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What's For Dinner Tonight?

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ilmotherof2 Apprentice
ilmotherof2
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Just wonderin' what's on tap tonight for supper. Before celiac disease I would sit down and write out my menus for the month and now it overwhelms me to think about suppers anymore. I sat down yesterday and made a list of WF/gluten-free dinners which will help me. What are you guys having tonight? or What's your favorite gluten-free dinner?

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penguin Community Regular
penguin
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Tonight I'm having a chicken and broccoli stir-fry made with San-J Wheat-Free tamari served with brown rice. I'm doing WW, so it's only 8 points :D

ArtGirl Enthusiast
ArtGirl
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1)

Beef round steak strips browned in Earth Balance shortening with chopped onion, then continued cooking with added Imagine organic beef cooking stock and a few squirts of Bragg's amino acids.

Rounded the meal off with boiled potatoes and sauerkraut (rinsed well to remove most of the salt, simmered for a while in broth from the meat to mellow the flavor). If I could have dairy, I'd have added sour cream to the beef before serving.

2)

(This is a quickie meal.) Roasted chicken breasts from Whole Foods or Wild Oats. Glazed carrots (cut up fresh carrots cooked to soft/firm then drain and add honey and gluten-free margarine) Tossed salad with tomatoes and cucmbers.

floridanative Community Regular
floridanative
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Left over gluten-free crabcakes. Used Hol*Grain brand breadcrumbs which don't taste like much (made from rice) alone but worked great for this recipe. I prefer using gluten-free garlic crisps for breadcrumbs but I was out and I order them from TN. They are better than Pep. Farm stuffing mix.

Has anyone tried the Hol*Grain rice crackers? They have them at my WF now but I don't want to try them until I've heard something about them. I like Ener-G brand for plain crackers and Schar for a buttery one. Hol*Grain just says rice flour and water I think. Sounds pretty bland to me.

jennyj Collaborator
jennyj
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Left over gluten-free crabcakes. Used Hol*Grain brand breadcrumbs which don't taste like much (made from rice) alone but worked great for this recipe. I prefer using gluten-free garlic crisps for breadcrumbs but I was out and I order them from TN. They are better than Pep. Farm stuffing mix.

Has anyone tried the Hol*Grain rice crackers? They have them at my WF now but I don't want to try them until I've heard something about them. I like Ener-G brand for plain crackers and Schar for a buttery one. Hol*Grain just says rice flour and water I think. Sounds pretty bland to me.

I have tried the Hol*Grain crackers. I liked them but they had a flat taste. You need to put something on them.

I made a huge bowl of freash salsa Monday and we use it on alot of things. Tonight we are having boiled shrimp, white rice, asparagus and salsa.

floridanative Community Regular
floridanative
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Thanks jennyj. I was thinking I could use them with strong cheeses when you don't want the cracker to compete with the cheese flavor. I think I'll pick some up this weekend.

Do you mind sharing your recipe for salsa? Now that I'm cooking I need recipes for practically everything.

2Boys4Me Enthusiast
2Boys4Me
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Beef & Broccoli stirfry with rice.

If my printer had ink, I'd still do the month's worth of menus. I get the kids and we sit down and figure out our menu for the month. Then when someone complains about the meal I say I can't help it - it's on the menu. I need the printer to print the blank calendar, then we fill the meal in with pencil and tape it to the pantry door.

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jennyj Collaborator
jennyj
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Thanks jennyj. I was thinking I could use them with strong cheeses when you don't want the cracker to compete with the cheese flavor. I think I'll pick some up this weekend.

Do you mind sharing your recipe for salsa? Now that I'm cooking I need recipes for practically everything.

Sure. This recipe makes alot of it so you either have to eat it several days in a row or give some away.

I mix it all in a big That's a Bowl from tuperware in this order but the order probably doesn't matter.

I use cans of petite diced tomatoes, juice drained, so when I dice the other veggies I make them the same size.

1 yellow bell pepper diced

1 red bell pepper diced

1 green bell pepper diced

1 yellow onion diced

1 white onion diced

1 red onion diced

1 lime, cut in half squeeze juice from both halves over veggies

1-2 green jalepenos diced

1 red jalepeno diced

2 yellow banana pepper diced

3 large cans petite diced tomatoes, drained

1/2 cup white vinegar

2-3 tbs fresh, 1tbs. dried cilantro

1-2 teaspoons sugar, or 2 Equal sweetener packets

1 12-16 ounce can black beans, rinsed and coarsely chopped

1 can Green Giant mexican corn

2-3 tbs. chopped chives

1-2 tsps. salt, depending on your taste

Add all to bowl and stir. Refrigerate unused. Will usually last 3-4 days.

