Vegan and Gluten-free Food

Just some photos of food I made.

All of the ingredients were bought in France where I live and are completely gluten-free and vegan. The first picture is is tofu with oregano and parsley, the second is broccoli, carrots peas, butternut squash (my personal favorite squash) and tofu with home-made sesame sauce, the third is garlic hummus and the last one is butternut squash, green beans, potatoes, peas and carrots with the same sesame sauce as number two and celery with raw almond butter and raisins.

How Speedskating Caught My Eye

I started skating five years ago in the United States. I didn't learn to skate on speedskates originally, first it was hockey skates even though I've never played hockey. It started out as just something I did for fun but one day when I was leaving my mom picked up a flyer for speedskating that was starting at the rink and asked me if I wanted to do this. I wasn't really sure how interested I was because I'd never seen speedskating before or even really heard of it, but I said "Sure, I'll try it". I started skating with all adults and one other kid, but I had no idea how different speed skates were from hockey skates, so I fell down a lot and pretty much did the "penguin walk" for almost a year, until I had learned how to skate on them. Even then, I wasn't fast at all. My coach, Dave, usually coaches adults, but he was the one who taught me to skate. I was only 8 and he made learning really fun.

The next season a new coach Elena joined the club and I slowly began doing things with her group of kids.  After a month or so I joined her off-ice training program and then she officially became my coach.  Two seasons later I had my first competition. It was Elena who made sure I started competing. Elena was the coach who really helped me focus and inspired me. She gave me a lot of personal attention because I worked so hard and she knew I really enjoyed it and wanted it. She showed me that if I really want to do this, there are people out there who will help me achieve my goals.

My speedskating goal: the Olympics.

No Limits

Everyone says kids are to young to cook or write books, but I am only a teenager and have been writing a book for a few months and am planning on writing an entire series. I have been cooking for a couple of years and learning new things, finding new recipes and enjoying every minute of it. Anyone can do what interests them. Don't think you're to young or to inexperienced because how will you get experience in anything if you don't do it, practice it and experience it. I found that if I put some effort into learning something new or improving at the things I am already doing and give myself no limits or boundaries I can do anything.