Day 1
Breakfast~~I had no clue what to prep for breakfast. I cooked up some breakfast sausages (I checked the ingredients carefully), and I cooked scrambled eggs. Isaac and Kaleb don't like eggs, so I cooked them incredibly thin, with lots of cheese, and wiped off the grease (Isaac doesn't like wet foods), and Isaac said he LIKED the eggs!! I gave them each some orange slices, too. That was breakfast!
Lunch~~I hope I am understanding ingredients that have gluten in them well--the kids ate hot dogs that appeared to be free of gluten, and some apple slices. I ate apple slices. This is where the craziness comes in...I got hungry!!
Dinner~~The boys were out with daddy at OMSI. I gave him instructions on what they could eat--a hamburger patty only, at McDonalds or Burger King, no french fries (they contain wheat!). They ended up having popcorn at OMSI (probably contains gluten in the sauce--maybe?) and then some meat and cheese at home. I did a Trader Joes & Whole Foods shopping trip on an empty tummy, then came home and fed Ruby (not so gluten free), and cleaned up the lunch dishes and got Ruby in bed, and then pulled out my fabric to start making Christmas presents, and then felt like I was going to pass out from being so hungry...Not smart B! Karry went to our pastor's house to do woodworking with him after the kids were in bed, and on his way home (9:30 or so), he got me a chicken salad from Burgerville--no croutons. :)
I'd done all that shopping ($90 at Whole Foods!) but I was weak from not eating and didn't feel like prepping anything/couldn't think that hard....Not smart!!
Day 2~~MUCH BETTER!!
Breakfast~~I made these waffles. Couldn't tell they were gluten free! Rock on!
Lunch~~We had brown rice cakes (GF!) with babybell spreadable cheese (is that what it's called? the wedges) on top, and turkey (apple gate farms, gluten free, no hormones, etc.) on top of that, and then apple slices. That was a yummy lunch. I think I'll make that again--and again! :) The kids really liked it, and I taught them how to spread their own cheese, which makes it an easier lunch for me!
Dinner~~Well, I've attempted a white bean/pork thing in the crock pot all day, but it's 5 pm, and the beans still feel hard (I soaked them, too!) and it looks like soup, but it's not supposed to be. Dinner rescue plan: we have pre-cooked taco meat in the freezer (I make my own taco seasoning, no flour), and I bought gluten free brown rice tortillas at Trader Joes yesterday. THAT will be dinner instead of the soupy/hard bean thing! :)
Tomorrow is Kaleb's birthday--I'll take pictures of the GF Cake I try to make!! :)
2 comments:
this is fun to read as I feel in the same boat..."ok, what do I make for dinner?!?!" =)
hope you are doing well...and not hungry! =)
It's time for me to go shopping again...the supplies lasted 2 weeks (but that was with thanksgiving in the mix)! I've been trying to figure out what to have as a snack the past few days, so that is a good sign that I need to go! =)
I think I will try Trader Joes this time, and possibly Freddys...they have a few things! =)
Hey Tarena! It's fun to have someone else in the same boat! A friend just told me about New Seasons, too, and that for organic chicken & stuff, they're cheaper than Safeway or Fred Meyer. I think the closest stores are Happy Valley or Lake Oswego, but I just saw online that you can shop online and have it ready for you to just pick up for a $4.95 fee. That's worth it to me with 4 kids, and also, I can analyze the prices better online! I'm not in the store, in an aisle with 4 kids pulling at different things and distracting me while I try to calculate if the sale really is a good deal! :)
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