{Meal Plan} Pinning and Planning Our Dinner Menu – Week of September 18

I’m not going to lie. Thanks to my husband’s food allegies, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to plan meals for my family. Planning meals that pleases everyone and are void of tomatoes, beans and rice (foods we typically love) is getting tougher and tougher each week. After all, beans, rice and tomatoes are staples when you grow up in a Hispanic-Italian home. And not to mention, beans make up many British meals too.

Yes, I am at a loss.

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I’ve never been one to eat the same meals over and over. That’s so boring and basic. I love variety and changing things up; and yet, here I am cooking the same meals each week and becoming a short-order cook preparing foods separate to avoid cross-contamination. We’ve also found ourselves eating more meat to replace the absence of beans, since we need the right balance of protein for our active lifestyle.

So, if you have any suggestions, I am all ears. Just remember, what foods we need to avoid: beans, rice, tomatoes, eggplant, broccoli, cauliflower, peanut butter, tree nuts and soy.

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In the meantime, here’s our dinner menu for the week.

Run DMT’s 7-Day Meal Plan

Sunday

Breakfast – Sliced of Seed Your Soul Bread with 1 Tbsp sunbutter and ½ sliced banana

Snack – 1 cup mixed fruit

Lunch – Romaine lettuce wrap with 2 slices of Applegate turkey, ½ avocado & red onion

Snack – Apple with 2 Tbsp sunbutter

Dinner – Grilled Garlic-Rubbed Flank Steak with Chimichurri Sauce, Oven-Roasted Potatoes and a Mixed Greens Salad

Snack-  ½ cup mixed berries

Meatless Monday

Breakfast – Sliced of Seed Your Soul Bread with 1 Tbsp sunbutter and ½ sliced banana

Snack – ½ cup red seedless grapes

Lunch – Mixed greens salad, ½ avocado, ½ red bell pepper, red onion slices and ¼ sunflower seeds

Snack – Apple with 2 Tbsp sunbutter

Dinner – Penne and Asparagus

Snack- 1 cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt and ½ cup mixed berries

Tuesday

Breakfast – Sliced of Seed Your Soul Bread with 2 Tb sunbutter and ½ sliced banana

Snack – 1 cup Greek yogurt and ½ cup mixed berries

Lunch – Applegate Turkey and Hummus Lettuce Wrap

Snack – Apple and 2 Tb sunbutter

Dinner – Grilled Indian-spiced Chicken Kabobs with Saag Aloo and Kachumber Salad

Snack – 1 cup mixed fruit

Wednesday

Breakfast – 1 cup non-fat Plain Greek Yogurt with Strawberries

Snack – 3 Tbsp Hummus with 1/4 cup Sugar Snap Peas

Lunch – Romaine lettuce wrap with 2 slices of Applegate turkey, ½ avocado & red onion

Snack – 1 small apple and 2 Tbsp sunbutter

Dinner – Chicken Marsala with Mashed Potatoes

Snack – 1 cup mixed fruit

Thursday

Breakfast – Sliced of Seed Your Soul Bread with 2 Tb sunbutter and ½ sliced banana

Snack – 3 Tbsp Hummus with 2 stalks of celery

Lunch – Romaine lettuce wrap with 2 slices of Applegate turkey, ½ avocado & red onion

Snack – 1 small apple and 2 Tbsp sunbutter

Dinner – Skinnytaste’s Sausage and Peppers (Skinnytaste Cookbook)

Snack – 1 cup mixed fruit

Friday

Breakfast – 1 cup non-fat Plain Greek Yogurt with Strawberries

Snack – 3 Tbsp Hummus with 2 stalks of celery

Lunch – Publix Southwest Salad

Snack – 1 small apple and 2 Tbsp sunbutter

Dinner – Homemade pizza and flatbread with 1967 Salad

Does your family live with food allergies? 

What low calorie, protein packed healthy recipes are you pinning and planning for your dinner menu this week? 

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