What’s for dinner? This week’s gluten-free menu plan (11/12)

Menu Plan by Laurie

Just a tiny bit of background information:  three members of our little family of four (soon to be five!) are Gluten Intolerant.  So I buy my husband his own bread and cereal, and basically everything else that comes into our house & out of my kitchen is Gluten Free.  I have learned (over the years) many ways to adapt “regular” food to G.F, and I really don’t get any complaints from my husband (and my kids just think this is normal as it’s the way they’ve always eaten), so I think what we eat is pretty acceptable, even if one does not follow a G.F. diet.  Enough about my issues, on to the menu!

Here’s what’s for dinner at my house this week:

Monday — Simple Roast Chicken, Roasted Red Potatoes, Peas and Fresh Pears

Tuesday — Gluten Free Pasta tossed with (leftover) roast chicken, pesto and sun-dried tomatoes; Green Salad with feta, apples, almonds and craisins

Wednesday — Roasted Butternut Squash & Black Bean Enchiladas, Chips and Salsa, Canned Italian Plums.

What I make is very loosely based on the enchilada recipe, I like to add whatever fresh vegetables happen to be around to the saute’; this time I will throw in an anaheim pepper, garlic, patty pan squash, a zucchini, fresh corn and an heirloom tomato.  I use canned enchilada sauce (some varieties are not G.F. so be sure to read the labels). Also, I substitute corn tortillas, and I never roll up the tortillas around the filling, I just place a layer of them on the bottom of the pan & a layer on top of the filling, much easier!

Thursday — Leftovers

Friday — Chicken Vegetable Soup (I will make Chicken Stock  overnight on Thursday in the Crockpot using the carcass from Monday night’s meal), Gluten Free Biscuits with Freezer Jam, Fresh Oranges

Saturday — Steak, Baked Yams (same as baked potatoes, we just prefer whole yams), Gluten Free Cornbread and Fresh Apples with Dulce de Leche

Sunday — Leftovers Buffet.  Sundays are pretty full for us, so to make my life easier I save all the random little bits of leftovers from the week that the kids and I don’t use up for lunches and re-heat them all up on Sunday evening.  Everyone can choose whatever they want  for their own custom meal.  Kind of like the Old Country Buffet, but without the soft-serve ice cream machine.

Here’s what I am doing for snacks this week:  Juice!, Fresh Apples, Home Made Larabars, Gluten Free Zucchini Bread with Walnuts and Chocolate Chips.

Looking for some gluten-free cooking inspiration? Amazon has Deliciously G-Free: Food So Flavorful They’ll Never Believe It’s Gluten-Free by Elisabeth Hasselbeck in stock and ready to ship! Find more gluten-free cookbooks from Amazon here.

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What are you making for dinner this week? Be sure to leave a link to any recipes in the comments!

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