The week is over (or just beginning). I guess it depends on how you look at it. The busy week is over and a less busy week is starting. It was so great to spend time with family over the past few days, but it is good to get back to the routine. I am worn out. I did manage to get the tree & Christmas decorations up today.
My Mom, Hannah and I headed out shopping for some great deals on Friday. We shopped for close to 12 hours. We got some amazing deals, most I can’t talk about due to peeping eyes! 😉 We stopped for lunch around noon at Marcella’s. I am a sucker for risotto, so I ordered the Roasted Chicken & Broccolini Risotto. It was TDF! I thought I liked the Seafood Risotto – I think this Roasted Chicken one might be better! It was the perfect way to refuel. After lunch we hit up World Market & spent close to an hour in there. Not because we were in line, because we were having a blast! I love that place! The only bummer – they were out of their dark chocolate & sea salt bars that I have been dying to try! It was a super fun day! I love spending time with my Mom & Hannah. The only thing missing was my sister, Kelly. Here is a picture of us together last December.
This week Manda of Asparagus Thin is hosting the Gluten-Free Menu Swap with the theme of cranberries. Cranberries rock! I made my own cranberry sauce for the first time last Thanksgiving. This year I added a new twist to that recipe and I will be sharing it later this week. I am also interested in learning how to cook other things with cranberries. I have been adding the leftover cranberry sauce to my salads….what a great topper!
Sunday- Rotisserie chicken, green beans, sweet potatoes & salad
Monday ~BBQ chicken breast, brown rice, asparagus & salad
Tuesday ~Tacos, refried beans, corn & salad
Wednesday ~Burgers, sweet potato fries & salad
Thursday~ Filet, roasted veggies & salad
Friday~ Homemade pizza, veggies & salad
Saturday~Leftovers
Baked Goods
Bread
Cookies (starting my Cookie a Day baking to get ready for December)
Don’t forget to check out Orgjunkie for lots more menu plans & ideas.
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My son and me, November 2000. This is before we were gluten-free/diagnosed Celiac.
Gluten-free is Life 
Great looking menu and tree, etc!
Thanks for stopping by!
Enjoy!
Thanks Pam!
You have an amazing amount of energy, woman! LOL I am amazed at anyone who can have their tree and decorations up before Dec. and shop for 12 hours–wow!
Great photo of you and your sister!
Shirley
Thank you, Shirley! If it wasn’t for my daughter, Hannah, I would have skipped the decorating yesterday! LOL! I just wanted to veg on the couch. However, that adorable 7 year old smile did me in! 😉
Seriously. I cannot believe you have your tree up already. I feel like a holiday slacker. LOL!
I swear, if it wasn’t for Hannah pushing for it, it would still be in the basement! LOL!
I saw your tweet about making Christmas cookies. What kind of cookies are you making? Since my celiac diagnosis, I’ve only made standard types of cookies….chocolate chip, peanut butter, etc. When I was a kid, though, Mom used to make the type of Christmas cookies that you used cookie cutters and a frosting/glaze and then topped with sprinkles of some sort. Is that the type you make?
If so, do you have a recipe for this glaze/frosting that would be gluten-free? I’m on a calorie-counting diet and not much room for cookie calories, but I may talk myself into making something like this for Christmas.
By the way, I just love your weekly menus…. I tend to get stuck in the same ruts and cooking the same things over and over. It’s nice to see what other gluten-free folks are eating – it gives me ideas to branch out for our own meals.
Thanks!
Hi Deb,
I made Russian Teacakes today….the recipe will be up tomorrow (Tuesday). I am doing a Cookie-A-Day on the blog. All recipes will be posted. I am including the sugar cut-outs w/frosting in the mix. I haven’t made them GF yet, but I have a good recipe to use.
For my frosting or glaze, I use powdered sugar & milk (glaze). You can flavor with vanilla. You could also sub in orange juice or lemon juice for a citrus flavor. I will add cinnamon to the milk/vanilla mix for a spice frosting.
Thanks for reading my blog. 🙂 I enjoy sharing my finds & hope that I can help others.
kim