Meal Planning IX

Breakfast
Quinoa Pudding
Apple

Lunch
Leftover roasted chicken
Watermelon
Strawberries
Steamed fresh broccoli with sea salt and olive oil
Mashed sweet potatoes, butter and cinnamin

Dinner
Crockpot beef roast
Garlic Mashed potatoes
Steamed fresh carrots with butter
Steamed fresh beets

Meal Planning VIII

Breakfast
GF Waffle (Vans) plus butter and real maple syrup
Leftover quinoa pilaf

Lunch
Sliced turkey- Applegate farms nitrate free GF
Marys Gone Crackers- original seed crackers GF
Raw sliced carrots
Roasted cauliflower with butter and fresh mozarella cheese GF
Cut up cantaloupe & fresh strawberries

Dinner
GF Noodles (Tinkayada)
Spicey chicken Sausage
Pasta Sauce
Cheese
Onions

Meal Planning VII

Breakfast
Scrambled eggs
one chicken & apple sausage (Applegate Farms)
Slice GF bread with GF peanut butter and banana slice
Apricot applesauce
Water

Lunch
Leftover All in One Casserole (Beef, brown rice, tomato sauce, spinach, spices, etc.)
Kurt had made it for Mother's Day!
Leftover half of a red potato with butter
Steamed fresh carrots (Lorelai had some too, pureed of course!)

Snack
Plain yogurt (Nancy's brand)
Cinnamin
GF Granola (Udi's)
Abby slept through this...

Dinner
Quinoa Pilaf (quinoa, butter, carrots, green onion, bell peppers, celery, oregano, sea salt)
Steamed fresh broccoli and red pepper with olive oil and sea salt

Ben approached the table at dinner and said, "Oh, man, everybody likes this [quinoa] but me!" Not surprisingly, he ate it and this time commented he liked it.

Glutenized?

Her GI symptoms had disappeared for at least two weeks until yesterday. It is hard to know if she got gluten, too much dairy too soon, or perhaps it is the egg sensitivity? Urgh.

Meal Planning VI

Breakfast
GF Rolled Oats (Bob's Red Mill GF Oats), raisins, cinnamin, apples
Goat Milk

Lunch
Breakfast Casserole (eggs, frozen cut organic potatoes, Organic Valley Mild Cheddar Cheese, green onions, bacon pieces (Applegate Farms nitrate free GF), sea salt, pepper, butter)
Apple
Water

Snack
Colby Cheese
Pear

Dinner
Vegetarian Chilli (celery, onion, butter, kidney beans, black beans, great northern beans, strained tomatoes, tomato paste, chili powder, sea salt, frozen corn)
Homemade yogurt popcicle (yogurt, blueberries, strawberries, banana) frozen into pops

Meal Planning V

Sunday is usually pancake morning in our household!

Breakfast
Sliced fresh strawberries, kiwi, peaches with plain whole milk yogurt sprinkled with GF cinnamin
GF Pancake Mix (Pamelas) plus blueberries and butter
Real Maple Syrup

Lunch
Another "Party Platter Sampler":
Sliced turkey breast (Applegate Farms nitrate free GF) on slice of homemade GF bread (Pamelas mix)
Ants on a log (celery, peanut butter, raisins)
Colby cheese
Mango slices
Cucumber
Whole Goat Milk

Snack
Apple

Dinner
Crockpot shredded beef (natural grass fed beef chuck pot roast, Edens Apple Cider Vinegar, sea salt, garlic powder, ground cloves, onion)
Baked red potato & butter
Steamed fresh beets plus butter and sea salt
Steamed frozen peas and carrots
Slice of GF bread toasted in over with butter and mozarella cheese
Water

Meal Planning IV

Breakfast
Oatmeal (Bob's Red Mill GF rolled oats) plus frozen blueberries

Lunch
"Party Platter Sampler" included
Sweet bell pepper slices
Cucumber slices
Slice of turkey breast (Applegate Farms is GF)
Colby cheese stick
Avocado pieces
Steamed frozen green beans (since Lorelai was being introduced to them...)
Mango slices
Carrots

Snack
(too busy playing outside)

Dinner
Stuffed bell peppers (red peppers, grass fed ground beef, onion, butter, garlic, cooked brown rice, strained tomatoes, oregano, sea salt, pepper, mozarella cheese)
leftover green beans
half slice homemade GF bread (from Pamela's GF bread mix) plus butter
Kiwi, peaches, strawberry salad
Goat milk

Meal Planning III

Breakfast
Smoothie (rice protein vitamin, flax oil, frozen berries, banana, water)
Breakfast sausages (Applegate Farms nitrate free, GF)
Avocado

Snack
Apple

Lunch (at GHM)
GF peas & carrots
GF mixed veggies
GF chicken breast
GF Quinoa Pudding
GF roasted potatoes (sweet potatoes and white potatoes)
GF brownie

Snack
Colby cheese
Caraway Crackers (Marys Gone Crackers GF seed crackers)

Dinner
Steamed fresh broccoli, olive oil, garlic, sea salt)
Short grain brown rice with butter
Baked chicken with lemon, pepper, butter and mozarella cheese
Strawberries with a little goat yogurt

It is nice to have lunch at Good Harvest Market. The hot bar has lots of GF options, usually about 70-80 % of the options, and they are easily identified/well labeled. Bonus: no prep time, no dishes to clean!

Meal Planning II

Breakfast
Scrambled eggs
Bacon (Applegate Farms nitrate free is also GF)
Plain whole milk yogurt over fresh strawberries
Mango

Lunch
Twice Baked Potatoes (butter, green onion, leftover bacon from breakfast broken up, cheddar cheese, sour cream)
Steamed frozen peas
Sliced turkey breast (Applegate farms nitrate free is also GF)

Snack
Ants on a log (celery, raisins, peanut butter)
Apple

Dinner
Three Bean Soup (carrots, butter, celery, water, strained tomatoes, onion, garlic, sea salt, green pepper, navy, black and kidney beans)....Ben likes to call it "Too Many Bean Soup"

Thankfully, she seems to be tolerating dairy again!

Meal Planning

A day of food in our gluten free life...

Breakfast
Smoothie (Frozen strawberries, banana, yogurt, flax oil, probiotic, coconut milk)
Gluten free waffle (Vans) with butter & real maple syrup

Lunch
Lentil patties (lentils, carrots, onion, ground up GF oats, GF soy sauce, GF bread crumbs)
GF Ketchup
Fresh steamed broccoli
Frozen steamed peas
Milk

Snack
Ants on a log (celery with peanut butter and raisins)

Dinner
Baked organic chicken (with lemon, butter, sea salt, pepper, and cilantro)
Quinoa pilaf (quinoa, carrots, peppers, green onion, oregano, butter, celery, sea salt)
Roasted cauliflower with butter and mozarella cheese
Fresh strawberries topped with goat yogurt
Water with fresh squeezed lemon

Gluten Free Family

I am not sure how this blog will look yet, but my goal is to document our journey as we embark on a gluten free life. Last month, our daughter was diagnosed with celiac disease. She is our inspiration...