TinkerbellSwt Collaborator
TinkerbellSwt
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Tonight is my simple dinner. Chicken Caesar Salads. We use a head of romaine, chicken that is just seasoned with salt and pepper and then grilled. We use Newmans Own dressing. I am sure that there is a way to make your own dressing, but I have no recipe.

Like I said, a simple easy meal with very little cooking

IrishKelly Contributor
IrishKelly
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Homemade Turkey Chili over baked fries, topped off with some tofutti sour cream topping...my version of gluten and dairy free chili cheese fries :)

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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Sea Scallops, wrapped in Oscar Meyer Bacon, and dab of Sweet Baby Rays BBQ Sausce -- Brown Rice --Sugar Snaps. Yum

Lisa

marciab Enthusiast
marciab
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Quinoa topped with EVOO, steamed asparagus and leftover roasted chicken in it's own juices. S & P to taste. yum !

Cheri A Contributor
Cheri A
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Left-over pork roast in Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce, black eyed peas and Alexia oven fries.

beaglemania Rookie
beaglemania
Posted

Tonight I'm having pre-made BJ'S chicken, gluten free pasta, and probaly carrots.

floridanative Community Regular
floridanative
Posted

Mmmm - thanks jennyj. That looks great and easy to make as well!

jennyj Collaborator
jennyj
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Mmmm - thanks jennyj. That looks great and easy to make as well!

Your welcome :lol:

Guest Viola
Guest Viola
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I made a big pot of Ham chowder and had a Kinnikinnick English muffin with it.

Ham chowder is easy and quick to make. Basically it's potato soup with ham :P

I put water in a big pot, add a couple of Bay leaves...boil and then remove them. Add ham, chopped fairly small, onion, also chopped fairly small, potatoes diced, bite size and dehydrated parsley, shake in some garlic & pepper. Do NOT add salt, the ham is salty enough! Boil until the potatoes are well done, then put milk (I use skim) in a shaker ... if you are dairy intollerant you can use water, add potato flour, give it a good shake and add it to the chowder to thicken. It really is yummy :P:D

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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I made a big pot of Ham chowder and had a Kinnikinnick English muffin with it.

Ham chowder is easy and quick to make. Basically it's potato soup with ham :P

I put water in a big pot, add a couple of Bay leaves...boil and then remove them. Add ham, chopped fairly small, onion, also chopped fairly small, potatoes diced, bite size and dehydrated parsley, shake in some garlic & pepper. Do NOT add salt, the ham is salty enough! Boil until the potatoes are well done, then put milk (I use skim) in a shaker ... if you are dairy intollerant you can use water, add potato flour, give it a good shake and add it to the chowder to thicken. It really is yummy :P:D

Shirley--Yum!! I'm going to try that as soon as it cools off here :)

lonewolf Collaborator
lonewolf
Posted

We had taco salad with seasoned ground turkey, avacado, tomatoes, salsa and sour cream. Usually we have chips, but I'm carb watching, one daughter is boycotting chips and the others just did without.

Guest ~jules~
Guest ~jules~
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We had tacos, made here of course, what can I say? I had a long day.. :P

Cheri A Contributor
Cheri A
Posted

Dinner last night was take out pizza DH, my son and I. Carleigh had Tinkyada pasta cooked in chicken broth.

ArtGirl Enthusiast
ArtGirl
Posted

Last night was Mexican casserole made from scratch: hamburger, red beans, diced onions, green and red peppers, and Green Mountain salsa for the sauce - I added some cummin to it. Side dish of green beans.

jkmunchkin Rising Star
jkmunchkin
Posted

Last night I had Tinkyada pasta with sausage and tomato sauce and some cheese melted in.

lonewolf Collaborator
lonewolf
Posted

Last night we had chicken Caesar salad with homemade gluten-free croutons. Tonight we're having barbecued salmon and coconut rice.

ArtGirl Enthusiast
ArtGirl
Posted

Tonight is

fried breast of chicken strips; wild rice mix with gluten-free/cf margarine + herbs + celery; peas with leeks, sliced tomatoes on spinach leaves. If I'm up to it, I'll also make chocolate pudding made with non-dairy "milk" and tapioca + coconut + nuts.

I'm making lots of this meal so it will also serve as Sunday dinner, and also some of the left-over chicken I'll cut up and make chicken salad for lunch Saturday.

Also, I have some left-over beef broth so I'll cook up some veggies, add to the broth with some potato flour and puree in the blender for a "creamed" soup.

One cooking session - a full weekend of meals!

Last night we had chicken Caesar salad with homemade gluten-free croutons. Tonight we're having barbecued salmon and coconut rice.

how do you make coconut rice? Sounds interesting.

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