Menu Plan April Week 1

Easy meals for cold winter weather.

Peanut Butter and Jelly Baked Oatmeal Muffins

Peanut Butter and Jelly Baked Oatmeal Muffins are a quick and easy breakfast that can be made ahead.

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Peanut Butter Chex Granola Bars

Peanut Butter Chex Granola Bars are a quick and easy homemade breakfast, snack, or lunchbox treat.

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Martha Stewart's Classic French Toast Recipe

The best French toast by doing one simple thing.

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One Pot Stove Top Macaroni and Cheese

One pot stove top macaroni and cheese is an easy recipe that uses only five basic ingredients.

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Freezer Burrito Casserole

Freezer Burrito Casserole is an easy make ahead recipe using only five ingredients.

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Mexican Chicken and Rice Soup

Mexican Chicken and Rice Soup is a quick and easy soup using basic ingredients.

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Crustless Salmon Quiche

Crustless Salmon Quiche is an easy breakfast, lunch or dinner!

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Chicken Peanut Noodles

Chicken Peanut Noodles are a quick and easy dinner. The leftovers make a great lunch.

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Turkey Chili

Turkey Chili is an easy and delicious dinner. It is full of flavor. Make ahead and freezer friendly.

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Alexis's Chocolate Chip Cookies with gluten free option

A simple and delicious chocolate chip cookie.

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Applesauce Cake

Applesauce cake is an easy old fashioned dessert!

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I made notes next to the ingredients that need to be gluten-free, but as always, read labels to make sure the ingredients are safe for your family.

Gluten Free Menu Plan April Week 1

Easy budget friendly gluten free recipes for the week.

Gluten Free Double Chocolate Banana Muffins

Gluten free double chocolate muffins are so good that you will not know that they are gluten free.

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Gluten Free Overnight Belgian Waffles

You can enjoy restaurant style waffles at home with these gluten free overnight belgian waffles.

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Egg and Potato Breakfast Muffins

Egg and Potato Breakfast Muffins are an easy breakfast that can be made ahead.

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Pizza Fries

Pizza night can be easy when you make pizza fries.

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Eggs and Rice with Soy Sauce

Easy inexpensive breakfast for dinner. Make sure to use gluten free soy sauce.

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Brown Rice Mexican Rice

An easy way to make Mexican rice a little bit better.

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Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas

Fajitas made easy.

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Stir Fried Cabbage and Pork

Stir fried cabbage and pork aka egg roll in a bowl is a delicious quick and easy meal.

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Gluten Free Brazilian Cheese Buns

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A cross between a cheese roll and a gluten free popover. Delicious!

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Gluten Free Tomato Soup

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Skip the can and make it homemade.

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Easy Homemade Double Chocolate Pudding

Skip the box of pudding mix that you buy at the store and make homemade double chocolate pudding! It is so easy and so good!

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Gluten Free Chocolate Sugar Cookies

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Gluten free chocolate cookies yes please!

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Gluten Free Lemon Bars ~My Mom's Lemon Bars Made Gluten Free

Gluten Free Lemon Bars are my mom's lemon bars made gluten free.

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This recipe for Oatmeal Banana Muffins is adapted from my mom’s recipe for Leftover Oatmeal Muffins. I adapted them to a Leftover Oatmeal Peanut Butter muffin, which inspired me to try a leftover banana oatmeal muffin recipe.

These muffins turned out so good! These muffins are not light and fluffy. They are denser muffins, but they are delicious.

And they are healthy(ish), especially if you leave out the chocolate chips.

They are also dairy free if you skip the chocolate chips or use dairy free chocolate chips.

If you are looking for a new breakfast for this week, give these oatmeal banana muffins a try!

