So, we got through our first week of the elimination diet. Although our breakfasts were a little repetitive, I found them less of a challenge than lunch turned out to be. So, if you have any ideas for lunches that don't include dairy, gluten, wheat, soy, citrus, pineapple, strawberries, bananas, almonds or chocolate, I am all ears!

Since I was trying to mix things up a little with the starches I served, I had sweet potatoes several times. We discovered that Jerome loves them even more than we expected. He was even asking other family members if he could eat the skins off of theirs, when they had eaten the insides out. So, we'll definitely be eating more of those. In the garden, we've harvested the absolute last of the garden peas. One variety we will never grow again: Champion of England. There must not have been many other competitors when they named that variety. They turn to starch almost instantly, there are many small pods and misshapen ones. However, we did not want to waste them, so we treated them as starches and roasted them with olive oil, salt, pepper and garlic. They were crunchy and delicious. Next year, though, we are planting about six times the peas of the variety we liked (Green Arrow) to eat and blanch and freeze for the winter.

Our Saturday night was rather busy, so the turkey dinner was moved to tonight. We grilled lamb chops rubbed with salt, pepper, garlic and oregano (delicious), served with roasted peas done as I described above and baked sweet potatoes. I used coconut flour in the salmon croquettes last week, which was really tasty, I may do that in the future, even if we get gluten/wheat back.

• Sunday
  Breakfast: Polenta with Maple Syrup
  Linner: Spicy Turkey with Rice*


• Monday
  Breakfast: Hash with Fried Eggs, Coffee
  Dinner: Leftovers from Sunday (I deliberately made a huge amount)


• Tuesday
  Breakfast: Potato and Garlic Scape Frittata, Mint Tea
  Dinner: Italian Sausage, Potato and Pepper Bake*, Salad


• Wednesday
  Breakfast: Hard Boiled Eggs, Home Fries
  Dinner: Gnocchi alla Romana (I'm going to try to make it with corn meal and water and fry them in olive oil - we'll see) with Melted Onions, Sauteed Green Beans


• Thursday
  Breakfast: Polenta Cake with Raspberries
  Dinner: Braised Short Ribs, Steam Sauteed Carrots (using olive oil) and Roasted Potatoes


• Friday
  Breakfast: Dirty Eggs, Mint Tea
  Dinner: Falafel, Kalamata Olives, Salad


• Saturday
  Breakfast: Tunisian Shakshouka (without the lemon juice, using sweet potatoes), Mint Tea
  Dinner: Lamb with Okra, Tomatoes and Onions, Brown Rice

What is on your menu this week? If you want a recipe, ask and I will provide it as soon as I can. If there are any starred recipes, I will follow up separately with a weekly recipe round up on Saturday.

Bought:
Peppers
Sweet Potatoes

From the Garden:
Scallions
Chives
Dill
Thyme
Parsley
Garlic Scapes
Various Greens

Labels: Family, Homemaking, Menu Plans, Tales from the Kitchen