Here are two simple, gluten-free meals that your g-free kids are sure to love, right at home:

Sometimes I’m just not in the mood to eat out…  Maybe I don’t feel like explaining our dietary needs to the waitress, or asking to speak with the manager while everyone around us listens in…  Or maybe I don’t feel like wondering if the kitchen workers are wearing clean gloves or preparing our food free without cross contamination… or maybe it’s just too darn cold to go anywhere…

Whatever the reason for staying home, our kids really enjoy when we make a restaurant-style meal. We most recently made these “taco boats” which everyone loved, using Yellow Corn Ortega Fiesta Flats (Flat Bottom Taco Shells)…

Just heat the Fiesta Flats up in the oven for a few minutes, then fill with your favorite taco ingredients. To season our taco meat, we use Simply Organic Southwest Taco seasoning, then we just added shredded lettuce, mexican cheese, green onions and tomatoes.

A regular go-to meal of ours is quesadillas. We usually add grilled chicken to ours and sometimes just serve them plain alongside mac & cheese and veggies.  But, the simplest way to make quesadillas seem “restaurant-style” is by just arranging them in a design and adding condiments like homemade guacamole and (our favorite) Green Mountain Gringo mild salsa!  We use Chi-Chi’s, Mission or Wegmans brand soft corn tortillas.

Here is my recipe for guacamole, which can also be found here with our other favorite recipes.

Note:  I often make guacamole the same way as above, but without cilantro & tomatoes. And if I only have 1 or 2 avocados on hand, I just add a little minced garlic, onions, salt and a dash of lime juice to taste. Just wing it.  I’ve never made a bad guacamole…

Also note:  We do eat out regularly and usually successfully. It’s just that once in a while we parents don’t feel like it, so we fake it with meals like these.  🙂

Disclaimer: Nothing to disclose. I bought these products myself, none of these companies even knows I’m writing about their products, and honest opinions are from my family & me.