Dinner and Dessert OR Dessert and Dinner

So it's been a while since I had a good dessert. While this dessert I made wasn't made with chocolate {which of course is the best kind!} it is super sweet because of all the fruit that is used.

I'll start with dessert first!

Breakfast {optional} Cookies

3 mashed bananas

1/3 c apple sauce

2 c oats

1/2 c rasins

1tsp vanilla

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 papaya chunks {I added this!}

Preheat oven to 350. Mix all ingredients together.

Use spoon to put a plop {I honestly cannot think of another word...} on a cookie sheet, flatten and bake for 15-20 minutes. I baked mine for 15 minutes, but should have left them in another 5... I think we were running out the door. 

This recipe I found here off of pinterest. I stuck my cookies in the refrigerator and snack on them every so often. They are delicious and fruity and just the perfect snack, or dessert.

On to dinner! When I first looked up how to make curry, the recipes I found had both butter and milk in it. I only have vanilla coconut and rice milk and just the thought of that sounds pretty terrible. Then I remembered something I found on pinterest a month or so ago. Here is it!

Chicken Curry

3 tbsp all-purpose {gluten-free} flour

4 tbsp curry powder

2 tsp cumin

2 chicken breasts, cut in to cubes

2 c chopped and peeled sweet potatoes

2 c baby carrots

2c coarsely chopped mango

1 c chopped onion

1 zucchini, chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 chicken bouillon cubes {1 c gluten-free chicken stock}

The best thing about this recipe, it makes TWO meals! That's right. In her recipe she says to divide everything in two, one gallon freezer bags, shake, seal and freeze. The only work: chopping. When you're making two meals out of this even the chopping isn't bad. 

cooked for 6 hours

plated over rice

stick in freezer for another night!

I didn't have time to freeze half of what I chopped, so stuck it right in the crock pot and froze the other half. One meal for tonight and one for another night. Perfect! Oh, the other change I made was the chicken bouillon cubes. I didn't have any, and I'm not sure that I could have used them anyway. Instead I used half a cup of chicken stock that is gluten free. 

For your frozen meal, take it out of the freezer 30 minutes to thaw then throw in crock pot for 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low. This is a colorful, tasty meal!

**Note, my crock pot seems to be incredibly good at it's job and cooks things fast. I left it in the entire time but would definitely cut down the time next time. The veggies are mushy, and they're supposed to be, but it seemed the other flavors just mushed together too. Hmmm, I also didn't put them in frozen, that could have made a difference. **

I also wanted to update you on my little Lucas man, who I am doing this elimination diet for.

It has been over four weeks and we got back his first diaper with no white blood cells! Praise God! We have been waiting for this day to come. What does that mean? It means that whatever allergins he is allergic to are out of my system and now how of his. Also, we haven't noticed mucus in his diapers for the past few days. This is another mile stone! As his digestive tract continues to heal we should notice his gas issues decrease as well. On July 10th at his 4 month appointment we're going to talk about adding things back in my diet. Whew! Less than a month to go!!

This has been an incredible journey as I learn about food, nutrition and the art of cooking. It has also been a difficult one. I have {honestly} had meltdowns when there was nothing I was able to eat and all I wanted was to order a pizza or have a tasty snack in our snack cabinet. But it has been worth it. We're many steps closer to finding out what it is Lucas cannot have and most importantly helping him get past the pain whatever that food is. For that, I am so thankful!