Today we decided to have an early Father's Day meal at home since tomorrow we will be celebrating with my family. Sam went through the ads and found a NY Strip steak on sale at the grocery store that wasn't the closest to our house. The baby was asleep and the grass needed cutting, so Daniel and I went on a "mommy and Daniel date" to the grocery store. He really likes our "dates" and talks about them often. I always try to do something special when we go on our dates and not just go to the grocery store. Usually we stop at a few garage sales on our way to our destination and I let him pick out a new toy or something. Today I decided he needed a smoothie (one of his favorite things to eat as long as it is not home-made)! I checked out the Smoothie King site to see if any of their drinks were Gf-Cf and sure enough there are a lot! I was so excited to see this! Now I have an option while driving around that doesn't involve asking for special requests. Unfortunately most of the smoothies are the Snack ones so they don't have much protein in them. But I think that is because the others have Whey protein in them. Maybe the soy protein can be substituted to make it GF? My cousin's husband used to work at SK, so maybe I can ask him that question. Regardless, yeah for lots of yummy choices. We had the Berry Punch, btw, and it was delicious! I even added soy protein for $1 so he could get a little in for lunch.
So since I went to a different store than I usually shop at, I decided to check out their GF items. Their frozen GF was mainly waffles, but they did have blueberry muffins! This will make Daniel very happy on his way to school this week. They weren't cheap though $6 for 6, but at least I don't have to figure out how to bake them. They also had the Betty Crocker Cake mixes for $1 less than Winn-Dixie so I bought a few of those. And now Rice Krispies has started making a GF version of their cereal!! I now have plans to make some yummy bars so I can have an easy grab-and-go breakfast! Instead of marshmallows (which are not gf-cf) I will use corn syrup and/or honey to glue them together. More on that once I figure it out!
Once we made it home it was time to cook up our yummy Father's Day lunch. My wonderful husband went to light up the grill only to find he was out of propane so we busted out the George Foreman Grill. He made his own seasoning for the steak since the one we usually use is a blend with unknown ingredients in it. He used salt, pepper, garlic, onion, paprika, thyme, oregano, and brown sugar. It was pretty tasty! Then I attempted my first from scratch mashed potatoes in quite some time. I don't think I boiled them long enough because it was pretty grainy. But since good mashed potatoes have a lot in them, I tried to add a lot of flavor using safe ingredients: dairy free margarine, almond milk, progresso chicken broth, salt and garlic. I didn't love them, because of the texture, but Sam and Simon both did! We also boiled some corn-on-the-cob! Happy Early Father's Day honey!
What we ate today:
Breakfast
Cereal, Pancake with strawberry jelly; bacon (Daniel)
Eggs; bacon; Pancake with jelly (makes a good toast substitute) (me)
Lunch
Berry Punch Smoothie; Cheetos brand Puff Corn (lovely substitute for cheetos of dairy free diet); (daniel)
Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Corn on the Cob (me)
Dinner
Bell Pepper; PB and J on Corn Tortilla; Chips; half banana (Daniel)
Leftover Soup; PB on Celery; Chips (Me)
Snacks
GF Cupcakes; Apple slices; Pretzels
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