Well, have to come clean and admit that I only cooked a couple of times last week. I spent most of the week at my sister's house helping her remodel her kids room so we had supper with them most nights. I did learn from this experience tho. I was so sore the first few days which is further proof of how out of shape and unused to manual labor I am. It felt good to be moving though. Also since I was so busy, although I was not eating the best of things, I was not eating much.
Tonight it was time to try something new again and we made wheat-free pizza. I purchased a pre-made glutten free crust (Rustic Crusts). I crumbled half a tube of turkey sausage (recall that pork is out), sauteed 1lb of sliced mushrooms with a handful of spinch I had left over from making quesadillas last night. Caleb had a blast spreading the sause, cheese, meat, and tomatos on his but he didn't want any spinch or mushrooms. I also sprinkled crushed red pepper on mine. This was a totally easy meal and it was fun to do something that Cally could get involved with. I think the pizza tasted amazing. However, as with most gluten-free bread products the crust was just too dry and gritty. Caleb didn't seem to like it and Mike said it was really good but felt the same as me about the crust. It really is too bad because the flavor was great. I think I could get over the texture but I'm not sure my boys can. The next time I make pizza I am going to try a bread machine crust subbing spelt or possibly a gluten free mixture. Luckly I was brought another box of 123 Mix, but I would still like to experiment with making my own mixture to have on hand. It is just going to be a huge upfrount expense but it will make a lot.
So, I don't know that's about it. I'm still frustrated with my mother-in-law feeding him whatever she wants to but I am just going to have to continue to cut back on the amount of time alone she spends with him. A few days ago she gave him fried chicken, prepackaged no less, and then was upset later when he was bouncing of the walls. It is partly my fault as I have not sent some homemade spelt nuggets.
I'm still springing for the pre-made tapioca bread this week, and continuing to think about purchasing a breadmachine with gluten free settings. I am also going to try to get my mom to take a trip to whole foods with me tomorrow... it's just too long of a drive to go bymyself and be bored!
