Gluten-Free Menu Swap May 2

We arrived home after midnight from our fun-filled adventures to Chicago and to the Gluten Free Allergen Free Expo in Lisle, Illinois. First, did you know those ridges alongside the highway that are supposed to wake drivers who fall asleep at the wheel work two ways. They not only wake you up when you really do fall asleep and drift out of the lane, but the adrenaline rush from being startled by the noise your tires make on the grooves and the realization that you fell asleep give the body a jolt that assures you stay awake the rest of the way home. I guess running through the streets of Chicago to catch a train after peering down at the city from the Willis Tower, then the flight home was too much for this mama.

The menu for the week is influenced by the classes Shelby and I took at the Expo. When her math class was canceled this morning we went grocery shopping to get the ingredients for Stephanie’s pork carnitas and Silvana’s waffles.

• Carnitas are in the slow cooker right now after watching Stephanie O’Dea make them at the GFAF Expo.
• Roasted Chicken with roasted fingerling potatoes, broccoli
• Beef Fried Rice with lots of veggies
• Breakfast for dinner with Silvana’s Jalapeno Popper Waffles(without the Rice Chex) and chicken breakfast sausage
• Chicken Stir Fry with asparagus, snow peas and broccoli
• Leftovers

Angela’s Kitchen is the place to find all the gluten-free menu plans this week with a theme of asparagus. Visit Cheryl for the headquarters of our gluten-free menu swap.

I have over two years of family-friendly, gluten-free menus to browse in my archives. For a peek at the Expo I did two quick posts from the hotel lobby. One on the gluten-free snacks we liked  and one on new products shown at the GFAF Expo that I found interesting. Also, check out Hallie’s post at Daily Bites with photos of some of the gluten-free bloggers and authors she met. She is so adorable in person.