Meal Plans

I love to see what recipes other families make and enjoy, so I thought I’d start sharing some of mine. We cook almost everything from scratch, and try to eat mostly whole foods and organic when affordable.

I’ve had to be a bit creative lately, as Kris is doing an elimination diet in an effort to find out what is causing his eczema and very enlarged tonsils (which are believed to be the cause of his obstructive sleep apnea). The foods he is eliminating right now are beef, eggs, dairy, wheat/gluten, and kidney beans. He is on week seven, and his eczema looks so much better. He hasn’t had to put cortisone cream on it since the first week and though it hasn’t gone away completely, it looks the best I can remember it looking in a long time. He wants to give it another week or two before starting so slowly add some of the potential foods back in, starting with beef. (He’s pretty tired of chicken, turkey, and ham by now!)

Annie often shares her weekly meal plan as well as many of her favorite recipes, and I love the idea. We’ve been bad about making meal plans every week but it’s something I’d like to start again. It saves time and money, and means we’re not stuck at 5:30 at night wondering what we want to eat that night. (Especially since take out isn’t an option because of the elimination diet!)

Tomorrow I’ll post recipes and hopefully pictures of what we had for supper tonight: Butternut squash with apples and maple syrup, and Grilled lime salmon with avocado sauce. Both were delicious and definitely will be made again. I forgot to take pictures tonight, so will take pictures of the leftovers tomorrow if I remember and can make them look appetizing. That’s why I say hopefully there will be pictures.

Related posts:

1. Meal Plan
2. Meal Plan
3. “Hiding” Vegetables
4. Ambitious Plans
5. Snacking