Day Three hundred and twenty-four

Lunch: Hard-boiled eggs, baby spinach, red peppers, orange slices, and almond cheddar chips.

Day Three hundred and twenty-two

Dinner in a rush: Polenta slices, gluten-free chicken nuggets, fruit salad, and steamed carrots.

My daughter's lunch for tomorrow: Turkey, cheese, gluten-free crackers, red peppers, and grapes.

Day Three hundred and nineteen

Dinner: Turkey tacos with avocado, baby spinach, tomatoes, cheddar, and sour cream.

My daughter's gluten-free lunch for tomorrow: Edamame crackers, mozzarella stick, baby carrots and red peppers, fresh pineapple, and a blueberry muffin (just out of the freezer, hence the ice crystals).

Homemade cottage cheese.  I wanted my own organic cottage cheese, but I don't recommend making it.  I hate how store-bought cottage cheese has so many additives, and I read how making your own is *so* easy.  It was... BUT.  Using a quart and a half of milk yielded this tiny amount of cottage cheese, and it did not taste appetizing.  Experiment, failed.  Oh well.

Day Three hundred and eighteen

(Gluten-free) Waffles, oh yeah!  (An old inside joke- ask my husband).

Parmesan garlic croutons (made with stale gluten-free bread).

Dinner: The Big Salad (hard-boiled eggs, baby spinach, chickpeas, steamed carrots, tomatoes, red peppers, cucumbers), croutons, and homemade ranch.

Day Two hundred and ninety-eight

Lunch: Fresh mozzarella, sweet potato crackers, green beans and red peppers, and clementine slices.



Dinner: Turkey hot dogs on gluten-free buns, corn on the cob, cantaloupe, and steamed veggies.

Day Two hundred and ninety-seven

My daughter's first gluten-free school lunch: Colby-jack cheese on gluten-free bread, hard-boiled eggs, sliced apple, green beans and red peppers. Fairly similar to a regular lunch, other than the bread. This is a fabulous Laptop Lunches bento box, and it makes packing school lunches a breeze.

Dinner: Homemade tomato soup (recipe: Double Delicious) with baby spinach, mini turkey meatballs, and mozzarella cheese. Did you know both canned tomato soup and many commercial meatballs contain wheat? They're worth making yourself. :)

Day Two hundred and forty-five

Dinner: Big Salad.  Steamed carrots and broccoli, fresh zucchini and red peppers, sliced hard-boiled eggs, baby spinach and romaine lettuce, homemade croutons (from ciabatta rolls), and fresh berries.

Day Two hundred and eighteen

A night of "Man cooking," which always means BBQ. Marinated chicken, red peppers, and grape tomatoes skewered on the grill.

Dinner: BBQed chicken, red peppers, and grape tomatoes, potatoes au gratin (leftover from Mother's Day), and steamed veggies.

Day One hundred and ninety-seven

Dinner: Using a recipe from Allrecipes.com called, "Fettuccine with sweet pepper cream sauce," I modified this to meet the tastes of my family. I followed the recipe fairly closely, but added chicken, fresh green beans, and omitted the cayenne pepper. I served it over whole grain spaghetti, alongside strawberries, and it was awesome. Kudos to my friend Julie for sharing this recipe with me!

Day Thirteen

Dinner: Whole wheat french bread. The dough is a bread machine recipe- pretty easy.

Dinner: Farmer's market lasagna (recipe: Parents magazine). Whole wheat lasagna noodles, part-skim ricotta and mozzarella, spinach, diced zucchini, yellow squash, red peppers, and shredded carrot. This made enough for two nights' worth of dinner... hooray!

Dinner: Mango chunks and blueberries.

Day Twelve

Vanilla yogurt. Very easy to make, using the Frugal Girl's cooler method.

Dinner: Big Salad. Romaine lettuce, chickpeas, sliced egg, zucchini, cucumber, carrots, and red peppers.