Ingredients

• cooked oatmeal, old fashioned oats work the best, if gluten free use gluten free oats
• egg
• sugar
• brown sugar
• baking soda
• flour, Bob’s Red Mill 1 to 1 gluten free blend works for a gluten free version
• cornstarch
• bananas
• chocolate chips, optional but good

Yield: 12 muffins

Oatmeal Banana Muffin Recipe

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Oatmeal and bananas are combined in these easy-to-make muffins.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups cooked oatmeal, old fashioned oats work the best, if gluten free use gluten free oats
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 cup flour, Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 gluten free blend works for a gluten free version
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 2 bananas mashed
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips, optional but good

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, mix all ingredients together. This really is a forgiving recipe, and it doesn't matter the order that you put the ingredients in; just place them all in a large bowl.
2. Stir until well combined.
3. Scoop batter into a greased muffin pan, filling each muffin cup 3/4 full.
4. Bake at 375 degrees for 18-20 minutes.
5. I prefer these warm or reheated, but they can also be eaten cold.

Notes

The gluten-free version of this recipe was tested with gluten-free oats and Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 Gluten Free Flour Blend.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

12

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 348Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 2gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 15mgSodium: 78mgCarbohydrates: 70gFiber: 5gSugar: 29gProtein: 7g

Nutritional values are approximate and aren't always accurate.

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One of the features on my site, and many other recipe sites, is that you can rate the recipes. If you enjoy one of the recipes on my menu plan I would love for you to rate it.

It is one of the ways that you as a reader can help sites like mine. If you love a food blogger’s recipe let them know by rating it. Food bloggers really appreciate it!

Menu Plan March Week 4

Favorite recipes perfect for March.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Breakfast Cookies

Peanut butter, chocolate, and oats are combined into one delicious breakfast cookie.

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Martha Stewart's Banana Bread

An all time favorite banana bread.

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Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs

Boiled eggs made easy in the Instant Pot.

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Egg and Chili Casserole

Breakfast for dinner is easy with this egg and chili casserole.

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Stuffed Green Pepper Soup

The flavors of stuffed peppers in a delicious soup.

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5 Ingredient Freezer Burritos

5 Ingredient Freezer Burritos are easy to make. They are also so much better than the kind you buy from the store.

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Slow Cooked Dr Pepper BBQ Pulled Pork

Slow Cooked Dr. Pepper pork is great served all by itself, on buns or breads, or baked potatoes.

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Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Muffins

Sour cream chocolate chip muffins are a rich and delicious bakery-style muffin.

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Wacky Cake {Cooking Through My Collection}

Wacky Cake is an old fashioned dessert that uses basic ingredients you always have on hand.

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I know I say that almost every week, but I really do love to share gluten free recipes that are quick, easy, and so you good that you won’t know that they are gluten free.

Be sure to read labels on ingredients to make sure that they are gluten free and be sure to use ingredients like gluten free oats.

Gluten Free Menu Plan April Week One

Quick and easy gluten free meals for the week.

Gluten Free Applesauce Bread

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A gluten free version of a classic recipe.

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Overnight Oatmeal Muffins

Overnight Oatmeal Muffins are an easy make ahead muffin.

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Scrambled Eggs with Salmon

A quick and easy breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

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Cheesy Fajita Chicken

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A delicious way to change up a basic chicken.

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Crock Pot Beef and Bean Casserole Recipe {Five Ingredients or Less}

Need a simple dinner that is easy to make gluten free? Make Crock Pot Beef and Beans for dinner this week.

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Fried Cabbage and Kielbasa

Fried Cabbage and Kielbasa is an easy one pot meal.

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Gluten Free Brazilian Cheese Buns - Gluten Free Kitchen Adventures

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A favorite bread side dish.

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Bacon Salmon

Salmon cooked in bacon grease is so flavorful and delicious.

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Easy Pork Tacos

Change up taco night with easy pork tacos.

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Homemade Vanilla Pudding without Eggs

Homemade Vanilla Pudding is an easy make at home treat using basic ingredients.

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These posts have been such a fun way to look back at the recipes I shared in 2016.

I don’t tend to jump on trends, but this trend from earlier this year has been so fun.

I think the trend has passed already. That happens in our modern world, where everything moves fast, but looking back at all the recipes I shared in 2016 has been so fun and interesting, I plan to keep sharing them.

Recipes I Shared March 2016

The homemade gluten-free Rice-a-Roni that I shared in March of 2016 has been one of the most popular gluten-free recipes on my site for ten years.

