Happy Monday!  We are coming off a busy, energy- filled weekend and my husband is SICK!!!!  The rest of us are hosed down with Thieves and taking our elderberry syrup and probiotic, we are feeling good so far, but I haven’t had much energy in the kitchen.

Robert has such a busy schedule during volleyball season that fancy meal planning has not taken a priority lately – but I did get a few of our favorite meals planned for this week.

Tonight we had leftover pulled pork (we smoked it yesterday and it turned out great!) with some homemade gluten free popcorn (leftover afternoon snack) and each kid picked a fruit.  The rest of the week we are planning:

-Sausage and peppers with Asiago and cream, salad with Primal Kitchen dressing (from Thrive Market)

-Chicken w/Mustard Cream Sauce (Pioneer Woman) with crock pot Farro

-and Wedge or Cobb salads for an easy late night dinner

It’s also teacher appreciation week so we are going to make some awesome dark-chocolate-banana muffins for our teachers (recipe coming soon!)

This week, I got a note from the preschool saying that we couldn’t send nuts in Robbie’s lunch anymore – not because of allergies but because it’s a choking hazard.  He’s FIVE, y’all!  Since that was one of our staples I shuffled around a few things for my (conventional)-gluten-free, picky eater and put some protein muffins, cheese slices, and some … in his lunches (along with the classic veggie straws, of course).  I really want to make sure that he is getting adequate protein and good calories during the day and make sure nothing will raise his blood sugar too high or too fast during school hours.  Currently searching for more great no-nut, high protein lunchbox ideas…so, if you know any…  😉

<3  have a great week! <3

Shannon