5 DAYS OF GLUTEN-FREE EATING: DAY 2

Breakfast: Mighty Muffins 
Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup sugar (premium pure cane sugar)
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 1 1/2 cups milk (coconut, soy, rice, cow)
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 Tbsp. oil (extra virgin)
• 1 cup White Rice Flower
• 1/2 cup Tapioca Flour
• 1/2 cup Potato Starch
• 1/2 cup Gluten Free Might Tasty Hot Cereal
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp. Xanthan Gum
• 1/2 Cranberries (we used raisins)
• 1/2 walnuts, chopped (optional) 

 Preheat oven to 350. Spray muffin tin with non-stick spray. Mix together sugar, oil, vanilla, applesauce and milk. In separate bowl, combine flours, cereal, baking powder and xanthan gum. Add dry ingredients to wet and stir together. When batter is almost blended, add cranberries and walnut. Stir ingredients until just blended, careful not to over mix. Fill muffin tins 2/3 full and bake for 22-25 minutes. Makes 12 muffins.
http://www.bobsredmill.com/recipes.php?recipe=1158

Earthfare cane sugar, Earthfare organic apple sauce, EVOO, Costco vanilla, SO delicious Coconut milk.

 I will admit that to buy all these flours was a little pricey but once you have them, you have them so its worth it to me.

We used raisins in our because that's what I had on hand.

Lastly, were the muffins a success. Yes! Actually they were so filling that my kids ate only one each, then later asked for them again for snack time.

Add a little "butter" and you have a great breakfast!

Lunch: Good old PB&J

Ingredients: 

• Gluten-Free Bread
• Peanut butter 
• Jelly 
• Melon chunks 

Yes this is actually the shot I took, he's such a ham, ha ;)

Snack: String cheese, almonds, apples, 'cookies' (mom enjoys this too!)
Ingredients:

• 1 stick string cheese
• small handfull of roasted non-salted almonds)
• 1 small apples
• 2 Gluten-Free 'cookies'

Ok I have to admit the Jr. didn't really eat his nuts but the other two did. Jr. is more of a pistachio eater. And the tiny queen bee didn't really eat the string cheese but she's lactose intolerant-however she wanted to it but that's another story.

These are SOOO delicious, give them a try!

Dinner: Hot Dogs, Apple straws, baked beans, watermelon, salad.
Ingredients: 

• 8 Coleman All-Beef reduced sodium hot dog (they are gluten-free)
• Hot dog buns
• Watermelon cut into 1/2" chunks
• 1/8 c Bush's Baked beans
• Mixed green salad (with any veggies you like)

Believe it or not but some meats contain gluten and/or casein which comes from dairy, Coleman contains none. 

I found these Tapioca and Rice flour hot dog buns in the frozen section at the natural food market. They taste a little like sour dough bread. The other two kiddos don't eat hot dog buns with their hot dogs.

These ARE NOT gluten-free so only my little engineer and tiny queen bee ate these but still they are delicious and a nice alternative to fries or chips. Unfortunately I forgot to get pics of the kids grubbin down. 

Happy Eating!