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I have been a slacker. I didn't post last week, and will be on vacation for the two weeks following this one. I am excited about our first trip, which is my sisters' family reunion. My son's girlfriend is coming, and is going to show us how to make homemade corn tortillas. Since we are wheat free most of our Tex-Mex dishes, which are our favorites, are corn based. The second trip is a business trip of my husbands, which I am tagging along on. I think there will be lots of salads and simple fare… Continue

I completely forgot to do a menu last week. Monday holidays keep me a little off balance, as I am very much a creature of habit! Here is this weeks menu plan, and several of the meals have components if not amounts of what is required to make them. My recipe blog has a new recipe on it for some really tasty granola if that is your thing. Hope you have a good week! We interchange lunch and dinner options, depending on how hungry we are, h… Continue

I am not feeling very imaginative with my menu plan these days, so I have pulled out some old favorites. "The Girls" are coming for lunch on Thursday, so I am going to fix Mango Salsa Chicken the day before, and have it available buffet style with fixings for nachos or taco salad. I will also use it in some enchiladas for us. I love the versatility of this simple dish. Here is the dinner line up, in no particular order: Mango Salsa Chicken enchiladas nachos taco salad Vegetable lasagna with ri… Continue

Welcome to Menu Plan Monday! Yummy stuff planned this week... I never did get any cookies made last week, and the blueberry muffins took the alternative form of GF blueberry pancakes for breakfast on Mother's Day, so once again, I am going to put them on here with the snacks. Breakfasts: * Tropical Smoothies (pineapple and banana) * Amaranth with Apples and Walnuts * Granola with hemp milk and fresh fruit or frozen blueberries * Poached Eggs on Spelt toast * Mixed Fruit Smoothies Lunch and D… Continue

Welcome to the first Iowa Avenue Menu Plan Monday! I have been posting menu plans on my personal blog for several months, and when I mentioned it in my first blog post here, I was asked to start this new trend here on IA! So, if you have a menu plan for the week, please post it for others to see. Recipe links are great, too. I try to keep my recipes posted on my recipe blog, but sometimes I don't have time to type them all in there… Continue