket.

The Delicious Restaurant

Sorry I haven't written in a while. But recently I went to the Pan American which is a restaurant in Manhattan in Nolita, and it serves gluten free food that is delicious! We sat in a booth in the back that was squishy. When we sat down we ordered our things and the chef came out to meet us. When we got our food, I tried the mac and cheese that I ordered and I think that it was the best in the world! It looked very cheesy.

After that we went to Pinkberry which is another gluten free place that sells frozen yogurt across the street from the Pan American. They had a delicious flavor which was peppermint, and it sort of tastes like snow with cream and mint. But they only had it in December! Other flavors are chocolate, peanut butter, mango, pomegranate and plain, [which I don't recommend.] And that is all I can remember. But there might be more. After that we went to the playground, which is across the street from Pinkberry. I thought it was really really fun. And that is why I recommend Pinkberry and Pan American.

Ice Cream Truck Part 2

I just found out that there are more things on the ice cream truck that can be gluten free. There are Scribblers and Rainbow Pops. They're really good. And now I don't have to be jealous when I see a humongous line in front of the ice cream truck. I just don't like it when my mom says the line is too long. I feel like the popsicles are gluten-free for no reason. I wonder where else we could get them and if there is another place we could get them.

Next I would like to tell the ice cream man as there is actually such thing as gluten free popsicles and gluten free ice cream cones. Maybe that would work. Maybe they could also start selling Haagen Daz bars.

I wish everything in the world were gluten free. That would be totally freaking awesome.

I remember what the ice cream on the ice cream truck tasted like. It was yummy. But at other stores you can get ice cream that tastes just as good. You can get the ice cream at Fine Fare. Or Whole Foods. Speaking of Whole Foods they make the best cupcakes ever, besides Tu-lu's and my mom.

My Thumb Sucks

The orthodontist suggested this gross liquid for my mouth. Why can't it have gluten in it? Even thought it's true that I really don't want this jail in my mouth that would keep me from eating popcorn and gum (can you imagine no popcorn or gum?), I just wish that I magic wand to make all of it go away.

When my orthodontist suggested it to me, I crossed my fingers that it wasn't gluten free. I usually do that when I want something to come true. But it never really works. I need a new something to do when I want something to come true. Have any ideas?

This is only my first day on the liquid, and it tastes really bitter. It reminds me of nail polish. Sour, and it spreads in your mouth. It's 5:43 pm and I still can't get it off. I'm going to try to get it off the way you get nail polish off. I really hope that works.

letter from Tu-lu's

Awhile ago I sent a letter to tu-lu's tell them how good their bakery is. Tu-lu's is my favorite gluten-free bakery I've ever been to. One of my good friends had given a card to me and we went there. That's how we found out about it.

It's a small bakery with trees, cupcakes, pink dots and an owl sticker on the wall. When I walk in, it makes me feel like I'm in a bright forest but there are all these treats around me. When I sent the letter I didn't get a response for a long time. Then, I went to the bakery again and we figured out that they did write me back but it got sent back in the mail.

That's how we met Tully. She opened tu-lu's because she has celiac disease too. I also sent her stickers and she sent me a tu-lu's bakery card. I"m going to bring it next time I go there. Their foods taste just like regular treats with wheat and things in them. But they're gluten-free. Even treats that I don't really like, like oatmeal raison cookies, I still like at tu-lu's. Last time we went we got four mint chocolate chip cupcakes. They're delicious! And I think they're my favorite ones yet. Would you like to try it yourself? If you do, tell them Gluten Free Rocks sent you!