GF, Kid-friendly Food!

Mia's favorite thing to eat is chicken. Since she was a wee tot, Mia always preferred chicken over any other food. She will even ask to eat chicken for breakfast!

However, lately she has become a bit picky about what is placed before her at mealtime. While Mia's diet is a bit limited right now, I try to get creative with what she can eat. She will eat the GF chicken noodle soup I make for her (gluten-free chicken broth, with rice pasta, carrots, celery, chicken, onion and a pinch of parsley). Recently, I discovered that she loves my GF veggie meatloaf (I substitute the bread crumbs for gluten-free waffles that I toast and then blend in the food processor). And, of course, she will eat my chicken cutlets (which I bread with ground up rice crackers) and serve with sweet potato fries (white potatoes are a "no no"). I make most of Mia's food from scratch because not all GF foods in the grocery store are dairy-free and egg-free, too.

So, I need to come up with some other creative food options for her - especially for the days she goes to school. Toddlers can be very picky - one day they love it and the next day they don't! So, I need to send in something with her that I know she is going to eat. Otherwise, they just end up sending it back home to me. And then I wonder to myself, "Well, if she didn't eat lunch, then what DID she eat all day long? Nothing?"

So, I've been trying to come up with new and creative food choices for my little girl.

Last night, while making my weekly trip to Whole Foods to pick up food/snacks for Mia, I happened upon a wonderful, kid-friendly treat - Gluten Free Chicken Nuggets by Wellshire Farms. And they are dinosaur-shaped, too!


You have no idea how excited I was to find this awesome treat! For months I have been making EVERYTHING from scratch - staying up late at night after the kids go to bed preparing food for Mia...and making extra so I can freeze it and have it on-hand when she needs it.

Some of you may think, "Big deal...they are just chicken nuggets!" Well, when you can't pop into McDonald's for a happy meal like so many parents do, GF chicken nuggets are a big deal.

I am so excited about my new discovery! I am going to have her try them out at lunch today...hopefully, she likes them! If she does, this will definitely cut down my time in the kitchen late at night!