Carrot Curry Soup

This was DELISH!!!!!!!!

Fire Roasted Tomato Soup with Kale

There's nothing better on a cold, dreary day than hit soup! Yum, yum! Even better with a side of kale chips!

Coconut Chicken Curry

This was YUMMY!!! We all enjoyed it!

Gluten Free Baking

Gluten free baking is a bit of a challenge for me expense wise!!!!!!  I bought a box of Betty Crocker GF Rice blend flour for $4 and made the banana bread. Still cheaper than buying it in the store but not nearly as cheap as old school white flour, GAH!!!!! I will admit, it was yummy though! :-)

Wow!

That's all I can say!!! These little Italians LOVE their pasta, their traditional, WHITE pasta!!

BUT, we tried this one today with a little chicken broth and they loved it!!

Comfort Food

When I was a kid, I LOVED Cream of Rice hot cereal for breakfast!! I tried this stuff last week and it's awesome!!! I squirt a little maple syrup in it and it takes my back to the 80s! LOL

My kids on the other hand have texture issues and are not fans, oh well....their loss!

Gluten Free Cookies

You know me and my love sweets! I've been looking at gluten free baking and boy it can be expensive!!! We met up with Jay, Ruth, and the kids today at Trader Joe's to see what all the fuss is about and to check out the GF stuff. Cool little place for sure but nothing compared to Central Market or Whole Foods in my opinion. I've found that HEB has some great deals on GF products too. I picked these cookies up today and they got a thumbs up from the kids.

GF Dinner #4!

Ok, so I'm figuring out that this gluten free dinner thing isn't half bad at all!!!!  40 clove garlic chicken,Delish....Crockpot carnitas with corn tortillas and bean salad, Yummo....Burger wraps with homemade French fries and sauteed zucchini, Yes please.....aaaaand tonight, GF chicken tenders with roasted cauliflower and kale salad....Oh Yeah!!!

Now, you'll say.....no way the kids eat that stuff, but in this house the golden rule is you WILL try it! Anna is a texture freak so she didn't like the zucchini sauteed, but she ate it as did the other two. They love beans and had fun eating burgers wrapped in romaine. I've heard the moans and groans, they are kids after all, but they have done a great job and have been great sports about it this week which is why they are getting rewarded with rice krispie treats tonight! (Yes, they are gluten free)  When it comes to a strange veggie with a weird texture, Sofia usually has sliced tomatoes or carrots raw instead and the other two will have a salad with ranch instead. It's all good! :-)  We've always been a healthy eating family that rarely eats out, dinner at a family table is a must for us. We are doing this gluten free thing together like we do everything! 

Tonight we encrusted the tenders in crushed rice chex and roasted the cauliflower with sea salt, garlic and sprinkled a little parmesan on it. Kale salad had apples, almonds, and a lemon garlic vinaigrette!