{"id":3037,"date":"2011-01-10T08:29:28","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T13:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=3037"},"modified":"2011-01-10T08:29:28","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T13:29:28","slug":"birthday-menu-plan-and-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=3037","title":{"rendered":"Birthday Menu Plan and Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday my birthday.&#160; I am 29 + 8 years old.&#160; My mom, Linda, was kind enough to share her birthday with me \u2013 Thank you!&#160;&#160; I have always loved celebrating my birthday with one of my very favorite people.&#160; Our busy schedules didn\u2019t permit us to get together on our actual birthday, so we arranged to celebrate on Friday night instead.&#160;&#160; <\/p>\n<p>Our celebration started out at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostons.com\/bostonswall\/\">Boston\u2019s Gourmet Pizza<\/a> for some pre-hockey game cocktails.&#160; I considered ordering a glass of red wine, but one I found out they have Redbridge, I changed my mind!&#160; Nothing like an ice cold beer that doesn\u2019t make me sick.&#160; As much as I would have liked to order dinner there, we had a hockey game to get to.&#160; Jon\u2019s JV team played and unfortunately lost.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>After the game we went to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mellowmushroom.com\/\">Mellow Mushroom<\/a> to pick up carry-out.&#160; We just may be keeping them in business these days.&#160; The gluten-free pizza is Jon\u2019s favorite.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>For dessert I made a gluten-free carrot cake because I know how much my mom loves carrot cake and it is my favorite next to chocolate.&#160; I followed a recipe from Betty Crocker and even made the frosting from scratch.&#160; The recipe will be shared later this week on <a href=\"http:\/\/celiac-disease.com\/\">Celiac-Disease.com<\/a>.&#160; Here is a teaser picture\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"006\" border=\"0\" alt=\"006\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/006_thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"164\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last night hubby and I went out for a birthday dinner and the kids had a rotisserie chicken \u2013 Hannah was happier about it than Jon was.&#160; Jon said I promised him I would never buy a rotisserie chicken again.&#160; Hmm\u2026.not sure I remember that.&#160; He has had a weird aversion to chicken lately along with some other pickiness.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>Monday \u2013 Spaghetti with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=1674\">marinutta sauce<\/a>, roasted broccoli &amp; salad<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday \u2013Mexican pizzas, refried beans, corn &amp; salad<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday \u2013 Burgers, steak fries, zucchini and salad<\/p>\n<p>Thursday \u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mellowmushroom.com\/\">Mellow Mushroom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Friday&#160; -Breakfast for dinner \u2013 frittatas, turkey bacon and fruit<\/p>\n<p>Saturday \u2013 Filet mignon, baked potato, steamed green beans and salad<\/p>\n<p>****************************************************************<\/p>\n<p>And now the moment you have all been waiting for \u2013 the winners of my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=3024#comments\">Simpli Instant Apricot Oatmeal<\/a> giveaway!<\/p>\n<pre><p><strong>monica<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=3024&amp;cpage=1#comment-10868\">January 3rd, 2011 at 2:24 pm<\/a><\/p><p>I liked Simpli on Fb<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/whereawomanshakeshertablecloth.blogspot.com\/\">Amo<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=3024&amp;cpage=1#comment-10872\">January 3rd, 2011 at 2:26 pm<\/a><\/p><p>I like GF is Life on Facebook<br \/>Amy Clark<br \/><a href=\"mailto:amoeidson@yahoo.com\">amoeidson@yahoo.com<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Marisa H<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=3024&amp;cpage=1#comment-10929\">January 5th, 2011 at 12:20 pm<\/a><\/p><p>I followed you on Twitter! 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