Mom’s on a Mission…

As any mom knows, you have to have some kind of planning in your home or everything just falls apart by lunchtime. This is 100x more true if you have a child with autism. Zack thrives on structure. He has a daily schedule that he truly does well on and I couldn’t imagine our life without it. I wonder if other autie-loving families rely on their magic erase boards as much as I do…

I decided to start planning my meal plans in a more productive manner. It’s just not working very well for us when I go shopping and drop random things in the cart and then we go home and… well, what kind of meal am I going to make with salmon, baked beans, and mandarin oranges? Yuck. So, we wind up eating out a lot. Today, I decided I’m going to sit down and write out all our favorite GFCF meals and then I’ll have a list to look at when I’m planning our weekly menu. The weekly menu will be posted on my kitchen white board and then there’ll be no more “what’s for dinner?” Ummmmm…. hmmmmmmm…. Applesauce and chicken broth?

I’m going to post a page with our favorite meals today. And, I’m planning on a “New Recipe Day” every Monday after the Christmas season is over. We love to try new things but that’s risky with GFCF since half the recipes I try fail. So, once a week is plenty of new-tastes for us!

For breakfast, Zack had scrambled eggs, a banana, and 100% juice. He had a pajama party at school, which included popcorn. I sent a bag of air popped butterless popcorn from home. Lunch was chicken nuggets with crushed Lays Original as breading, baked fries, oranges, and Heinz ketchup. He’ll have some Christmas shaped marshmallows for a snack. And then, he’ll have quinoa pasta and Prego sauce with green beans for dinner.