Another gluten free menu plan

Just in case anyone wanted a peek at my menu for the week.  I know that it helps me sometimes to see what others are having when I get in a rut.  So here is what is on tap for the week.

Here are our 5 dinners.

1.  Taco pasta - This was an easy to fix meal that everyone liked.    Sides were fruit and fresh cucumbers.

2.  Baked balsamic chicken
    Roasted broccoli - maybe this recipe
    Mashed potatoes

3.  Mac and cheese - Trying a new recipe and hoping its as good as the other one.  GF mac and cheese can be very yummy!
    Kielbasa
    Salad and/or raw veggies with dip

4.  Taco Bowl - Good for a night when I have to leave early for play practice.  Everyone can fix their own dinner as they like it.  Good way to use some leftovers too.  :)
   
5.  Egg, polenta, salsa dish - polenta with a fried egg, black beans, sliced avocado and salsa on top.  YUM!  We may be having grits instead of polenta as I'm having a hard time finding that around here for some reason.

For breakfast we can have any of these options:

eggs and bacon
grits
yogurt and granola
cereal

For lunch:
hot dog and fries
quesadillas
pizza
salad
fruit
And look what I made tonight for the rest of the week!  :D  I'm really excited to try this out.   You can read more about salads in a jar here.

Last week, two of my boys made a restaurant for us to enjoy for lunch one day!  It was great.  Pretty tablecloth, placemats, menus - the whole works!  I am hoping to see this happen more often.  :)  We are working on cooking lessons a bit this summer at their request.  I love having children that enjoy food and cooking!

Hope you are off to a great start for your week.  I'll be posting the next couple of days some of my May catch-up and then its on to June.  I'm getting there and hope to be fully caught up soon!

Have a great week!

Blessings
Leslie

Gluten Free menu plan for the week

Well, I've certainly had a long blogging hiatus.  Life has just been full and demanding in a variety of ways - nothing huge, just full.  I do miss writing though and I want to share some of what has been going on and I am looking to find a way to fit blogging back in.  :)

I've been in a cooking rut ... for awhile.  Seems like months.  Winging it.  Lots of repeats.  Mainly just piecing things together here and there.  Well, today I finally sat down and made a plan!  I'm excited.  I thought I would share it in case anyone else is in a rut and would like to just borrow any of these ideas.

These are all gluten free.

Day 1 - Grilled chicken - Used seasonings we had at home
   Grilled cabbage and potato packets
   Cantaloupe, grapes, blueberries

Day 2 - Pork chops with black beans
   Rice
   Broccoli
   Fruit

Day 3 - Potato kielbasa skillet
   Tomato with mozzarella salad
   Salad

Day 4 - Enchilada casserole - can post recipe if anyone wants it.  We use corn tortillas to make it GF.
   Guacomole - I make this almost weekly and it is yummy!
   Chips
   Fruit

Day 5 - Chicken salad
   Broccoli salad
   Fruit

Other options to round out the week include:  breakfast for dinner and tacos.


Breakfast options:
*Applesauce muffins
*Eggs, grits, bacon
*Omelettes
*Yogurt and granola
*Fruit

Lunch options:
*Summer salad (concoction of GF pasta, pepperoni, cheddar cheese, carrots, cucumbers and italian dressing)
*Salads in a jar - I'm excited to try this.  :)  I am hoping it will make eating healthy a bit easier.
*Hot dogs and fries
*Turkey slaw

Snack options
*Carrots and hummus/chips
*Yogurt
*Fruit
*Deviled Eggs
*Smoothies

That's it for now.  Hopefully I will be posting more soon on what is going on around here as well as some of our co-op fun.  :)

Have a great week!

Blessings
Leslie