BRRRR!!! I am freezing! I can’t tell you how much I hate being cold. I currently have on 2 shirts & a fleece, jeans and wool socks. My toes get numb, specifically my freakishly long 2nd toe on each foot. Then, once those are numb, the rest of my toes must feel bad for the others because they join right in. My nose runs. My skin is dry. Ick! It is 14 today and we are going to be in a heat wave close to the end of the week with temps in the high 20s! Yay!
Manda from Asparagus Thin is hosting this week’s gluten-free menu swap with “movie themed food” as the theme of the week. I can’t think of any movie themed foods that I make off the top of my head. Well, unless you count tossing microwave popcorn into the microwave or opening up a bag of Skittles. My BIL makes some amazing kettle corn in a pot on the stove that is just oil, popcorn & sugar. It is seriously like crack. You can’t stop eating it once you start. It is never a good idea to start eating Alex’s kettle corn if you have had even a drop of alcohol. Last time I did, I think I ate a whole bowl myself. I really need to learn how to make this stuff, or wait, maybe I don’t. Hmm.
Here is our menu for the week:
Sunday- Pei Wei Asian Diner with some friends
Monday- Blackened Salmon, baked sweet potatoes, asparagus & salad
Tuesday-Taco Tuesday – soft tacos, corn, refried beans & salad
Wednesday-Spaghetti with roasted veggies & salad
Thursday-Breakfast for dinner – we haven’t done this in a long time & I have missed it!
Friday-Homemade personal pizzas – kids get to make & choose their toppings, broccoli & salad
Saturday – Aaron & I are going out with friends for my birthday (I am turning 29 again on the 9th 😉 )
Baked Goods
Bread
Sweet Potato Brownies (a mix I was sent to sample)
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Hope you all have a wonderful week! Do you do anything special to celebrate birthdays? Aaron & I try to drag our birthdays out for the weekend or week. LOL! We try to pawn on things like chores on others because it is our “birthday week/weekend”. It seems to work better for Aaron than it does for me. 🙂
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Check out this post from Dr. Mark Hyman MD “Gluten: What You Don’t Know Might Kill You“. It is very eye opening. I have always believed that gluten intolerance is way bigger than just Celiac Disease. This is no surprise since wheat has become so prevalent in processed foods. Barley malt flavoring is also used in many processed foods to add flavor. There are other, non-gluten substitutes that can be used in place of barley malt. General Mills is a good example of a company that has removed barely malt in some of their cereals to make them gluten-free. Molasses was used in place of the barley malt. Anyway, please read the article.
