This past week was SOOOOOO nice weather wise!\u00a0 I mean, yes, it did rain, but I can take a little rain.\u00a0 I was just happy that precipitation was not in any frozen form.\u00a0 This week, I am afraid to look at the forecast.\u00a0 I know that this weather won’t last long in February in Ohio, that would just be too good to be true.\u00a0 So, I shall bury my head in the sand and hope for the best!\u00a0<\/p>\n
I ended up deviating from my menu plan last week much more than I had hoped to.\u00a0 I typically do very well following it and only change 1 day per week.\u00a0 Last week, however, was different.\u00a0 A dear friend of mine passed away and her wake was Monday night, so Aaron and I asked his Mom to come stay with the kids.\u00a0 That meant that we didn’t end up eating until we got home later on and we just made due with what we could find.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One new treat I made last week to go with the lasagna I made to surprise Aaron was Carrie’s (Ginger-Lemon Girl) Cheddar Garlic Biscuits<\/a>.\u00a0 They were super yummy and easy to make!\u00a0 I will be making these again.\u00a0 Jon said they tasted just like the biscuits that he used to eat at Red Lobster before he had to go gluten-free.\u00a0 He was beyond thrilled!\u00a0 THANKS Carrie!!<\/p>\n This week is going to start off with Aaron & I celebrating Valentine’s Day a day late.\u00a0 We do this mostly to avoid the craziness at restaurants that you see on Valentine’s Day.\u00a0 As you all know, eating out gluten-free is hard enough, just add in a packed restaurant and extremely busy kitchen and you have a potential disaster waiting to happen (that would be a potential digestive disaster \ud83d\ude09 ).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Later in the week I have a dinner out planned with 2 girl friends.\u00a0 We are always putting off getting together because of our busy lives, but after our friend passed away last week, we realize the importance of keeping up those friendships even more.\u00a0 Life is too short.\u00a0 Keep those friendships close.\u00a0 Don’t put off keeping in touch.\u00a0 So, our new “plan” is to get together at least once a month for a lunch, dinner or just simply some coffee & catching up.\u00a0<\/p>\n Onto the meal plan:<\/p>\n Sunday ~ Dinner at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse<\/a> for Aaron & I; kids are going to Grandma’s as they are off from school on Monday<\/p>\n Monday ~ Sweet Thai Chile Glazed Salmon,<\/a> quinoa, steamed green beans & spinach salad.<\/p>\n Tuesday ~ Bourbon Chicken<\/a>, steamed brown jasmine rice & steamed broccoli.<\/p>\n Wednesday ~ BBQ chicken breasts (Sweet Baby Ray’s sauce), baked potatoes or garlic rosemary potatoes, veggies & salad.<\/p>\n Thursday ~ Kim out with friends; H0memade Macaroni & cheese, baked beans & veggies for the fam.<\/p>\n Friday ~ Homemade Calzones with Chebe Mix (veggies & turkey pepperoni), steamed veggies & salad.<\/p>\n Saturday ~ Burgers, sweet potato fries & salad.<\/p>\n Baked Goods<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Bread<\/p>\n Pudding Cookies<\/p>\n Peanut Butter Cookies (homemade, not the recalled ones \ud83d\ude09 )<\/p>\n Oh, I have a confession to make.\u00a0 If I wasn’t clear the other day, I am now addicted to Barney Butter.\u00a0 Thanks Hangry Pants<\/a>!\u00a0 I am almost out of my 2nd jar!\u00a0 ACK!\u00a0 I really wanted to try those cookies with the BB, but no freakin’ way am I wasting my BB on cookies! LOL!\u00a0 Guess I better get used to my old Skippy Natural for a while. \ud83d\ude09\u00a0 Oh, maybe I’ll run to Wally World and grab some Peanut Butter & Co Dark Chocolate Dreams.\u00a0 Gotta get my fix somewhere!\u00a0\u00a0 Oh, and I made the mistake of trying the BB with fruit spread on a Van’s waffle instead of my rice cake, yeah, that was a mistake.\u00a0 Holy YUM!\u00a0 Sigh.\u00a0 Good thing I have really ramped up the running or I would be in trouble!\u00a0\u00a0 Okay, confession over.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n Don’t forget to check out Celiacs in the House<\/a> for the weekely gluten-free menu swap.\u00a0 Also, Orjunkie<\/a> has lots more menu plans.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n