{"id":2805,"date":"2010-07-04T17:26:06","date_gmt":"2010-07-04T21:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=2805"},"modified":"2010-07-04T17:26:06","modified_gmt":"2010-07-04T21:26:06","slug":"happy-4th-of-july-a-menu-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=2805","title":{"rendered":"Happy 4th of July &#038; a Menu Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy 4th of July!  How are you spending this holiday weekend?  The weather here has been picture perfect &#8211; lower humidity, clear, blue skies and perfect summertime temps of about 80 -85 degrees.  I kicked off the weekend with a 2000m swim at the pool yesterday morning, then I went to donate blood and then Hannah and I spent the day at the pool.   I see another pool day in my future really soon.  \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n<p>On Saturday I wrote a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=2804\">post<\/a> about my obsession with fruit.  Have you tried yellow watermelon?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" alt=\"\" align=\"baseline\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51%2Booi4%2BDgL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I remember tasting one last year, but didn&#8217;t want to buy a huge watermelon for just me to eat (the rest of the family doesn&#8217;t like watermelon).  Today Meijer was selling them in quarters, so I got a quarter of a watermelon for $1.30.   Can&#8217;t beat that! <\/p>\n<p>On the menu this week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Sunday &#8211; Veggie Mexican Pizzas (post with details to come later this week) and salad <\/p>\n<p>Monday &#8211; Rotisserie Chicken, risotto, asparagus &amp; salad<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday -Filet Mignon, baked potatoes, steamed green beans &amp; salad<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday-Grilled Chicken Kabobs, roasted zucchini &amp; salad<\/p>\n<p>Thursday- Burgers (Sunshine for me), sweet potato fries, broccoli &amp; salad<\/p>\n<p>Friday-Pizza and salad<\/p>\n<p>Saturday &#8211; my mom will be here, we will cook together or be lazy &amp; go out! \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n<p><strong>Baked Goods<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since it is so hot outside, there will be no baking, but I wanted to share a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realsimple.com\/food-recipes\/browse-all-recipes\/fruity-ice-cream-cups-00000000034739\/index.html?xid=dailyrecnews-07-04-2010\">recipe<\/a> I found in an email for Real Simple that I would love to try. <\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Fruity Ice Cream Cups<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>*Recipe courtesy of Real Simple<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Serves 4<br \/>\nTotal Time: 15m<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>1 cup of ice cream (Real Simple suggests vanilla, I suggest being creative)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>1\/2 cup fruit sorbet<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>fresh fruit , such as raspberries or sliced strawberries (optional &#8211; was not in Real Simple&#8217;s recipe)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<strong>Directions<\/strong><br \/>\nDividing evenly, layer \u00bd cup ice cream, \u00bd cup fruit sorbet, fresh fruit and another \u00bd cup ice cream in 4 small paper cups.<br \/>\nFreeze until firm, at least 10 minutes and up to 4 days.<\/p>\n<p>My flavor combination idea: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breyers.com\/products\/Smooth-and-Dreamy-Half-Fat\/Dark-Chocolate-Velvet.aspx\">Breyer&#8217;s Dark Chocolate Velvet Smooth &amp; Dreamy Ice Cream<\/a> with raspberry sorbet &amp; fresh raspberries. <\/p>\n<p>***************************************************************************************<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weekly Recap<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/celiac-disease.com\/gillians-foods-an-overview\/\">Gillian&#8217;s Food Review<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/celiac-disease.com\/betty-crocker-gluten-free-mixes-win-edison-award\/\">Betty Crocker wins an Edison Award<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/celiac-disease.com\/melting-pot-offers-a-new-gluten-free-menu\/\">Melting Pot offers a new gluten-free menu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/celiac-disease.com\/product-review-immaculate-baking-company-chocolate-chunk-cookies\/\">Review of Immaculate Baking Company cookies<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/celiac-disease.com\/a-visit-with-friends\/\">A Visit with Friends<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/celiac-disease.com\/exciting-news-from-joans-gf-great-bakes\/\">Exciting news from Joan&#8217;s GF Great Bakes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/examiner\/x-15655-Columbus-GlutenFree-Food-Examiner~y2010m7d4-Raisin-Rack-launches-glutenfree-blog\">Raisin Rack launches a gluten-free blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/examiner\/x-15655-Columbus-GlutenFree-Food-Examiner~y2010m6d29-Recall-Pure-Base-Garlic-Spread\">Recall on Pure Base garlic spread<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/examiner\/x-15655-Columbus-GlutenFree-Food-Examiner~y2010m6d28-Wendys-updates-glutenfree-menu-again\">Wendy&#8217;s updates their gluten-free menu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/examiner\/x-15655-Columbus-GlutenFree-Food-Examiner~y2010m6d28-Whole-Foods-Dublin-rolls-out-Farmers-Pick-program\">Whole Foods rolls out Farmer&#8217;s Pick program<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is a Jules Flour <a href=\"http:\/\/celiac-disease.com\/review-and-give-away-jules-gluten-free-cookie-mix\/\">giveaway here <\/a> &#8211; enter until July 9, 2010. <\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/glutenfreephilly.blogspot.com\/\">Gluten Free Philly<\/a> for letting us know about P.F. Chang&#8217;s offering free lettuce wraps with the purchase of an entree through July 31, 2010.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pfchangs.com\/briny\/BrinyGolf2010.aspx\">Click here<\/a> to get your coupon.  Scroll down to enter your email address &amp; get your coupon. <\/p>\n<p>Erin talks about intuitive eating <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreefitness.com\/intuitive-eating-you-eat-therefore-you-think-getting-your-mind-into-your-food\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+GlutenFreeFitnessFeed+(Gluten+Free+Fitness-Nutrition+and+Wellness+with+a+celiac+spin)\">here <\/a> and don&#8217;t forget about her brand new ebook, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=2781\">Living a Healthy Gluten-Free Life<\/a>, that you can purchase <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=2781\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Have a great week!! <\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=2805\"><\/div>\n<script><!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_div_class=\"linkwithin_hook\";\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 135270;\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts with Thumbnails\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy 4th of July! 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