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| Brownies (recipe: The ultimate gluten-free cookie book). I made these for my daughter to bring in to her class for her birthday. I was sure they'd never know it was gluten-free, so I was surprised when she told me, "Mom, the kids complained!" I asked why, and she said, "They wished the brownies were bigger!" PERFECT. |
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| Dinner: Brown rice fusilli, steamed broccoli, strawberries, and gluten-free chicken nuggets. |
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| Lunch: Leftover brown rice, mixed with diced tomatoes, red beans, garnished with sour cream and cheddar cheese. |
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| Dinner: Lazy chicken over brown rice fusilli (crockpot; Make it Fast Cook it Slow), steamed broccoli, fresh strawberries. |
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| Breakfast: Blueberry pancakes (we tried a gluten-free mix that a friend gave us) with turkey sausage and oranges. |
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| Dinner: Turkey burgers, brown rice penne mac and cheese (crockpot; Make it Fast, Cook it Slow), steamed broccoli, and fresh tomatoes and mozzarella. |
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| Dinner: Maple dijon chicken with sweet potatoes (crockpot; Recipe: Make it Fast Cook it Slow), fruit salad (frozen), and steamed broccoli. I do not like mustard, so I did a little sleuthing online and found white wine to be a good substitution for the dijon. It worked. |
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| Another gluten-free first: BREAD! I discovered this cookbook what has quickly become one of my new Bibles, "Gluten-free on a shoestring." In it, there is a great bread recipe. This was delicious. |
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| A kitchen staple: Vanilla yogurt. I will always be indebted to the Frugal Girl for her no-frills method, which requires no more than a pot and a picnic cooler for awesome yogurt. |
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| Dinner: Coconut chicken (crockpot; recipe: Coconut Beef- Make it Fast, Cook it Slow) over brown rice pilaf (with pureed cauliflower; recipe: Double Delicious), steamed broccoli, and watermelon. |
Man dinner: Steak, sauteed onions, baked potato, steamed broccoli, watermelon.
Dinner: Macaroni and cheese (crockpot; recipe: Make it Fast, Cook it Slow) with pureed cauliflower (ala Sneaky Chef), steamed broccoli, and fresh strawberries. Usually M&C wouldn't be enough protein to suffice as dinner, but this recipe has an egg, 4 c. of milk, and 4. c of cheese, so I let it slide. Also, my husband wasn't home for dinner, so I didn't have to see his sad face when he saw no meat on his plate. ;)
Tortellini salad (fresh mozzarella, fresh basil, cherry tomatoes, and olive oil).
Dinner: Tortellini salad, steamed broccoli, and fresh honeydew.
Dinner: Rotisserie chicken (BJ's), mashed potatoes, corn and carrots, steamed broccoli, and pear slices. Still under the weather and letting my husband handle meals, which means corn for two nights in a row, lol.
Heath chocolate chip cookies (whole grain)
Ground chicken breast, with pureed butternut squash, seasoned to be used in tacos/burritos. After this was cooked, I split it into two packages and froze both for future dinners. This wasn't for tonight's dinner, but since I was already browning ground chicken, I figured I'd cook it all and save myself some steps next time.
Baked ziti, with ground chicken breast, pureed yellow squash, and low-fat ricotta and mozzarella. One was for that night's dinner, and I froze the other.
Dinner: Baked ziti, steamed broccoli, blueberries, and bananas. 
Dinner: Teriyaki salmon, vegetarian spring rolls (I didn't make the spring rolls, they came from a local chinese restaurant), steamed broccoli, and egg drop soup (also take-out).
Dinner: Turkey hot dogs on whole grain thin/buns, steamed broccoli and carrots, cantaloupe, and grapes.
Breakfast: Oat bran blueberry applesauce muffins (recipe: Hodgson Mill) and fruit salad. My husband put some chocolate chips on the top of his, but they were really good even w/o the chocolate.
Dinner: We ate dinner at our friend's house, and brought this over: Fresh steamed broccoli and baby carrots, with a buttermilk-ranch dip (with pureed white beans; recipe: Deceptively Delicious).
Breakfast: Pumpkin whole grain waffles (with wheat germ and flax seed), scrambled egg whites with spinach, and sliced pear. I made a double batch of these waffles and froze two breakfast's worth for future mornings.
Dinner: Chicken fried (brown) rice (recipe: Cooking Light), steamed broccoli, and fresh pineapple.
Lunch: Garden vegetable soup with mini ravioli.
Before: Eggplant spinach rollatini. I made this a few weeks ago, and froze an extra. I thought it looked pretty neat from the bottom.
Dinner: Eggplant spinach rollatini, whole grain pasta with tomato alfredo sauce, steamed broccoli, and sliced pear.
Dessert: Milkshakes (ice cream machine) made with skim milk.
Dinner: Turkey breast (leftover from the crockpot turkey from a few days ago), baked potato with broccoli and cheese, steamed broccoli, and fresh strawberries.
Breakfast: Cream of wheat with strawberries and maple syrup.
Breakfast: Scrambled egg white with cheese.
Dinner: Mandarin apricot pork (crockpot; Recipe: Make it Fast, Cook it Slow) over whole grain spaghetti; steamed broccoli, and oranges. This looked and smelled so good but since I don't eat pork, I had to trust my family to enjoy it on my behalf. ;)
My daughter's plate, once the pork had been sliced and made kid-friendly.
Dinner: Turkey cheeseburgers on whole grain sandwich thins, homemade steak fries ("Freedom Fries; recipe: Sneaky Chef), and steamed broccoli.
Dinner: Big Salad (steamed broccoli and carrots, romaine lettuce, baby spinach, cucumbers, red pepper, chickpeas, crunchy noodles, hard boiled eggs, grape tomatoes, and strawberries.
