Sandwich Thins Recipe {Gluten & Top 8 Allergen Free}

Over the years I have followed amazing gluten free and food allergy free-from blogs. Some of the authors have even become personal friends. 
I look at their recipes. I drool. I want to make them. But I don't. And it's meant to no offense to them. 
Sometimes they contain a nut based flour. Or sometimes a flour that can't be purchased locally. Or more often than not, it's a flour blend where I have to literally go out and buy six bags of different flours just to create a special blend they want for the recipe.
I understand that it's what makes it "just perfect". But, for me, it's just not happening. 
If I can't make it with an all-purpose flour, then I'm not going to bother. I just don't have the money or pantry space to invest in the others. It's also sometimes difficult to find top 8 free alternative flours that are needed for those special blends. Many contain CC warnings. 
Thus why I started testing this Sandwich Thin recipe to begin with. I wanted it to be easy. I wanted it to use a gluten free AP flour, I wanted it to be top 8 allergen free, and I wanted it to be something geared towards my readers - something you could use in the lunch box, of course! 

{Enjoy Life Foods Friday} Chocolate Baking Chips Lunch Fun #GlutenFree #AllergyFriendly

Happy November! Another month and that means another Enjoy Life Foods Friday!
In case you missed our last two segments, each month Enjoy Life Foods has challenged me to come up with lunch box ideas using a certain product. In September the focus was Plentils and in October it was Boom Choco Boom chocolate bars. 
For November, the challenge was once again chocolate. Oh darn! Forced to bake with and eat lots of gluten & top 8 free chocolate. I'm sure you're crying a river for me! lol
That's right - This month is alllllllllll about the chocolate lovers out there. We're sharing delicious lunch box ideas using Enjoy Life Foods Chocolate Baking Chips, including their brand new Dark Chocolate Morsels! *drool*

Lunch Made Easy: @CrunchAColor Healthy Lunches

Crunch a Color® is an award winning nutrition game that's aimed to help make healthy eating fun!
I was thrilled when Jennifer, the mom and creator behind this healthy eating game, sent us her products to try. Little Miss, of course, looked forward to beating me in points for the week! Challenge accepted!

Food for Thought: Gluten Free Carrot Zucchini Flax Bread

 I love making homemade breads. Especially since Little Miss started eating gluten free, it's been great experimenting with different varieties and flavors. 
This one is no exception. Sweet and tasty, but packed with added nutrition thanks to the flax, zucchini, and carrot! 

Lunch Made Easy: Piggy Cupcakes

I'm sure you're wondering "what the hey is a Piggy Cupcake?"
Here, I'll show you! :)

Lunch Made Easy: Chebe Cheese Bread ~ Gluten Free, Nut Free, Peanut Free, HomeFree :)

Monday's lunch features Chebe GF Cheese Bread that I baked Friday evening. (More info on this bread later in the post ... because it is delicious!)

Lunch Made Easy: Back to School!

Little Miss is back at it tomorrow (Monday)! She is actually very excited to go back to school and see her friends. She had a playdate twice with one of her BFF's over break, and sees another at church. After service today she told me she missed them all. (Aww, lol)

I'm looking forward to getting back to normalcy and our schedule. (Even though it's always hectic, hehe.)

Lunch Made Easy: Christmas Dinner

What a busy morning! I just got back from Little Miss's school - today is their last day before break. I went because I dropped her off lunch, warm. :)

Let me explain - Today at her school, all the kids are partaking in "Christmas Dinner" for lunch. The school is providing free of charge for all students Ham, Potatoes & Gravy, Corn, Rolls, and misc Desserts. Since I already know they cannot guarantee me that the food does not have peanuts, peanut warnings, or been cross-contaminated in their kitchens I always make her lunches.

She was bumming because she wanted to have lunch just like everyone else (minus a few other students with allergies too). So I surprised her with a lunch just like the other kids, that I know is safe for her, and dropped it off so it'd be warm and ready to eat for lunch time. She was so thrilled!!

Lunch Made Easy: Frosty the Bagel

Wednesday marks 18 days left on our Advent Lunches countdown!

Food for Thought: Holiday Bread

So not my best work but a tasty, colorful idea I just had to share. :)

It started when I fell in love with Astrid's Rainbow Pain de Mie over at Lunches Fit for a Kid. I wanted to make just a regular bread rather than pain de mie, however, a rainbow didn't go with my advent lunches I've been making so I figured why not use the same idea but with only red & green! Holiday bread!

Lunch Made Easy: Three Little Pigs *Oink Oink*

I made this for Little Miss for her lunch tomorrow (Wednesday) at school. :) I'm so happy with how it turned out!
Be sure to check out the Bento Blog Network each week ~ This week the theme was "sandwich balls" or "bread onigiri". This is my second entry!

Food for Thought: Applesauce Bread

This is so simple to make and smelled so delicious as it baked!
You probably have all the ingredients already ~ Check it out!