This Week's Menu - Crockpot Posole

This weekend was very busy! We ran errands on Saturday, my husband got a new lawn mower (aka... a new TOY), and I made an impromptu dinner & dessert for my in-laws. Sunday we spent the entire day in the yard planting our first small garden of: tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, zucchini, and pie pumpkins. We also planted some herbs alongside the veggies: oregano, thyme, basil, lemon balm, stevia, and lavendar.

Because I was outside all day on Sunday I wasn't able to prepare foods ahead of time this week. I'll be doing some additional prep work on Monday & Wednesday nights if I can... but the crock pot will hopefully save me a lot of time this week. I'm using the crock pot on Sunday night to prepare "Posole" -- a mexican hominy, green chilies, and pork stew. On Wednesday morning I'll set up the crock pot with ingredients to make black bean soup so it's ready by the time I get home. Black beans are great in the crock pot because they can stand up to being cooked for long periods of time.

I want to shout-out a HUGE thanks to my friends on the Gingerlemongirl facebook page who helped me come up with last-minute, quick, easy homemade meals for this week!

The theme of the gluten free menu swap this week is "corn" which we'll be having in Posole -- which contains hominy -- corn/maize that has been cooked in a special way to have a unique taste and texture!

Breakfasts/Snacks This Week: Berry Hemp Shakes, Boiled Eggs (make on Monday night), Udi's Granola + almond milk, raw almonds and/or mixed nuts, Chocolate Almond flour muffins (Make on Monday or Wednesday night), baby carrots and/or apple slices with natural peanut butter

Lunches This Week: leftovers -- hopefully there will be plenty!!

Dinners this Week:

• Monday: Crockpot Posole (made overnight on Sunday -- to reheat Monday night)
• Tuesday: Angel Food Gluten Free "Chicken Tenders" with steamed broccoli & carrots
• Wednesday: Stephanie's Crockpot Black Bean Soup (put in the crock before work!) 
• Thursday: Scrambled Eggs, Baked Oatmeal (make on Wednesday night), Fruit Salad (make Wednesday night)
• Friday: Traveling -- hubs will make dinner to take on the road with us: Turkey & Avocado sandwiches on Rudi's Whole Grain Bread, bananas, mixed nuts, chocolate almond flour muffins (make on Wednesday night -- will hopefully post recipe soon!) 
• Saturday & Sunday: Staying with extended family, but will bring GF Master Baking Mix, a loaf of Rudi's Whole Grain Bread, raw almonds, bananas, chocolate almond muffins (will post recipe soon!) 

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