[Maedchen]

I am a big fan of smoothies. If you do the chocolate almond milk with a frozen 1/2 of banana or 1 whole banana and peanut butter or sunbutter, it tastes like a Reeses cup. (I don't add sugar) This would add some protein.

I like coconut milk with an orange(peeled) and frozen pineapple. If you have added ice cubes at the end you can add a handful of spinach leaves. As long as it stays cold, you don't taste the spinach.

To increase food values, I put a handful of nut in at first. I also put about 1Tbs of chia sees, some hemp seeds and or poppy seeds. I let that churn while I am getting the frozen fruits together. (You could do ahead those bags of fruits in ziplock bags in the freezer so it is little prep time.)


Do you like Quinoa? You could make that ahead and it can be used stir fried, salad topper.


GF Mission flour like tortilla are expensive, but they are really good. You could use them for quesidillas.............you could put a meat inside or just cheese.

What about tofu? If you like that, you could look in the freezer section at the store and look for frozen bags with many, different types of veggies, some with riced cauliflower or quinoa or even rice. Pre portion them in bags and then just throw a few cubes of Tofu in.

I use canned Salmon to make patties. (I use an egg, but flax egg or chia seed could replace the egg to help hold it together.) I put a few quick GF oats in it, a slice of bread crumbled up, salt, kelp flakes and then fry it in a Tbs or two of olive oil. Then they could be frozen for quick reheats. (If I were not feeding my husband, I would add some onion......he can't have many seasonings or a variety of veggies.)



I don't know if you area has pre-cut chicken in cubes, but that is one of my luxury items for those days that I can't function......... If not, then you could precut your own and make chickennuggets up or just slice in small portions deboned meat and cook as you desire. Portion it up and eat with a GF burrito.

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With your energy levels being what they are, it is a little more expensive, but you can buy the precut fruits or veggies so you only have to portion in Pint mason jars in the fridge for easy grab and goes.

My arms don't allow me to do much cutting of the hard veggies anymore, so I ask the produce stand to cut up those veggies for me at Publix. I allow myself the luxury of some of the blended frozen veggies so that I can just stir fry them.


You can purchase rice protein and add some to your smoothies or milk. I do a lot of seeds and nuts to add. If I do GF cereal (I love Arrowhead Mills Buckwheat Maple Flakes.......I wait until they go on sale for $4 a box or under and get quite a few to have on hand) I add raisins and nuts to make it have more food value


I order a lot of our food from Vitacost.com I usually wait until I have a code to place the order and save $10 or more off of $100 order.

This way I can get good foods without spending energy going to the store. It is even delivered to the front door by FedEx. (They added a budget Simply canned veggies for $1 a can. Organic beans in water with added sea salt or no salt. Other items that are GF and budget, but Organic based) If the order is at least $49, there is no shipping charges. I find more items than locally can provide)

Re-evaluate a higher cost for saving energy. My husband told me to start looking at my energy levels as a commodity and cater to that where we can.

I hope that sparks your ideas. Exhaustion is horrible to deal with because just trying to figure all of this out is tiring. <3



Also halve or quarter avocados and freeze to throw into a smoothie instead of a banana. It doesn't really change the taste of the cold smoothie, but it causes it to be smoother like the texture of ice cream.

(If you do a peanut butter and coconut milk smoothie, you can add strawberries or blue berries and it gives you the taste of a peanut butter sandwich.)