Turkey Spinach Stackers

It's a salad on a toothpick. Fun, right? Grab a handful of pistachios or pecans and go nuts. These were awesome for our family picnic. Since we were out of bread, this was our next option. And having the spinach wrapped inside the turkey kind of "hid" it from the little ones. And muenster cheese was perfect with the grapes.   

Apple Turkey Pecan Salad

Have you ever tried really hard to make something and when you think you have it, you taste it and are so disappointed you throw your hands up and wail, "I can't do this anymore!"

I was having a small pity party. 

Mayonnaise, in particular Best Foods, is a difficult food for me to give up. 

It is a soy rich food. So I thought I'd try my hand at homemade mayo. 

It was a disaster. 

As a result, a can of tuna and three boiled eggs found their way in the trash along with the goopy mess I just concocted. 

The consolation prize was worth it, though. 

After getting a pep talk from my sweet husband, I tried again. And this was a great success!

Layer 1: Spinach

Layer 2: Dietz and Watson's Gluten Free Black Forest Turkey 

Layer 3: Chopped apple

Layer 4: Chopped muenster cheese

Layer 5: Halved cherry tomatoes

Layer 6: Fresh pecans

Drizzle with Drew's (soy free, gluten free) Greek Dressing. 

It was delish!

Apple and Tuna Fusion

 Lunches, are by far, the most difficult meal of the day. Without the old standby of sandwiches, ("normal" breads pack a triple whammy of gluten, high carb content, and soy. Limiting bread even when it is gluten-free is still important.) I'm forced to be really creative. That's where today's lunch came from.  

I had some leftover brown rice couscous from a few nights ago. So, I grabbed a can of tuna, chopped up an apple, some green onions, and a cheese stick, and mixed it all together. I drizzled a tsp of olive oil on it and topped the couscous with the tuna fusion. 

This turned out to be more adult-palatable than kid-palatable. My two year old ate it, but only because I promised her as many strawberries as she wanted when she was done.