Hi, my name is Alex and I am a 12 year old girl. I live in Woodinville, Washington. I was really sick in third grade and missed 36 days of school. After a bunch of tests I found out I had celiac disease. It was very hard at first to have celiac but now it has gotten a lot better. My friends are great about this and have helped me through this disease. My family has also helped me a lot. Once you get used to having celiac disease and your friends start to know more about it this disease will be more like a little problem instead a huge one. Other kids who have celiac disease might think that this is really hard and might think that this is the end of the world, I used to think that but now that I have gotten used to it is just normal. I created this website so that I could share with other kids fun recipes, places to eat, great places to go on vacation, and to help out other kids with celiac disease.
Many of you who are reading this probably think that Splenda is a delicious sugar that is perfectly healty, well think twice. Splenda is really a little clump of sugar that had chlorine poured on it. This is just me thinking, but I am never having Splenda again!
I was thinking of maybe writing a Gluten Free book with my mom. If you think this is a good idea e-mail me at alex@glutenfreekid.net. Please tell me if you have any suggestions about my website or any suggestions to other people with celiac disease! Thanks!
Maggiano's: Friend or Foe
It all started after I had my yearly check-up with my doctor to make sure I was still eating Gluten Free. Everthing was going well and I didn't have to get a blood draw (which I dread) so my mom and I went out to celebrate.
We went to Maggiano's my used to be favorite restaurant. I had my usual, fettucini alfredo with gluten free pasta and a caesar salad as an apetizer.
When my supposedely gluten-free pasta came out I as usual started scarfing it down. But then I found a noodle that didn't really look like the other and noticed that it was a wheat noodle.
The waiter got us a completely gluten free one but we found out that the IDIOTIC chef cooked my pasta in water that wheat pasta was cooked in first. He thought that I just ordered it because I liked the taste. Not because I had an allergy.
So let this be a lesson to you to never eat at Maggiano's without being in the kitchen while they make your pasta, and to never trust restaurants that don't know what they are talking about, just like stinky Maggiano's!!!!!!! Can you tell I'm mad and sick!!!!!