Elimination diet week 1 meal plan

This is harder than I thought it was going to be! The first time I did an elimination diet I only had to plan for myself and I didn't have 2 children to also plan and make meals for. It's so much more difficult this time around.

Also, this time I'm trying to be more creative so that I can extend the diet a little further (without sacrificing taste) and also to spice things up so I'm less likely to cheat.

Yesterday's preparations were making crispy rice squares, blueberry muffins, 'mayonaise' and ranch dressing. All are not only gluten free, but also egg, dairy and sugar free. My daughters have both approved the crispy rice squares, even though I think they're bland. Abigail also tested the other three, and did not approve of any of them. I personally find the blueberry muffins grainy in texture, and also bland in general... if only I could spread a nice big smear of butter on them! The 'mayonaise' and ranch dressing obviously don't taste like the real thing, but they're pretty good otherwise.

Now, onto the week one meal plan. I'm planning breakfast, lunch and dinner for myself as well as the family dinner that everyone else will be eating. I tried to make things easy on myself by making the meals similar so I have less prep. We'll see how it goes.

Monday

Breakfast – breakfast rice pudding

Lunch – brown rice nori rolls w/ sweet potato, mango

Dinner – chicken fingers and sweet pot fries w/ salad

Family Dinner – chicken fingers and regular fries w/ salad

Tuesday

Breakfast – smoothie w/ coconut milk, rice milk, banana, berries, spinach and flax

Lunch – fruity spinach salad

Dinner – black beans and yellow rice and salad

Family Dinner – chicken/rice and salad

Wednesday

Breakfast - oatmeal

Lunch – black beans and yellow rice

Dinner - turkey meat balls w/ rice pasta and pesto sauce

Family Dinner - spaghetti

Thursday

Breakfast - cream of rice w/ rice syrup and cinnamon

Lunch – lentil soup

Dinner – chicken w/ roasted veggies

Family Dinner – pork chops w/ roasted veggies and potatoes

Friday

Breakfast – Nutri-Ola (homemade granola type thing)

Lunch – nutty green rice

Dinner – thai chicken w/ fried veggies and whole grain rice

Family Dinner – chicken w/ fried veggies and whole grain rice

Saturday

Breakfast – Rice pancakes w/ blueberry syrup

Lunch – lentil soup

Dinner – roasted chicken w/ brussel sprouts, carrots and sweet potatoes

Family Dinner – roasted chicken w/ brussel sprouts, carrots and potatoes

Sunday

Breakfast - smoothie

Lunch – quinoa salad

Dinner - soup w/ roast chicken leftovers

Family Dinner - soup w/ roast chicken leftovers