Here is this week’s menu plan. It includes some of my favorite recipes like homemade granola, homemade pudding, and oven tacos!

Menu Plan February Week 1

Easy and delicious meals for the last week of January.

Chocolate Banana Baked Oatmeal

Chocolate Banana Baked Oatmeal takes the classic combination of bananas and chocolate and combines them in a delicious breakfast.

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Peanut Butter Chex Granola Recipe

Skip the store bought granola and make it at home.

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Chocolate Chip Muffins

A homemade muffin that kids and adults will love.

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Oven Tacos

A family favorite for close to fifteen years.

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Easy Slow Cooked Chicken Legs

A few basic ingredients are all you need for this easy inexpensive dinner.

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Mexican Chicken and Rice Soup

Mexican Chicken and Rice Soup is a quick and easy soup using basic ingredients.

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Breakfast Bowls

Breakfast bowls are an easy make-ahead freezer-friendly breakfast.

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Taco Soup

A taco soup with a special ingredient that gives it so much flavor.

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Freezing Fried Rice

Fried rice is an easy freezer meal. It works great for easy lunches and dinners.

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Easy Homemade Double Chocolate Pudding

Skip the box of pudding mix that you buy at the store and make homemade double chocolate pudding! It is so easy and so good!

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Here is this week’s gluten free menu plan. I made notes next to the items that need to be gluten-free, but as always, please read labels to be sure the ingredients are safe for your family.

Gluten Free Menu Plan Week February Week 1

Quick and easy gluten free meals for January.

Gluten Free Pancake Mix Recipe

Make gluten-free pancakes at home with this homemade gluten-free pancake mix.

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Microwave Omelet

An easy omelet perfect for serving one or two.

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Gluten Free Double Chocolate Banana Muffins

Gluten free double chocolate muffins are so good that you will not know that they are gluten free.

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Burrito Bowl Soup

The flavors of a burrito in a delicious soup.

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Pasta with Roasted Vegetables

Pasta with roast vegetables is a simple summer supper.

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Fish Tacos

Change up taco night with fish tacos!

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Gluten Free Deep Dish Pizza

Gluten Free Pizza can be delicious with this deep dish gluten free pizza.

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Slow Cooked Cheesy Potato Cauliflower Soup

A perfect soup for fall and winter.

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Easy Slow Cooked Chicken Legs

An inexpensive dinner recipe.

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Gluten Free Dairy Free Snickerdoodles

Gluten free dairy free can be deliciosu with these gluten free dairy free snickerdoodles.

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Gluten Free Applesauce Cake - Gluten Free Kitchen Adventures

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A classic recipe made gluten free.

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These small batch gluten free banana muffins are perfect for when you need just a few gluten free muffins.

I love muffins because they work for breakfast, lunch, a snack, and even dessert. They are also one of my favorite things to adapt to gluten-free.

When my kids were all still at home, I made muffins at least once a week. They also freeze great, so I would always have some in the freezer for easy breakfasts.

Now that my kids are all grown and no longer living at home, I don’t make muffins as often as I used to.

And I miss muffins.

Yes, I can still make muffins and freeze them, but a batch is still a lot for my husband and me to eat.

To solve my muffin cravings, without making a big batch, I have been making small batch gluten-free muffins.

I love making just six muffins. My husband and I can eat a few over a couple of days, and I can put one or two in the freezer to eat later.

Small batch muffins are perfect for us at this stage of life.

These small batch gluten free muffins are also perfect to make when only one or two people in the family eat gluten free.

Twelve gluten-free muffins might be too many for one person, but six is more manageable.

If you are looking for a gluten-free muffin, give these small-batch gluten-free banana muffins a try.

Yield: 6 muffins

Small Batch Gluten Free Banana Muffins

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When you just need a few gluten free muffins make these small batch gluten free banana muffins.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 18 minutes

Total Time 28 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 Gluten Free Flour Blend, see not below
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 eggs
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup mashed bananas
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup oil

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease a 6-cup muffin pan or line with muffin liners
3. In a bowl, combine gluten free flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
4. In another bowl, cream together egg, sugar, and oil.
5. Add in bananas and vanilla. Mix well.
6. Stir in flour mixture just until combined.
7. Scoop batter into muffin pan. This makes six muffins.
8. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
9. Let cool in pan for 3-4 minutes and then remove to a wire rack to cool.

Notes

This recipe was tested with Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 Gluten-Free Flour Blend. Other gluten free flour blends may work, but they have not been tested.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

6

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 383Total Fat: 12gSaturated Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 376mgCarbohydrates: 64gFiber: 2gSugar: 25gProtein: 6g

Nutritional values are approximate and aren't always accurate.

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Homemade tomato soup with sausage and pasta is a simple, comforting dish perfect for a cold fall or winter day.

I love tomato soup. It is comfort food in a bowl.

This recipe for homemade tomato soup takes a basic tomato soup and makes it heartier with sausage and pasta.

This recipe uses everyday ingredients that you probably have on hand. The recipe calls for kielbasa, but you could use another kind of sausage if you don’t have kielbasa on hand.

This tomato soup with sausage and pasta is also easy to make gluten-free with gluten-free pasta.

This soup would be a perfect dinner for the cold weekend ahead!