If you eat gluten free and have not tried it, you need to. It is so good! In fact, I think it is better than the famous box that many of us grew up eating.

I totally forgot about my taco salad casserole recipe. I need to put this on the menu plan soon.

I also forgot about this recipe for sausage sauerkraut sloppy joes, inspired by a recipe I saw for something similar.

This chocolate chip banana bread is another recipe that is still a favorite. I shared both the regular and the gluten free version of the banana bread. I really need to update the pictures on this one.

This chili cheese salad might sound a little strange, but it’s delicious. It is also a great, quick, and easy meal.

In March of 2016, I also shared twenty-one ways to use bacon grease. This was back when we raised hogs and had lots of bacon in the freezer. I found all kinds of ways to use bacon grease. If you are not saving your bacon grease, you are missing out.

I hope you enjoyed this look back at 2016.

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We are going old-school and back to the 90s today, with both the recipe and the keeping-it-real photos.

I have been making this ravioli casserole for over twenty-five years. I can’t believe I have never shared it with you.

I recently had several packages of gluten-free ravioli that were fine, but not great. I decided to use the rest of them up by making this ravioli casserole.

I was sure I had shared the recipe on my site, but I searched and searched and could not find it. I really thought I shared it back when I did my cooking through my collection series.

I knew it was a recipe for Quick Cooking magazine, so I pulled my Quick Cooking cookbooks off my shelf and looked for it. It was in the 1999 edition of Quick Cooking.

Did anyone else love Taste of Home and Quick Cooking back in the 1990s and early 2000s?

Some of my favorite recipes came from Taste of Home and Quick Cooking magazines.

I am wondering if the reason I never shared this recipe on my site is that it is so hard to photograph.

A recipe with sauce, cottage cheese, and pasta may not be pretty, but it is delicious.

Let’s just say the pictures keep it real. This is exactly what this will look like when you serve it for dinner.

Ingredients

One of the things I love about this recipe is that it contains only five ingredients. They are also all easy to keep on hand in your pantry and freezer.

• spaghetti sauce
• frozen ravioli, gluten free ravioli works for gluten free version
• small curd cottage cheese
• shredded mozzarella cheese
• grated parmesan cheese

Yield: 8 servings

Ravioli Casserole

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A quick and easy five-ingredient dinner.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 - 28 ounce jar spaghetti sauce
• 25 ounces (or so) frozen ravioli, cooked and drained according to package
• 2 cups small curd cottage cheese
• 4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Spread 1/2 cup spaghetti sauce in a 9x13 pan.
3. Layer half the cooked ravioli on top of sauce.
4. Spread 1 cup of cottage cheese and 2 cups of mozzarella cheese on top of the ravioli.
5. Spread half of the sauce on top of the cheese.
6. Place remaining ravioli on top.
7. Spread cottage cheese on top of ravioli.
8. Spread the remaining sauce and top with the remaining cheese.
9. Bake uncovered for 30-35 minutes.

Notes

Gluten free ravioli works well for a gluten free version.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 644Total Fat: 36gSaturated Fat: 20gUnsaturated Fat: 16gCholesterol: 120mgSodium: 1543mgCarbohydrates: 32gFiber: 1gSugar: 6gProtein: 47g

Nutritional values are approximate and aren't always accurate.

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Here is this week’s menu plan.

Menu Plan March Week 3

Coconut raspberry bars, Instant Pot mac and cheese, tuna burgers, and more are on this week's menu plan.

Homemade Chex Granola

Homemade Chex Granola is a copycat version of a famous granola.

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Cinnamon Roll Muffins

All the flavors of a cinnamon roll in an easy to make muffin.

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Mom's Overnight Waffles

A family favorite for close to fifty years.

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Stuffed Pepper Casserole

Stuffed Pepper Casserole has all the flavors of a stuffed pepper in an easy to make casserole.

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Chicken and Black Bean Oven Tacos

Chicken and Black Bean Tacos are a delicious way to change up taco night.

