March 22, 2015 – Holly's Gluten Free Home

I’ve been watching the “coming soon” sign for weeks, and finally, it’s open! The Mellow Mushroom in South Miami. www.mellowmushroom.com. Dark tinted windows belie the bright, colorful, modern-psychedelic decor. Widescreen TV’s line the full service bar and the center aisle, so sports fans won’t miss a minute of March Madness.

cool lights, tiled features add to the vibe

elephant greets you at the door

The menu reads like a reassuring gluten free dream….they are educated in cross contamination, use a separate area, special screen, change gloves and aprons….sounds good to me!

gluten free menu with vegan options

I order the “Veg Out” gluten free pizza and a lemonade (on-call) and my date ordered half of a steak and cheese hoagie and a Fiery jalapeño pineapple margarita (yummmm….jealous). The pizza was good and made perfectly to order. The crust, which is vegan, was crunchy and evenly cooked. My able-to-eat-gluten date ate half of my pizza and also thought it was good! Of course, he enjoyed the margarita!

YES!!!

Pretty good! Reasonably priced! Great decor! And….fabulous for a dinner out with or without the kids! Best news, no pain! Enjoy and get out there for some gluten free dining!

March may well be my favorite month in Miami. It’s warm, but the sun is not yet scorching, it rains, but there aren’t daily thunderstorms reminiscent of a typhoon or the “perfect storm”. Today, my dogs woke me up at 630 (thank you, Humane society!)

cocoa… the early riser

and I went out to find…. A green pool….and not a little green. I guess out of town last weekend and on call this weekend was a bad pool care combo. I can’t blame the pool boy/girl… Because that would be me. Ugh… Note that there is no picture because it’s horrible. While I got to work on the pool, there were so many incredible beautiful things that just make me wish March could stay:

1. Sunrise over tranquil water

gorgeous morning

2. Macaw parrots- released by hurricane Andrew, Coral Gables has a healthy community of these guys! They scream like crazy, but Hey! I’m already awake.

3. Orchids… Everywhere. And the bloom like they were taken from the best gardens in the world, yet I do nothing to them all year.