Day 10 menu and Recipes

Anyone other than me feel like these recipes are getting a little monotonous. I'm feeling like a little bit of a failure. I need to do a little more research for different ways to cook vegetables because I'm getting really sick of boiled veggies, and plain sliced fruit... I'm just feeling a little bit bitter today about this diet. It's a cool, rainy day and I just want to go bake some yummy bread or cookies, or muffins... but alas....

Breakfast - ...there's really only so many things I can think of to have here... more smoothies? :)

Lunch - leftovers

Dinner - Tortilla-less Fajitas, Fruit Salad

Fajitas

3-4 chicken Breasts diced
1 sliced onion
1 sliced pepper
1 Garlic clove (or 1 tsp garlic powder)
2-3 Tbls Olive Oil
1/2 tsp chili powder (more if you like it with some kick)
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp seasoning salt
Salt and Pepper to taste

Heat up the olive oil in a skillet or pan. Once the oil is hot throw the chicken, onions and peppers all in at the same time. Add seasonings right away so they really soak it. Cook on med-high heat until chicken is cooked through and onion and peppers soften. (I like mine a little more soft...)

Usually you serve with corn tortillas*, sour cream, cheese and lettuce. You can just put them on lettuce, or eat plain.

* Secret to making corn tortillas soft and warm. Heat up an old pan on the highest heat you can, when hot cook the tortilla for about 10 seconds on each side until it's soft, or bends easily. sometimes I also cook a little lower heat with a lid on to lock in moisture.

Contagious?

So sometimes I feel like i'm contagious. My mom, dad and my mother in law have a wheat allergy, but they all found out AFTER I did. I know that celiac isn't a contagious disease and that many people have it and don't know it. But it seems like many people end up with celiac or a gluten intolerance after I get to know them. So I'm sorry if you are one of those people I've "contaminated." Hopefully some of these recipes can help all of you afflicted with the allergy.

Day 9 Menu and Recipes

Breakfast - Applesauce Pancakes

Lunch - Left over Salmon Salad

Dinner - Steaks, or Grilled chicken, Oven Roasted Broccoli, Cabbage and Cauliflower, Butternut Squash, and homemade Applesauce

My husband bought a lot of red meat the other day so we'll be eating a lot of that this week... :)

Butternut Squash

Butternut Squash
Olive Oil
Sea Salt

Preheat oven to 400. Chop Butternut squash length wise into 4 pieces. Rub some olive oil into the top and sprinkle with sea salt. Bake for 30-40 minutes. Until the edges start to turn a little brown, or you can stab easily with a fork.

Oven Roasted Broccoli, Cabbage and Cauliflower

Broccoli
Cabbage
Cauliflower
1-2 T Oil
Mrs Dash
(your favorite seasonings...Make sure they are GF!)

Preheat oven to 400. Chop the broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower into bite size pieces. Toss with oil and seasonings. Cover with foil and cook for 20 mins.

Steak

Seasoning Salt and
Mrs Dash

Sprinkle and rub those into the steak. Put a little oil in a pan and heat on medium high heat. When it's hot, put the steak on and cover with a lid and cook for 3-4 minutes on each side. (2 if you want it more rare).

I also served mine with some sauteed onions and mushrooms. Of course I forgot to take a picture... I was distracted by the tastiness...
 I'll repost the picture of michaels oozing rare one... ick...