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Stir fry I'm guessing the ingredients you've never heard of are alternative flours and such.  It gets easier.  Remember, it's like learning to tie your shoes.  At one point it was extremely difficult and confusing and now it is just automatic. I'll leave the bread discussion to others since I use nut flours.  They are, in my opinion, quickest, easiest, and most nutrient dense.  They are not light and fluffy like the gluten breads though. Meal options: Stir fry.  Sauate meat in healthy oil, add chopped veggies, serve over rice.  Beware of sauces they usually have stuff in them.  I just shake a bit of fish sauce, some sesame oil, a little coconut amino acids and whatever else looks good on it as I go.  You may not have those yet but it is good with just salt and pepper and maybe a bit of chili powder.  Roast chicken.  My favorite recipe is in the Recipe Circus under "Karen's Lemon Chicken".  I simply wash, peel (if necessary), and chop root veggies to cook in the drippings.  This is most excellent, fit for guests, easy peasy quick and breezy...as in no fuss.  Also, gives great leftovers.  Use root vegetable leftovers to add to black beans and use the chicken and daiya cheese to make a layered Mexican casserole.  There is a recipe for Green Verde Sause in the Recipe Circus that goes well with this.  Grilled or bbq chicken (use safe bbq sauce or use a recipe from Recipe Circus), sweet potato fries (clean and cut into strips, coat with oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper and pop into the oven at 400 for 20 to 30 minutes....till crisp.  Serve with green salad and sides of veggies. Roast veggies are favorites here.  Just clean and chop veggies you like and put into a bowl, drizzle with oil, salt, and pepper; and if you want to add flavor, balsamic vinegar.  Bake at 400 till they start to caramelize (turn brown), stirring about every 10 minutes.  These are delicious warm or cold.  They add depth of flavor to soups and stews.  They are great added to beans (sneak veggies in where people don't see them), you can add them to hummus to change the flavor.  They are really easy, low fuss, and you can make them ahead.  Last week a friend did up a bunch and toward the end of the week realized she hadn't used them all.  She popped them into a pan and heated them and then blended them with an immersion blender, added spices and a couple dollops of coconut milk for a cream soup for dinner.  It was delicious.  Chicken nuggets are easy to make.  Cut up your chicken, dredge in egg (or a safe milk like almond or coconut), dredge in flour mix of choice (BRM will work), and fry in 1/2 inch oil on stove top or fryer.  You can add spices to the flour for flavorings if you like.  If you are making chicken nuggets, brocolli is a good choice for veggie as it can be dipped.  Just check your dipping sauces.  There are a ton of recipe ideas in the RecipeCircus.  Hummus is quick and easy to make and lets kids eat with their fingers, dipping veggies in it.  It is easy to flavor. It is hard to give menu ideas when we don't know what kinds of things your family likes.  I hope this helps.  Oh spagetti is good.  There are good gf spagetti brands available on the market.  I like Tinkayada's Pasta Joy.  I do not like DeBoles.  Those are the two most easily obtained here. Chicken soup.  I'm eating a lot of hamburger soup these days using up the last of the garden veggies.  ?  Karen Tressler

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