{"id":2115,"date":"2009-12-13T16:06:24","date_gmt":"2009-12-13T20:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glutenfreeislife.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/13\/weekly-menu-plan-december-13-2009\/"},"modified":"2009-12-13T16:06:24","modified_gmt":"2009-12-13T20:06:24","slug":"weekly-menu-plan-december-13-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=2115","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Menu Plan – December 13, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week has been full of baking disasters – 3 to be exact.  I posted about 1 of them here,<\/a> the other 2 happened on Saturday.  Saturday I set out to make Sugar Cut-outs and Shortbread.  The cut outs all stuck to my non-stick cookie sheet.  I suspect that my running out of parchment paper & opting to carry on was a mistake.  Live & learn.  I did try the last 5 cookies on foil sprayed with Pam and they worked much better.  So, it wasn’t the recipe as much as it was the method that I chose to bake them – cutting corners because I ran out of the parchment.  Note to self: stick dough back in fridge & go to the store next time.  \ud83d\ude09  Now, the shortbread.  Not sure what happened there.  I took a recipe from Real Simple<\/a> (ha ha….that makes me laugh seeing as this was far from simple for me…LOL) and converted it to gluten-free.  Normally I have no trouble converting recipes, but this just did not work.  It looked very pretty in the pan, but upon removing it, it crumbled.  LOL!  I have more cookie crumbs in my freezer than I know what to do with!  The shortbread & the sugar cut-outs both taste amazing, they just aren’t pretty.  I have renewed faith this morning, though, and am planning on making Gingerbread Cookies with Hannah.  Wish me luck!  I am going with this saying- “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.”  <\/p>\n

Onto the menu plan for the week.  No more talk of failures.  Heather of Celiac Family<\/a> is hosting the gluten-free menu swap this week & the ingredient of the week is cinnamon<\/strong>!  I love cinnamon!  I used cinnamon daily.  I put cinnamon in my coffee with a touch of unsweetened vanilla Almond Breeze; I sprinkle cinnamon on my apples & pears; I sprinkle cinnamon on my almond & pumpkin butter creations.  One of my favorite recipes that has cinnamon in it is Snickerdoodles<\/a>.  <\/p>\n

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I just got back from the grocery store with some fun produce finds.  I was shocked to find blackberries on sale for $1 again!  Here it is, December, and the blackberries are plentiful!  I also picked up 5 lbs of clementines.  I have a sneaking suspicion that I am going to be eating all 5 lbs alone.  I gave Hannah one for lunch & she didn’t like the “white skin” part.  Jon refused it and I don’t think Aaron likes them either.  Oh well, more for me, right?  I wanted to grab grapes, but not at $2.99\/lb.  I was also disappointed at the price of broccoli – $2\/head!   While I am enjoying the blackberries & root veggies, I really miss peaches, plums and watermelon.  <\/p>\n

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Sunday – Rotisserie chicken, basmati rice, fresh green beans & salad<\/p>\n

Monday –Sweet Thai Salmon<\/a>, baked sweet potato, asparagus & salad<\/p>\n

Tuesday – Mexican Pizza<\/a>, refried beans, white corn & salad<\/p>\n

Wednesday- BBQ Chicken Breast, parmesan potatoes<\/a>, sugar snap peas & salad<\/p>\n

Thursday –Shrimp Scampi Alfredo<\/a>, brown rice pasta & salad<\/p>\n

Friday -Calzones (hoping Shriley at Gluten-free Easily<\/a> posts her stuffed pizza by then \ud83d\ude09 ), veggies & salad<\/p>\n

Saturday -Roasted root veggies with chickpeas, marinutta<\/a> sauce & goat cheese, salad<\/p>\n

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Baked Goods<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bread<\/p>\n

Bagels<\/p>\n

Brownies<\/p>\n

Lots of cookies (hopefully no flops this week)<\/p>\n

Candy\/fudge<\/p>\n

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As always, don’t forget to check out Orgjunkie<\/a> for lots of great menu ideas.  <\/p>\n

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I hope you all have a great week!  Here are a couple of the fudge recipes I plan on making this week – Remarkable Fudge<\/a> & Peanut Butter Fudge<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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LiveJournal Tags: weekly menu plan<\/a>,gluten-free<\/a><\/div>\n
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