Day 3- A very expensive muffin

Today Max took his diet to daycare.  School starts again tomorrow, so today we did what I called a practice run for school.  I packed his snacks and lunch and no foods from the daycare or other kids.

Breakfast: gluten free toast with cinnamon and raisin peanut butter
snacks: rice cakes and corn tortilla chips and salsa
lunch: left over spaghetti, applesauce, and a fruit rollup
supper: chicken tenders, home canned corn, and home canned pears. 
snack: cherry tomatoes

Max said I did not pack enough salsa for the chips I sent.  I will be more aware of the amount of salsa I send from now on.  He is serious about his chips and salsa.  I think Max is also getting tired of rice cakes or applesauce.  So I am venturing out and making apple cinnamon muffins from The Gluten Free Almond Flour Cookbook.  This better taste like gold in a paper muffin cup.  With almond flour costing me around $13.00 for 4 cups, this is by far the most expensive muffin I have ever made.  However I do really like this cookbook, because I can by four non traditional ingredients and make a variety of foods.  If this gluten/dairy free diet doesn't work, I don't want 10 bags of different kinds of  flours at $15 per bag, and nothing to make with them!  I have bought almond flour, agave nectar, arrowroot powder, and grapeseed oil.  the rest of the ingredients I already have in stock.  And this cookbook has your kid friendly recipes altered for gluten free eating.  The chicken tenders we ate for dinner tonight was from this cookbook.  Who knew almond flour and grapeseed oil could make a decent chicken tender! (not that Max would notice since he doused his tenders in catsup.)

Tomorrow will be the true test- school.  What can I pack in a kids lunch that doesn't need reheated?  He isn't a "sandwich every day" kind of kid.  This is going to get tough.  I do have an insulated container that will keep soups hot for 6 hours.  I wonder if it works on hotdogs?

symptoms: dark circles under his eyes.  He did sit and work on his handwriting which has improved over the last week.  Now I need to head to the Learning Post and find help on getting him to write his letters in the correct direction.  First grade teachers do not like letters being written backwards.  Again he seems to be going to sleep in the evening much easier and faster.