A GFCF sample menu? Hi- I'm having a very hard time tring to get DS (age 3) off of gluten. (Milk we did successfully and saw very positive changes) Whenever I give him something new to try he pitches a fit and pushes the food away. For those doing the diet, can you tell me what your child eats on any given day for breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner? and HOW did you get them to try and actually EAT new foods? So frustrating.. Thank you.. We have few food battles these days. Before GFCF they were constant. Our rule is the kids have to try a bite of each new food every time its offered. We never offer more than 1 or 2 "new" foods a month. If they try it and spit it out, that's okay - they tried it. If they try it and hurl - they have to clean it up - but they've met the requirement because they tried it. if they try it and swallow whole, we talk about the dangers of swallowing without chewing and leave 'em alone. They tried it. Mostly we're good these days.Hmm, well, a lots going to depend on which flavor of GFCF we're doing. We allow oats/corn/soy. Breakfast: GFCF pancakes (Pamela's mix... I can't tell the difference) Soy yogurt Fruit Almond milk or calcium fortified orange juice Lunch: GFCF sandwich bread (Pamela's mix) Organic turkey/ham Soy cheese Lettuce Tomato Pickle Mustard Plain potato chips Veggie sticks Fruit Soy pudding (homemade... Betty Crocker cookbook recipe using soy milk... have tried it with almond and rice... almond has a good flavor) Organic juice Dinner: GFCF Chicken Tenders (Whole Foods, Central Market, Sun Harvest) Ore Ida French Fries (they use rice flour in the season coating) Green salad Fruit Sorbet Organic juice or green tea w/ honey Snacks: am snack - ants on a log (celery w/ peanut butter and raisins) or apple slices with peanut butter pm snack - GFCF cookies (Pamela's mix or cookies from our local GFCF bakery... "The Little Aussie Bakery"... great place... they have a web site too) and soy or almond milk bedtime - tonight it was GFCF pudding We love the "Living Without" magazines from the Celiac Society. All kinds of menu ideas and recipes. Great ideas to keep menus fresh and interesting. Has good kid-oriented recipes. My DS cannot eat gluten, casein, soy, or yeast, and we limit processed sugars.  Let's see, today was: b'fast: waffles (no syrup, they taste good plain) and bacon lunch: chicken nuggets and an apple dinner: mashed sweet potato, a few green peas, and some vanilla bean cake (it's mostly beans and eggs - tons of protein) snacks pamela's chocolate chip cookies peanut butter puff cereal a few potato chips drinks coconut milk hemp milk what he calls "purple bubble sprite" - it's water and club soda with a splash of grape juice water Getting DS to try new foods is a long, drawn out process that includes a lot of bribery.  I just tell him that if he wants the favored food (cookie, sometimes even a sucker), he has to touch the new food.  Then we move to touching it to his lips, and eventually to taking a single bite.  For a few foods, that's all it's taken to get him to eat it regularly.  Others take more extended bribing, but once we put our minds to getting him to eat something new, we're almost always successful - eventually!   bfast ideas we have each week: waffles, eggs, cereal (have GFCF options out there now), toast (I have a Kinnikinnick bread mix that's beyond simple. You just add water or your milk alternative, done.) with different toppings. lunch ideas that we have: sandwiches, chicken nuggets (Kinnikinnick makes a great chicken nugget coating, or you can make your own super, super simple), left overs from supper a lot of days, homemade burgers (older son has it on gfcf bread and younger son doesn't like bread on his), salads with chicken in it, and so on. Supper ideas we have: spinach lasagna, chicken nuggets, spaghetti, meatloaf, grilled chicken with steamed veggies, salads with chicken on them, mashed sweet potatoes are awesome (I use apple juice to make them smoother when I beat them, this makes them taste wonderful.), baked sweet potato fries, baked french fries, and so much more. A wonderful book that helped me get more creative was: The Super Allergy Girl Cookbook (all gfcf - and more). Here website is: superallergycookbook.com .She even has a few recipes on the site to try. I get the boys to try new things a few ways. I try to make the new foods look like ones they have seen before (like the spinach lasagna), don't pressure them just put it on their plate and ignore that it's new, don't make a big deal out of how much I like it (my kids have that trick figured out where Mom's face lights all up as she says, "woooow,mmmmmm, this is so good!), and telling them they have to try one bite. If they hate it, case closed. But many times they like it. thanks very much, this is definitely helpful. some good ideas I never thought of.. Janie-what is in the vanilla bean cake? is there an online recipe? I know if DS thought he was eating "cake" he would devour it in a second! [QUOTE=cltazd] thanks very much, this is definitely helpful. some good ideas I never thought of.. Janie-what is in the vanilla bean cake? is there an online recipe? I know if DS thought he was eating "cake" he would devour it in a second! [/QUOTE] The recipe comes from a blog: www.spunkycoconut.com.  The basic recipe is called vanilla bean cake, but we've done all sorts of variations.  The two current favorites are "dragonberry cupcakes" (aka blueberry cupcakes, just the basic recipe w/blueberries added) and a sort of coffee cake variation w/cinnamon and nutmeg.  DH and I are hooked too! thanks again!
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