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Apple Bacon Cheese Frittata

Apple, bacon, and cheese are combined in this delicious breakfast or breakfast for dinner recipe.

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Sausage Nachos

Sausage nachos are a delicious way to change up your basic nachos.

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Tuna Burgers

Tuna burgers are an easy inexpensive dinner!

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Instant Pot Macaroni and Cheese

Instant Pot Macaroni and Cheese makes homemade mac and cheese easy.

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Coconut Raspberry Bars

Coconut Raspberry Bars are a delicious combination of white chocolate, raspberries, and coconut.

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Gluten Free Menu Plan March Week 3

GF Pizza, gf applesauce muffins, and more on this week's gluten free menu plan.

Homemade Breakfast Bowls

Skip the store bought bowls in the freezer section and make your own at home.

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Gluten Free Applesauce Muffins

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A gluten free version of an old fashioned classic.

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Mexican Tomato Soup

Mexican Tomato Soup is a delicious version of a classic tomato soup.

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Easy Fried Zucchini

Fried Zucchini is easy to make and is a great side dish.

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Easy Slow Cooked Chicken Legs

You only need a few ingredients to make these easy slow cooked chicken legs.

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5 Ingredient Burrito Casserole

5 Ingredient Burrito Casserole is a great make ahead freezer friendly dinner. Use gluten free or corn tortillas.

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Gluten Free Pizza Recipe

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A family favorite for pizza night.

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Crustless Sausage Quiche

Crustless Sausage Quiche is quiche made quick and easy by skipping the crust.

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Gluten Free Starbucks Lemon Loaf (Copycat)

A delicious gluten free version of the famous lemon bread.

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Flourless Peanut Butter Bars

Flourless peanut butter bars are a delicious gluten-free treat!

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Gluten free sourdough pancakes make the perfect weekend breakfast! Pancakes are great for any day, but Saturday morning pancakes are always a favorite at our house.

This pancake recipe is one that I have been working on for a while. I wanted to get the texture just right.

The recipe is similar to my mom’s easy sourdough pancake recipe, which she has been making for over 40 years. Her recipe is a quick sourdough pancake because you don’t need sourdough starter to make it.

I wanted a more authentic sourdough pancake, so I set out to create a light, fluffy gluten-free sourdough pancake recipe.

My recipe calls for active sourdough starter. Using a starter that has been fed and is active yields a much lighter, fluffier pancake. You can use sourdough discard that has not been fed, but the end result will not be quite the same.

I used Bob’s Red Mill 1-to-1 Gluten Free Flour blend for these pancakes, and it worked great. Other blends may work, but I have not tested them.

One of the great things about this recipe is that it is also dairy-free, so these work great for anyone who needs to eat gluten-free, dairy-free.

Ingredients

• active gluten free sourdough starter
• eggs
• oil
• honey
• salt
• baking soda
• Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Blend

Yield: 6 servings

Gluten Free Sourdough Pancakes

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Make pancakes with your gluten free sourdough starter.

Prep Time 8 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 13 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 cups active gluten free sourdough starter
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup oil
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Blend

Instructions

1. In a bowl, combine gluten-free sourdough starter, eggs, oil, and honey. Mix until combined,
2. Stir in gluten free flour and baking soda. Mix until combined.
3. Heat a griddle or skillet on the stove to medium.
4. Pour batter onto a hot skillet, using 1/3 to 1/2 cup per pancake.
5. Turn the heat down to medium-low.
6. Cook until the top has bubbles and the bubbles are starting to pop. This takes 2-3 minutes.
7. Flip the pancakes and cook for 1-2 minutes, or until browned and set.
8. Serve with butter, syrup, etc.

Notes

This recipe was tested with Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 Blend. Other gluten-free blends may work, but they have not been tested.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

6

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 358Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 2gUnsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 62mgSodium: 975mgCarbohydrates: 48gFiber: 2gSugar: 8gProtein: 11g

Nutritional values are approximate and aren't always accurate.

More Gluten Free Sourdough Recipes

Gluten Free Sourdough Starter

Gluten Free Sourdough Sandwich Bread

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