Ingredients

• olive oil
• onion
• garlic
• chicken broth or stock
• canned diced tomatoes
• salt
• pepper
• macaroni or gluten free macaroni noodles
• kielbasa
• shredded parmesan cheese or Italian cheese

Yield: 6 servings

Homemade Tomato Soup with Sausage and Pasta

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A quick and easy dinner perfect for a cold fall or winter day.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 6 cups chicken broth or stock
• 3 - 14 ounce cans diced tomatoes
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 cup uncooked macaroni or gluten free macaroni noodles
• 8 ounces precookied kielbasa, cut into small pieces
• 1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese or Italian cheese for serving

Instructions

1. In a large pot, heat olive oil and add the onion. Reduce the temperature and cook the onions, stirring often until lightly browned and caramelized. This takes 5 - 10 minutes.
2. Add minced garlic and cook for 1 minute.
3. Add broth and tomatoes and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Carefully puree the mixture in a blender or with an immersion blender (I prefer the immersion blender because hot liquid and blenders do not always mix well).
5. Return to the heat and bring to a boil.
6. Stir in pasta.
7. Reduce heat to medium low and cook for 10 minutes or until pasta is tender.
8. While pasta is cooking, heat kielbasa in a skillet until browned. You do not have to brown the sausage, but it adds extra flavor.
9. Stir kielbasa into the soup.
10. Salt and pepper to taste.
11. Serve with cheese on top.

Notes

This recipe is gluten-free as long as you use gluten-free pasta and read labels to make sure that your ingredients, like the kielbasa, are gluten-free.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

6

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 361Total Fat: 23gSaturated Fat: 8gUnsaturated Fat: 15gCholesterol: 48mgSodium: 1982mgCarbohydrates: 22gFiber: 3gSugar: 6gProtein: 18g

Nutritional values are approximate and aren't always accurate.

More Soup Recipes

Bacon Tomato Soup

Beef Enchilada Soup

King Ranch Chicken Soup

Originally posted January 2009. Update January 2026.

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Have you seen the social media trend where everyone is looking back to 2016? Last week, I saw so many people share pictures and information on social media of themselves in 2016.

This year, I am trying to quiet the noise and focus on the important stuff. The everyday work and home things. I am on social media, but I have drastically reduced my time on it.

However, I do love a good look back, especially when it comes to my site and the food and recipes I have shared over the last eighteen years.

I cannot believe it has been eighteen years!

Instead of sharing photos and information of what I was doing in 2016 on social media, I thought it would be fun to go back to my kitchen in 2016.

Back in 2016, I had three kids that I was homeschooling. I worked online part-time and helped out a bit with my husband’s business. I was also cooking, cleaning and do all the regular everyday home stuff. On top of that, we raised hogs and had a huge garden.

How did I manage to do it all back then? It makes me tired just thinking about it.

Looking through the archives, though, was so much fun.

While scrolling through 2016 on my site, I saw all the recipes I made and found some I had totally forgotten about.

But I found others that, ten years later, are still favorites.

I also realized that I have so many delicious recipe posts in the archives that need to be updated with new images.

I almost decided not to write this post because some of the images are so bad, but I think back in 2016, recipes and photos looked more real. Like real food, you would serve your family, not stage professionally styled photos.

So today I am keeping it real. I bring you a look into my 2016 kitchen, including out-of-date 2016 food photography.

Looking Back January 2016

I cannot believe that I have never updated the pictures on this recipe! They are terrible…

However, the recipe for ground beef stir-fry is so good! I still make this recipe. My husband and I love it for a quick and easy dinner. It is not authentic stir-fry, but it is so good.

Adding this to our menu soon, so I can take better photos.

This gluten free chocolate chip coffee cake is still, ten years later, a favorite recipe.

My daughter made this just last month for Christmas, and everyone loved it.

If you need a special gluten-free breakfast or brunch, this is a must-make!

I am pretty sure I have not updated the pictures on this recipe because every time we make it, it is the holidays, and it gets eaten before any pictures can be taken.

January 2016 was when I posted my all time favorite gluten free dairy free chocolate cake. It is a really old recipe, like fifty-plus years old, that we adapted to gluten-free, dairy-free.

My daughter and I still love this cake. We make it all the time for birthdays, potlucks, and any time we need a special occasion chocolate cake.

We use the batter to make a layer cake, a 9×13 cake, and cupcakes. I definitely need to update the pictures in this post, but we still make the recipe the exact same way.

These fluffy cornmeal pancakes from my Cooking Through My Collection series are a recipe I totally forgot about! I have not made these in years, but I will be making them again soon.

If you need a quick, easy recipe this week, give this 5-ingredient chicken burrito casserole a try. I have made this recipe so many times for a quick and easy dinner or for a meal to take to a friend.

Another recipe I am going to make again soon.

Oven pancakes are all over the online recipe world. Back when I shared my original oven pancake back in 2012, hardly anyone had heard of them.

In January of 2016, I shared my gluten free oven pancake recipe. This works with just about any pancake batter, but the recipe I shared in 2016 calls for indivudal gluten free flours.

I have all kinds of other posts, like menu plans, Everyday Aventures, Ask the Readers, and more.

I hope you enjoyed a look into my 2016 kitchen!

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