Monday (Day 2 of rotation)

Breakfast
I don't have much of an appetite this morning, so I just had some pineapple and leftover amaranth cornbread with strawberry preserves. The cane sugar is supposed to be eaten only on Day 3, so next time I'll need to use a different sweetener when making cornbread. Also, the preserves have cane sugar. The rotation diet is a REAL CHALLENGE.

Amaranth Cornbread

Ingredients

• 1 tsp ghee to grease the skillet (more or less if needed)
• 2 cups gluten-free yellow cornmeal
• 1 1/2 cups mix of corn flour, amaranth flour, & corn starch (the bread ended up being somewhat dense, so I would try a different flour mix next time)
• 1 cup uncooked whole-grain amaranth
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup organic cow's milk buttermilk 
• 2/3 cup cane sugar syrup
• 2 tablespoons ghee
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons chopped pecans (optional) 

Directions

Preheat oven to 400°.

Oil a 9-inch cast-iron skillet with 1 teaspoon ghee. Place in a 400° oven for 7 minutes.

Combine dry ingredients (cornmeal, flour mix, amaranth, baking powder, baking soda, and salt) in a large bowl. Whisk together wet ingredients (buttermilk, cane sugar syrup, 2 tbsp. ghee, and eggs) in a small bowl. Pour wet ingredients into the dry, stirring just until the dry ingredients are completely moistened.  Pour batter into the preheated skillet. Sprinkle the pecans over batter (if using). Bake at 400° for 25 minutes or until a wooden toothpick comes out clean.

Lunch & Dinner

Corn and Roasted Sweet Potato Chowder

I adapted my recipe from soupchick.com (link) using the following ingredients: 

Ingredients

1 pound cubed, peeled sweet potato
2 tsp ghee, divided
1/2 large red onion, diced
1-1/2 tsp brown sugar (or a smaller quantity of molasses)
1 bay leaf
10 oz frozen corn kernels (next time I would roast them first)
Salt and fresh black pepper

1 Tbsp thinly sliced scallions, for garnish

I also might add a small amount of shredded cheddar cheese, if I feel up for really starting to experiment with dairy. Thus far, I've really only used cow's milk-products in baking and eaten cottage cheese.