Well, this week was a bit of a bust! Evidentially, frozen gluten-free vegan vegetable lasagna is not that great when you thaw it out. Add in adjusting a strong-willed toddler’s sleeping patterns back to normal…well you have some exhaustion and for me that kills all my desire to cook. We managed though!
I didn’t have any desire to make a menu plan because of that though! I mean its hard with two picky eaters, but I just had no inspiration after the duds in the beginning of the week. However, with the help of my sister I did come up with a plan.
The theme for the GF Menu Swap over at Celiac Family this week is bacon. Now I can’t currently eat meat and most of the time I don’t miss it; however, bacon is in a class by itself. In keeping with the theme we will be having Chef Salad with bacon. I got some soy crumbles and I’m going to use a recipe from the “Happy Herbivore” cookbook to make them into bacon bits! I’ll let you know how that works out. Here’s the rest of this week’s plan:
Sunday
Breakfast: Waffles (So AMAZING! I substituted out quinoa flakes for the oatmeal and it was still amazing. An easy GF, DF recipe that doesn’t make me want to break out into a chorus of “And a partridge in a pear tree!” after reading the ingredient list)
Dinner: Veggie burger with gluten-free buns (turkey burgers for everyone else), sliced tomatoes, grilled lettuce, dressing, boiled potatoes with earth balance, corn on the cob, with a yummy fruit crisp for dessert.
Supper: Some guacamole, chips, and a leftover lonely salmon fillet and whatever veggies I could round-up.
Rest of the week:
Breakfasts:
Leftover waffles
Banana “Oat” Pancakes
Banana Apple Muffins
Banana Donuts (shaped like donut holes since I don’t own a donut pan!)
Eggs of some sort or other
Lunch/Dinner:
Fish of some sort
Tomato Avocado Salad This is one of my favorite salads/dinners! I keep everything on hand so I can make it whenever.
Chef Salad with green leaf lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, boiled eggs, “bacon” bits from the “Happy Herbivore Cookbook”, regular bacon for everyone else, with dressing
Sweet & Sour Shrimp Stir fry (adapted from this recipe)
Bok Choy Brown Rice Salad (minus chicken for me) with orange sesame dressing
Pizza, Salad
Smoothie, Popcorn
And of course…LEFTOVERS!
For more menu ideas check out Org Junkie’s Menu Plan Monday! Or if you are interested in some gluten-free menus check out the Celiac Family and the Gluten Free Menu Swap!