Meal ideas (part 1)

I receive a lot of questions pertaining to meal ideas for Matthew, so I thought I would post a few to get those who recently received an allergy diagnosis some assistance.

Breakfast:

• VANS gluten free, egg free, dairy free waffles (they come in plain, mini and blueberry)
• VANS french toast (also gluten free, egg free and dairy free)
• Gluten free, egg free, dairy free bread with Earth Balance soy free, dairy free butter spread or even just jelly
• Oatmeal
• Fruit
• Soy yogurt or rice yogurt (Whole Foods sells Rice Yogurt--Ricera is the brand)
• Barbara's breakfast O's (very hard to find)--but taste exactly like Cheerios.
• Rice Krispies-----they are gluten free, egg free, dairy free
• Rice milk or soy milk
• Rice or Corn Chex are now gluten free

Lunch:

• Grilled cheese using the butter mentioned above and approved bread--with rice or soy cheese
• Bread with sunbutter (available at Trader Joes, Whole foods, etc)--made from sunflower seeds and is not considered a nut
• Meatloaf---made with oatmeal instead of bread crumbs and Heinz ketchup (which is gluten free). I also put in shredded carrots and green pepper. This freezes very well
• Chicken breast and rice
• Fruit, steamed veggies

Dinner:

• In a pinch, can always use ideas from lunch menu above
• Steak or any meat, well-cooked, no marinade or can use Hendrickson's marinade (tastes awesome as a salad dressing as well)
• Rice pasta with dairy free, peanut free, gluten free pasta sauce (there is also corn pasta out there as well)
• Quinoa with fish (quinoa is a high protein "pasta" type of substance--I generally add butter from above and a pinch of salt for flavoring)
• Amy's pizza---rice crust with rice cheese or soy cheese---he loves it and it's gluten free, egg free and dairy free (we usually have this on Sunday evenings)
• Steamed veggies of all kinds (he loves pretty much all of them!!)
• Use the cream soup recipe from the tuna casserole post below and can either make tuna casserole or even a chicken pot pie (minus the crust or make an allergy-free crust)

So I hope this helps get you started and gives some new ideas!! More to come.....