Still not easy...at all...
Shopping is a little easier - just because I know a few items that I CAN buy...and I'm not spending hours at the store just looking at the back of containers to see if it contains wheat...
Getting the kids to actually eat...well...not always so easy.
The last two mornings, I made scrambled eggs with some American cheese melted in, a piece of bacon (the kind you heat up in the microwave...I only have so much time...), and fruit (yesterday was 1/2 an orange, today was a banana). AND if they finish their breakfast with time to spare - they get a yogurt (basically my "dessert" for breakfast because they love it so much). Both kids loved it...and although they both asked for bagels (which we typically have with eggs)...they didn't seem to miss them.
Lunches have been a little challenging. Yesterday Jeff made them each 1/2 a grilled cheese sandwich from the gluten free bread we have...neither child really liked it at all - BUT they WERE excited about the fruit kabobs (sliced apples, strawberries & watermelon) and the sandwich bag of popcorn. Today they got the GF bread with their BELOVED peanut butter and nutella (they were both happy campers). Also - I found "matchstick" carrots at Publix - and put them in Carson's lunch, then "wedge" cut carrots in Kendall's lunch. First of all - Carson typically won't EVER eat a whole carrot for us...but he gobbled up ALL of the carrots today!! YEAH!!!
Anyway - I'm doing what I can to try to be creative...and I figure that if they don't eat...they will eventually get hungry enough that they do! haha
We met with Kendall's psychiatrist yesterday - and I asked him about the GF/G-light diet. He pretty much thinks that if she is getting exposed to ANY gluten it will affect her... Do you know how almost impossible it is to go completely GF - especially for a 6 year old??? For example - on Sunday we had a great GF breakfast...went to church...where they gave the kids chocolate donuts! WHAT?!?! So much for that... We can tell the church (and school) that she is GF...but tell me that Kendall/Carson will be able to calmly sit by watching their friends eating donuts/cupcakes/etc. while they can't have a bite... yeah right! Her doctor also said it will take about 2 weeks of doing the change in diet before we might notice any changes...so we will keep plugging on...trying to be as GF as possible...and hope that even if she gets a little here and there it won't make a ton of difference.
Anyway - I wanted to share a recipe for a GF Crock Pot meal that I "invented" today and we had for dinner tonight. Jeff was RAVING about it (kids wouldn't touch it...but no real surprise there). It was literally fall-apart tender and SO flavorful!!! I hope you enjoy it!
CROCK POT PORK TENDERLOIN ROAST
2 lbs. Pork Tenderloin (NOT flavored)
4 cored, peeled and sliced red apples
1 yellow onion, sliced
1 packet Lipton Onion Soup mix
approx. 1 1/2 cups apple juice
Salt & Pepper
Take slices from 3 of the apples and the sliced onion and lay on the bottom of your crock pot. Season your tenderloin with salt & pepper, then place it on top of the apples and onion. Sprinkle the Onion soup mix on top of the tenderloin. Lay all of the remaining apple slices on top of the soup mix/tenderloin. Drizzle a little of the juice on top of the tenderloin and pour the rest on either side of the tenderloin. Cover crock pot and cook on low for 10-12 hours.
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