Thrive has been on my list for a while now to try out and I included it in my Seattle Summer Gluten Free Challenge to myself!
It was even better than I had hoped it would be! The whole place is gluten and dairy free, so the only item I kept my eyes out for was some of that pesky soy (which in small amounts doesn't seem to bother me too much, but I'll avoid it if I can). The staff were incredibly friendly and helpful too! To make things even better, they've got a small are in the cafe that sells different kinds of snacks, bulk grains, and a huge selection of raw cookbooks. I picked up some raw chocolate covered cherries and cinnamon glazed walnuts.
I took a first stab at my Seattle Summer Gluten Free Challenge and it was wonderful!
We went out on a nice sunny and warm Friday night to 50 North over by University Village. Their menu is all labeled with which options are gluten free, vegetarian, and vegan. It also specifically notes that most dishes are able to be made gluten, dairy, or egg free.
Now, why I really chose this place as the first stop on my challenge was because they offer gluten free fish and chips! It's one of my absolute favorite meals and it's incredibly hard to find gluten free. Oh and those fries were awesome.
I was poking around on the internet the other day and ran across Manna Mills Natural Market which has one of the biggest selections of gluten free and allergy friendly foods I've seen. They had a huge selection of gluten free dried goods and a couple freezers of frozen gluten free items. So I picked up a box of yellow cake mix, some breadcrumbs, and shoestring potatoes.
It was incredibly hard to make this collage because there were so many beautiful pictures of the beautiful places in the Fiordland region of New Zealand. We drove through Queenstown and admired the beautiful lakes, cruised on Milford Sound, visited the Southern Ocean, kayaked Doubtful Sound, and did a bit of exploring around Fiordland National Park.
We spent about a week in the Nelson and Abel Tasman region which sits at the top of the South Island. We stayed for two nights in Kaiteriteri Beach at a wonderful cottage surrounded by fruit trees and then three more nights in Abel Tasman National Park at Awaroa Lodge. There are so many parts of Nelson and the rest of the north part of the South Island that we didn't have time to explore and someday I would love to go back. The beaches and water were simply beautiful.