Autumn Menu Ideas 4

I have spent the last few days trying to learn about the Feingold Diet, stage one, and eliminating naturally occurring phenols and salicylates from the Prince’s diet. We were already pretty much additive and preservative free, so we had that part down already. But let me tell you, it hasn’t been fun. At least not for me. In some ways it seems even harder than GFCF, or maybe I’m just so used to GFCF. I didn’t realize how many apples, peaches, and tomatoes we eat. The Prince doesn’t seem to notice. He loves pears, pineapple, bananas, mangoes which are all fine for Feingold. But pretty soon he is going to miss his apples, cranberry juice, and blueberries. I’ve eliminated the O’Soy (see my “Food Detective” post), but that by itself doesn’t seem to be the problem, hyperactivity continues. So we’ll see if removing these items for awhile, then reintroducing them one at a time does the trick. If not, at least we know we tried!

In the meantime, anyone got a suggestion for a replacement for tomato pasta/pizza sauce? Or what my son would consider the elixir of life, ketchup?

Here’s the weekly menu:

Roasted Chicken Breasts with Grapes

Quinoa with toasted pine nuts, glazed carrots

I can't do the grape variation during our elimination experiment, but it is delicious so I thought I'd share yet another example of the versatile Roasted Chicken Breast method I mentioned in Autumn Menu Ideas 3. For this one, take 1/2 bunch of seedless green grapes, and 1/2 bunch of seedless red grapes and spread in a rimmed cooking sheet. Mix in a handful of whole sprigs of thyme, about 8 shallots cut in half, and toss all in a few tablespoons of olive oil. Lay chicken pieces on top, stuff a few sprigs of thyme under skin of the chicken. Roast at 350 for about 40 minutes.

Ham Steak, Baked Sweet Potatoes, Green Beans

Turkey Meatloaf Muffins, Mashed Potatoes, Corn
Just take your favorite meatloaf recipe, add in corn kernels or raisins, whatever your crew enjoys, and make little balls. Drop them in a greased muffin-tin. Bake at 375 for about 30 minutes. Great for little hands and lunchboxes too!

Crustless Broccoli Quiche Lorraine
Tropical Fruit salad, mango, pineapple, & banana

Avocado Quesadilla on Rice Tortillas

Blackbean Soup

Mixed Salad