Saturday, September 11, 2010

GFDF?

It was brought to my attention that some behavioral issues I've been having with my DD could be food related, so this week we are beginning a trial of no gluten or dairy. Thankfully my meal plan was mostly GFDF (that's gluten free dairy free) so it just took a little bit of tweaking to adjust. Here is my meal plan for the week:

Sunday: Roast chicken, corn, spinach. Making chicken stock overnight in the crockpot for soup this week and...
Monday: Arroz con Pollo
Tuesday: Grilled chicken breasts and leek risotto
Wednesday: Beef tenderloin kebabs and basmati rice
Thursday: Sirloin medallion steaks, mashed potatoes, another veggie
Friday: Meatloaf and sauteed squash (from an America's Test Kitchen recipe)
Saturday: BBQ for our Bradley Class Reunion, so I'm guessing we'll take some chicken breasts since I bought a family pack.

Tomorrow morning the groceries will be delivered (2 months of free delivery from Peapod could not have come at a better time than adjusting to having two children!) then we're off to a farmer's market to hopefully snag some sausage (one more week until Polyface sausage! woohoo!), whatever veggies/fruit are in season (hopefully watermelon!), and then over to Wegman's to get some final GFDF supplies (like Earth Balance spread to replace butter and hazelnut milk to replace the milk in my coffee). Yes, I have to do this trial too because allergens can pass through breastmilk. This will be a good time to see if there is anything food-wise affecting me or my little DS for that matter.

My plan for snacks are rice cakes, larabars, applesauce, mandarin oranges, frozen peas and whatever fresh fruit/veggie I can get us to eat. It's going to be difficult because all she wants to eat is gluten-based products but I'm hoping we'll get to the other end of the tunnel quickly!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I'm excited to see how things work out for you guys. I really want to try it for us too, but I just don't see our teensy budget (around $30/wk for four) handling the substitutions :(