Gluten-Free Weekly Menu Dec 18, 2017

food stuff

Well it is time for me to publish my last gluten-free weekly menu!

How did the last year go by so fast?  

This is going to be a fun food week for us in the kitchen.  I have the time and Brett’s work has calmed down so we are going cook up some of our favorite dishes that are a little more complicated, like Gumbo and King Ranch Chicken Casserole.  Mmmm.  

And I saw a video for spinach artichoke pizza circulating so we are totally trying to make that with my recipe for the best healthified artichoke spinach dip!  Mmmm.  That will be perfect for Meatless Monday this week.  

And we are making my faux Béarnaise sauce with steaks again on Christmas eve.

austin things 

We’ve had a good year and I am filled with gratitude.  

I love living in Austin again and I especially love that we ended up on the South side this time around.  I love grocery shopping at the Wheatsville Co-Op and Central Market.  

And there are always new restaurants opening.  I love that so many places are fully aware and mindful of food allergies, Celiac disease, food sensitivities and the dietary restrictions.  

Check out my list of places to find gluten-free eats in Austin, BBQ joints, and Mexican restaurants.  It’s like I’m on vacation in my own town.

We’ve seen several fantastic plays at the Bass Concert Hall with more to come, celebrated marriage & equality of good friends, enjoyed another wonderful year with the crew at the Austin Food & Wine Festival.  We got to catch up with lots of friends this year.  

Wonder Woman happened.  

Lizzy is the best little dog we could have ever imagined.  

I have such a good husband who I love very much.  So much gratitude.  

health & science stuff

I earned a degree in genomics & sequence analysis from Johns Hopkins University and with it some bad-ass skills.  I’m using them to work on a pet project dealing with one of my favorite subjects – the gut microbiome.  

I took the coolest food microbiology class that completely enlightened me on bacteria related to food and food safety.  

I’m learning to deal with aging as I near the death age of my mother – she was 48.    

Having my genes tested through 23andMe then using various tools to find SNPs was huge.  Discovering that I have MTHFR, Celiac disease and several other significant variants has been so helpful.  

I truly think that our diet has been instrumental in my healing and has given me peace of mind and improved our health in general.

And so I’ve come to the end of posting weekly menu plans while I turn my focus onto my science projects and creating more clean eating recipes.  We’ve kind of come full circle and learned so much along the way.  

So with that here is the utterly decadent but still clean eatin’ weekly menu plan with links to the recipes…

The Gluten-Free Weekly Menu

It’s mostly non-GMO or organic, and totally “free from” gluten, dairy/casein (except goat cheese or Parmesan), and more…

Meatless Monday – Spinach Artichoke Pizza 

Tuesday – King Ranch Chicken Casserole

Wednesday – Spinach Salad with Goat Cheese, Cranberries, Roasted Beets, Nuts & Balsamic Vinaigrette

Thursday –  Spicy Jalapeño Chicken Spaghetti

Friday – Dinner Out

Saturday – Chicken Andouille Sausage Gumbo

Sunday – Steaks, Asparagus, Mashed Buttercream Potatoes with Faux Béarnaise

I wish you a wonderful holiday season everyone!