Now that my life revolves around food (and autism, and my children, obviously), my kitchen is a whole new ballgame here.
I can't afford to completely stock up on gluten free, dairy free, everything free foods and substitutes, etc. Dinners are so easy for us -- we usually eat meats, veggies, and naturally gluten and dairy free foods for dinner anyways. If I make bread, I don't give it to the kids. They love sweet potato fries, so that's made often. If I make my pot pie, I can use the vegan "butter" and milk sub in it. etc, etc.
The rest of the day is the hardest part. Both kids LOVE carbs/gluten-y things. Pastas, breads, crackers, muffins... LOVE. So my goal is finding breakfast/lunch/snacks that are either naturally GF DF, or finding some subs that I can afford to add in. Josh and I are still eating the regulars, to keep cost down. If I have to boil TWO pots of macaroni (one regular, one GF) then that's what i'll do.
Today's breakfast was great -- though I ate and the kids played with it. I used a GF pancake mix with DF chocolate chips and made chocolate chip pancakes. Liam didn't touch his, but then ate them up with a banana right before his nap (which is in progress). But most days we do Chex (which is GF) and almond milk, grapes, bananas, raisins... A plate of stuff to pick at. Same with lunch. Or maybe some Udi's GF bread with peanut butter, apple slices. They love the GF pretzels and crackers. Yesterday they loved picking on sliced turkey breast.
And just now I baked homemade gluten free dairy free peanut butter chocolate chip cookies (thank goodness we don't have nut or egg allergies, it'd be too much for me to handle).
The recipe is super quick: 1 cup sugar 1 cup peanut butter (or you can sub with another nut butter, etc) 1 tsp baking powder pinch of salt 1 egg
Scoop onto parchment paper, flatten with spoon or fork. Bake on 425. I made 9 big cookies instead of more small ones, so it took longer than the recommended 10-15 minutes. I just kept an eye on them until the edges browned.
So, does anyone have go-to meals/snacks/ideas that are both GF and DF? Help :)
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