There are two new objectives to our meals this week. One, I'm currently on an elimination diet to get my digestive system back on track. This has actually been going on (and getting stricter with time) for a few months. I'm currently not doing milk, yogurt, cream, glutenous grains, oats, xanthan gum, guar gum, locust bean gum, carrageenan, or tree nuts. The second objective for this and coming weeks is to use our frozen garden produce at least once each day. Many days, I use this produce in breakfasts or lunches. But I will also mention in the dinners this week where we used some of our freezer stash.
Friday (just 2 for dinner tonight, so I went simple)
chicken fried rice (adding our frozen celery leaves and carrot leaves)
pumpkin pie (the filling was made with soy milk and I had mine without crust)
Saturday
refried sprouted pinto beans, mexi-style
brown rice
Cole slaw, made with cabbage and our sprouted lentils
Everyone else had flour tortilla chips in place of rice.
Sunday
chicken and vegetable soup (using our frozen beet greens)
garlic toast (I skipped the toast)
The family had brownie pudding for dessert. I had rice pudding made with soy milk.
Monday
beef stew (adding our frozen beet greens)
orange wedges
Everyone else had dinner rolls. I had 2 rice flour pancakes.
Tuesday
ham in gravy (with our frozen chives) over
brown rice
roasted pumpkin
spiced apple compote (our apple chunks from freezer)
Wednesday
meatloaf
brown rice
our frozen beet greens and onions, sautéed
Everyone else had mashed potatoes in place of the rice.
Thursday
curried lentils (using our apples, frozen, plus our plum preserves in place of chutney), over
brown rice
It's a good thing I like brown rice. For grain foods this week I had steamed brown rice, fried rice, brown rice pudding (made with soy milk), and rice flour pancakes. I really believe my main issue is with dairy and not gluten. Sometimes going on a strict eating plan for several weeks to months will help me get back to eating other grains, just not the milk, the various additives, such as the gums and carrageenan, or most tree nuts. My insides are feeling better, but I miss wheat products.
On the frozen garden produce front, I've been organizing our freezers again, this time to bring all of the frozen produce into one place. I hope next week to finish that chore. By having all of the produce in one place, I will be able to plan meals to use this all up before we begin harvesting from this coming season's garden, orchard, and berry patch.
What was on your menu this past week? Do you have frozen garden produce to use up still?
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. We'll be getting together with our son and daughter-in-law -- always nice to have the whole family together.
