Wild Thyme Cafe & Bakery

I had heard about a place in Wichita called Wild Thyme Cafe & Bakery so I decided to stop by and try some baked goods this weekend.  I got a frosted sugar cookie, brownie, and a dinner roll.  There wasn't much selection when I got there because it was like 3:50 on Saturday afternoon and they close at 4 for the weekend.

This is half the cookie I got.  It was a butterfly.  I decided that I should take a picture of it before I ate it all.  It is AMAZING!  I highly recommend their sugar cookies.  The cookie was a basic sugar cookie taste.  But the frosting is wonderful.  It has a really good flavor with a hint of lemon maybe.  YUMMY!  I also have to say that I enjoy the cookie being decorated so beautifully.  Some things that are gluten free are not appetizing to look at let alone eat.  So it feels good to have a place to get beautiful and delicious treats.  If you are ever near Wild Thyme you have to stop.  I have not had a chance to try my brownie or roll.  Both smell good if that counts.
I got a copy of the menu and they have salads that come with gluten free bread.  They can also make several types of sandwiches with gluten free bread.  It also says that they have cupcakes, cookies, bars, brownies, pies, and cakes they can make gluten free.  I'm assuming that since gluten free is just an option and not the norm that most of this stuff is exposed to cross-contamination with regular wheat flour.  So be aware of that.

I'm definitely looking forward to going back and trying other things.

I also stopped at Whole Foods in Wichita.  Not the real Whole Foods but a locally owned chain in Wichita.  They have a HUGE selection of gluten free products if you haven't stopped there.

I also read about an interesting product in a magazine this week.  They are called No Oodles.  They are noodles made from yam flour and are gluten free and apparently have no calories.  I'd like to try these too but they are only available at select stores right now.  I believe the closest one is the real Whole Foods in Kansas City (not the chain of Whole Foods in Wichita).  I'm hoping to get there in a couple weeks.  I'm also interested to see what that chain of Whole Foods has available for gluten free products.  I've read they have a good selection also.

An Interesting Dilemma

Tonight I had an interesting problem.  I think it's one of those things only people who eat gluten free food might understand.  I don't even know if they would understand.

I decided to make macaroni and cheese for supper.  When I started eating gluten free I had some boxes of Kraft Mac & Cheese that I couldn't eat anymore but I kept them to use the cheese flavoring with my gluten free pasta.  I decided I'd use one of those tonight.  I got to the step where you put the cheese packet on and when I dumped it out, three worms fell out into my pasta.  Totally disgusting, right?  Normally I'd just throw the whole pot of pasta away but now I have an interesting dilemma.  First, I spent almost 15 minutes boiling these noodles because gluten free pasta takes longer than regular pasta.  Second, I'm starving because it's almost 6:30.  Third, gluten free noodles are expensive.  I used almost half a bag which is probably $3.  They're not 50 cents a box like glutenous pasta.  And fourth, I can't just go to Subway and get a sandwich instead so I'm kind of stuck.

So I decided I'd just pick the worms out and make my pasta anyway.  I got two out okay but lost the third in the pot somewhere.  Now I have an even bigger problem.  I was really looking forward to this macaroni and cheese.  I finished making the mac & cheese and decided to eat it anyway.  I'm assuming that the worm got cooked in the pot, right?  I picked around at it tonight and didn't find the worm in tonight's serving so I guess at lunch tomorrow I'll have to look extra close again.  I guess if I don't ever find it, I ate it.  People in other countries eat insects all the time.  It was a tiny worm so it can't be that bad.  You're probably alll gagging right now.

After I started thinking about what had happened I realized I probably seem totally crazy for doing that.  But that was some goooood mac & cheese.  I haven't had mac & cheese in quite awhile so it's worth it.  The only semi-good way I can come up with to rationalize this is that the last few weeks have been totally crazy and my brain is fried.  How ridiculous has my life become when I decide it's okay to eat macaroni & cheese with worms in it?