My friend, Carrie, who is helping me along in this Dairy Free journey gave me this recipe. Here are some notes from her: You can experiment with a couple of ingredients based on the spice factor you like… as is, this can get pretty spicy depending on the size of your jalepeno, also with the rotel you could use both mild if it gets to spicy for you.
1 can of whole tomatoes
2 cans of Rotel (one original and one mild)
1/4 cup onion
1 clove garlic
1 jalapeno
1 lime (half if it is a large lime)
1/4 teaspoon of sugar, salt, and cumin
1/2 cup cilantro (or 8t dried)
Add the tomatoes and Rotel to a food processor or blender.
Dice the onion, garlic (I dice mine really fine because the garlic doesn’t seem to get chopped in the processor), and jalapeno.
Add that all in, then add juice of lime, sugar, salt, cumin and cilantro.
Pulse it all until it is the consistency you like and then refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.
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I’ve always wanted to make my own spaghetti sauce, but, I won’t lie. I’m lazy. 
It’s easier to get it in a jar. But, then, I have to go dairy free and I find out there is cheese already in my store-bought sketty sauce (no WONDER it tastes so good, am I right!?) So, I have an awesome friend, Carrie, who has been DF for some time (and has been SUCH a huge help in this transition!) and she was kind enough to pass along her super-easy spaghetti sauce recipe. It simmered on the stove for a few hours this morning, and well, I finally had to put it away because I kept tasting it! Tonight will be the big reveal, I can not wait!
Sauté 1/4 of a white onion with 3-4 cloves of minced garlic in EVOO until clear in color. If you chop this really fine, you won’t notice it when it’s all said and done… trust me I HATE onions.
Brown 1 lb of beef (I also will sometimes use the meatloaf mix found at HT. It is veal, pork and beef… it adds a great flavor)
Add the beef to the sauté
Then add about a tsp or to taste of
parsley
basil
salt
garlic powder
pepper
Then add 1 large can of crushed tomatoes (if the ones I buy have any chunk to them, then I will put them through my blender first… some do some don’t but I don’t like chunk)
Then let it all simmer for a couple of hours.
That’s it! (And, she didn’t lie – it was very much super easy!)
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See that fantastic, yummy menu below? The one I spent the better part of this week on, including the grocery list…
Well, I may have to nix it altogether.
C has been having some reflux issues. We went through this 2 years ago with B and weekly adjustments by our chiropractor helped tremendously….this time…It’s like we take 2 steps forward and 1 step back. I had been in denial for some time over whether or not it could be a diary issue and she agreed with me today, that there is a very good chance.
She instructed me to stop dairy altogether and we should, if it is indeed a dairy issue, see improvement in 3-4 days with C’s reflux. So, I redid this weeks’ menu…and the grocery list (all without chugging a milkshake, as much as I wanted that one last hurrah!)
Here’s our “Dairy Free As We Can Be” menu for this week…
Sat. Lunch – Sandwiches
Sat. Dinner – Pork Chops & Apple Casserole
Sun. Lunch – Grill Out
Sun. Dinner – Spaghetti
Monday – Mini Meatloaves
Tuesday – Lemon Herb Chicken with Spanish Rice
Wednesday – Zesty Chicken Packets
Thursday – Crusted Honey Mustard Chicken
Friday – Tacos
Sat. Lunch – We are participating in a Walk, so we’ll eat there or on the way home
Sat. Dinner – Leftovers
We’ll return to the chiropractor next Friday and see where we stand…
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How is it possible that I’m planning meals for October?? I’m starting off easy with just a weeks worth of meals:
Sat Lunch – Creamy Apple Quesadilla
Sat Dinner – Daisy’s Chicken
Sun Lunch – Olive Garden
Sun Dinner – either grill out or go to baptisms at the lake with our church
Mon – Garlic Chicken
Tues – Poppy Seed Chicken
Wed – Chili (double & freeze)
Thurs -Breakfast
Fri – Freezer Meal
Sat Lun – Grill Out
Sat Dinner – Taco Ring
Sun Lunch – Leftovers/Sandwiches
Sun Dinner – Pizza
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Foodie Friday and monthly meal plans are halted for a bit as we adjust to this sweet thing:
(photo taken by Kaitlin Roten of 2point5d Photography)
…should I label this “Baby Food”? Because I could certainly eat him up!! 
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